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by bambuko
Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:16 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: loco weight?
Replies: 2
Views: 1945

Re: loco weight?

Thanks @Jimmyb, not only having senior moment, but also blind :mrgreen:
Problem solved :salute:
by bambuko
Thu Oct 14, 2021 6:14 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: loco weight?
Replies: 2
Views: 1945

loco weight?

Can someone please tell me what is the typical weight (ready to run with water, gas, rc gear, etc) of 16mm loco.

I am interested in the larger ones i.e. 0-6-0 or 0-6-2 ?
For example
https://www.roundhouse-eng.com/fowler.htm
https://www.roundhouse-eng.com/russell.htm
etc...
by bambuko
Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:37 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: "Calloway", a Roundhouse Bundaberg Fowler Rebuild
Replies: 58
Views: 24896

Re: "Calloway", a Roundhouse Bundaberg Fowler Rebuild

...That GA also doesn't show a reverser, but I'd put money on Airdmillan having been built with one... It doesn't show reverser, because it is on the opposite RH side ;) Attached part orf GA top view shows LH side, where the boiler pump was. Here original Fowler UK picture (Ardmillan), showing no i...
by bambuko
Mon Oct 11, 2021 5:45 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344906

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:35 pm ...Spokes are very useful in the workshop...


:thumbup: indeed,
alternatively you could find these very useful as well (titanium soldering strips):
https://www.andrewberry.co.uk/product/t ... f-5-or-10/
by bambuko
Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:16 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: "Calloway", a Roundhouse Bundaberg Fowler Rebuild
Replies: 58
Views: 24896

Re: "Calloway", a Roundhouse Bundaberg Fowler Rebuild

P.S. I don't know how slaveishly Bundaberg boys were following Fowler original, but on my GA (of Airdmillan - as you know last one produced in UK) it does show boiler feed pump, but no injectors...?? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=worthington+boiler+feed+pump&atb=v278-1&iax=images&...
by bambuko
Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:09 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: "Calloway", a Roundhouse Bundaberg Fowler Rebuild
Replies: 58
Views: 24896

Re: "Calloway", a Roundhouse Bundaberg Fowler Rebuild

Hi Aaron, I enjoy following your progress :thumbright:
Good work.
Thank you!
by bambuko
Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:44 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344906

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

OK, so I missed the most important - the whistle :mrgreen:
Thank you for the explanation :thumbright:
by bambuko
Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:08 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344906

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:45 am The first servo fit up. The cylinder drain servo is behind the front buffer beam ...
I would be interested in more detailed description of what servo does what? please
I am guessing - regulator, blower, reverser and...?
Thank you for sharing!
by bambuko
Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:07 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344906

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Jimmyb wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:19 pm...Not seen sliver solder as a paste!
Just one example (many more out there...)

https://www.cooksongold.com/Solders/Sil ... escription
by bambuko
Sat Aug 28, 2021 1:03 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344906

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:40 pm Solder paste...
silver solder paste? or some other solder paste?
thank you :thumbright:
by bambuko
Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:23 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: 16mm scale "Linda"
Replies: 99
Views: 36855

Re: 16mm scale "Linda"

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by bambuko
Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:17 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Something a bit unusual - a steam railmotor
Replies: 58
Views: 19466

Re: Something a bit unusual - a steam railmotor

I am enjoying this :thumbup:
Excellent :salute:
another thread to follow...
Thank you!
by bambuko
Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:57 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344906

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Qp9SxEJdj0m7Vz4z_WWKvI_xfnaA5c7cfcOd9jOSqRHzsXE18dadLZlSTfWpLZz4TGTl3_JcpnbKaMv0tYRppESd4MCNi2z8sq2dZSKr4Q6nggXH87vYbGlDYawBohR9FiO-LA-_4jM=w2400 I will follow you Dazza, wherever you choose to share you pictures :thumbup: I agree with you, that: ... 16mm associati...
by bambuko
Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:37 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344906

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

...however a request has been made that I restrict my pictures... There seem to be some confusion here? Restriction applies only to the pictures "attached" to the forum, NOT to the pictures "linked" to the forum (like you have to do on another forum where you post: https://model...
by bambuko
Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:30 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Lynton & Barnstaple books -SOLD
Replies: 1
Views: 3705

Lynton & Barnstaple books -SOLD

Let's say £16 plus P&P for all four (or offers?)
Prefer not to split, but will consider offers for individual books if no takers for the lot...
Will check cost of postage if there is interest
by bambuko
Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:15 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: 16mm scale "Linda"
Replies: 99
Views: 36855

Re: 16mm scale "Linda"

Both the info and attached photo are absolutely brilliant! thank you Tony :thumbright: Funny thing is, that I was thinking to myself, that is how I would strengthen things, but dismissed it... a) because I had no photo evidence that this is what has happened b) because it seemed silly idea :mrgreen:...
by bambuko
Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:48 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Certificate for this forum
Replies: 12
Views: 3190

Re: Certificate for this forum

yes, same here...
only got in by telling Firefox to ignore fire warnings :mrgreen:
by bambuko
Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:56 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: 16mm scale "Linda"
Replies: 99
Views: 36855

Re: 16mm scale "Linda"

...bottom half of the smokebox is integral with the frames to support the cylinders properly. There is a lot more steel plate in the front end than there used to be! Thank you Tony :thumbright: I suspected something like this was the case, but it is not very clear in any of the photos in my collect...
by bambuko
Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:28 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: 16mm scale "Linda"
Replies: 99
Views: 36855

Re: 16mm scale "Linda"

Thanks for the updates Trevor :thumbleft: Looking forward to more videos :) One question BTW still not quite clear in my mind (and it is really a question about prototype rather than model) - is the securing of cylinders to the loco frame. With very high cylinder line above the frames it seems very ...
by bambuko
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:51 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Gauge 1 ‘project’
Replies: 118
Views: 52088

Re: Gauge 1 ‘project’

Garethh wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:08 am Not sure how much interest in gauge 1 there is on here ...
Quite a lot :thumbup: so keep "sticking this up" :mrgreen: