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Pewsey Skills day 6th August
A quick note to say that the Wiltshire 009 group are hosting a skills day on 6th August in Pewsey and I will be flying the 7mm flag with have-a-go sessions for spiked track and can demo/help with
By John C · #6394 ·
Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
Issue 107 has been sent to the printers. Despatch to UK subscribers should occur towards the end of July. EU and 'Rest of World' copies go out from the mailing facilitator as soon as the minimum
By David Hughes · #6393 ·
Re: comparisoin of 3D printing processes requested
blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } I have purchased many items from
By Darryl Huffman · #6392 ·
Re: comparisoin of 3D printing processes requested
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By Craig Parry · #6391 ·
Re: comparisoin of 3D printing processes requested
I've used cw for 3D pattern production when Chris ran the company. Very good for patterns material can be a little fragile for production models so we only use them for patterns Marc Furnessrailway
By Marc Dobson · #6390 ·
comparisoin of 3D printing processes requested
Has anyone had any experience with 3D printing from cwrailways.com (owned by Time Evans)? He is offering a 16micron layers process and the photos show a reasonably smooth surface. By comparison
By Michael Milway · #6389 ·
Re: Rhyd website updated
Very nice - thanks for sharing. I have always enjoyed the "slate" villages. I have been a NG&IR subscriber since the beginning. Got to visit about 10 years ago when our son was working in the UK but
By William Uffelman · #6388 ·
Rhyd website updated
Web-site Revision finished! Work has been progressing on many fronts but I have taken the opportunity to revise the web-site. All the new locos are there. The information has been up-dated
By David John · #6387 ·
Amberley Museum Spring Industrial Trains Day Sunday April 17th
Full details in the attachment
By decauville1126 · #6386 ·
Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling REVIEW
REVIEW issue 106 has been sent to the printers. Despatch to UK subscribers should occur during the third week of April. EU and 'Rest of World' copies go out from the mailing facilitator as soon as
By John C · #6385 ·
Re: Merddin Emrys
Hi Paul She looks magnificent - looking forward to seeing all the little bells and whistles you have added (no doubt). Lovely job. Regards David To: O14@... Sent: Tuesday, 2 February
By David John · #6384 ·
Re: Merddin Emrys
Hi Paul, Of course we are interested! It looks stunning. Please post more once it's been painted. John
By John C · #6383 ·
Merddin Emrys
My EDM kit is almost ready for the paint shops. I have posted some photos in the photo pages. Only if you are interested of course. Paul
By Paul Holmes · #6382 ·
SAR Bell Link & Pin Coupling
Here is some short videos of 7mm scale SAR bell type link & pins coupling which I redesigned so the could couple up automatically and you can either use a magnet mounted under the track or just push
By Brian · #6381 ·
Re: Loco Weights
Thank you all for your good advice. David & John’s weights for similar-ish locos are showing a pattern. Apart from that St*&%@?d gauge thing - which I’d spotted on your blog, and then ferreted
By Simon Jones · #6380 ·
Re: Loco Weights
Hi Simon My "rebuilt Funkey" Vale of Ffestiniog weighs in at 524gm.? She has a BullAnt 8w drive chassis, runs superbly and is a good hauler. Hope this help Cheers David To: O14@...
By David John · #6379 ·
Re: Loco Weights
Hi Simon, A quick weigh up of my PLR stock is as follows: L&B style Manning Wardle 2-6-2 (scratch built) - 520g WD Baldwin 4-6-0 - 510g K1 Garratt 0-4-0 + 0-4-0 - 540g - front engine 240g & rear
By John C · #6378 ·
Re: Loco Weights
Simon, You are better off trying to keep the weight equal on both ends, that way the loco will behave equally, this means you need to have slightly more weight added to the non drive [powered] end,
By Brian · #6377 ·
Re: Loco Weights
Simon,Are there any gradients in your WDLR scenario? I suspect your answer is going to be down to trial and error on your part. Put a pannier on your loco and add weights until you get the traction
By David Hughes · #6376 ·
Loco Weights
I thought we'd had this conversation in the group before, but can't find a reference... Is there a rule of thumb for adding weight to a loco - enough to make the most of its power without adding
By Simon Jones · #6375 ·