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Just to be clear - frames printed separately from the footplate? (And flat to the bed too, so oriented at 90 degrees to how we are seeing them?) The footplate was printed by itself, upside down from how it appears in this photo - a simple 2mm thick slab with a small groove on the long edges and var...

Pete Waterman and his Railnuts team have been certified (!) by the Guiness Book of World Records for building the longest portable exhibition layout at 999.9metres!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wx31x1yljo

Steve's "Alice" type Hunslet inspired me to have a go at one. As he himself said, his is just basic and lacking a lot of detail and he was quite happy for me to do whatever I wanted to his basic stl's. ( thanks Steve). So anyway, the stl's imported into Sketchup with no problems at all and...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:41 am
Keep taking the medication guys!

Whooar... my brane 'urts.

I've seen the stack(s) of boxes but couldn't begin to hazard a guess at how many there are!

Oh, sorry Philip, my mistake. How did you mount it and how did it work out in your model, successful I hope? Dave Dave, read through the link to my build thread in my earlier post and it will show you how I mounted it. Because of the cross-shaft output there are no fixing holes in the end, so I tra...

I have seen a Faller railbus which has been widened, and had extra height added too, I think, to make it more in keeping with other 16mm scale stock - that seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to! I started to do that with one of mine but gave up in the end, it just didn't seem worth the effort...

Yeah, that was my guess too, with the same reservations.

Dave Cooper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:31 pm
Would you mind telling all when yours arrives philipy? I would be interested to hear how it worked out for you.

Sorry Dave, I'm not quite with you? I got one a couple of months ago and installed it in the Gmeinder loco, as per the thread I linked to. I don't have any more on order.

Yes, I have used a couple of N20 gear motors, most recently on a German "Gmeinder & Co" diesel: https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14734&hilit=gmeinder They are fine for light duty loco's but not sure if I would trust them with a heavy hauler, and I have no experience of...

Thanks Steve. I've seen that pic but never looked through to the back !

...which begs the question... Why??!

ge_rik wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:43 pm "here's photos of me getting rat-arsed at zzzz's hen night" .....

Now this is a side of Rik that we didn't know about!!!

In the attached picture of Britomart On the rear cab sheet there is a curved line of rivets just under the roof line. Then below that, there appears to be another line of about half a dozen rivets. However, if you look inside the cab at the inside of the cab front, there is a row of holes which appe...

Sam95 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:52 pm
Do you have an idea to fix accessories on the platform made of aerated concrete ?

If you really want things permanently fixed, try Gorilla Glue ( the original foaming one ). I used it to glue a loose stone platform edge to the concrete platform. It's still in place after about 5 years.

Fabulous as always Peter

Brilliant Andrew. I've tried my hand a few times but never been very happy with the results.

No, you have missed my point Rod. Your original post suggested that people could post NON-garden related items to your thread ("... if you have any thing that relates to garden railways, but it doesn't need to..."). Those are the ones that should be on Off Topic.

Nice gif Rod. Well done for mastering the technique. It would be great if you have any thing that relates to garden railways, but it doesn't need to, although we don't want to overloaded with just those that are not related please. I don't want to sound pedantic, but I should just point out that if ...

That looks very impressive. The lighting works well.

Wot 'e sed!!!
That looks amazing.