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Sorry to hear of your problems Rik. You've certainly done a lot of hard work to promote & educate others about the advantages, etc. of the Deltang control system. Not easy 'boots' to step into. However, with Mr Deltang not producing assembled models, there surely must still be a viable market fo...

That Lady Anne makeover has come out very well Brian.

What is the oval shaped ring at the bottom of the combustion chamber (in the 2nd photo) - a coiled main steam pipe?

Chris Cairns

Like the original Brass Steam Dome cover, the story goes that the tooling to form the RW1 Open Wagon body was lost. MSS did introduce an open wagon but it has a wooden body with coal effect load. The RW1 comes up regularly on eBay UK, and are very popular thus commanding good prices (the RW2 Lumber ...

Looks great Jim.

Your safety valve seems to be a bit higher above the cover than I've seen on other Billy's.

Chris Cairns

The only thing that comes close to Samson's lubricator is a Furness lubricator. We have these fitted to our Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST. They are mounted on the front of the cylinders and rely on a vacuum effect during the exhaust stroke or when coasting to open a non return valve allowing some steam oil...

Have you opened out the gaskets to ensure the cylinder portface's steamholes aren't partially obscured? It seems that everyone is now supplying the MSS gaskets for mounting cylinders? Here's what I do. Fit the gasket to the cylinder back plate using the bolts to check how the cut-outs line up with ...

The lubricator is not of the displacement type The lubricator is unusual in that it is not the usual displacement type but has a control valve to adjust the oil flow I opened the oil valve about half a turn and used about a third of the oil. That is spot on. I'm using some original Cheddar Models s...

I consider making such a purchase and bringing it back to Canada with me ... The previous respondents had obviously not read this important part. The retailer needs to be signed up for Tax Free Shopping (also known as the VAT Retail Export Scheme). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-not...

You may be able to get a replacement spring from Jerry at Clevedon Steam (he is a former Cheddar Models employee) - http://www.clevedonsteam.co.uk/products.html#Set of 3 replacement Springs

Chris Cairns

Glad to hear you found the problem Jim. If you are going to pin the return crank I was advised to get 2 drill bits (one for each side) and where possible drill through one side of the return crank before fitting then drilling through the crank pin. If you are not going to pin the return crank then e...

Nice customisation Steve. Deltang R/C is ideal for these locos. I have a few HGLW wagons & a coach kit - just adding some customisation to a Guards Van kit. How did you seal the wood? Was it brush on or aerosol? When I picked up some kits from David Hippey I asked him what he used, as I'd found ...

The incompatibility of couplings! When I first got my Ragleth Mark I it initially was running on an indoor 45mm layout at our Heritage Railway, either pulling a rake of Accucraft wagons using the chopper couplings (remove one chopper blade per wagon/loco to cope better with tight curves), or pulling...

Andy, The show plan is no longer accessible on the National Garden Railway Show website. I no longer have the PDF file of the latest Show Plan that was published, but I've attached a scan of the printed copy I kept. If that is of no use then try a message to the Show Director (Forum member laurence7...

Double check you have the reverser servo & linkage set up properly, particularly the neutral & end points. I watched 3 different Roundhouse locos running really jerky & lumpy this year. In each case they were radio controlled and to compensate for a regulator that would not shut off the ...

Sadly the damp weather arrived rather early this year so I never got to paint the cabs of my Billy (& Katie). I have however finally managed to get the right size servos for Radio Control, but now need to work out how much of the Riverdale Elke R/C fittings I can use to save time with the R/C co...

Lots of steam action going on there. Thank You for sharing it with us Tony.

Really must get down to the Rally next.

Chris Cairns

I have the factory roof on my Lumber Jack, and a 3rd hand hinged roof on my Vincent. I find the Lumber Jack is very awkward to finely set the regulator under the roof, and on the Vincent I moved the regulator handle on the shaft so it operates over a range that is more readily accessible under the r...

I started off by giving my locos an appropriate Scottish Gaelic name, but that did not last too long when the nameplate trader had to leave the business rather smartish. I recently had to locate a commercial freeware font for Narrow Planet to use so they could produce another set of Scottish Gaelic ...

Be interested to hear how you get on with the anti-vacuum relief valve. I met up with Tag Gorton at the post 2016 Llanfair C Show open day at the Wigfa & Llanrwrst railway. He was running his Cheddar Reisa and commented that the boiler had been contaminated with steam oil as he had lent this mod...

16mmngm Yahoo Group - Rod Nipper wrote:My understanding is that the reason for the early announcement is indeed because of a leak, or possibly a leek. It is apparently unlikely to be “in stock” till October 2017.

Chris Cairns