Green Clocky
Green Clocky
Hello,
I bought some old clockwork O gauge junk at the Exeter Garden Railway show for a £5
Anyway it went from this
To this
and here's a pic of it flying past the halt on my garden railway
Hope you like lol
Cheers
I bought some old clockwork O gauge junk at the Exeter Garden Railway show for a £5
Anyway it went from this
To this
and here's a pic of it flying past the halt on my garden railway
Hope you like lol
Cheers
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Thats reet proper grand is that!
A few months back i bought a similar old hornby c/w loco off
ebay with the intention of doing something similar. However the
wheels on mine look alarmingly wobbly and as i don't yet have a track to test it on i have to wait for a visit to a friend's track to
see if it runs as drunkenly as i suspect!
It looks like mine doesn't hold enough oomph in the spring for a very long run. Out of interest how long does yours run for?
A few months back i bought a similar old hornby c/w loco off
ebay with the intention of doing something similar. However the
wheels on mine look alarmingly wobbly and as i don't yet have a track to test it on i have to wait for a visit to a friend's track to
see if it runs as drunkenly as i suspect!
It looks like mine doesn't hold enough oomph in the spring for a very long run. Out of interest how long does yours run for?
Thanks, thanks and more thanks lol what a friendly and enthusiastic lot (don't get that on RMweb)
One of the only disadvantages I think is that it only goes in forwards but my railway having a loop at each end it need not to go into reverse
It doesn't run for long but runs at a reasonable speed pulling 4 skips (only because I have 4) over a 70ft length of track twice on one full wind, which isn't too bad I suppose
Cheers
Umm I think its a old chad vally thing.Jerm:61595 wrote:That's quite a make over! I like it! Is the original a Hornby?
One of the only disadvantages I think is that it only goes in forwards but my railway having a loop at each end it need not to go into reverse
It doesn't run for long but runs at a reasonable speed pulling 4 skips (only because I have 4) over a 70ft length of track twice on one full wind, which isn't too bad I suppose
Cheers
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Well, there are some reet funny folks over there who count rivets. That has always been regarded as strictly optional by the Garden Railway Squad. After all we have Rule 8, not to mention the original rule bookRSLR:61629 wrote:Thanks, thanks and more thanks lol what a friendly and enthusiastic lot (don't get that on RMweb)
Rule 1. This club shall be called "The South Merionethsire Railway Society.
Rule 2. There shall be no rules.
I remain perfectly happy with the six foot rule myself, and the old dictum of 'if it looks right, it is right!'
Nice clocky, BTW!
Peter in AZ
Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.
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Superb, a loco for people who are too lazy to put batteries in their electric locos they bought because they are too lazy to fire up a steamer.....I approve!
Nice bit of work there & something a little different..
Nice bit of work there & something a little different..
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A video of Reece's "Green Clocky" running on my line can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDdbWwfYjnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDdbWwfYjnI
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Cheers Josh, works as good as it looks!
As for the bit you added - it derailed on (new laid) dodgy track work (but that's another story) and tipped over and did barrel rolls down a slope which caused the chassis to part with the body
but after a quick visit to my portable workshop the green clocky was soon running again!
As for the bit you added - it derailed on (new laid) dodgy track work (but that's another story) and tipped over and did barrel rolls down a slope which caused the chassis to part with the body
but after a quick visit to my portable workshop the green clocky was soon running again!
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