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Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 6:26 am
by FWLR
Ahh Cain. Peter has said when we were going to go to Llanfair last year, (Unfortunately we couldn't get there) that I would need to be prepared to go home with some of his buildings....
They are mightily impressive buildings...
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:37 am
by Lonsdaler
Your line is coming on well Julie. The butterfly is a Peacock. Haven't seen one where I live for many years.
http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/british- ... nachis-io/
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:07 pm
by DonW
I see you have quite a steep slope to work with. It adds to the work but will be quite impressive.
You probably have a patch of nettles nearby. The Peacock (and other butterflies) like to lay the eggs on young nettles. We see them every year. Perhaps because we are somewhat south. Towards Pembrookshire is milder too.
Don
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:51 am
by artfull dodger
Just got caught up with all your progress. Beautiful Merlin live steamer, btw if you need parts or help, Simon over at Anything Narrow Gauge is pretty sharp when it comes to the old Merlin locos. Once you have them running good they usually will. I might have missed it, did you get the pressure gauge working? Many times its just some hard deposits in the bottom of the loop of copper line running from the boiler to the gauge. Modern 2.4ghz radio and one of the palm size transmitters makes running steam much more enjoyable than the old twin stick style radios. I have an RCS system but there are others. I use the same transmitter for my live steam and my battery electric locos. I so wish we had the nice selection of UK style railway buildings in the states that you do in the UK. Keep up the great work! Mike