While at The Fosse earlier, I took the opportunity to measure the wheels on both G1MRC/Accucraft (3' 4" diameter) and Bowande/Wuhu Brand (3' 7") Mark 1 coaches, and to compare each with Roxey 3' 7" wheels.was I the only person that (eventually) noticed that the diameter of the wheels supplied on the G1MRCo/Accucraft coaches is too small?!
. . . to play with a self-steering bogie on the Switch and Crossing Work, after all the steam engines had gone to bed.While at The Fosse earlier, I took the opportunity . . .
Thanks to those who did, and thanks for your helpful contributions. DavidIf anyone's at The Fosse today, buttonhole me for a natter.
Retro-fitting 3' 7" wheels to the G1MRCo coaches may well be possible - I didn't like to press the point since as soon I unsheathed my Dial Caliper Gauge poor Graham Langer had said, "You frighten me!".
My Mark Wood form tools have arrived.Mark Wood already does 1/32 form tools - at £40 + postage.
Form tools
and photo:At present (May 2016) I have form tools available for Gauge One Scale 32, Gauge One Fine, Gauge One Standard and for Gauge 3 Standard. Tools to other profiles can be supplied to order.
Tool sizes for Gauge One and for Gauge 3 are 3/8 x 3/8 x 4".
Tool sizes for 3 1/2" gauge are 1/2 x 1/2 x 4".
£40.00 per tool plus delivery.
I've no intention of trying to shove it straight into a steel wheel blank on any of my (mostly small) lathes - that's for Experiment. The ideal would be to develop a way of using it on a really cheap lathe, but we may have to settle for just a fairly cheap one Mark's proven method is at: Turning castings
It is interesting from the commercial aspect. Wearing my Finney7 hat, we are developing a 1/32 Bulleid Light Pacific which will be as high-fidelity as we can make it....which will be very high indeed.
We have had not a shred of interest from G1, at least not on the pretty moribund forum I am a member of, and I have had no private messages of interest, but a lot of enthusiasm from 7mm modellers - enough to convince us we can cover our not inconsiderable costs. It strikes me there is a cadre of 7mm modellers who are looking to build the most accurate models they can who would love to have a statement piece in G1 of the same standard they expect in 7mm scale.
I am genuinely shocked and disappointed at the lack of finescale 1/32 kits in G1 (with the notable exception of those from Fred Phipps). It reminds me of the time I was looking to move to 7mm from 4mm, 35 years ago, but wasn't prepared to because I would be faced with kits in the larger scale that weren't a patch on those in the smaller scale.
Richard
Hello LNWR 1900, may I ask you what your plans would be, in an ideal G1 world?Hello Richard, I'm also a S7 modeler with many of your 7mm kits constructed and just venturing into G1 and I am also very disappointed with the lack of detailed loco kits in G1 so I am very pleased to here you are producing a 1/32 Bulleid pacific, how is this progressing? Could you also please consider producing the T3, A1/3 and Princess Coronation and I think your broad gauge Rover would be quite a splendid popular addition as well?
I'm struggling to find out who supplies what in 1:32...
David, Thank you very much for your reply and the lists. I can see that a number of the listed suppliers deal in RTR models, which is not my thing, and that both lists contain details of traders who are no longer in business. I'm familiar with the 7mm world, where we are fortunate in that there are a number of suppliers of etched and cast (locomotive) components - but apart from a handful of whitemetal items from Walsall Model Industries, I haven't found anything remotely similar in G1, especially 1:32. Cheers, anyway.There's certainly a need, Paul, and the obvious place to look is the advertising pages of G1MRA's quarterly Newsletter & Journal. While not every supplier advertises in every issue, they do self-update over time.
A 1:32-specific source is at:
1: 32 Finescale Suppliers
which is more static than adverts, but then it's free-to-use
While a longer list of all G1 suppliers is at:
Traders
which simply gives email addresses by business name.
European modellers can take a look at Faszination Spur 1, which is pretty well 100% 1:32.
It's available either as individual copies, or on subscription at a modest discount.
David
- Don't be put off by its German language: let Google Translate be your friend. There's a trade-off between the handiness of a small phone screen and the readability of a clunky tablet screen, but it gives you good idiomatic English translations that you can screen-save.