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Looks good Andrew.

Amazing what you can do in a lunch break while working from home

It has been nearly a year since the railway was dismantled and now that the better weather is here I managed to get outside today and sit where the station use to be under the 'Red Robin' bush: IMG_20200331_163414-02.jpeg Where the original part of the railway use to run along the fence and loop bac...

Jimmyb wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:52 am

almost as illusive as the small screw that hits the floor, you hear it, see it, but it just disappears.

This happens no matter what scale you work with!

The scene from 2:15, amazing.

I should lend you my Silver Lady Rik so you can make a video of a live steamer around your line!

All you need to know is in the manual:

http://www.roundhouse-eng.com/pdf/locoi ... fowler.pdf

The gas should be running out before the water by design. Have you got the burner up too high? (does the safety valve regularly blow?) You don't need to run this engine at 40 PSI, it should happily go at 20 PSI even with a train to pull.

Roundhouse engines hardly use any oil so this is fine.

Works for me although I would weather it!

Looking forward to hearing from you, we need more larger scale members!

Polly Engineering supply quality scale metric hex bolts:

https://www.pollymodelengineering.co.uk ... e-list.asp

The catalogue is a searchable PDF so you can easily find what you need.

So after yesterday's announcement in the UK I cannot run the loco at the club track even for testing. Still, plenty more to do! The whistle and blower valves have had their damaged paint removed (I prefer unpainted anyway), stripped, cleaned then polished up: IMG_20200319_142436-01.jpeg The valves w...

Having built a raised railway gaps are good for drainage.

Instructions for fitting the HBK12 kit are here:

http://www.roundhouse-eng.com/pdf/kitin ... /hbk12.pdf

It was a genuine question!

A rail bender will give you smooth curves with no kinks.

There are ways to make your own or you can buy kits from GRS (this one is for Peco SM32 bullhead rail, others are available):

https://www.grsuk.com/shop/Rail-Bender- ... SM32-M5202

Hi Scott, Talk to Roundhouse, they will supply you with the HBK12 kit that you need to get your Katie running with R/C although you can choose whatever radio gear you want (I am a Deltang fan myself). The most important part of this kit is changing out the regulator for the R/C type. If you don't fa...

How are you bending the track?