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Posted: Mon Oct 17th, 2016 08:56 am |
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Ken C
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4&1/8 Inch converts to 105mm, if?? your crawler has a base of 85mm, should not be a problem. Hope it works out.
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Posted: Wed Oct 19th, 2016 07:42 pm |
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Si.
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With a few key-strokes on the ol' vintage Rockwell...
...some finely gridded graph-paper...
...& a can of spray-glue
BINGO !
Had ourself a niffty new steel-underframe making jig !

The previous underframe jig, made for the Gilpin Tram caboose model, worked really well.
This one had a slight 'upgrade', with the fine pitched graph-paper, glued to the thick mounting board.
Much easier to mark out & cut the holes for the Plastruct beams to fit into.
Later cross pieces will be easier to locate as well.
Needs a NEW knife blade, for best results.

Si.
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Posted: Thu Oct 20th, 2016 08:23 pm |
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Salada
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Am I alone in finding the ongoing Chronicles of the MMMM are not the riveting read they once were.
Regards, Michael
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Posted: Fri Oct 21st, 2016 06:14 am |
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Posted: Fri Oct 21st, 2016 01:03 pm |
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Hi Micahel,
Its now a "fully welded read"
Rivetting was so... "yesterday" 
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Posted: Fri Oct 21st, 2016 04:59 pm |
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Salada
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oztrainz wrote:
Hi Micahel,
Its now a "fully welded read"
Rivetting was so... "yesterday" [/
Hello John and Si,
So MMM is now a seamless read, rather than theme less ??
Cheers, Michael
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Posted: Fri Oct 21st, 2016 06:42 pm |
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W C Greene
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Damn nice weathering job you did on the riveting kit. Care to tell us how you did it Was it salt or maybe pepper?
Beaudreaux
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Woodie - I think it is the special weathering process known as "found at the back of an old shed, why not put it on Fleabay".
Si : to answer your question, I have searched through my workshop drawers as far as I am currently physically able, but I cannot find my brake shoe box. I remember the suppliers address was Harrow UK but I cannot find any such on t'internet. Maybe the old Harrow Model Shop (RIP) ?
I intended checking the dimensions of an O gauge shoe but all my O wagons & stuff are packed away in crates currently out of reach as I am in U.S. On30 this year (supposedly).
From a quick IT search I cannot find any mfg's of solid, not fold up etch, wagon brake shoes; really bad news.
Roll on the big night !
Michael
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