014 back to back gauge - they have arrived
Hi all,
The back to back gauges I ordered have arrived, I have attached a picture.
I have a put a calliper over them and they are all with 0.01mm, which I
think is very good, given that my
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James Hockley
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Amberley Museum’s Spring Industrial Trains Day Sunday April 26th
Amberley Museum’s Spring Industrial Trains Day
Official press release:
Amberley Museum’s Spring Industrial Trains event, primarily aimed at the enthusiast, this year falls on Sunday
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decauville1126
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Re: Back to Back gauge
hi James,
Sorry for the delay in replying - I have been away for a couple of weeks.
My address is:Peter Tarver67 Minehead RoadBristolBS4 1BP
Paypal gift is fine for me.
Thanks again for putting in the
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Peter Tarver
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Re: Back to Back gauge
Andy Binns, 21 Chalice Court, Upper Northam Road, Hedge End, Southampton
SO30 4TA
wish to pay by Bank transfer... please supply sort code and account number
and what reference you want against it...
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andy binns
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Back to Back gauge
Hi All,
Just a quick update on the status of the production of the gauge.
I have spoken to Malcolm this week and he is going to try get these produced
and posted before April 13th.
That means
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James Hockley
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Andrew,
That is so useful that it deserves to be submitted to Peter Page as a space filler for Narrow Lines!!
I have just planted both my fibreglass brushes in a dish of slightly diluted PVA
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adrian@...
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Paul,
One tip I read, which I use to minimise the fibreglass shard problem is to dip the fibreglass brushes in PVA glue and let them set before using them, this reduces the effect surprisingly well so
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Andrew Young <andrewyoung@...>
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Nope, Colin. None if those, I have several of them and they all shed tiny shards that stick into my fingers.
I had an 8" stick of glassfibres tightly bound in blue plastic tape which wore down till
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Paul Holmes
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Hi Paul
Try either of
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Colin Rainsbury <COLINR@...>
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Re: Locomotive Enquiry
Hi John
Adding to Frank's list
S&D Models do a white metal body kit for the Dick, Kerr & Co., Petrol-Electric Tractor, a BullAnt chassis would fit this a treat.?
S&D also do a body kit for an Andrew
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David John
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Re: Locomotive Enquiry
Hi John
Frank and Bruce have covered the main sources. The only other i ?can suggest is KB Scale who do the McEwan- Platt baguly 10 hp loco (www.kbscale.com) He also does an O14 chassis and a couple
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George Morris
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Re: Locomotive Enquiry
John,
On group as maybe a general interest.
Try Chivers e-mail, Simon has just moved house, but the Hunslet is currently
unavailable. The castings will be Chivers, but any etched, brass or
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Frank Sharp
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Re: Locomotive Enquiry
Wrightlines is now part of ABS models. I do not know what has happened to the line.
Nigel Lawton makes a great etched brass kit for a 20HP Simplex
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Bruce Wilson
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Locomotive Enquiry
I am looking for sources of 7mm. Scale WW1 military N.G. locomotives. ( I have the Neil Sayer Baldwin Gas Mechanical, and a "Joffre" 0-6-0T ). What other locomotives ( kits ) are available in 7mm.
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jac19412000
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Gents,
A 'knock off' version of the otherwise rather expensive Badger abrasive air gun was available from Machine Mart - branches in many towns and cities and online.
MM also do an absolutely
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adrian@...
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Paul,
I use one of the cheap & cheerful air erasers. I bought mine from an auto
parts chain store, but it is the same as the eBay unit, just repackaged.
The same chain store "Supercheap Auto" sold
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Rod Hutchinson
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Paul,
My first purchase was the Paasche ‘air eraser’ - for cleaning up brass masters prior to sending away for casting. The small container for the blasting medium did not, at that stage, matter
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Roy Link <rclpubs@...>
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#6198
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Re: Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
Paul,
First buy is a decent industrial type face mask. You don't want to be breathing in grit.
I bought a Bottle Blaster 100 and some fine grit. I forget where I got the BB100, a UK supplier
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Frank Sharp
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#6197
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Ulrasonic cleaning and pumice blasting
This might be one for the nice Mr Link... In the bumper 100th NGI Review, Roy wrote about the use of ultrasonic cleaners and pumice blasting for model preparation and again mentioned it in these very
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Paul Holmes
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Re: Military N.G. Enquiry
Many thanks to all who responded to my Military NG enquiry. All responses were very helpful, and much appreciated.
Best regards,John A. CraigAustin, Texas
To: O14@...
From:
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jac19412000
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