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- Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:16 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1912
Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
A "little" :lol: project from my defunct blog, that I've been meaning to contribute to the forum for quite a while.. Back in early 2019... I wanted an end-platform carriage, reminiscent of the various carriages found on the 2ft gauge sugar tramways of Queensland. Several of these were buil...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:54 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9620
Re: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
I'll second the suggestion of the pin vice. I love mine.
Looking forward to seeing the new loco come together, always nice to see a new build.
Looking forward to seeing the new loco come together, always nice to see a new build.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:59 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
- Replies: 917
- Views: 359181
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
I'd be up for that. When are you leaving?Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:49 pm Thankyou. You will have to come around for a afternoon and evening session on the POR before we go to Wales. [/color][/b]
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4761
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Nice and practical, love the coffee shelf. I'd like to put something similar under a workbench one day, so storage yards like yours are always worth reading.
Suitably tiny yet grunty shunter for such a tight space, too.
Suitably tiny yet grunty shunter for such a tight space, too.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
- Replies: 917
- Views: 359181
Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Masterpiece as always, Darrell.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:47 pm
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: March 2024 Gallery CLOSING DATE 1st MARCH
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9118
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Camera Vehicle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3161
Re: Camera Vehicle
I wonder if a bit of soft (spongy foam) padding might absorb the vibrations.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
- Replies: 280
- Views: 132080
Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
A set of clacks straddling the boiler top, along with suitable firebox-top pipework and stubby boiler fittings, might lend a little further "BR-Standardism" to it, but I'm really grasping at straws - you've made a fine job already.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:57 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10635
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Little Wonder
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23566
Re: Little Wonder
Suitably fiddly.
They're really packed in there, between those axleboxes.
They're really packed in there, between those axleboxes.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Simplex Yard Shunter
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5841
Re: Simplex Yard Shunter
29/12/23 A bit (very) slow in writing this up, but it is what it is. The bonnet sections were glued together and reinforced with thin plastic strip from behind. A coat of etch primer was applied before slapping Squadron putty on it, followed by sanding. I've left a few divots and marks in the castin...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Next overhaul project....
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10635
Re: Next overhaul project....
Always good to get another job ticked off. Hope it clears up soon.
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:43 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: #workshopwednesday - a rolling road for the FeckHallBahn. Bach Chorale accompaniment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1455
Re: #workshopwednesday - a rolling road for the FeckHallBahn. Bach Chorale accompaniment
Aye, rolling roads aren't worth the price, IMO. One of these days I'll make my own from aluminium angle and cheap bearings - but I seem to keep getting away with blocks of wood. :scratch: Yours is certainly a standard to aim for. Fully-adjustable, self-contained on a board, with a storage box to boo...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:34 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The WWLR Layout Begins
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6823
Re: The WWLR Layout Begins
I've done that with a machine vice too. Nice conversion - You've clearly put more effort into it than I did.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:40 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
- Views: 1112455
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
So do I.Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:42 am I still need to refer to Rik's 'idiot's guide' every time.....
Never easy to conceal wiring without compromising functionality. I'd hate to attempt wiring up a Garratt. Nice work.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:25 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Biting the bullet - wholesale conversion from 45mm to SM32
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11205
Re: Biting the bullet - wholesale conversion from 45mm to SM32
I hope I'm not coming off as pushy, one way or the other - just thinking out loud. :) And that's very kind of you to offer! My first layout used SV rail, bought through an Australian dealer - nailed to home-cut wooden sleepers. I still have a few lengths, which will need plastic sleepers to reuse, s...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:10 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3316
Re: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
Aha! Thanks fellas. Just picked up two lifetimes' supply of caps for a tenner. Forgot I even mentioned the RH chassis, had to look back through my own posts to find it. :scratch: :scratch: The Baguley's fine as an "out of the box" cane loco - just paint it yellow. But as a prototype, it ne...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:09 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Sweet Miscellany
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5122
Re: Sweet Miscellany
Surely you have more wheelsets somewhere, Greg.. What's one more van? Dewit.jpg Funny you say that Graeme, I do have a blog , for the same reason as you. I used to post there, then copy/paste text and images to the forum. But this takes hours to do, and I found that blogger had an infuriating tenden...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 7:04 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3316
Re: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
Yes, the hum. I'm not surprised a simple capacitor won't cut it. Small capacitors are used to suppress electrical 'noise', ie. voltage spikes from the commutator that can cause interference with the electronics in the speed control. It usually manifests as the esc randomly stopping, or resetting, or...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:18 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Biting the bullet - wholesale conversion from 45mm to SM32
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11205
Re: Biting the bullet - wholesale conversion from 45mm to SM32
Never an easy question, weather to convert or not. I had the same thought process as you. For what it's worth, I'd do it. There are very few garden lines (of any gauge) in Aust, let alone under 2hrs away, making visits a very rare prospect. Brake rigging certainly makes things fiddly. I found when c...