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Whoopee, a cupee! :mrgreen: I'll admit I get a bit confused if a loco component doesn't have a red (+) and a black (-) on it. (And even then I get mixed up sometimes!) :lol: So would the exhaust steam come into the middle set of tubes from the cylinders, and depending on the position of the pistons ...

The screw on the end looks like it could be for attaching a handle, so does it have some kind of valve inside? The symmetrical nature of the dual outlets suggests it might connect to something that's the same on both sides, like cylinders maybe. (I don't know much about steam locos, but I'm pretty s...

Rod, I was looking back at old threads and I see you have a similar little diesel "Logan". My "Moke" uses the same Jenbach JW15 body shell but sits on a skip frame, with some customizations to fit a scavenged toy motor and 2xAA battery box. It was my first 3D printed loco and is ...

Well done Drew. My little help thread has succeeded in doing what I wanted it to, to get more members to make videos and show off their lines. Yours is a little bit short your right :lol: But hey, who cares, you have done it and I like the speed of the loco. Nice clear shot.:bravo Thanks Rod, I had...

Not tried them myself (yet) but you could use the editing tools built into YouTube Rik Thanks Rik, I'll take a look. My first problem I'm noticing as I look back through my recent recordings, is that I tend to start the recording too late and end it too soon, so it turns out pretty abrupt in a vide...

I've finally done it... uploaded a test video to YouTube! https://youtu.be/80V9j4a2SGQ To do: learn to edit and make a longer fancier video. (Rik, Nigel, et al make it look so easy!) At this point the entire completed section can be covered in less than ten seconds anyway, so this is about it. I did...

Attention to detail and consideration given to so many aspects of this (the railway, rolling stock, operations, video) is, of course, so impressive. Love the sheep audio! Sheep audio was something that stood out to me as well, as something I wouldn't have thought to add but that gives a lot of ambi...

Thanks Rod and Philip, I appreciate the encouragement! Really helps keep me going when things don't go as planned, or as quickly as planned... After a few rains, the ballast has settled in a bit and the track seems stable. I'm still trying to decide how best to pin it down to keep it from getting ri...

The "free" print time is one big selling point of a resin printer. (That and of course the detail!)

When I try printing a bunch of things at once in FDM, all I get is more points of failure.

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 9:32 am Ah, is that the logic involved then? I've never resorted to traction tyres, but I don't run LGB or 45mm.

Maybe? Pure conjecture on my part. I also have no idea about LGB or 45mm, just a case of convergent evolution I guess.

Very interesting, I had planned to fit a pair of traction tires to the drive wheels of the new larger diesel I've been working on, but decided to start with just one tire. Given the tight curves of my line, it seemed like two might cause skipping with a solid axle between them (no differential).

I think it is Phil... I spotted that little peek of the drive chain!

Keeping my eye on this one Rik. I used one of those geared motors on Thornas originally and really like the (quiet) sound and performance.

Welcome to the forum! It sounds worrisome, but I'm more familiar with plastics and wood. What scale are you working with, and what kinds of loads/stresses will the locomotive be expected to handle?

Experiments in tracklaying: Roughly the same location as the first image in this thread. Finally feels like we're getting somewhere!

I'm a bit curious how they got so close to, but not quite 1km... Didn't anybody have 10cm of track handy to stick on the end?

Regardless, it's a massive achievement and I have to give them credit for it!

Looks great so far, will be following with interest! I had originally intended Thornas to be a quarry Hunslet so I can see some things I missed or oversimplified on my version of the frame already. (Out of curiosity, how does Luna compare in size to the Hunslet?)

philipy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:12 am Whooar... my brane 'urts.

It'll 'ave to come owt!

Lovely! We collect film cameras (it just sort of happened) but haven't had much time for photography since the kiddos were born. (Aside from about 10,000 phone pictures of the kids, of course.) My favorite in operation is our Argus C3 rangefinder which was a wedding gift to my wife's grandparents an...

Makes sense, small hands for little engines!

I was trying to search for that brand, but it's difficult to find because ultimately, pretty much all rail modelers have little engines of some variety. Is it the same company that makes the ride-on ones?

Welcome! We have an introduction section here: https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32 Feel free to tell us a little about yourself, your rail interests, and your railway/aspirations over there! As for the Merlin, I'll have to defer to the live steam folks. It's very pretty, I think the red...