laalrattys new toy

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:36 pm

ptlrcecil wrote:In Maroon.

I didnt know you could get a Wall-E in Maroon!?!

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:16 pm

I've seen it and very nice it looks too in Maroon an all.

Methinks evryone attending on 20th should bring a Lady Anne lol

Just to emphasize the anticipation for Ratty as he won't be able to run his ! lol

Ooooh beggar ope that dusent giv the game away Mlud.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:01 pm

PTLRcecil, you've got a lot of answering to do

i was actually going to tell everyone tonight anyway, and post a pic of it but now I don't want to

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:18 pm

Is it actually a lady anne? I was only guessing. It was either that or a lawley.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:24 pm

Yeah right, either your dad or Bungle told you didn't they, otherwise you really would be tele-something-or-other

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:27 pm

Even peoples secrets get bungled. ROFL

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:44 pm

Oh. Should of known. It's another case of blame Bungle isn't it?

Oh well, since its nearly christmas and i've got over mum breaking one of the bogies on one of my scratchbuilt coaches in half, here are a couple of pics of my new toy

Notice how the engine has come fitted with buffer beam overlays from new, and also that those screws on the bufferbeams have been painted the smae colour as the beams, after many years of complaint about this.
Overall, I am delighted with it, i just wish the 25th would get here a bit faster so that I can steam it (Mum has hidden the radio set to make this an impossibility before then)

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:56 pm

Beutifel, I notice that they've also painted the back of the buffer beams black. When you said Maroon I was imagining FfR Maroon, looks good anyway though

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MTA · Post by **MTA** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:18 pm

My Katie arrived with the overlays and painted screws as well, far better than the plain steel ones that used to be supplied as standard

She looks stunning, can't wait to se a video of her in steam (nudge nudge wink wink)

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:32 pm

Love that last picture. Looking at the front buffer beams it's almost as if she's a ghost train

Oh yes, how about, Pryderi as a name?

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:06 pm

Couldn't you just remove the servo linkages and run it manual till the 25th?!!! Cheat the system

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:41 pm

Nice!

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:54 pm

laalratty wrote:Oh. Should of known. It's another case of blame Bungle isn't it?

Dont blame me, had nowt ta do wee it! Think it was PTLRsam who mentioned it to cecil actually!

She does look a beautiful loco! Such a shame you're not allowed to run her til the 25th though! Look forward to seeing her in action... if I ever manage to make it to a steam up!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:52 pm

AT LAST! Christmas day!

My Lady Anne can be steamed, the radio was handed back (wrapped of course), and just after 11.35, the fire was lit for the first time. Pressure was soon up and the loco ran for several laps of the track. SLRmidge had phoned up asking to see the locos first run on ANLR metals, so he popped round.
A couple of pics...

Ain't it pretty?

As for performance, the loco behaved exactly as you would of thought....perfectly! The radio does all that 2.4GHz promises, I had no glitching whatsoever, even with the fire engine in the back garden. The loco had really good slow running and plenty in reserve with the 3 coach running in train. It was also happy running on 20 psi, something my Caradoc isn't
Overall, im absolutetly chuffed with the engine

Right im off to steam it again...

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:36 pm

Nice one!

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:29 pm

Lol, we're now all joking that Caradoc is going on the scrap heap, the loco just can't compete with the Lady Anne

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:14 pm

Or can it?
There's only one way to find out.......FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGHT!!!!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:19 pm

lol, yeah, I must be going weird, yesterday when someone said "there's only one way to found out" about something or other, I immediatly thought FIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHTTT!!"! And I don't even watch Harry Hill... ...much

Which is better?
Accucraft Caradoc
Roundhouse Lady Anne
Theres only one way to find out.....

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:03 pm

Oh yes, Ladies and Gentleman welcome to ...

ENGINE WARS!!!

Ode to Caradoc, (with thanks to the Plunderbird team for giving us this fab song).

We're big boys, we build big toys, we're handy with a spanner. If it don't work, we go beserk and hit it with a hammer.

Oh it took six weeks to get here, when we looked at it, it was broke. So we sent it back to the workshop, to fix that blasted choke.

Have you got a chuff pipe?
Course we 'ave.

We all love our engines - they're shiny and they're clean. But when they lose their crank pins, they make us vent our spleen.

We're big boys, we build big toys, we're handy with a spanner. If it don't work, we go beserk and hit it with a hammer.

We're all nice and friendly when we're in our pits. But when we're at a steamup we smash Bluebottle to bits!

Have you got a chuff pipe?
COURSE WE 'AVE.

Okay, I know that steam engines do not have chokes, nor railway enthusiasts, pits but I'm using artistic license - it's really hard finding a rhyme for broke and I loved that smashing Bluebottle line - sorry SLRMidge!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:18 pm

River Esk, can you begin a New Topic in 'General Garden Railways' for that and I'll sticky it!

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