Gordon A

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The cast fire irons are in my opinion a bit thick, so I tend to make them out of brass wire. Gordon

The current batch are £22.00 plus £2.00 p&p. This someone who is not a model railway trader but has produced this kit primarily for his own use. I echo Barry O's message to drop Innocentman a message and be patient. Gordon A

Innocent man has sent off an order for enough etches for his current orders, so I have gone on a waiting list hoping some more people would like one. Gordon A

IIs the kit still availablefor your tender, if so how much please? Gordon A

Have you seen this picture? https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=20f9784b6c53 It should link you to a digital jigsaw puzzle of a picture of Writhlington Colliery. Posted from the Radstock museum web site. Gordon

Here is my test build Peckett fitted with wheels using David Bigcheeseplant's centres and Gibson wagon wheel rims. I also have some centres for 3ft 2" wheels, but I do not have any wheels of that size in stock. I measure the Hornby wheels as 12.8mm across the tread, the Gibson wagon wheels are 12.46 mm across the tread. The picture is a cruel enlargement as on my screen it is three times the size of the model. The brake gear is missing, because I have lost it in my modelling room! Here is a picture of the Peckett wheel centres compared to the Gibson Manning Wardle wheels that were fitted before. To fit DBC's wheel centres I first removed the existing wheel centres by cutting the plastic centres into three sections using a piercing saw. I found this way made removing the centres without putting undue stress on the rims. DBC's centres had a minimal clean up and given a coat of primer, then coated in "body" colour. I found the wheel centres slipped into the tyres with no play. I secured them with Loctite 480 (Cheaper from China). The Crank pin holes were then drilled slightly undersize for the Gibson crank pins, and the back countersunk. The axles were threaded through the chassis and gear box and the wheels pressed on. I believe the wheels look the part. Gordon A

David's Peckett wheel centres fitted to Gibson wagon wheel rims. The brake gear has not been attached, because I have lost them in my modelling room! The cylinders and wheels have been painted with Humbrol 120 Light green matt AA1238, courtesy of Paul Bannerman. Gordon A

Ah, but Land Rovers go where other vehicles fear to tread.

I thought that emoji was for classic car owners?

You could put the goods shed on the line that runs along the rear face of the platform?

Sorry Bill, but what are your "Long Tails"? Gordon A

Shorter and tighter points were usually used on freight only lines, some sidings / industrial. A comment in one of my track books refers to the B 6 being the smallest point the GWR would put in a main line. I would in your case read main line as passenger carrying line. Gordon A

Interesting Hesperus, especially on the first column where there is a reference to "mount a lorry". As this is before the track layout at Bitterley was changed which would have precluded such happenings. Gordon A

There was a narrow gauge tramway from Chelynch Quarries to Doulting Stone works which was situated along side the GWR Wells & Witham branch, better known as the East Somerset Railway. The works is not far west from Cranmore station. I am guessing the line was between one and two miles long. The tramway carried stone form the quarries to the Doulting Stone Works. The stone works had its own standard gauge sidings accessed by a scissors crossover from the GWR. Gordon A

Didcot has a working example on one of their demonstration tracks.

If you look at High Levels gear box page you can print out a page of full size side on views (gear box planner?) of his range to aid you in choosing a gear box, or give Chris a call.

There is also at least one chassis kit available for the 14xx.

A better chassis than Bachmans attempt.

Interesting idea.

You can either move the wheels out to EM gauge on the Oxford axles, or swap the wheels for EM wheels using the Oxford axles. On their 6 wheeled GW brake van I swapped the 00 wheels for P4 wheels on the Oxford axles, which worked a treat. Gordon A

Errr No! As far as one regular operators of Clutton I can state that it is built solely to P4 standards. There was a P4 layout which ran using re gauged EM wheels built by Martin Goodall. Gordon A

Out of curiosity what makes these EFE Austerities worth nearly twice the price of the Dapol / Hormby version? Gordon A

I used to use IPA but have switched to Specialist Fast Drying Contact Cleaner made by WD-40 which is sold as an electrical contact cleaner. I get mine from Screwfix. It does say "Fast drying non conductive cleaner" on one line, but the bottom line says "For use on electrical equipment, contacts, plastics and rubber". I have been using it when cleaning the commutators on Bachman motors - works a treat with no problems. Gordon A

I suggest you move your power feed for the inside track from its current position to between crossovers a and b. The next change is to put an isolation gap where the inside track power feed was. As it is donkeys years since I have used rtr points I suggest you a) Need an isolation gap between the crossovers a and b in the outside track. b) For just the inner and outer circuits you could fit a double pole double throw switch to the power supply for each circuit. That way you could select when using a cross over one controller to run both circuits, then at the flic of a switch return the two circuits to independent control, not forgetting to reset the crossover. c) Learn to solder - a very useful skill. Gordon A