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- Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:59 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Roundhouse mk1 Taliesin charging questions.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4040
Re: Roundhouse mk1 Taliesin charging questions.
90mA for 15 hours it says... https://www.strikalite.co.uk/viewproduc ... prodid=944
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:27 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: This weekend I have been mostly building....Gravity Griff wagon
- Replies: 78
- Views: 26020
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:26 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The Southwold re-awakens
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11090
Re: The Southwold re-awakens
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.
I can't help but feel it should visit the Isle of Man for testing. Or Chama. Or Durango.
- Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:57 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: New project, coal fired live steam kit time
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12389
Re: New project, coal fired live steam kit time
Isn't there a copyright on the design?
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:39 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Saddle Tank Info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3014
Re: Saddle Tank Info
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...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:40 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Saddle Tank Info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3014
Re: Saddle Tank Info
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...
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:04 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Buster Keaton - Our Hospitality - replica Rocket
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3368
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:40 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Buster Keaton - Our Hospitality - replica Rocket
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3368
Re: Buster Keaton - Our Hospitality - replica Rocket
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...!
- Tue Dec 21, 2021 10:03 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Condenser question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2027
Re: Condenser question
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...
- Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:30 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Interesting question .....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1049
Re: Interesting question .....
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...
- Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:37 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Any members that live in the EU?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4486
Re: Any members that live in the EU?
You'll be lucky to get one. Joep told me in October "Because of retirement I produce limited numbers for the EU only (mainly Germany and the Netherlands).".
Other suppliers of coal-fired boilers are available.
Other suppliers of coal-fired boilers are available.
- Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: 16mm scale "Linda"
- Replies: 99
- Views: 37373
Re: 16mm scale "Linda"
Looks great! Brass name and works plates from MDC in about six weeks, about £26 a pair, and they were matched to the full-size plates and look great. To the best of my knowledge, other than when it was black (!), Linda has never had a black cab front. Blanche certainly did though, reminding us that ...
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:54 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Best paint or other medium for real wood
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4343
Re: Best paint or other medium for real wood
Nothing wrong with Humbrol now that production has come back to the UK. In particular, gloss red now goes on and covers better than it has probably done in the last 20 years. Great stuff, I use nothing else for detail work. And at about £2 a tin it is always worth using a new tin for anything even r...
- Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:28 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Early Roundhouse spirit fired locos
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2850
Re: Early Roundhouse spirit fired locos
Bio-ethanol may be your friend. It is an excellent substitute for meths and is available in the UK from DIY sheds where it is sold as patio heater fuel. I use nothing else these days as it burns hotter and without noxious fumes. I can't help with run times, other than to say that I have had my Dylan...
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:18 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Yatton Models - Vale of Ffestiniog
- Replies: 71
- Views: 31514
Re: Yatton Models - Vale of Ffestiniog
The silver section is a new thing, the roof used to be all green.georgesheppard wrote: ↑Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:59 pm... looking at photos of the locomotive from above it seems the roof is part green part silver ...
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:38 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Double sided sticky pads which actually work?!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8575
Re: Double sided sticky pads which actually work?!
A lot of the thin stuff from pound shops is, as you say, neither super nor glue .... I remember when SG first appeared. Early 1970s, I think. It was great. It would stick anything to anything and let off smoke as it dried. When I worked in London we glued a 50p coin to the pavement outside the offi...
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:18 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Double sided sticky pads which actually work?!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8575
- Mon May 31, 2021 7:04 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Double sided sticky pads which actually work?!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8575
- Mon May 31, 2021 1:41 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Double sided sticky pads which actually work?!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8575
- Mon May 31, 2021 9:57 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Double sided sticky pads which actually work?!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8575
Re: Double sided sticky pads which actually work?!
I had the same problem and gave up with sticky pads years ago. I now use Sellotape brand velcro. Works well, and it pulls apart and sticks back together!