tomparryharry

With starsign Leo

Many scrap merchants had a clause inserted whereby some items would be recovered for re-use. 3-link couplings would go to scrap, but the screw shackle would be tested for thread wear, and re-used. In later days, most screw links went as well, it being cheaper to have new, than to run the risk of parting under load. The scrap line at Margam used to keep back all of the front buffers on 08 diesels for 'refurbishment'. I don't know why; once the gas monkey did his work, the buffer was well & truly knackered. Probably it kept him in work. Cheers, Ian.

Sorry for my late arrival to the thread, but... Injection tooling needs to be cared for on a regular basis, or it will deteriorate quite quickly. As a general rule, it'll come n two parts. The first part is the carrier. That's the part that will allow the injection to connect between the mould, and the machine proper. The second part is the imprint/impression side. This side sits within the carrier and the mould, and takes the shape of the injected material. (in this case, plastic). Most injection businesses will regard the carrier as the more important part in day-to-day operations. It will normally keep the common machine location features, across a wide set of dimensions across the industry. They won't be scale specific, but will conform to things like ISO sizes, limits & fits. It's quite normal to see a toolroom strip out a tool, re-use the carrier, and store the imprint tool. That's normally where the trouble starts. Natural degradation sets in, as the lesser used tools get quietly forgotten. After all, they're running a business.... Ownership of tools will depend on usage as well. You will sometimes see tools made with just a few imprints, the stripped out components will be stored. You can't use them, as responsibility/ownership will rest with the owner. You'll know it's there, but to all intents & purposes it might has well gone down with the Titanic. Cheers, Ian.

I'll go to the 'standard response'.... "Froth? Here, on RMweb? Froth? Never!".... Given the expiry of Hornby TTTE licence, there is nothing to assume that Bachmann, or any other producer, will jump in their grave. Diminishing market, changing demographic, that sort of thing... Bachmann could make a lovely little tool riding van, just to partner the Ransomes crane. Cheers, Ian.

Naughty, naughty! I will respectfully refer you to the 'instant gratification' topic on here. I'm very much a DC luddite about model trains. Simple process for a simple soul. What with Sittingbourne & kelmsley, Kent & East Sussex, etc, in the near vicinity makes Margate an even more attractive visitor destination. Ian.

Well, I've found the aircraft hanger, just need the lottery win.... Fred Needle-Street AKA Daddy Warbucks.

Bullsh1t baffles brains

bell goes 'ding!'

The problem is 'getting it right'. How do you scan a locomotive that was scrapped off over 70 years ago? Even worse if it's Great Western. You stand to have a roasting if it's even a mm out anywhere. The two ex-Taff Vale locomotives both had major rebuilds when in NCB days, and the problems left exist right until today. Try getting past the real thing, let alone the thousand-odd posts from the serried ranks of faithful Western supporters who certainly wouldn't tolerate minor details. Poisoned chalice springs to mind. Hornby could, however, make some really excellent wagons. We've seen the Western brake van, so it's not beyond the whit of man to see the stable expanded. Cheers, Ian.

A little bit of musical history this morning, so:- KILBURN HIGH ROAD

At least the locomotive is undercover. I think it's a good idea to have exhibits you can 'rotate' in & out as & when changes are required. One big bonus is having a specimen you can pop over to measure up when a question arises. Is the visitor centre a foretaste of things to come from Hornby? Planet Thanet is crying out for attractions like these; well done. This will spend the demise of 'the engine shed'. "What are Hornby doing? Quick! To Westgate! As an aside, Tesco at Westgate is quite a large place. I can forsee the future now... Shopping list.... Tin Beans, Loaf bread, Milk, Tea bags, Railroad Flying Scotsman (DC only, I'm on a diet).... Happy modelling! Ian.

Small can be highly intensive, and prototypical to boot. Some of the Rhondda valley pits were small, but with a prodigious output. One example was Lady Margaret Colliery, right in the middle of the Rhodda Fach. (Ynysir). It was required to be cleared every 30 minutes, or the mining came to a halt. There was simply not enough room to have any extra wagons on sidings, etc. It was only in the 1930's that pits were thinned out, that gave the space for the larger trains which we all readily think of. It's more a smaller locomotive, say a pannier clearing a pithead with 10 wagons, than 80-odd 16tonners on the windcutter. Cheers, Ian.

Get the speed up, and get a ramp.....

Using the Yo-Yo rebound initiative, we've sprung over to see the marquess at:- QUEENSBURY

I can relate to that. I used to travel regularly up & down the A34, from the M4 down to the M27. The portion below the M4 is directly built upon the DN&S for the first few miles south. In winter, you can parallel the DN&S, as its just there in the undergrowth. I'm pretty sure there is a small portion of land next to Enborne Junction, as you cross over the Newbury-Westbury line. I always feel rather sad when I need to travel down there. Ian.

Is it worthy?

Sorry old chap, I've thrown a double 4, that means I'm off to:- DALSTON KINGSLAND

and smokers coughs

Cannot stay afloat

I like those photos, Robin, Highly likely I'll succumb.

and deeply thinking

whilst visiting Chirk

Fireman; "What's that funny noise?" Driver: " We're off the b**^* road, that's the funny noise!" Cheers, Ian.

Yes, always a problem with the Churchward moguls. They didn't make that many of them, only about 500 or so. That poor old No4 boiler was a limited production run to about 1,200 examples, covering the moguls, 42/52/72xx tanks, 26xx Aberdare, plus a lot other classes I've temporarily forgotten... Happy modelling! Ian.

But eggcups first