Hi Frank The screws you talk about that are used to A) lock the sliders in position while setting up the chassis, and B) fix the Rolling roads in place. They...
Hello there I am going to be getting one of these at scaleforum (i have managed to get a friend to pay for half in exchange for me building a chassis for him!)...
Hi Peter Firstly lets cover your crankpins. As standard ,in 4mm, we make mock axles with both 1.00mm spigots and 1.50mm, and if you buy a jig you will get...
hello there I was wondering what the minimum wheelbase was? How close can the axles get? The reason i ask is that i also have a darjeeling B class sitting in a...
Hi Peter The Standard 4mm Master Chassis will get down to slightly less than 16mm (4Ft). During the origional design work I looked through all the loco...
I've just built my first cjassis using the jig in 7mm it ran sweetly the first time I put the rods on which is a first for me, I also used it to assemble the...
Hi everyone, I've just watched a chassis I've rebuilt sail down my sidings completely free from tight-spots. I wish I'd had the jig when I built the loco...
Just thought I should let Terry know that I got his message, but I've have nothing to add: The Masterchassis is a fine piece of kit. I wouldn't be with out...
I purchased my new jig over the weekend and I was playing with it untill the wee hours of this morning! I got he jig on saturday and rushed home to try it out....
I want to replace the axleguards on some 4-wheel coaches with spring units - their present ones are arranged for compensation. It occurs to me that if I used...
Hi John This has never been discussed before, and I also would be grateful for further input. What you say sounds perfectly feasable, but I have to make an ...
... further input. ... assumption here that the hole in the bearing, in the W-Iron actually goes all the way through, so that you can set up the bearings on...
Hi Phil, I purchased a 4mm jig and a couple of wagonmasters at the back end of March, having been suitably impressed by the example shown at Glasgow. I've been...
Thanks Phil, I'll do that! On Sunday night I fitted the axle bearings (rigid for 00) and yesterday morning, I assembled the frames themselves. For the first...
Sounds all good Dave. Best wishes for a successful outcome in the very near future. I am also a "returnee" and got hold of my masterchassis at Bracknell a...
Good luck Dave I'm in a simular position to you having come back to the hobby after 18 years away. I brought a Masterchassis at ExpoEM and am looking forward ...
I'm off to work now Steve, but I'll look for the supplier of my folder, it was an American outfit called Mission models, but I'll give you the full gen later. ...
Sounds like the Hold 'n'Fold gadget, which is American but freely available in the UK. Pricey, but very useful and there are few little bits of etch you can't...
Thanks Dave I've found Mission models website and it looks a neat bit of kit. I have also found a supplier in the UK, Relish Models in Selby, North Yorkshire,...
Hi, in the UK its called the hold and fold available from JLTRT and done in
4 different sizes. Barry ... From: brindlesmith@... Date: 29/05/2009 22:55:08 ...
I got mine from the States in about a week which wasn't so bad. Now, back to my project and a couple of things have caught my attention. While the chassis is...
Three solutions that I-ve tried. They all work, though I would add the rider "usually" to numbers 2 and 3: 1. Resistence soldering unit. No serious rival...
Hi Dave Without seeing the chassis to confirm things my guess is 1 of 3 things regarding your wheels that is:- 1 The fixing points in the chassis sides for the...
Hi Dave, exactly what I have seen as well. The problem is that, while all the mechanism of the tool is precision-engineered to keep the axles parallel to each...
