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Hi Peter.
We are fine now but we were both rough on Sunday. It won't stop us having having our second though.
David

Hi all. I have been working on my brake van body this week and will post a couple of photos later but i thought i would share how i solved a construction problem at the start. I am building the framework for the body from 4mm square stock but however much i would like to joint it together, I think t...

Hi all. Just thought I would update the group on what I have been doing during these long periods in tiers and lockdowns. At the beginning of last year I built a rake of Slaters and scratchbuilt Ffestiniog slate wagons and then a PDF Models De Winton kit that I detailed with wooden boiler cladding a...

Hi.
It's on again this evening. Channel 5 at 7.00.
D.

Hi All. This is my home built NWNG railway Cleminson carriage. IMG_20201209_132759.jpg My difficulty was also trying to keep the centre truck on the track. I initially made it with a flexible coupling of rigid arms connecting the centre truck to the end trucks similar to the system below as used by ...

Peter and Andrew. I agree with you both. If it looks fine then it is fine. It looks like the present FR don't have dimensioned plans of the original van 3 anyway. I will show you how I get on when I start it.
David.

That's an interesting comparison Peter. It seem strange however that if Festipedia is correct and van 3 is approx 12' long and 6' high it should be twice as long as it is high. Do we think a little artistic licence is being used in producing your kit to a squarer outline than van 6. Van 6 does look ...

Hi Peter. I have found this photo on the 'Festipedia' website which seems to confirm that your info about the end balcony is indeed correct. IMG_20201207_181412.jpg Festipedia also state the it is 13' in length, which may be correct as brake van 6 with end balcony on the same website is quoted as 12...

Hi Peter.
That's fantastic. Thanks very much.
David.

That would be brilliant Peter thanks. I have photos from the interweb net type thing, so of I have basic overall length, width and height of the wooden structurei can print a picture using these overall measurements using Publisher and copy other measurements from this.
David.

Hi all.
Does anyone have, or know where I can get, dimensions of the above van. I would like at add one to my scratch built FR/NWNG stock. I can find plenty of photos but would like to built it to an accurate scale if i can.
David.

Hi Rick.
This has been in my dad's possession since at least the mid 50s. David.

Great to know this old stuff is still about and being used.
David.

Hi all. I was reading on another forum where a modeller had taken an old and wellworn hammer once owned by his father, cleaned it up and brought it back to life. That set me thinking about how many of us are still using anything in our modelling that, in other circumstances, could have been thrown a...

Hi all. Latest lockdown project is a small hunslet called 'Junior' but for a granite quarry in sunny Leicestershire not a Welsh slate quarry. It should be quite distinctive with no cab, just a roof supported on 4 steel pillars. So far i have the underframe and cylinders painted matt black with the m...

Hi all.
I haven't been able to try the system outside yet but for £39 in total it is worth giving it a go.
The loco kit only cost £81 including motor and gearbox so I have a radio controlled loco for £120 + a little work and paint (which I had anyway)
David.

David.

Hi all. As I don't have access to a running line at present here is my De-Winton running on blocks using the Locoremote radio control on a smartphone. I like the way that the phone display also shows % of full speed and battery voltage. It looks as though one of the cranks has slipped on its axle a ...

Hi Philip.
The 12v motor and reducing gearbox is supplied with the kit and is mounted horizontally between the frames. The power is from (at present) a pp3 battery in the boiler and the RC and switch is in the water tank. I will try and post a vid on YouTube over the weekend.
David.

Hi all. Just finished a PDF Models De-Winton i have been working on over the summer. I clad the boiler with rosewood (i think) cut from an old xylophone key, glued the strips on to the boiler and then cut three thin brass bands to length and rolled them around a Soy sauce bottle. I then taped the ba...