My Hudswell 040 shunter scratch build

Hi Alan,
Just back from Galston, talked to Guy and this is the company that supplied the plastic strip. He couldn't remember the cost but we identified the supplier as Gantiel Vensott [Home - Gantiel Vensott] who are at Wetherill Park and they professionally cut the sheet into the required size. There were a few left over and I photographed the markings on two of them which may help identify the product if you are talking to them. I took close up pics of two of the supports, one an intermediate one, the other where two strips joined.
Hope this is of some help, contact me if you want further information.
Regards, Ian


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Monty said:
Hi Alan,
Just back from Galston, talked to Guy and this is the company that supplied the plastic strip. He couldn't remember the cost but we identified the supplier as Gantiel Vensott [Home - Gantiel Vensott] who are at Wetherill Park and they professionally cut the sheet into the required size. There were a few left over and I photographed the markings on two of them which may help identify the product if you are talking to them. I took close up pics of two of the supports, one an intermediate one, the other where two strips joined.
Hope this is of some help, contact me if you want further information.
Regards, Ian


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Hi Ian, thanks for doing that, it looks a simple but effective answer to a potential problem, how high is it?. I was thinking 50mm would be enough to stop a train from going over board
 
Alan McLennan said:
Hi Ian, thanks for doing that, it looks a simple but effective answer to a potential problem, how high is it?. I was thinking 50mm would be enough to stop a train from going over board
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Hi Alan,
Roughly 120mm high, I think it may have something to do with the original sheet size and the need to have little or no waste when slicing it.
It does however work ok how and where it is; it effectively stopped a speeding train [LGB Amtrak thingy -- see below for another run] from becoming airborne on a tight curve recently.
Think the height we have is about right to cover all eventualities, most G scale cars are higher than you think.
Cheers
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Monty said:
Hi Alan,
Roughly 120mm high, I think it may have something to do with the original sheet size and the need to have little or no waste when slicing it.
It does however work ok how and where it is; it effectively stopped a speeding train [LGB Amtrak thingy -- see below for another run] from becoming airborne on a tight curve recently.
Think the height we have is about right to cover all eventualities, most G scale cars are higher than you think.
Cheers
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Very novel powered LGB ICE USA version. Love it.
 
dunnyrail said:
Very novel powered LGB ICE USA version. Love it.
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The owner experimented with a 75mm ducted fan mounted on the top but it was too powerful plus far too top heavy.
The 50mm fan on the front is quite powerful enough but very responsive as can be seen; he is thinking of an internal mounting but does not want to cut into the body work too much. Possibly one fan at the front, another at the back for reverse running. Interesting experiment.
Ian
 
Monty said:
Hi Alan,
Roughly 120mm high, I think it may have something to do with the original sheet size and the need to have little or no waste when slicing it.
It does however work ok how and where it is; it effectively stopped a speeding train [LGB Amtrak thingy -- see below for another run] from becoming airborne on a tight curve recently.
Think the height we have is about right to cover all eventualities, most G scale cars are higher than you think.
Cheers
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yeah that should hold the little buggers on the track, might wont to put a tapper at the start of the fencing save the blunt edge collisions.
 
Alan McLennan said:
might want to put a tapper at the start of the fencing save the blunt edge collisions.
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Hi Alan,
I don't think that would be an issue with how we have set it up out there [it is also stepped back a bit] but in different circumstances some sort of guide or protection on the end might be appropriate.
One never knows however till one of those "one in a thousand incidents" occur ..... :confused:
Cheers,
Ian
 
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Paul M said:
I can still hear the crunch of a Gauge 1 loco hitting the concrete floor at the Peterborough exhibition a few years ago, followed by a mass audible intake of breath, then silence, broken only by a grown man doing his best not to cry/swear in front of 100's of people
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Yes, the Yeti did the high step-off from the raised section of track at the last house - about 2ft above ground level. It managed to aim itself at the only concrete paving slab in the vicinity (otherwise it would have hit dirt). It weighs a bit having a 12v sub-C battery pack :oops:

It's a Worsely kit and is made from soldered Nickel Silver etches - the fact that it's still running and still recognisable as a loco is testament to the Worlsey Works etches and my soldering :cool::cool::cool:
 
Well so far with the guard rails I have gone with some 6mm ceiling hanger rod as a guard rail, it is cheap as chips to buy and should hold up to a glancing blow
I intend to paint it black to hide it a bit, but I need to make some more before I do that. What do you think, will it be good enough?462560679_553684544315885_1917354722129746556_n.jpg462575878_1609074459714246_4327840777196281744_n.jpg462583475_1137048171211384_3400836475351942216_n.jpg467429437_1642093473367622_2489738483190719342_n.jpg
 
Alan McLennan said:
Well so far with the guard rails I have gone with some 6mm ceiling hanger rod as a guard rail, it is cheap as chips to buy and should hold up to a glancing blow
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Nice job Alan that looks good, if you paint the uprights and rod black they would hardly be seen at all, of course ignore that if you like the silver finish. The 6mm ? rod will sure be strong enough to keep a loco from going over the edge. I guess it would of been a lot cheaper than clear plastic sheeting and no cleaning.
 
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