Garden Railway Forum

Having painted many a model and full-size loco, my understanding is there is no such colour. LNWR locos were always described as being Blackberry Black but consensus amongst those that know was they were painted normal black and it was the lacquer applied over the top once it had been "cooked&q...

There is a nice man called Roger who will sell you some replacements: http://www.strikalite.co.uk/

ge_rik wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:43 amNo, afraid not. It's a trek trying to go West - East and with Llanfair and Llangollen on this side of the country I have easier alternatives.

What Rik said. The National (Wales) Garden Railway show at Llangollen was great. To me Peterborough is just something that happens that other people go to.

..

..

Finally, this was the show that those of us who live in the west of the UK have craved for the last 11 years, since the last one at Stoneleigh. The Event Manager confirmed to me that it will be back next year, and the year after, at the same venue but reconfigured to have it all in the large hall, w...

There can't be many people who have seen a roll-film camera that looks like this, but they seem to know what it means:

Thank you!

GAP wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 11:45 pmI was frequent viewer of the forum ...

Which forum, please?

Glue? No... Whatever you use will take the paint off if the plate is ever removed.

Instructions for silicone here: http://www.rhoshelyg.me.uk/MDC.html#Fitting

90mA for 15 hours it says... https://www.strikalite.co.uk/viewproduc ... prodid=944

Simon-m wrote: ↑Sun Apr 03, 2022 8:58 pmmy tip is to light it from under the cylinders not the chimney

Always the best way to do it. Put the flame where the heavier-than-air gas is, not where it might be.

How good does that look? Gorgeous!

I can't help but feel it should visit the Isle of Man for testing. Or Chama. Or Durango.

Isn't there a copyright on the design?

Sorry, I can't think of a commercially produced Hackworth valve gear loco available at the moment. Prescott locos change hands for robust 4-figure values these days, unusual to find one where the first digit is a "1". The first Roundhouse Hackworth gear appeared on Pooter. No angled cylind...

It IS a Robin built by the late John Prescott. They came in both side tank and saddle tank forms, and in this case, coincidental names. He also did a version without tanks but with a tender called Wagtail. Roundhouse no longer supply (their second incarnation of) Hackworth valve gear as none of thei...

Andrew wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:53 amIs that the version with Kenneth Branagh?

Yes!

Ah yes, but they screwed up on that latest version of Murder On The Orient Express. Both real and dummy locos were used, but they put the smoke deflectors on the dummy upside down. Continuity? We'll have none of that here...!

Injectors do not work with warm water, the colder the better. The cold water condenses the steam jet completely, allowing its velocity to be imparted to the water. Some years ago a water tanker company thought they were being helpful when they delivered a tanker of warm water to a main-line steam ra...

Back in the day, staff were smaller, obedient and disposable. They did what they were told to do, even if it meant wrapping themselves around a crank axle with an oil can. Later, it was realised that by having it all hanging outside there was little need to go underneath, making life more pleasant f...