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Re: Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
Issue 105 is being despatched now - UK subscribers should have their
copies by the weekend. EU and 'Rest of World' copies go out from the
mailing facilitator as soon as the minimum economic number of items is
reached - but those furthest away from the UK should have their copies
within the next 3-4 weeks.
John |
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SAR 91 Class
开云体育Yep no worries John, this first one is taking a bit longer to do as I am
refining the artwork as I doing each set of parts and sorting out any
problems.
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Brian
Qld. Aust. ? From: mailto:O14@...
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 2:59 AM
To: O14@...
Subject: Re: [O14] Re: Coil Springs ?
Looks a very interesting project Brian. Please keep us updated as it progresses. John No virus found in this
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Re: Coil Springs
I have post some photos of my progress building a 7mm. scale O-14 gauge South African Railways 91 Class loco, 95% of this model will be photo etched.
If all goes to plan this model will be powered byt a total of 6 electric motor, large motor will be the primary drive motor, the second large motor will actually be a generator, and the 4 Mashima 1015 will be mounted as per the prototype traction motors, the entire drive system will have ball race bearings, fully working suspension, fully working draftgear, also a specially built smoke unit will blow smoke via a thrust fan when the primary motor revs up. See photos here>> <> Brian Qld. Aust. |
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Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
Review Issue 105 is due for distribution at the end of this month. Contents as follows:
Subscriptions and renewals can be ordered from:
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7mm Open Day, Mickleover, Derby Sat 30th Jan
Apologies for cross posting if you belong to more than one group ! Everyone is invited to the following event 7mm Narrow Gauge Open Day (was a 'Members' Day' but is open to all) Saturday 30th January 2016 10.00am to 4.00pm Admission ?3 ? Mickleover Community Centre, Uttoxeter Road, Mickleover, Derby. DE3 0DA Light refreshments available Regular visitors will know that we started these Members' Days to enable us to show our group layout, Henmore - but not any more. After being featured in Railway Modeller and appearing at the York Show a couple of years ago, two boards were damaged whilst being dismantled and that brought forward our plans for some improvements. We also learnt that gravity is stronger than wood glue and screws when boards are no longer supported! The original plan had been a gradual replacement of 30 year old warped and heavy boards but we decided to go for a new layout. Come and discuss our plans - at last I think we know what we are going to do ! Layout and demo details to follow. Trade support from the usual suspects - EDM Models, Port Wynnstay Models, Minimum Gauge Models, 7mmNGA Sales, Second Hand and Publications Plenty of room for other modelling displays, 'bring and buy', layouts, demos etc. Please contact me and let me know if you want to offer something - it doesn't have to be 7mm but we would prefer Narrow Gauge !! Thanks to Paul at EDM you will find information on his website here We hope to see you there Mike?????????? |
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Re: Help Finding Picture
I think that the answer lies in Roy’s erstwhile Industrial Narrow Gauge Handbook where there is an article on constructing a Birmingham Waterworks pipeline and also, inter alia, on Wheatley’s Springfield Tileries at Stoke-on-Trent. It is the latter article that has a picture of a Ruston emerging from a tunnel with 3 skips on tow. The Tileries lasted relatively late and became popular for visits towards the end so their are quite a lot of photographs in circulation so you might have seen one elsewhere. I haven’t tried but it might be worth Googling the Tileries and seeing what “images” emerge on the internet.
David Woodcock Champlon, Belgique |
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Help Finding Picture
I have a recolection of seeing a picture probably in a Narrow Gauge and Industrial in one of the nice little 'just because it is a great picture' little spreads of what my have been a Ruston emerging from a little tunnnel with a couple of skips. I think it was in relation to laying a water pipeline (pos to Birmingham from Elan Valley), and had quite an urban feel. I have just been through all my collection (which was a very worthwhile but distracting and time consuming exercise!), but cannot find it. Does this ring a bell with anyone and could they point me in the right direction to finding it again? Thanks, Kevin. |
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Facsimile of Decauville catalogue no.130 of 1916
If anyone hasn't already purchased a copy of the 448 page facsimile, it is on special offer on the LR Presse website at the moment at a price of � 34,90 instead of � 77,50, postage extra of course. Oddly, I had intended to buy a copy from LR Presse at the RAMMA exhibition at Sedan last month where I was an exhibitor, and indeed I examined a copy there. However, at that moment, pre-opening, the stand was unmanned and when I was able to return later they had sold the last copy that they had brought from Auray. It was on sale there at full price, so, even with postage, that missed opportunity has saved me some � 30! David Woodcock |
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Ready-to-Lay Turnout Bases
About 12 months ago I posted some drawings for designs of turnouts that I was developing for my own use. At that time a comment was made about KB Scale developing some Ready-to-Lay Turnout Bases. This struck me as being a very good idea. Has any progress been made? This is one area where I would rather support a commercial offering that build my own from scratch?
Regards, Michael Milway |
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Re: Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
Hi David,
The new website will take credit card payments directly - and may not suffer the issues you cite. PayPal is a second option. We are looking at providing a BACS option on the website, however in the interim you can always email Roy via the admin[at]narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk (hopefully spelt correctly this time) and he can advise bank details. Regards John |
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Re: Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
John
Looking through the new NGI website it seems that the only way to renew a subscription (mine isn’t due until the next issue) is to use the ordering system on the website. If the “credit card” ordering goes through PayPal as well as “PayPal account” ordering, don’t forget that PayPal refuse to accept some people’s (like mine) credit cards because they won’t accept sterling cards with an overseas address, nor will they allow one to set up a similar PayPal account. This isn’t a problem if there is another way to pay, such as a bank transfer, but is a big problem if there isn’t. David Woodcock |
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Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
I'm sure most of the members here know NG&I Review is very much alive either from here or other forums. I have rather belatedly updated the O14 group about page: http://o14group.org/about/ with the new NG&I website:
This has the ability to sign up for a subscription, check subscription status, renew, order back issues and of course Roy's excellent books. There are still many subscribers for whom we don't have an email address which of course means final renewal reminders all have to go via snail mail. And quite a few have not yet renewed and are missing out on issues 103* and 104 - so please spread the word to get your renewals in Best regards to all John O14 and NG&I admin team (* which of course features my PLR  ) |
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Re: Fw: new message
开云体育Hello all,???Please ignore the preceding message from Mark Noble, whom seems to have had his contact list used for illegitimate purposes. Whatever you do don't click on the the link! (Those reading on the website will not see the original message as I have already deleted it) Regards, ???Mark Kendrick List owner etc On 12/10/2015 8:09 PM,
mark_noble@... [O14] wrote:
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Re: Wheel pullers
Hello Adrian and others, Sorry for going off topic, but while I can't help you with a 3 cylinder NG loco, the Tasmanian Government Railways had two 8 cylinder Garratts, provided you're prepared to accept that 3'6" is narrow gauge. They were, I believe, the only 8 cylinder ones ever built. ? Their classification was?the?M class, wheel arrangement?4-4-2 + 2-4-4, with 4 cylinders at each end.? I've never seen a model of one, and I guess it only adds,?with the TGR K class, to Tassie having had some of the weirdest?Garratts built. ?? Regards Ian Johnston |
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Re: Wheel pullers
开云体育Adrian is dead right, don't pull a wheel, particularly a plastic spoked one by the rim. ?My preference is to use a plate with a slot in it, placed behind the wheel, set on an open vice, and tap out the axle. On pin point axles use a brass, copper or aluminium drift to protect the point. ? Worms attached with superglue can be removed with a soldering iron. Apply it to the end of the worm away from the motor. If there's room, keep a pair of pliers on the shaft between worm and motor as a heat sink. Big wattage, big bit, high temperature, absolute minimum dwell time, As soon as worm comes off dab shaft with wet Q tip. So far, I've always got away with it! ? Frank ? From: O14@... [mailto:O14@...]
Sent: Sunday, 11 October, 2015 23:42 To: O14@... Subject: [O14] Re: Wheel pullers ? ? I have a GW Models wheel press and a GW Models wheel puller. ? I think my gear puller, for getting worms off motor shafts, may also be GW Models but I've had it so long I can't remember! ? The wheel press sets plastic centred wheels perfectly at 90 degrees.? If you are modelling a 3 cylinder NG loco (can't think of one offhand) you are stuck but, who can see both sides of a model at once!! ? When using the wheel puller with plastic centred wheesl remember the advice given years ago in MRJ (and possibly also in the Review) to make a disc to go behind the wheel so the plastic centre isn't distorted as it is pulled.? Its a few moment's work with an Olfa compass cutter but saves the cost of new wheels.....how do I know.......... :-( ? Adrian |
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Re: Wheel pullers
I have a GW Models wheel press and a GW Models wheel puller. I think my gear puller, for getting worms off motor shafts, may also be GW Models but I've had it so long I can't remember! The wheel press sets plastic centred wheels perfectly at 90 degrees.? If you are modelling a 3 cylinder NG loco (can't think of one offhand) you are stuck but, who can see both sides of a model at once!! When using the wheel puller with plastic centred wheesl remember the advice given years ago in MRJ (and possibly also in the Review) to make a disc to go behind the wheel so the plastic centre isn't distorted as it is pulled.? Its a few moment's work with an Olfa compass cutter but saves the cost of new wheels.....how do I know.......... :-( Adrian |
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