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You have really done the railcar justice. Lots of us have a soft spot for the CDR railcars. It fits in perfectly on your line.

A grand build of an interesting and iconic prototype. If that is your first go at building in brass then hats off I say to a fine job!

Very good video. Nicely put together.

I'm fairly lucky I guess. My line isn't complete yet so not a lot of 'traffic' to draw attention. Fortunately we have so far been very lucky with our neighbours. All nice people. Our garden is L shaped and extends behind next door's garden so technically we have 3 adjoining neighbours. Behind our ga...

Impressive beast. It looks heavy.

Looks good. It's going to be fun watching this develop.

Superb build. Hats off to you for this one.

Well, it took a couple of days to get another chance to look at 'Owain'. I've been so busy during 'lockdown' that I wonder how I normally had time to go to work. Anyway, looking at the greasy side of the loco (and it surely is embarrasingly greasy under there!) I took some photos. I took them outsid...

Yes, if you are piling on fresh topsoil it will settle. If you want a ground level line that is not on established hard packed ground it will need some serious base. Alternatively as suggested above you could have the line laid not directly on the ground but maybe just above it on something like pat...

Very smart. I like the stylish handrails along the top of the side tanks. I must do something to get my old mamod working again. Its a fine line though, if I get too carried away I might as well buy a Janet!

Ok chaps, I'm learning here. Hopefully tomorrow or Tuesday I will get a chance to check this out. The loco was working slowly (just) in reverse but wouldn't travel around a curve and would stop if there was even an imperceptable gradient. In forward mode it romped away. Nothing seemed amiss in the c...

Yes, I played around with the adjustment trims ? ( just below joy sticks) but didn't seem to make much difference. In my ignorance I thought the flip switch in the top corner was for changing channel. I think I used my standard trouble shooting method of fiddling with everything to see what happens....

Hi Tom Thanks for your quick response. I'm not so quick off the mark, having just got back from queueing to get into the Co-op ! Yes, I used to have a youtube a/c. Think I'd better try to resurrect it. My R/C is a Planet T5 2.4GHz. I know very little about R/C. 16mm trains are my first experience in...

Morning all. I had a rare chance to steam up my 'Owain' yesterday. As usual she steamed up ok and was quite happy to gallop along towing a single carriage but would barely move in reverse. It seemed as if it wasn't getting enough steam in reverse. In fact it felt as if the reverser had adjusted itse...

Top quality modelling. Real attention to detail. I like the 'white ink' notes on the photos. Nice touch.