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#51
Layouts / Re: Track Magic
Last post by clayliner - March 27, 2026, 15:59My thinking - and apologies for getting 'techie' about it - was that wheels generally have flanges and presumably there's a reason for that: they help to keep vehicles on the rails and that is by exerting lateral forces on the rails (or, to put it another way, the rails exert forces on the wheel flanges).
This may not matter too much on straight track, but presumably there's a significant amount of contact on curves, if the flanges are doing their job?
David.
#52
Scottish Region Group / Model Rail Scotland 27-29 Marc...
Last post by Graeme Dunbar - March 26, 2026, 16:50The team are all set up for three days on the ScOONs stand at Model Rail Scotland in the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow. It is our biggest modular layout setup to date - overall length is 6.18m (just over 20ft 3in).
Come along to see us, perhaps even bring along some stock and give running some trains a go.
We've arrived:
Can we fill the space?
All set up...
... and ready to roll.
Come along to see us, perhaps even bring along some stock and give running some trains a go.
We've arrived:
Can we fill the space?
All set up...
... and ready to roll.
#53
Layouts / Re: Track Magic
Last post by JulienW - March 26, 2026, 09:16Quote from: clayliner on March 25, 2026, 16:31To maximise electrical contact, should we clean the inside shoulder of the rail head as well, or just the top?
David.
As Graeme suggests the effects of cleaning the inside shoulder of the rails as well as the rail head may be minimal, but it will allow a bit more area for pick up if / when the flanges touch, and such additional pick up is not doing to be detrimental to the loco's performance
#54
Layouts / Re: Track Magic
Last post by Graeme Dunbar - March 25, 2026, 17:04I suspect it will have minimal effect. If you take a short length of straight track, place a loco on it and look at it head on you should be able to see just how much side to side play there is. I think the chance that the flanges will make contact could be slim.
If anything I try to clean just over the edge by holding the cleaning pad at a slight angle to each rail after giving the tops a good clean.
If anything I try to clean just over the edge by holding the cleaning pad at a slight angle to each rail after giving the tops a good clean.
#55
Layouts / Re: Track Magic
Last post by clayliner - March 25, 2026, 16:31To maximise electrical contact, should we clean the inside shoulder of the rail head as well, or just the top?
David.
#56
Electronics SIG / Electronics SIG Meeting Thursd...
Last post by Graeme Dunbar - March 21, 2026, 11:34Our next meeting is on Thursday 23rd of April at 8 pm.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86258898012?pwd=41G6itx2IqaaVHOJIzCeBlVi1PJmNt.1
Meeting ID: 862 5889 8012
Passcode: 026503
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86258898012?pwd=41G6itx2IqaaVHOJIzCeBlVi1PJmNt.1
Meeting ID: 862 5889 8012
Passcode: 026503
#57
Group Reports / Re: Oldham Goup
Last post by Hugh Norwood - March 18, 2026, 20:27Oldham & NW groups meeting 14th March, 2026 cont/d.
Paul T. had been working on 3 projects. A Hunslet T&D 4T, a 0-4-2T, printed from redesigned CAD and printed on David H's filament printer (Model Engine Works); a T&D etched brass coach (16T) from Worsley Works and an Alphagraphix card kit for the L&BER bogie brake fish van No7.
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Just a reminder that Narrow Gauge North is taking place on Saturday (14th March). Doors open at 10.30am.
There is no meeting in April.
There will be a meeting on Saturday 9th May at Greenfield Methodist church (start at 1.30pm).
The following meeting will be in Grasscroft on 10th June, at 8.00pm.
s.p.t. 12-3-26.
Paul T. had been working on 3 projects. A Hunslet T&D 4T, a 0-4-2T, printed from redesigned CAD and printed on David H's filament printer (Model Engine Works); a T&D etched brass coach (16T) from Worsley Works and an Alphagraphix card kit for the L&BER bogie brake fish van No7.
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Just a reminder that Narrow Gauge North is taking place on Saturday (14th March). Doors open at 10.30am.
There is no meeting in April.
There will be a meeting on Saturday 9th May at Greenfield Methodist church (start at 1.30pm).
The following meeting will be in Grasscroft on 10th June, at 8.00pm.
s.p.t. 12-3-26.
#58
Group Reports / Re: Oldham Goup
Last post by Hugh Norwood - March 18, 2026, 20:25Oldham & NW groups meeting 14th March, 2026 cont/d.
Tony – "Track lifting at work on Grimbledon Down. This is following a warped baseboard making the linking of the two baseboards of the layout as good as impossible. Thankfully 90% of the track has been recovered in a reusable condition including all the points.
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The track will be re-used on a new layout with details in due course but possibly based on a Cyril Freezer's Rabbit Warren plan."
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Tony – "Track lifting at work on Grimbledon Down. This is following a warped baseboard making the linking of the two baseboards of the layout as good as impossible. Thankfully 90% of the track has been recovered in a reusable condition including all the points.
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The track will be re-used on a new layout with details in due course but possibly based on a Cyril Freezer's Rabbit Warren plan."
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#59
Group Reports / Re: Oldham Goup
Last post by Hugh Norwood - March 18, 2026, 20:23Oldham & NW groups meeting 14th March, 2026 cont/d.
Stuart hadn't any modelling projects to tell us about but he had enjoyed a short break his wife had treated him to in a Mark 3 coach found near Cambridge.
The photos show an impressive modern equivalent of the traditional "camping coach" of old.
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Stuart hadn't any modelling projects to tell us about but he had enjoyed a short break his wife had treated him to in a Mark 3 coach found near Cambridge.
The photos show an impressive modern equivalent of the traditional "camping coach" of old.
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#60
Group Reports / Re: Oldham Goup
Last post by Hugh Norwood - March 18, 2026, 20:20Oldham & NW groups meeting 14th March, 2026 cont/d.
Paul M. had been busy working on several structures for future layouts. He had now completed the Fair Price low relief stable building using Scalescenes brick paper and pantiles (see previous notes).
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Another successful project was the construction of a Water tower based on those found on French railway lines.
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The water tower is made from scrap. The bottom is a yoghurt pot with card for the stones and covered with filler. The tank is the top off a deodorant spray, covered with card. It is awaiting a ladder.
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Paul had also modified a Hornby waiting room; it had been cut down and modified to make a 3mm scale Station building.
Paul M. had been busy working on several structures for future layouts. He had now completed the Fair Price low relief stable building using Scalescenes brick paper and pantiles (see previous notes).
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Another successful project was the construction of a Water tower based on those found on French railway lines.
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The water tower is made from scrap. The bottom is a yoghurt pot with card for the stones and covered with filler. The tank is the top off a deodorant spray, covered with card. It is awaiting a ladder.
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Paul had also modified a Hornby waiting room; it had been cut down and modified to make a 3mm scale Station building.