To all who responded to my query re lining. Thanks for all the info. All the info has been passed on and he is also grateful for your input. Cheers Norman ...
Collective......... A collegue of mine is attempting to scratchbuild a set of bogies to go under the EM2 body that he has acquired. He has worked out that the ...
Barry, The answer is 8' 0" + 7' 8", reading inwardsfrom the outer end of each bogie. For more details, Volume 6 of the British Rail Fleet Survey, by Brian...
Hi All. I am intending to build a small diarama to enable me to take photos of various locos and suchlike. Can anybody point me in the right direction of a...
... Rear Barry Further to Jim's reply there are 4mm EM2 drawings in "British Rail Main Line Electric Locomotives" by Colin Marsden and Graham Fenn published by...
In case anyone is interested I have put a Treffry style viaduct up for sale on eBay (no reserve) item no: 300297398310 Unfortunately I have no place for it in...
Jim, Chris Many thanks for pointers. Friend is off tryng to track down copies of relevant publications & will be actively pursuing the JLTRT lead. Thanks, once...
... I seem to remember that there was a "Know Nothing" party back in the 1930s, who boasted about how they were "simple, ordinary folks, who didn't go in for...
Hi all Lee Marsh has emailed me with the news that Trevor Charlton passed away on the 7th of February. Many people purchased Trevor's zinc coach sides over the...
Hi Norman, What about the Langley Models tunnel ends/mouths? They do singles and doubles. I used their double one (in vacumn formed plastic) to cast the...
I had an LYR 0-4-4T, built conventionally, i.e. fixed drivers, and free swinging bogie, to say it was a flop is an understatement. I rebuilt the frames with...
Hi, Very sad. Back in the late 1960's - early 70's I built a number of his various horse boxes in 4mm plus also some coaches. the best quality parts available...
I am pretty certain JLTRT took over the etched kits for EM1 and EM2 at least a year ago. When we had Branchlines we used to supply the original designer/owner...
Just something I spotted yesterday at B & Q. In the garden section they have some adjustable feet for garden sheds so you can get the shed dead level. These...
Another 7mm cottage industry no longer available. As John says, very sad. Some of Trevor's coach sides were of very interesting, but in some cases very...
Hi Mike, I used to use Araldite with some angle in the corners for strength. However for a really good bond remove (sand off) all the resist on the back at the...
Hi, To complete the story, I bought a sample. They are rather like a Fulgurex type machine with a worm/gear/thread type mechanism. They are smaller than the...
Yes, Trevor will be missed by many. I liked the depth and solid feel of his sides. I found araldite works well with them - presumably you cleaned first to get...
John Your reply is interesting - you called them aluminium - and that's what I thought and bought special solder for use with aluminium, which didn't work. I...
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression - Trevor's were always zinc- just making the suggestion from my experience with Westdale aluminium shells. John Hobden ...
Mike Trevor will be sadly missed- a lovely person to deal with and I thoroughly enjoyed using his parts. When I first started using them a friend told me the...
Trevor Charlton kept a very low profile, and comparatively few people have actually heard of him. I bought a number of his parts in the early 1970s, but...
It would be a very great pity if Trevor's artwork and negatives were to be lost. It strikes me that a modelling society ought to make an offer to buy the...
... Anyone interested can see some of my 4mm models on the LNWR Society Forum website:- http://lnwrsociety.forums-free.com/modelling-the-lnwr-f23.html Just an...
