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- Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:56 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IP Engineering Simplex
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10655
Re: IP Engineering Simplex
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of building and running an IP Engineering Simplex kit? No personal experience of them, but there's an article here that might help.... https://sites.google.com/a/gardenrailwayclub.com/club/locos/simplex-loco Graeme Thanks Graeme Coincidentally, it was John...
- Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:08 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IP Engineering Simplex
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10655
IP Engineering Simplex
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of building and running an IP Engineering Simplex kit? My railway is 45mm gauge but I'm thinking of adding a 32mm gauge feeder from the copper mines and a Simplex would be just the job to haul a few Binnie skips back and forth from the mine to the loading d...
- Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:48 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Drawing from the buffer or the bogie??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4669
Interesting question. I model SM45 rather than SM32 but when I constructed a set of coaches from kits, rather than placing the coupling on the drawbar as per prototype I, like you but with a 4mm modelling background, decided to fix the couplings to the bogies as I have some very tight curves on my r...
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:47 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: rivet press
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4648
I have a rivet embossing tool which is simply a pointed bar with a sliding weight which you raise and let go. In theory each drop produces the same indent in the material and it seems to work. I made something similar from a piece of brass rod and some lead flashing - must admit I pinched the idea...
- Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:17 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Console-ring
- Replies: 32
- Views: 22644
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 2:48 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Problems with Yahoo mail
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4155
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:41 am
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: My bridges
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6445
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 1:30 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: WDLR Bogie wagon
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10098
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:36 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Steve Warrington Back 2 Bay 6
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15755
Re: Steve Warrington Back 2 Bay 6
That's sad news hope Steve gets well soon. Steve’s show on Sunday the 30th November (Steam & Mince Pies, Ramada Hotel, Grays Hotel, Telford, Junc 5, M54 10:30am until 3pm, Admission:£1.50 with free mince pie, two layouts and 12 traders. Free parking) will still be taking place, with family and ...
- Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:59 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Welshpool & Llanfair sheep wagon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9621
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:59 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: ground signals
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4708
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 2:33 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
- Views: 1113388
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:58 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Airbrush - advice needed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6919
I've had several airbrushes over the years, some I spent more time cleaning, unblocking than spraying with. One was a chinese copy of a badger, not great but they may be better now. I have an Iwata, badger and Pasche and although I've never needed any can get spare parts for all of them. I very muc...
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:16 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: how to wire a battery-powered locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13958
Some argue that the fuse or circuit breaker (eg a polyswitch) should go in the negative lead to the battery as well. Sorry - just realised the above statement is ambiguous. What I meant was that the fuse could be placed in the neg lead instead of the pos lead. I was getting hassled to go out to the...
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:06 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: how to wire a battery-powered locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13958
Thanks for the diagram Rik. Does the black lead to charger need to connect to speed controller as indicated or could I run a separate wire from battery to charger? Need to convert my Danny as a first attempt. No, they can be wired separately - as long as the charge socket and controller are connect...
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:44 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Airbrush - advice needed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6919
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:28 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: jackson Sharp > Leek & Manifold coach bash
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15208
Thought I'd see how she looked with deepened frames and balcony rails (thanks Peter for the idea of using dolls' house railing). ./myff/1817139/1-IMG_7881.JPG I'm not too sure about the depth of the underframe. It is scale depth in relation to the height of the sides but looks a bit chunky to me. Ma...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:46 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: how to wire a battery-powered locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13958
Hello, I hope it is ok when I hijack these thread. Can anybody here show me a wiring diagram for a R/C operated battery loco.? Thank you for your efforts. Markus Hi Markus There's one on my blog - if that's any use http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCNuwrQ2i4Y/UkiCQsBVC6I/AAAAAAAAKuM/LYtx952SrKM/s1600/circ...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 11:31 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: jackson Sharp > Leek & Manifold coach bash
- Replies: 28
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I like the look of that very much! The open top lights are a nice touch and the slope of the roof makes them stand out from the norm. It looks like a 'stained glass' effect in the windows, how is that done? Thanks Peter The stained glass is nothing more elaborate than permanent marker pen. It's a ...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:13 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: jackson Sharp > Leek & Manifold coach bash
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15208
jackson Sharp > Leek & Manifold coach bash
Still very much work in progress, but thought I'd show you where I'm up to with my current project. Bashing three Bachmann Jackson Sharp coaches into something vaguely resembling the Leek & Manifold coaches. ./myff/1817094/1-IMG_7875.JPG OK - at the mo, it still betrays its origins but hopefully...