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I remember about three years ago there was a magnificent storm, I was doing a history exam at the time when all the lights went out (still finished the exam though IIRC! ) I remember distinctly seeing a 4-5ft diameter tree which had been felled by the storm across the road soon after

Tomorrow there's a red weather warning in the West of Ireland, all schools have been instructed to close and everything has been called off, the tail end of a hurricane is looming by all accounts, looks perfectly calm out at the time of writing

I'm getting strong vibes of Schull station going by the track plan, all it needs is an engine shed at the back perpendicular to the running lines coming off the turntable

you make it look so easy! That is one lovely locomotive

FWLR wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:51 pm Just love your builds Peter.

Agreed

Like most people here I am primarily interested in narrow gauge, but if I may make the case for 7' broad gauge, its not all 'North Stars' and 'Lord of the Isles', imagine say, one of the small E B Wilsons that built the Holyhead breakwater pulling some ancient 4 wheelers along a backwater branch lin...

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:55 pm That pressure gauge, is that 1:1 scale?

Hmm, somebody's compensating!

Theres a nice pristine example on ebay now https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/BECK-REAL-STEA ... nav=SEARCH

(not me selling this) just thought I would draw your attention to this so you don't miss it, nice to see people getting creative https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROUNDHOUSE-LIV ... nav=SEARCH

Its been raining cats and dogs round my neck of the woods lately, but nothing stormy (not yet anyway! )

It occurs to me that pretty much all our regulars on here model narrow gauge of one sort or another, so I was wondering, how many people model standard gauge or broad gauge in the garden? As a side note 2.5" gauge in 16mm scale or 3.5" in 7/8" scale represents 4' gauge which allows mo...

Sir haydn wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:18 am I had a rake of Pentewan china clay wagons that I scratch built, I sold them a number of years ago now though

Likewise, I wouldn't mind seeing a piccie or two of that rake, as you can see from my profile picture, I have a great fondness for that line

She looks a stunner Rik, quite a transformation from the original otto, well done

a beautiful peice of work

Greak work! :thumbleft: by pure coincidence I did an approximate scale drawing of Kettering no. 3 earlier this week to get a feel for it as a 16mm scale loco on 32mm gauge, looking forward to see how it turns out Mine will very much be an 'approximate' model, inspired by the original. Btw - if you ...

Greak work! by pure coincidence I did an approximate scale drawing of Kettering no. 3 earlier this week to get a feel for it as a 16mm scale loco on 32mm gauge, looking forward to see how it turns out

Interesting to note that a typical 16mm wagon kit costs about the same as a 00 gauge wagon which costs the same as an n gauge wagon, as 16mm is 8 times the scale of n gauge, I rather fancy thats better value

"Industrial and unusual", I can see myself becoming a happy customer of yours

Those Janet boilers have no dome though, do they have the plastic sight glass and standard position of bolts on the backhead for the fixing thereof? Nope and nope. No dome - not needed, but Swift 16 do an aftermarket dome that sits on top of the water filler valve. The RWM copper boilers don't have...

Those Janet boilers have no dome though, do they have the plastic sight glass and standard position of bolts on the backhead for the fixing thereof?