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- Tue Nov 24, 2020 7:59 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33967
Re: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
Another short video - this time with some festive lighting :) https://youtu.be/RDGGAtx1Ba0 Running clockwise is more tricky, the gradient is steeper (something around 1:40, but probably a bit more in places). Combined with leaves and some drizzle, hand sanding was needed to avoid slipping to a halt...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:36 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33967
Re: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
No R/C - just me crouching just out of shot ready to grqb the controller handset as it approaches!
The blue o&k is so low geared (through a worm drive) that it can be left to trundle around the garden by itself. So far it has always come back to where it started....
The blue o&k is so low geared (through a worm drive) that it can be left to trundle around the garden by itself. So far it has always come back to where it started....
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 7:38 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33967
Re: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
Sorry for the lack of posts recently.
I made a quick video this evening:
I made a quick video this evening:
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: 5" gauge 0-6-0 Sweet Pea
- Replies: 139
- Views: 76281
Re: 5" gauge 0-6-0 Sweet Pea
Interesting that the nitrile ball got sucked in towards the boiler... I have tried to get into the habit of opening all steam valves slightly after blowing down - mostly to stop them from jamming as the cool - but it also stops a vacuum forming in the boiler. Good luck with the painting. I didn't ha...
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:24 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
Not too much that it "needs", but there is plenty that I have planned for it anyway. I have a thread over on one of the VW forums if anyone is interested: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=743848&sid=eccf02b07389ce90b8053aa069f46155 Back to steam locos: I really don't t...
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:25 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
Yep, same stuff.
Its only the smokebox & chimney that have the VHT / woodstove paint.
(FYI i have just fitted a second hand exhaust to the bus without realising someone had painted it with hammerite - serious smoke.....)
Its only the smokebox & chimney that have the VHT / woodstove paint.
(FYI i have just fitted a second hand exhaust to the bus without realising someone had painted it with hammerite - serious smoke.....)
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:08 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162723205727
That ^^^ is the "universal" satin black - i have used tge white on other projects & it seems to play with the "comi-color" fine.
That ^^^ is the "universal" satin black - i have used tge white on other projects & it seems to play with the "comi-color" fine.
- Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:06 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
Yes, it's all in rustoleum. Can't remember satin being especially hard to find (I think my local old-fashioned hardware shop carries it on the shelf). No need to mess about with thinning & rollers for the chassis, I don't believe it needs the same level of finish as the platework - especially on...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:59 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
Tom; The chassis is a satin black - I don't remember ever seeing a full sized loco with a shiny chassis (unless it was from oil!). And as for the road-going distractions, there is a new (old) face on the drive..... 8) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50353390592_34b1d81a3a.jpg DSC_0194_1599253108...
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:28 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: 5" gauge railcar, PZ201
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8120
Re: 5" gauge railcar, PZ201
Looks great
You might be interested to know that the miniature railway supply co have a whole 5" gauge armoured train that has been looking for a new home for a while (i saw it when I went up to buy rail from them).
http://www.miniaturerailwaysupply.com/#top
You might be interested to know that the miniature railway supply co have a whole 5" gauge armoured train that has been looking for a new home for a while (i saw it when I went up to buy rail from them).
http://www.miniaturerailwaysupply.com/#top
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:37 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Anyone running g scale gas fired steam locomotives on plastic track?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5338
Re: Anyone running g scale gas fired steam locomotives on plastic track?
I had assumed the original poster meant the type of all-plastic track that often comes with cheap G scale trainsets (that is what the black track in the 2nd half of my video above is). Agree that running on plastic sleeper track (with brass, aluminium, stainless, or nickel alloy rails) is extremely ...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:30 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: 5" gauge 0-6-0 Sweet Pea
- Replies: 139
- Views: 76281
Re: 5" gauge 0-6-0 Sweet Pea
Partially enclosed cab on falklands island loco: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50115232967_bc769ee332_m.jpg 210px-Falkland_Islands_1985_Camber_Railway_Anniversary_a by simon mace , on Flickr Full spectacle plate on "bevan" at bressingham (which is a sort-of wren copy: https://live.st...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: 5" gauge 0-6-0 Sweet Pea
- Replies: 139
- Views: 76281
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:11 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: 5" gauge 0-6-0 Sweet Pea
- Replies: 139
- Views: 76281
Re: 5" gauge 0-6-0 Sweet Pea
Looks nice - I think you were right to discount the titch style cab (it always looks odd to me). The wren cab is quite a straightforward design, and is more sturdy than it looks. There are a couple of variations in spectacle plate to consider. Most (like mine) have the quite minimal flat plate, but ...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:47 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Anyone running g scale gas fired steam locomotives on plastic track?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5338
Re: Anyone running g scale gas fired steam locomotives on plastic track?
I once built a temporary layout using a mixture of cheap black plastic track and aristo-craft brass when living in a rented house; https://youtu.be/sosHiFfpw_E I used it to run a small gas fired live steam loco (an accucraft ruby). Worked fine, but I am not sure whether the track would eventually be...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:41 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33967
Re: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
My wife is very tolerant of my hobby. As well as the garden railway, she has also come along to visits of miniature railways on holiday (including a trip to cologne specially timed to align with a big indoor live steam event). She has been known to drive the battery locos occassionally when needed, ...
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:09 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
Glad you enjoyed the pictures and video.
I think the blower issue was just due to the length of pipe, it goes quite a long way round from the steam turret up to the smokebox (plus my initial testing was in cold december / january weather.
I think the blower issue was just due to the length of pipe, it goes quite a long way round from the steam turret up to the smokebox (plus my initial testing was in cold december / january weather.
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:57 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
- Replies: 74
- Views: 33967
Re: The Gables Garden Railway (7 1/4")
Enjoyed a little sunday evening steam-up at the weekend:
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:56 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
And better one of a full lap:
- Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:06 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
- Replies: 56
- Views: 29339
Re: Jynn: a 7 1/4" gauge wren
And here she is in action: