Max, I now realise that the crane should have been painted grey, but! It was made a couple of years ago - see the article in NZMRJ - and we were going through...
Ok Peter, Ian Hammond, et al, I have been playing with that pesky F1 button on my DT 400R and got it working at last; By holding it down for 1 complete second...
I don't think it's your throttle, John, the whistles are also erratic on my Lenz system (three different throttles), two different NCE PowerCabs and the ...
Ian Hammond wrote: "Now about the colour of Red Oxide ..." A few years ago I faced the same question, Ian, so to cut a longer story short, I made myself a...
I had meant to add, re the gantry crane, that I have never seen a reference to when these cranes were introduced, which is very relevant to the colour because...
The motor on my Unimat 3 has finally given up the ghost after many years faithful service. Is anyone aware of a NZ Emco stockist or an alternative motor that...
You seem to have covered all the bases for a straight replacement, Paul. It is also my impression that Emco no longer exists but that a Unimat 3 lookalike is...
A few years ago I made inquiries of EMCO in Austria (I think), as was looking for some tools for my Compact 5 lathe and mill, and was informed that their...
You guessed it right, local motor rewinders are on holiday. Application to joing Unimat group has been approved. There is one email stating rewinding is too...
Chaps & Chappesses - is the evergreen/northeastern "clapboard siding" the equivalent of NZR weatherboard ? and for NZR yard buildings what would the prototype...
Paul, The motor on my Unimat SL also gave up - after decades of service often well beyond its limited rating. Cost of re-winding was unrealistic compared to...
I think you will find there is no one size for overlapped weatherboarding, Greg. It varies from place to place and era to era, so what I do is work off a photo...
The "clapboard" siding represents boards that are overlaped such that if you make a cut down the wall and look at the section it resembles a sawtooth. The...
Ok, I need some assistance from one of you gurus out there. For years I've been painting my wooden model railway bridges different colours, but they never...
Hi Greg I believe the typical weatherboard was eight inches wide, so with a bit of overlap, be it shiplap or rusticated, the actual pitch was about seven...
Greg, If you actually took the time out to come to a 9mill meeting you would see that I have sheathed the Te Kuiti engine shed in Northeastern clapboard siding...
I take it this is for outdoors, Glen, in which case I won't suggest the obvious, that you wait about 20 years for the wood to silver naturally :-) But...
Glen, I get some black enamel paint and thin it down about 1 part paint to 4 parts turps and soak my pieces in it for about 10 minutes. Then pull them out ...
... re this query; thanks for the mostly helpful comments - ex US sources confirmed, their "clapboard" is equivalent to NZ "weatherboard"; the rusticated...
Greg, What type of building(s) are you working on? I am now confused relative to the descriptions and reference I gave in an earlier message. While there are...
... relative to the descriptions and reference I gave in an earlier message. While there are regional differences in names used for the various styles in the...
usual disclaimer but Issue 9, optimistically titled Summer 2006 ( ????) has a rather nice repro as its back cover of a Bedford SB bus (blue & cream) at Nuhaka...
Ok Now I'm clear. Using my copy of the planbook. If I look, for example at the drawings on page 12 or 21 , it calls out 4 1/2 inch "shiplap". This is what...
... John. thanks for the corrective John; thats why I had the "FIAT" in inverted commas - to connote the oft times "common" misnomer for these units....
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