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Re: NGG16
I have no idea what that means, even with the picture :oops: :oops: Since the yanks don't speak english, they call a flangeless driving wheel on a loco a 'blind driver'......... :roll: The prototype NGG16 has flanges on all driving wheels and will go around a 2 chain curve, so unless you are using ...
- Wed May 24, 2023 5:47 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Little brass handwheels
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5087
Re: Little brass handwheels
Does anyone know if there is a business who supplies little brass handwheels, like the ones found on locomotives and in ships? I mean the kind upon which one of the spokes sticks out farther than the others. I'm not aware of any hand wheels that are available to directly fit RH gas valves, or other...
- Tue May 16, 2023 3:18 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12405
Re: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
I'm intrigued by the diagonal timbers on top of each load. Are they used to tighten the straps, somehow? The period I model is the late 20's, when Aust. was in a building boom, just before the Yanks lost the plot as usual and dropped everyone into the great depression. No straps back then AFAIK, ju...
- Mon May 15, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12405
Re: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
Funny you should say that...............
Regards,
Graeme
- Fri May 12, 2023 9:27 am
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Not sticking ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7673
Re: Not sticking ?
Thealcohol will of course evapourate quickly, but I wonder if the Methyl Salicylate might linger and slowly build up? I don't know about that, I'm just thinking out loud. Methyl Salicylate (oil of wintergreen) is an oily liquid with a boiling point of about 220degC. Unless it forms an azeotrope wit...
- Mon May 01, 2023 1:10 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12405
Re: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
The weather here is well down the slope towards winter, but yesterday dawned clear and calm, and as cold as charity. A good day to boil some water........... The O&K has been running in on the bench and had one test run on the track. The only speed bump on the road of progress was that somehow I...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 12:44 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IP Engineering Jessie origins
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6040
Re: IP Engineering Jessie origins
Ivan made a range of steel and white metal diesel models back in the 'oughties. Older versions of the IP Engineering website are archived in the Wayback Machine. This link shows the range in 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061020193516/http://ipengineering.co.uk/page39.html Some photos aren't av...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:58 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Sand Quarry Extension
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9353
Re: Sand Quarry Extension
I did wonder whether to change history even more by discovering deposits of silver amongst the copper at the mine. Might make for some interesting additional 'secure' train movements..... Silver is more likely to turn up with lead and zinc in metal ores, although it can turn up with copper. It's no...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:10 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Ooops! - I have bought this
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5941
Re: Ooops! - I have bought this
I'm intrigued when it says the loco has to be reversed "manually". Does that mean "pushed"? Yes, the valve gear is slip eccentrics, mounted outside. You push the loco in the direction you want it to go, which sets the eccentrics, then you open the regulator to start it moving. W...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:24 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Ooops! - I have bought this
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5941
Re: Ooops! - I have bought this
Welcome to the dark side......
This link to a page on Mark Horovitz's website gives a potted history of the Beck Anna loco.
http://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco57.html
Graeme
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:39 am
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: 3D printed motor block
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4145
Re: 3D printed motor block
When climbing my 1:40 gradients I was having to open the throttle to full power with a fairly modest train and even then it slowed to a crawl. Hmmm......... MFA-Como motors aren't easily available in Oz, so I've never used a 918D and hadn't realised they were so gutless. I can see why Piko motor bl...
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 12:57 am
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: New project. Guess what it is....( De Winton)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13092
Re: New project. Guess what it is....( De Winton)
Anyway, a few days ago I forgot about what had gone before First Law of Holes. 'If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.' I've got a couple of rolling chassis sitting on my bench slowly building up a nice patina....... Have you worked out how to fit a motor, ESC and batteries in the model? It ...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:23 am
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: 3D printed motor block
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4145
Re: 3D printed motor block
Although it worked well, I found it didn't have enough power at 12v for some of my longer goods trains which is why I opted for the larger MFA motor. What do you mean by not enough power? Did the loco stall with a heavy load, or did it wheel slip to a stop, as the fix is different. Stalling - not e...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 3:54 am
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Coal Hopper from the Hunter Valley Australia
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5380
Re: Coal Hopper from the Hunter Valley Australia
Inspiration hit me at 3am; why try to make my own brake van when I could just use the GVT one in 3D print files. How high are the models 15mm and 16mm, not sure of the scale of the hopper wagon? The designer helpfully describes the non-air hopper model as G gauge......... :roll: It's a standard gau...
- Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:04 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12405
Re: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
I never realised how much surface area there is to paint on a paddler, acres and acres and in this weather. Steam locos are heat resistant, I force dry the paint in the oven in this weather. I didn't see any water in the compressor filters while I was painting last week, but there was certainly som...
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:55 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12405
Re: TVT - Mt Delusion O&K
This model has been sitting in the paint shop queue for far too long, but it has finally received a coat of paint...... :oops: As predicted, it has joined the Mt. Delusion Timber Co. fleet. The sun has reappeared temporarily between cold fronts and the photos below show the O&K sitting for it's ...
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:42 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: A tiny G gauge indoor layout
- Replies: 118
- Views: 31234
Re: A tiny G gauge indoor layout
;) ;) ;) ;) Fences should be just a few strands of barbed wire, but maybe a post and rail would be the ticket in front of a wheatfield. I'll try raising the scene up a bit and then add some bushes (not hedges !) The scenery looks pretty good. I'm not that familiar with NSWGR practice. The VR usually...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 12:06 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
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Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
The original green paint wouldn't accept grey primer, even after sanding, so it all had to be removed. Nitromors would barely touch it, so scraping and rubbing with wire-wool was the only way forward. Eventually it was clean enough to start all over again.... Don't you just love modern paints? It l...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:59 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: TVT - It followed Me Home.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5187
Re: TVT - It followed Me Home.....
The Climax seemed to be in very good shape, and what a fascinating engine to watch. I find them the least awkward-looking of the three main types of geared American locomotive. I was lucky enough to get a cab ride on 1694 on the Puffing Billy line when it ran a work train years ago, just after it's...
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Little Wonder
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23795
Re: Little Wonder
I had dismissed a mechanical hacksaw as taking too much room - but I will think about a band saw. Unlike power hacksaws, the 6x4 bandsaws are lighter and have a couple of wheels at the back so can be moved around fairly easily. Mine lives out of the way under the router table when not in use. There...