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Unfortunately not ... I'll have to make do with pictures

Sorry for the late reply doug. I'm in Hull so a bit of a trek for you

Cheers

Can anyone tell me how big binnie gvts are please? Cheers in advance

Thanks for the very positive replies guys. As soon as the wedding (8 weeks away) and Christmas are done I'll be saving for one.

After the great responses I've had from everyone I've spoken too about them it seems they're well worth the money.

Cheers again

I've asked about janets in the mamod section and now for the ragleth questions. i'm very tempted to get a "big" loco when funds allow (afte rwedding and christmas) would a ragleth be a good big loco to get? i love the look of them and i have both 32 and 45 lines that are available for me t...

Update... posted pictures of first open day in the "open day" section A great day was had on Saturday with only a small turn out but something running. Some peco set track curves along with one flexi length were also given to the line. Last night a joint was made between the existing tenmi...

Glad you're keeping well.

I certainly will be getting one ordered as soon as my wedding and Christmas are done with.

After seeing swordbreaker at Peterborough I'd love to see it run.

More than welcome here any time.

cheers doug, hope you're well?

fantastic answers and reasurance there.

you've now fully convinced me along with matt towell to buy a janet

watch this space...

james

Now we all know the troubles that one can have with a mamod or mss loco but will the problems still occur with a janet? by problems i mean loose wheels, gauge glass leaking and so on. im looking at buying a janet some time in the near future but before i do i would love some reasurance from you guys...

hanks for the help

cheers james

very soon i will be making my own signals.

can anyone tell me the rough size of a signal arm in 16mm scale please?

cheers james

A little update from the line. As the weather has been pretty good the line has been running a daily service with one of the tree resident battery electrics taking it turns to do a week each. The line will hold its first open day this saturday 22nd for the East Riding and Wolds 16mm group. A crane h...

not much happening on the line recently, i have started a branch line off the main loop where a joint between tenmille track and peco is hoped to be made. The branch will finish at a station where it is hoped a run round will be put in and also i siding which could also be use as yet another extenti...

thank you for your kind replies. The line is getting to a stage where im happy with it now. As you say it blends the line in well and doesnt stick out like a sore thumb which it used to before ballast.

Thanks again
james

the line is finally ballasted after a good few evenings on it

after last weeks lineside fire which burnt one side of the mamod it was in need of a repaint so whilst i was at it i decided to do the cosmetic work i have wanted to do on it for a while. I started by repainting the loco and the cylinder covers then moving on to fit the coal baskets. next i ordered ...

I've just started laying track on my little layout. All I did was screw the track down,onto concrete blocks,using wall plugs. Then ballast the track using a b&q green alpine stone( it's not green, but grey) , so far it's worked, but iam still learning myself. what did you use to hold the ballas...

i have used blocks on my liscrewed straight to the block which has worked great

cheers for the info. i have had a flick through but cant find the info i need about how its held down, can you tell me on this thread please? cheers