Caledonian Railway Association Forum

Alan
Your attention to detail is amazing.
Thank you for sharing.
Jim P

Tony
You say you have a converted Oxford Rail wagon.
Could you expand on how you coped with compensation/springing as I found that removing the W iron/axle box mouldings and thinning to allow P4 wheels resulted in very little material to attach these to the solebars.
Thanks
Jim P

The vinyl when removed from the backing sheet are very thin, probably thinner than labels. I will try to remember to measure the thickness. I would initially use white, the colour of which could be altered using acrylic paint - the same colour as the true panels, preferably before cutting. Re “stenc...

Have you already commissioned the transfers? If so, there may be interested parties, myself included, but I suspect not too many. My own original thought was to cut out apertures in styrene or thin perspex sheet using the Cameo cutter for the former or milling the latter which I would then use as “s...

Lindsay
You will recall that Mike W agreed to compile a suitable range of numbers etc.
I understand from Jim S that this is well advanced so hopefully ......
Jim P

Thank you
Jim P

Not strictly a CR question, the above requires brake levers on both sides of wagons but were brakes on all four wheels also required or just two wheels?
Jim P

Mr Summers and I have just had the privilege of hearing the prototype sound decoder, produced by South West Digital, demonstrated by Carina McCall.
Excellent, realistic variety of genuine CR loco sounds, recorded at Aviemore.
Highly recommended.
Available very soon, price around £125
Jim P

Hatton’s will be producing a range of 4 and 6 wheel coaches. It is proposed that the third batch will include coaches in CR livery - but it will be some time before these are produced. These are “generic” coaches not based on particular prototypes but will, presumably, look the part. Check out “gene...

Great stuff!
Thanks
Jim P

Alan
Could I suggest that you contact Donald Peddie to see if he can help?
You will find his contact details in the list of Committee members etc in TTL. Please use his personal email address.
Jim P
Chairman

I am really pleased about your efforts.
Difficult to visualise from the drawings and I look forward to the result.
Anyone fancy doing a Northern Division box?
Jim P

Especially among the CRA Committee etc!
Jim P

Graham
You refer to a loco book that is not available to buy.
I you are talking about the second book in the “series” ie from 1880-ish onward, it is intended to be available at Glasgow Model Rail, February 2020
Jim P

Sorry Alan, I was sure they were viewable on the LMS website.
Why not send Dave (Franks) an email for details
Jim P

Alan
See the previous post to yours (30th June)
Jim P

Dave Franks (Lanarkshire Models and Supplies) has produced coupling rod etches, in nickel silver, for some CR locos.
The quality is superb.
The various types can be viewed on the LMS website - lanarkshiremodels.com
We hope to produce a review for October TTL
Thanks Dave
Jim P

Great result Alan
The Ambis chain and shackles do the trick.
The shackles are, of course, similar to screw couplings ie opposite handed screw threads
Jim P

Alan
Great looking boilers!
Limonene is often more user-friendly than MEK if you need something a bit less aggressive, slower setting.
I have also sent you a pm.
Jim P

That looks really good, Dave
Jim P

Lindsay
Ian Terrell showed me etches of brake vans with narrow and wide panels which might be of the van you are interested in
Jim P

Douglas
The 8’-6” brake gear was produced for TLM as part of a larger etch, the principal part of which was the CCT underframe, and is unlikely to be produced again.
I recollect adapting 9’ -0” etched brake gear for a sample wagon but do not recall the source
Jim P

In addition to new offerings, the Committee have decided to look into the feasibility of producing further batches of previously available wagons. For information, these are: D10 cattle wagon RY Pickering PO wagon D22 mineralwagon, dumb buffer D46 mineral D3 van D59 16 ton mineral D11A CCT With the ...

In the “RODs on the Caley” there is a pic, of a 0-6-0 showing conventional buffer housings
Jim P

Thanks David, they do, indeed, look like those on the CR RODs
What I don’t understand is why they supply 6 buffers!
Jim P