Circloy
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On 29/04/2021 at 14:48, albergman said:
Radpoe ... that organization has been around for 5 or 6 years and haven't got off the drawing board yet!
Not so - check out the website, not as much progress as the 'other lot' but not a commercial organisation either.
The Darlington organisation are only building a look alike much modification of the design is/has taken place.
Personally I believe both, along with other re-builds & replica's, are extracting funds needed to preserve the real railway herritage.
@albergman Apologies I'm a bit late to the party you might need to revisit the chimney. In plan form they were more an elongated tear drop shape tapering at the rear, have a look at models of the A4 to see what I mean. You might be able to physically re-shape the one you have already printed left square ended you'll have fit issues.
Good work so far.
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Not specifically 500.. series errors but I've noticed recently a spate of unsecure warning triangles in the address bar refreshing the page(s) seems to resolve the issue any chance it's related?
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News reporters around the world are dreading going on the air now that the new Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch COVID 19 variant has been identified in Wales...
(above nicked from another site - too good to miss)
Wonder if Paul Harcastle has suffered from Covid N-n-n-n-nineteen, nineteen
Thinking on this could run and run and run, just like my nose after the second jab
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The photo's do indeed show the two boom variant. the three boom variant being more common.
Mike Conniford's booklet on the QL shows a photo of these being converted from the earlier boomless versions.
Bedford supplied only the chasis cab (QLC) with the tanks being fitted by outside contractors, e.g. Butterfields of Shipley. Early models had a 1000 gal tank whilst later ones a 950 gal tank. The two boom variant was fuel only whilst the three boom variant, as @Andrew Jones said was for fuel & oil. In the later case the tank was divided into two compartments 850 gal for fuel & 100 gal for oil. This would need different piping arrangements, it is possible the piping runs for the fuel from main tank take off to the fuelling arms would be substantially the same whist an 'extra' run would cater for the oil which, presumably, used the central boom and would also require a third pump in either the rear or side compartments.
The additional oil tank would need some form of access for filling so tank top arrangements most likely differ.
Looks like I need to do more research for my conversion of the Accurate Armour 1/48th model (3 boom- 2 boom) either that or scratch build the missing parts for the third arm.
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Doesn't this link break this rule?
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2 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said:
I had this book and maybe four or five others. I wish I knew where they went!
Carpet monster needs some reading matter
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8 hours ago, Dave Swindell said:
Top tip when emailing Hannants - ensure the order number and a very brief description of the problem is in the subject line.
Order 123456 incorrect item supplied got me a reply inside 20 minutes today, granted I may have been lucky with this response time, but I've always had a good response from them to any issues with orders.
They likely get hundreds of general enquiries by email every day which may or may not be replied to at some point, but if your subject line makes it obvious you have a customer service issue with an order it's much more likely to get a quick response.
Sending from the email your account is registered with might help as well.
He can't do that 'cause he never ordered for Hannants
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7 hours ago, MrProd said:
Sorry Circloy, I hadn't explained, I contracted emodels.co.uk in December, they replied that day, asked if I could send photos which I did. They agreed it looked like a manufacturing fault and said they would contact the importer to see about replacement parts/sprue. I left it a couple of months because pandemic etc but hadn't heard anything so I got back in touch. Emodels.co.uk said they're waiting to hear back. Its only after I asked if they could tell me who the importer was (because at this point I doubted emodels when they said the importer couldn't be called by phone) that i found out it was Hannants.
Even so Hannants are only legally responsible to emodels who in turn are legally responsible to you.
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5 hours ago, MrProd said:
I've had a problem with a kit that Hannants are the importer for, and I notified emodels (who I bought it from) of the problem at the end of December. I still don't have the correct parts though after 4 months I did get a replacement sprue, with exactly the same fault as the kit I bought. So they've taken 4 months to not correct the faults and the latest request is to send the entire kit back to them! Its a half built 1/48 Flanker. It won't fit in the box without snapping a wing off so that's not happening. I don't know why Hannants can't accept that Kittyhawk have made undercarriage legs without axles as almost every build review mentions the fault, or why my photos of the faulty parts with the instruction diagrams showing an axle aren't enough.
I must admit that until recently I was blaming emodels.co.uk for poor customer service but having tried to contact Hannants directly myself, I think I know where the problems begin.
You might be in this for the long haul Blecky.
Hannants have no direct obligations to you, you need to direct yor complaint through emodels.
I don't know the specifics of Kittyhawk supplies in the UK but there could be more than Hannants importing & distributing items, so your kit may not have come from Hannants. Even if they were the sole authorised UK distributor in this day and age there's alway what's termed 'grey' imports. The only way Hannants can be sure if they are fulfilling their legal obligations is if they receive, & respond to, complaints through the supply chain.
As Blecky appears to have bought direct his is with Hannants or as he suggested his credit card company.
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2 hours ago, Ratch said:
Airfix didn't issue an 08
I appreciate that they bought the Kitmaster range (including the Deltic) and sold what they had onto Dapol, but weren't some of the Kitmaster tools destroyed?
08 corrected (humble
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If my memory serves I'd heard that when the moulds turned up at Dapol and an inventory was taken there were more than had been expected. The moulds for the items Airfix had been issuing were obviously there but there were some that Airfix had never used, they'd never looked in detail at what they'd received from Kitmaster. A lot were in poor condition and obviously of no further use whilst others were tested with the thought that one last run might be achievable, of these only the Deltic was of further use hence it's re-appearance after 20+ years.
I doubt if Airfix would have been interested in re-issuing the European / American items themselves and these were the wrong scale to be of interest to any of the European kit producers so maybe sat unloved in a warehouse or were scrapped without ceremony.
The missing gems were the MK1 coaches, it took Tri-ang a good 10 - 15 years to produce anything close and of course the Blue Pullman.
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5 hours ago, cmatthewbacon said:
@Will Vale am I right in thinking that at 1/45 scale those kits would be pretty much O Gauge?
best,M.
O gauge in the UK, and I believe Europe, is 7mm to 12" which equates to 1:43.5, In the US it's 1:48 so at 1:45 sits between the two and wouldn't look out of scale against either.
5 hours ago, Paws4thot said:IIRC all the Kitmaster/Airfix/Dapol locos except the 0-4-0T, the Evening Star and the Deltic prototype are/could be UK Grouping era or earlier with appropriate decals.
The full list of UK OO gauge loco's produced by Kitmaster K, Airfix A or Dapol D loco's is as follows:
Pre 1948
Rocket - KAD (Suitable for Rocket only at the Rainhill Trials, modified prior to the Liverpool & Manchester railway opening 1 year later, also suits various replica's built over the years)
GWR Prairie - KAD
GWR City of Truro - KAD
SR Schools Class - KAD
SR Battle of Britain/Biggin Hill - KAD
LYR 0-4-0 Saddle Tank - KAD
J94 0-6-0 Saddle Tank - KA - Built for the War department but also used by the LNER & BR also private industrial railways (e.g. NCB, British Steel)
LMS Coronation Class Pacific - K
GNR Sterling Single - K
LMS Beyer Garrett - K
Post 1948 i.e. BR ONLY
English Electric Diesel shunter (Class 08) - K - Based on a LMS design, many still exist post de-nationalisation
Deltic Prototype - K
Evening star - KAD
BR Mogul - KAD
Blue Pullman - K
Drewery 0-6-0 shunter (Class 03) - AD - Similar designs were used by private industrial railways
Railbus - AD
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47 minutes ago, John Tapsell said:
There's a huge difference between developing a world-beater and actually being to sell it in large enough numbers to make it commercially viable. That's what it comes down to. A 'guaranteed' market of less than 200 guns with the possibility that you can sell a new and untried gun in a global market that knows and understands the german equivalent (and probably already has it in service) - and which is backed up by a well established supply chain.
The finances involved in developing a new gun from scratch don't make this a viable proposition (I wish it did, but the world is a different place to what it was when the 120mm rifled cannons were developed).
Add to that if it has to fit into an existing turret design, then the physical location of the mount, loading systems, targeting systems etc would result in a weapon that would be a virtual duplication of the main gun already fitted. There's no need to waste time & money on re-inventing the wheel, it does the job needed and does it well.
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Whilst the pictoral suplements are very good for detail/variant photographs It's the corresponding Profile book that contains any drawings. Because of the many variants of the LMS black 5 it was covered by three profile books (LMS loco profile no 5, no 6 & no 7) and two profile books one each to No 5 & no 6.
Suspect @bootneck may be interested in these
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On 07/05/2021 at 15:22, MiG-Mech said:
I do not think AwtoWAS wants so much money for my first car's copyrights, do they ?
But that's only a licensed version of a Fiat who must ultimately own the rights and require the fee
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On 10/05/2021 at 18:02, John Tapsell said:
The Book of Face constantly 'suggesting' things I might like and people I might know - why?
Take control of what's put in your face with Fluffbusting purity
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PMMS now have a facebook presence - not a patch on the old site though
https://www.facebook.com/PMMS.42/
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Was reading about the Soham railway disaster of ww2 where, upon spotting that the first wagon of their train was on fire, the train crew stopped their ammunition train outside town, detatched the burning wagon and were proceding to take it to safety when the 5 ton load of 250 & 500 lb bombs destined for the USAF exploded with major damage to the station and loss of lives. Had they not done so it was possible that the whole train could have exploded with a consequential increase in casualties and damage.
The official report is interesting reading, the train was loaded at Immingham docks & the names of the loaders is mentioned, none of them, even the supervisors, are given a rank which make me believe these were civvies. The train destined for Ipswich (i'm presuming operating district not town as White Colne is mentioned) was split en-route, again by railway staff. If the train went direct into the dump unloading would have been by the RAF/USAF using military equipment, if unloaded in the local station's goods yard the railway's staff & equipment would be at the heart of getting the loads from the train onto the trucks (USAF) & off the railway.
The report also gives details of the make up of the train with respect to types of wagon's included, and the type of load each carried.
https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Soham1944.pdf
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The airfix coles crane would be a good choice
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usani4245/14205637774
or you could use it as the basis for a yard crane, rather than truck mounted
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or a long long time ago..
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As you've contributed absolutley nothing to answering the original question you won't be missed.
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On 30/04/2021 at 06:11, Miko said:
we do have an idea of the Highway Code we just interpret it in a more progressive way than most road users
That's down to the fact cyclists are difficult to trace not having to have licence plates.
On 29/04/2021 at 13:25, Miko said:But the whole brightly coloured skin tight lycra thing, just looks a bit ridiculous to me
Rather have them wear bright coloured lycra than the camouflague colours they seem to go for currently - try seeing cyclists imitating the Sky cycling team (all black clothing) in the dead of night on unlight country roads. A single cycles bad enough - but a whole club without a brain cell between them.
If the Government serious about eco travel it's got to review the laws.
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Very familiar with gear & gearbox design, the figures you quote are well outside the mark, mesh on the above gears is +/-0.05mm & this is required to maintain efficiency, reduce noise & minimise wear. Wiggle room is 1950's toy territory. The gearbox above runs like a Rolex watch because of this & I'll not tolerate anything less than well oiled machine.
Rough & ready as befits your design is not an option.
Back to the subject of the original question, can anyone advise about the strength & stability of parts made from UV resin, or know where such information can be obtained?
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thanks @Schwarz-Brot Without doubt machining from solid brass is the best option however I don't have access to a multi axis cnc macchine which would be required for the precision gear mesh & if i could find someone to do a one off I suspect the price would be prohibitive.
Brass bearings/bushings are a given & mentioned in my op above.
I'm also sure filament printing would not be able to give the precision required to correctly mesh the gears.
I do have a 3D uv printer though so thought I'd ask in case anyone had any similar experience or knew where to find data.
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Thought the second picture would help
Gresley Mikado P2 "Robert The Bruce" scratch-build
in Locos, Trains and Layouts
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Design limitation of the software, at least you're aware.
Plausable.
Hope the filler cap is lose, it needs to be more central so it's equally accessible from eitherside of the tender when filling.
LNER corridor tender top