Caledonian Railway Association Forum

Some excellent stuff there Ross.
The nicely restored E & G coaches were built by George Russell, Hon. President.
Jim P

Allan
There was a series of postings on RM Web by Mike Trice which are quite informative.
The first was on 26th May 2010, titled “Using a ruling pen”
Jim P

David’s email address is: [email protected]
Jim P

Just received my copy and realise that I already have it.
Anyone who has missed out on a copy can have it for what I paid, i.e. £10
Jim P

It has come to the attention of the Association that there may be inaccuracies in one, or more of the drawings, both card copies and the CDs, presumably as a result of the copying processes. Users should satisfy themselves of the accuracy of dimensions by reference to other material, for example Gen...

There was an article on empty cask wagons, used by CR, NBR and GSWR, in the Sou’ West Journal some times about. Surprisingly, HR and GNSR apparently did not have such vehicles The author - one of our members - is currently re-writing the article with additional information for, hopefully, publishing...

Does anyone have an original (printed) copy of the above?
The one on the "Wagons" CD is not of great resolution and is slightly off square.
I would prefer to borrow, or buy, the copy but a high resolution scan would suffice.
Can anyone help?
Thank you
Jim P
Email: [email protected]

I came across this video on Youtube starring the late John (complete with the odd expletive) and the late Tom McGhee, which brought back many memories. I had the good fortune to live on the other side of the dual carriageway from John. I would be interesting to know when it was done and who did the ...

The “ERROL” on the lamp appears to have been done with flash glass which has a layer of colour fused to the white (clear). The colour is masked and etched off, with hydroflouric acid - very nasty stuff - and, as can be seen, the result can be quite stunning. I did some work with flash glass as part ...

Excellent, I particularly like the side rods.
Jim P

I would certainly protect the window bars - why not use some masking tape - that is what we used for masking glass prior to grit blasting, the grit used being coarser than 180/200.
The lamp irons will probably be ok but try out on a wee strip of scrap brass first
Jim P

Model Shop Leeds stock Evergreen 9511, 0.010” black styrene sheet.
4 pack @ £5.99 + £1.30 postage
Jim P

Great work. Re grit blaster, I made a wee cabinet but Allan Goodwillie used a largish, clear poly bag which I thought was great - easy to collect and reuse the grit. It is useful, also, to have a very fine sieve to filter out any larger debris that may clog the nozzle. Haven’t used mine for some tim...

My piece was in Scalefour News, issue 196, about using black styrene to represent nuts etc. The contrast of black against white styrene made positioning much easier - using a No.11 blade, of course.
I can provide a screenshot for anyone interested - please send me a pm
Jim P

Scott
Thank you for putting some of your stuff on RM Web though, in some ways, I wish you had not - standards of modelling that few of us can aspire to.
Jim P

Tony I think you may have missed Jim’s point that with one brake lever, the two V hangers were on either side of the same solebar thus obviating the need for a long rod - unless two brake levers were present. Graham Why don’t you pm Dave John and ask about the source of his transfers though I suspec...

I am still able to fulfil book orders as Royal Mail is still functioning.
Operations Vol.2, £22 + £5 p&p
Jim P

Thank you Alan.
I had idly thought about making a stencil but in clear plastic (acrylic) sheet, to aid alignment, but wondered if there was an easier way.
On reflection, the picture shows the CR does not “straddle” the diagonal brace - a case of when in doubt, read the instructions!
Jim P

Thank you. I missed the pic on p.145. Meanwhile, does anyone have suggestions about applying “C R” to the TLM cattle vans? Microsol and Transfix do not seem to soften the letters sufficiently over the diagonals. I’ve had the vans built for c. 3 years and only just got around to trying to apply trans...

What height should “CR” be for the pre Drummond open?
Thanks
Jim P

Thank you!
Jim P

Re the pre-Drummond open, where would I find appropriate wagon numbers - I need 2.
Thank you
Jim P

Sorry to disagree, Allan, but enlarging the pic the window framing looks more like wood.
Jim P

I have been aware of this but did not do anything about it because of the cost.
Jim P

Re new wagon masters. In the past, builders of masters received 3 body castings as a “thank you” for their efforts. The Association will continue this practice. Thank you to Jim Mac for reminding us about this. Can I please emphasise that proposals for wagon prototypes should be discussed with Tony ...