Garden Railway Forum

ge_rik wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:46 pm

If the worst comes to the worst, I will use the mesh from the plastic tennis bats as I did for the water mill .....

https://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2017/1 ... ml#windows

Rik

I remember this good idea.

alanf wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:05 pm

Been trying to use RC Trains website but it seems to be unavailable. Anyone else having problems.

thanks
Aaln

If you have a mobile device can you access the website using 4G rather than your Internet connection?

If you sent the loco you must have his address can you get the loco picked up using a courier?

Take your Regner this time Rik

These guys do great windows:

https://www.jacksonsminiatures.com

If I didn't run live steamers I would certainly fit MLS steam sound cards as Rik demonstrates in this video how well they sound and can be configured for realistic running:



But the diesel offering is not good enough yet for me.

Can we call it 'Donk' please!

The new cards still sound synthesised and robotic.

Only my opinion of course.

Look forward to a video of it running at realistic speeds soon then Chris

Slomo on order yet Chris?

The sound card is good for a train that you just want to set off and go.

It sounds the part, better than the MLS diesel sound cards they sound crap even the latest offering.

That's huge!

Looks like a class 73 to me, narrow gauge version!

Well I got the pressure gauge working this evening. I found some tiny solid core wire and managed to feed it all the way into the boiler then pop it pissed out water all over me! Descaled the boiler, not too much crap. Put the loco back together, same issue. I don't like ending the weekend on a prob...

Removed the boiler and the chassis run fines on air. Pumping air into the boiler itself and then opening the regulator air comes out of the outlet indicated with green arrow: IMG_20190217_175941-01.jpeg However, as the pressure gauge outlet marked with an orange arrow does not exhaust air despite be...