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Yes Mike - it's almost like politics and religion!!!! DON'T GO THERE!!!! Ade - stop this now!!!! 8-)). Regards, GeoffB michealsteve@... wrote: Hi Geoff ...
Jim I may be wrong with the figure but on the A1 you have a divided drive. The outside cylinders drive on the second axle and the inside one on the first. The...
Dan, My absence from this forum (Quad?) had been noted and this limerick just floated into my consciousness, it goes well and so it sticks; sorry I misquoted...
Dear Mr Sweetland, I have had an e.mail off list from another group member, echoing your concerns. So I`ll say the same to you as I said to him. I asked Mr...
Bob, L D Porta wrote an article early in the project in, I think, Steam Railways, suggesting that TORNADO be built not as another A-1 but as a thorougly ...
Ian ... Of course it is possible that the two gents you overheard had ordered the kits in N/S - one of DA's options - which *would* make the boiler more...
Hi all Just an unabashed plug for the show this weekend - Sat only from 10am - 4.30 at Pontefract New College - same place as last year. Layouts include...
All In the latest ediion of Steam Railway there is an ad for a 5" gauge Stepehenson's Rocket fully machined kit for only £1995.00. Investigating further on...
George I was slightly involved in the prospect of a Porta A1. The conclusion was, nice it may be, but we could never get the loco built at and run it on the ...
Ian I have measured the thickness of the boiler barrel. It is 0.46mm brass. It has some half etch river detail to push out and no boiler bands, these are added...
... <snip remainder> That is 18 thou in old money, same as I use for boilers and I have no problem rolling them using rolling bars. I often don't anneal the...
I have built a DA kit, Flying Scotsman, and found it well designed and relatively easy (not for a beginner) job to do. I also found David himself to be most...
Hi Bob, There is a photo in the latest Steam Railway of large crowd of people stood by Tornado. Had a good look but cannot spot you!. Even more remarkable is...
Graham You'll need a magnifying glass. See the yellow jack at the front of the loco? There's a chap with white hair standing immediately in front of it. I'm...
Hello All, PW has asked me to let you all know that JLTRT will consider doing the 4MT as a kit, provided they can get all the information to do a truely ...
Graham, What sort of pick-ups does that loco have? I have found that, on six-coupled locos, if just the pick-up on one collecting wheel is not doing its job,...
Brian et al Following my euraka moment last night and your suggestion I've made mock-up section of the pelmet in card and tried it with a light. It was easy to...
All Following the recent thread on the problems of adhesives fixing lead decomposing the surrounding metal I have experimented and found another method. I...
Half etch rivets to be pressed out are a great way of producing a cabside or bunker or footplate with a covering of (consistent) pimples. What about the...
Hello Graham, Solder is good, I thought that I had done that on the cab sides of the pannier last time I was over with you. The only problem was trying to get...
Surely in the case of round headed rivets the other end would be visible rather than the plates being flush on the other side? Could the eye possibly be...
Raymond In three years time it will the same as it will be when the resin is cured. Once it has polymerised it is inert. Apart from loosing adhesion, which ...
Glad we were able to help Bob. My dislike of tungsten is the heat they generate. I use 4 foot fluorescents, but they are heavy. Has anyone tried and used ...
