Modifying 'Isabelle' my Accucraft 'Edrig'

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:21 pm

Now, now...I love Wales, and am a frequent visitor, indeed I even have relatives living there, but I still struggle to pronounce a lot of the place names...so personally I'm inclined to look sympathetically on Mr. Found!

Besides, there are plenty of other countries with difficult place names - ever been to Slovenia?

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:09 pm

MuzTrem wrote:Now, now...I love Wales, and am a frequent visitor, indeed I even have relatives living there, but I still struggle to pronounce a lot of the place names...so personally I'm inclined to look sympathetically on Mr. Found!

Besides, there are plenty of other countries with difficult place names - ever been to Slovenia?

I agree on that, I even struggle in Cornwall being a Yorkshireman, all the Treths and Pens etc lol!

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:42 pm

but can you prenounce tintagnel right?!

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:17 pm

made-in-england wrote:but can you prenounce tintagnel right?!

In Cornish - Dintagell.

MuzTrem wrote:ever been to Slovenia?

Yes, both when it was part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and again after they declared independence.

If I was making a DVD for commercial (i.e. making myself a profit) release, I would at least have asked the locals how to pronounce their towns/villages names first before burning it to DVD or releasing online.

How do you pronounce these - Burntisland & Milngavie? Give you a clue, it is not Burn-tis-land & Mil-n-gavie as pronounced by English news presenters!

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:54 pm

If I could send a voice clip, I probably could - hears my best way in he phonetical way: Ten-ta-gu-al

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:23 pm

Gas valve handle now made

jimmielx · Post by **jimmielx** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:13 pm

Hi

Your Edrig is looking fantastic, congratulations! I've just got one myself and am hoping to carry out some similar enhancements. Can I ask where you got the regulator handle and spectacle glass? I would like to start with these too. Also what's your experience of the locolines transfer? I'm considering getting the cab transfer and some lining transfers too...

Many thanks!

James

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:34 pm

Welcome to the forum James, hope you enjoy your time here, thank you very much for your kind comments.

ptlrcecil is the best person to talk about spectacle glasses and a regualtor handle he'll put you in touch with the supplier, PM (Private Message) him from his profile here www.gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/profile ... ofile&u=11 .

The Locolines transfer aint for me, it's peeling at the corners which looks a bit rubbish, I will redo it at some point with paint. Then again it may just be that my dad isn't the best at applying transfers (he's better than me).

Do you have a copy of Tag Gorton's Live Steam Workshop this is pretty much the Edrig modification bible, experienced or not I think you may find it interesting.

jimmielx · Post by **jimmielx** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:47 pm

Thank you for the welcome! I have sent ptlrcecil a PM as suggested and I actually ordered Tag Gorton's book yesterday - can't wait to get it.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:00 pm

jimmielx wrote:Thank you for the welcome! I have sent ptlrcecil a PM as suggested .

I'll just say that I think he's been rather busy recently, and dosn't come on here often. I'll be seeing him a week on sunday though so if you havn't got a reply by then I'll chase him up on it. Just another thing though, I don't think they do regulator handles any more but I think he will tell you where to get one from.
Welcome to the forum

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:59 am

Heres a pic of Lady Adele's Cab as another encouragement.

jimmielx · Post by **jimmielx** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:15 am

That's looking fantastic too! I love that there are so many things you can do to these little locos! Painting the cab black on both these locos looks great.
One quick question - Lady Adele's whistle doesn't look like the DJB whistle where did you find that?!
Many thanks for the photo anyway, there are loads of ideas there!

James

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:38 am

HI,

the whistle is (dare I say it lol)

an old style Mamod Whistle.

Its very high pitched and not entirely reliable but the steam plume is nice lol.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:41 pm

good idea with the whistle, might have to do one myself on my edrig.

andysleigh · Post by **andysleigh** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:45 am

LMS-Jools wrote:Heres a pic of Lady Adele's Cab as another encouragement. ;)

Only jsut found this pic. That looks fantastic!
Any chance of some more pictures?

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:24 am

Errrrm theres some video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IBZKqGo ... annel_page

& here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaG52I5n ... annel_page

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:33 am

Heres a Piccy of Lady Adele with Beth.

and another one of her on duty

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:14 am

ACLR wrote:my sl1k chuffs with out one 8)

Mamods always supply a good little chuff. I saw a vid on youtube of a modified mamod and it was too quiet. when will people learn.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:09 pm

Hey look its midsummer night steam. Looking good there silly billy.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:40 pm

Hancockshire wrote:
ACLR wrote:my sl1k chuffs with out one 8)

Mamods always supply a good little chuff. I saw a vid on youtube of a modified mamod and it was too quiet. when will people learn.

Not as loud as my Edrig with a chuffpipe from a certain member on here!!

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