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by Abiogenesis
Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:42 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

Loose laid horticultural grit. The track is secured with only three stainless steel pins per track on the white walled bridge & pins where the trestles connect with the planters. The tracks on the planters are free to move laterally, but the ballast holds them in place. I'm going to seed the bal...
by Abiogenesis
Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:05 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

The rubble in the space between the two decks was dug out. The three bents that had been fastened together were placed in position on heaps of dry mixed ballast & cement & adjusted to be level with the bridge over the pond etc. Then water was misted over the foundation& left to set overn...
by Abiogenesis
Sat Aug 04, 2018 5:15 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Livesteam-Locos of WILSON Locomotives Works,Australia
Replies: 2
Views: 2545

Re: Livesteam-Locos of WILSON Locomotives Works,Australia

Hello sowozisowozi,

Why not contact them direct & ask if they have agents in Europe? http://wilsonlocomotives.com.au/products

On their contacts page, they mention www.summerlands-chuffer.co.uk which is run by Chris Bird.

Good luck.
by Abiogenesis
Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:01 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

This is a small length of the anglebead that I shall bond to the third bridge. It will look like a pedestrian walkway & act as a barrier for wayward locos etc. The photo is out of focus, but it shows the general idea. ANGLEBEAD.JPG The three bents are now assembled as a freestanding unit & I...
by Abiogenesis
Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:12 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

Phew, what a scorcher! Almost too hot to work. The cool of the morning was spent replacing the punctured wheels in two wheelbarrow. I've replaced the pneumatic wheels with PU foam filled 14" puncture proof wheels, together with new axles. The barrows were always being overloaded with building m...
by Abiogenesis
Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:40 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

THIRD BRIDGE.JPG THIRD BRIDGE 1.JPG Work nearly completed on third bridge.The side "lattice girder work" is formed with lolly sticks bonded with hot melt adhesive. They are just standing in place for the photos. I made an earlier attempt to create a complete bridge last Summer. It was nea...
by Abiogenesis
Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:51 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

S2020030.JPG S2020034.JPG S2020021.JPG The third photo is from yesterday. I didn't get around to posting it. The first two photos chronicle some of the progress today. I was also preparing the posts that will be fixed to the timbers adjacent to the compost bins that surrounding the vegetable patch....
by Abiogenesis
Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:53 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

S2020017.JPG S2020019.JPG S2020023.JPG Reasonable progress today. Lifting suspension chain bridge completed. Two coats of Wickes Sherwood Green applied. Trestle bents ready to erect. End wall of garage due to be rendered sometime soon. S2020024.JPG Trestle bridge to cross pond receiving extra coat ...
by Abiogenesis
Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:00 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

S2020072.JPG This is an example of the manner in which I load my locomotives. The red loco is an SL1 Mamod, but only because it retains the original frames, smokebox & drawbar. Silver soldered boiler, wheels, connecting rods, pistons & cylinders, lubricator, regulator & 40 psi safety va...
by Abiogenesis
Sun Jul 29, 2018 11:25 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!
Replies: 24
Views: 15004

Re: Track laying and ballasting with photos - advice and suggestions please!

S2020005.JPG S2020006.JPG Please ignore the camera date. Resetting it would require me to read the manual & I cherish my ignorance of matters electronic. When the warmth came, I decided to build a new dual circuit garden railway at 900 mm elevation. There's a pond to be spanned with an 8' trest...
by Abiogenesis
Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:40 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance

Yes, gently drill out the rivets perpendicular to the boiler. It's an empty space in there. Self tappers will be necessary to secure the oil reservoir to the smoke box. I just stuck a length of copper wire through the holes & bent down the ends, on the basis that I'll always be tinkering & m...
by Abiogenesis
Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:53 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance

Marvellous. A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. :study:
by Abiogenesis
Wed Jul 11, 2018 2:55 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance

My green loco retains its original cylinders/pistons & I fitted the RWM displacement lubricator together with the SV & regulator. The 460 grade steam oil seals the clearance space better than 3 in 1 oil. Steam oil has improved the performance of my Mamod SR1 steam roller that I purchased in ...
by Abiogenesis
Tue Jul 10, 2018 11:17 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: MSS loco on 4' diameter curves ?

Yes, you are correct. I has forgotten that the steam feed to the cylinders is under the the solid cap beneath the brass cover. My two locos are much modified & I had a senior moment. :oops: The standard fuller is indeed the SV. HGLW have the instructions for fitting the lubricator. http://www.hg...
by Abiogenesis
Tue Jul 10, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: MSS loco on 4' diameter curves ?

The Goodall filler screws into the boiler in place of the standard filler cap. It helps preserve the integrity of the soft soldered, Mamod brass boiler. The brass dome will sit firmly over the Goodall with a brass insert from RMW that fits inside the dome. The whistle is only replaced if a RWM steam...
by Abiogenesis
Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:09 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: MSS loco on 4' diameter curves ?

In order to keep the boiler topped up, whilst still in steam, I would recommend the Goodall filler & the "Superior" water bottle, if you don't already have them? You soon learn how many squirts are needed for circuits of your layout. A dead leg lubricator is available. See below. https...
by Abiogenesis
Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:16 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: MSS loco on 4' diameter curves ?

The RMW cylinders/pistons were a necessity as they were missing on the left side of the first SL1 (now red) I purchased. The water sight glass in the Mamod brass boiler has not given me a problem, so far! With gas firing there is no margin for error if the Mamod boiler runs dry. Hence the Janet repl...
by Abiogenesis
Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Improving Mamod & MSS Performance
Replies: 23
Views: 34570

Re: MSS loco on 4' diameter curves ?

S2020152 (1).JPG Aaron, These are my two SL1s that I purchased April & May 2017. The red loco is only a Mamod because it retains the original frames, drag bar & smokebox. The rest is Janet specification. The green loco retains the original boiler, cylinders/pistons & wheels. The RWM reg...
by Abiogenesis
Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:21 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Upgrades for SL3
Replies: 1
Views: 2846

Re: Upgrades for SL3

Hello Aaron,

Speak to Roy Wood, but be aware that his wife is seriously unwell.

http://roywoodmodels.co.uk/mamods