Garden Railway Forum

I had a few problems getting the brass etched tub sides to fit with the cast whitemetal ends without leaving huge gaps I was recently talking with a fellow 16mm NGM Group member, and that's exactly what he said as well about his kit. Not seen one in the flesh - is this something that could be corre...

Many Association members do not bother to do an annual test, and even fewer record it There is currently no mandatory requirement to complete either to be covered by the Association's Insurance, and even less members (at least here in Scotland) paint a red line/mark on their pressure gauges either ...

Some of these look very similar to the figures that Back2Bay6 had made in 16mm scale - for example the Man Seating Reading Book & Shopping Keeper in Apron.

Chris Cairns

TonyW wrote:There are many in 16mm who do the same thing.

As commented on by a fellow 16mm NGM member last week regarding some of running in the latest 16mm NGM DVD - I was very conscientiously running my Roundhouse Alco at a typical scale snail speed as he was videoing it close in.

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Good to hear it runs OK on 7.2V.

I've opted for 9.6V (8 cells), but have not found the workshop time yet to shoehorn all the R/C equipment plus sound card & speaker on-board.

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Just to make things clearer, Don ( Boustrophedon ) is talking about a 2015 style Ragleth ( Mark II ), which is fitted with revised side tanks to allow more room for fitting Radio Control (not looked over one that closely, but presumably there is something R/C in the left side tank?), and has a verti...

I'm intrigued to read that powering up a 2.4GHz receiver first can cause unexpected/wild things to happen. This was certainly true of the previous 27Mhz/35Mhz/40Mhz/70Mhz systems which relied on crystals and were prone to interference from other sources to varying degrees. With the 2.4GHz systems my...

Hi Keith, This subject was discussed late last year on the 16mmngm Yahoo group. Summary - Only carry loco in hand luggage/carry on. Empty lubricator. Empty boiler. Empty gas tank. Clean running gear of excess lubricant. Remove Ronson gas filler valve, and appropriate boiler fittings (safety valve, w...

But I found another one inside, which I couldn't appear to see did anything It seemed to connecting into this box The black switch is the power on/off switch connected to the Mtroniks speed controller (looks like one of the Viper range). So this power switch needs to be in the on position in order ...

Model Earth does a Chain Hoist, but it is neither 16mm scale nor G scale.

http://modelearth.net/general%20catalog ... %2013.html

Chris Cairns

Rik,

W & L open wagon - 154 x 96mm

L & B open wagon - 154 x 87mm

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Presumably it has already been claimed by 250 members who got their mail delivered before others.

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Nice rail converted road vehicles.

Here's Tony Bird's Wine Merchant's pick up & barrel running on 'Glendreich' at Peterborough 2016.



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I got my Baguley - Drewry radiator plate from John Lythgoe  - http://www.johnlythgoe.com/16mm_Heritage_nameplates.html - Scroll down to Miscellaneous Works Plates 226-132NS Excellent service & very well packed for our Royal Mail's 5-a-side football games. Also includes excellent illustrated inst...

That's great news Rik, and here's to a successful outcome.

Chris Cairns

Your answer is on the Ministeam website, which coincidentally has the same image as the one you posted above (?). Just below the ADD TO CART button is the following Click on This Text for Assembly and Operating Instructions Direct URL here - https://www.ministeam.com/acatalog/mamod1406SA1kmanual.pdf...

That Railway Modeller article is attached here, courtesy of the 16mm archive.

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Thank You for your reply Brian.

When I first started looking to 'raise the bar' with my Garden Railway fleet, the modern 0-6-0 Lady Anne just did not do it for me, although these earlier meths fired locos were tempting, but not found one at the right price so far.

Chris Cairns

Hi Richard, Yes it is just a new wheelset required (same length axle). You need to remove the buffers which then allows you to spread the solebars out enough to get the wheels off. I would also recommend running a file over the axle to chamfer the ends, otherwise they can jam in the axleboxes. Roy W...

Not a great shot, but here's 2 ex-RNAD Trecwn vans (behind the locos) at Leadhills which have been subjected to Mother Nature's worst for some years now.



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