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That looks very impressive. The lighting works well.

Wot 'e sed!!!
That looks amazing.

Thanks chaps. As a bit of a "thank you" I also sent a link to the video to the guy at the museum who assisted with the check measurements and pic. He replied straight awy with " That is spectacular!!! Thanks for sharing it with me. Cheers, Zack" Which I thought was rather nice of...

Inevitably, at this time of year the garden requires a massive tidy up and there are always umpteen rolling stock repairs to catch up with. But it’s raining again, so I’ll have another cup of tea, continue with my book and worry about the other stuff some other time. That about sums it up, for most...

I am looking forward to Philip making the video for us all to see how the sound is in his loco Your wish is my command, Rod! :lol: The video is over on my Gmeinder loco build thread. I did actually get it finished last weekend as I had hoped, and did a short video, but then discovered I had made a ...

Well here it is. https://youtu.be/ZQ2kqpcGWYQ In the end I painted it in standard early 1940's "Panzer grey", which is currently RAL 7021 and as far as I can tell was also used for Luftwaffe ground vehicles. I decided against the red embellishments since I'm not sure if they are correct ( ...

Well... it's .... errr... different!
Be good to see how you finally finish it.

Looking excellent so far, Zac

Is this the sort of thing you are thinking of, Phil? ( as a f'rinstance)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3401354

Give us some dimensions and I'm sure one of us can come up with something to suit.

It’s strange that Martin (of Atropos) states it on all the build instructions as he’s so particular and precise (in a good way), if people cannot determine what it relates to. Even if it was an historical measure, I’d have expected to find some reference on the internet! A new one on me too, I've b...

Thats looking good, Don't forget to show us the result of painting her.

I'll echo what the others have said, it is lovely to see a train going somewhere!

drewzero1 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:43 am
Sorry for the delay! I've finished it- see HOW TO: Gif-izing a video

Thanks Drew.
Although I managed to do a very simple version for my coupling gif, I never managed to work out how to get the resizing etc to work, so this looks very helpful.

Coming back to my loco, I'm open to thoughts on 'red'. As I mentioned some while back, German railways are well known for red wheels etc. I kind of had it in mind that in military service this wouldn't have had that embellishment and the red axles boxes, etc, in the original photo could have been pa...

Yes, it is a fascinating location. What really struck me though, was the speeds they were running at. More like a lot of toy train layouts than a proper railway! They obviously don't pay a lot of attention to 'elf 'n safety, 'due diligence', 'risk assessment', etc, either.

Rod, I think the whole point of a thread like this one is that at the end of the day, between us we've worked out what is and isn't doable, so that you don't need to understand the technicalities, just follow the final "recipe". I'm hoping that this weekend I will have the whole loco finis...

It has been so wet here that Dinah has only got 2 of her beds ready to plant, and one planted up. Much the same everywhere I think,Trevor. We certainly haven't been able to get out and do anything more than a bit of pruning of last years die back. Still, it's good to see the railway is still making...

Love it, Sir! You do have a gift for posing a story.

You had me going there for a minute, until I scrolled back up to the top!!!