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by GTB
Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:02 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: TVT - It followed Me Home.....
Replies: 8
Views: 3914

Re: TVT - It followed Me Home.....

The TVT engineer has lately been doing a bit of moonlighting for one of the local timber companies........ The Mt. Deception Hardwood Co. recently bought a s/h Climax steam loco., which was no oil painting, to be charitable. This company is a newer customer of the TVT and its line runs to the east o...
by GTB
Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:49 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344947

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Factory paint. (Chinese ? ) Accucraft paintwork quality has improved considerably since their association with Aster. I assume the paintwork is done in China, as the factories that make Hornby, etc. have been doing excellent paintwork on model trains since the '80s. Satin paintwork with pad printed...
by GTB
Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344947

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:17 pm What is this ?
An R/C servo mount. I assume the bit of K&S channel sticking out the front is to hide the servo wiring.......

Graeme
by GTB
Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Braking systems
Replies: 16
Views: 6811

Re: Braking systems

There are small electromagnetic clutches available, which could be set up to work as a brake. If it was driven with an ESC you could likely get variable braking force out of it. It would probably have to be fitted in an unpowered bogie under a trailer, or driving trailer, as it's about the size of a...
by GTB
Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Braking systems
Replies: 16
Views: 6811

Re: Braking systems

That's a nice looking model of a 2 car Doggie set. To be prototypical, Doggies and Taits only had Westinghouse automatic air brakes. The Butterboxes, being locos, had the addition of straight air brakes for the loco only. The first use of regen brakes on the VR electric fleet was the L class I think...
by GTB
Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Reed switches and magnets etc
Replies: 8
Views: 3550

Re: Reed switches and magnets etc

It does seem to be speed dependant though, too fast and it sails straight over the magnet without stopping, but I guess that makes sense. I may try experimenting with two sets of magnets in parallel, to see if that allows it to 'bite' for longer. That was what I found with my HO speedometer car, as...
by GTB
Mon Aug 14, 2023 2:16 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Lady Owain
Replies: 49
Views: 31393

Re: Lady Owain

Sorry this post is years off the mark but please could anyone please explain the best way to go about making a gas tank such as the one shown here, its going to be for a Lady Owain as well, any help would be apricated. You dug deep to find that one...... You don't say what workshop equipment you ha...
by GTB
Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: PLR blog trending in Singapore
Replies: 6
Views: 2693

Re: PLR blog trending in Singapore

Once more, the overwhelming number of readers are from Singapore. There's a song called 'City of Dreamers'................ 8) Singapore is like a chinese city, wall to wall hi-rise apartment buildings. Not many green bits and the only flat bit is the airport as far as I could tell. The readers are ...
by GTB
Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:14 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: DCC Chip Identification
Replies: 3
Views: 2531

Re: DCC Chip Identification

Does anyone happen to know what chip this is? Hard to tell, since the manufacturer couldn't be bothered printing their name and a model no. on the pcb. The soldering is nothing to write home about, so it may be a DIY kit. It's a standard NMRA DCC 9 pin socket and the size looks like a fairly generi...
by GTB
Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?
Replies: 23
Views: 5795

Re: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?

Presumably, the slightly taller similar locos don't have the dropped footplate? Sorry, I thought I'd checked the numbers before I hit the post button. The driving wheel dia. on Anita was 2' 4"...... :roll: Unlike some builders, if their catalogue is anything to go by, Hunslet don't seem to hav...
by GTB
Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:28 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?
Replies: 23
Views: 5795

Re: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?

Graeme, does your book mention any key dimensions such as the diameter of the drivers? The book only quotes the driver dia. as 2' 3" and cylinders as 9.5" x 14", no other dimensions. Using the builders photo, the wheelbase scales out at just over 4', probably 4' 1.5". Height cal...
by GTB
Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?
Replies: 23
Views: 5795

Re: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?

ge_rik wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:53 am Doing a bit of research and I'm assured the smaller Manning Wardles were similar to Hunslets .....
Well they both made small steam locos with the same no. of driving wheels........

About the same level of similarity as a Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Viva. :study:

Graeme
by GTB
Tue Aug 01, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?
Replies: 23
Views: 5795

Re: Any ideas as to the origin of this loco?

I think it looks like a Manning Wardle F Class, although the dropped footplate under the cab is a bit odd. I thought it looked like a Manning Wardle as well, great minds think alike...... I found it listed in Fred Harman's book 'The Locomotives Built by Manning Wardle and Company, Volume 1, Narrow ...
by GTB
Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:09 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Identification help please
Replies: 12
Views: 3928

Re: Identification help please

Please forgive my lack of knowledge but what scale trucks should I be looking to buy for this engine. It runs on 32mm track, the trucks I currently have look way to big. If the original kit was made to scale, then it will be 7/8" to the foot scale (1:13.7). Using 1:13.7 scale on 32mm gauge is ...
by GTB
Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:22 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Identification help please
Replies: 12
Views: 3928

Re: Identification help please

Can anyone recognise this sweet little engine please? Quite a heavy powerful little beast running on a 9 volt battery , 32mm track. Thank you . Tony No idea of the manufacturer/builder of the model, but the prototype is Dot, built by Beyer Peacock and used on their 18" gauge internal works rai...
by GTB
Mon Jul 17, 2023 3:35 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Reed switches and magnets etc
Replies: 8
Views: 3550

Re: Reed switches and magnets etc

You'll get more 'bang for your buck' by reducing the the separation between magnet and reed switch, than by adding more magnets. Magnetic field strength follows an inverse square rule as the distance varies, halve the separation and the field strength quadruples. Apart from magnetic materials like s...
by GTB
Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Airbrushes
Replies: 25
Views: 5621

Re: Airbrushes

I've been occupied with re-arranging my workshop and installing a new lathe. The new lathe has been commissioned and I'm back to normal modelling again. 8) Something that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is that if you mix your own colours and use paint types/brands that don't come in spray cans...
by GTB
Tue Jul 04, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Sprung point springs
Replies: 7
Views: 2813

Re: Sprung point springs

It is a bit stiff and although a heavy steam loco would probably go through OK, I'm less convinced that the little locos I use would be able to push against a spring. Thanks, that's why I've never gotten around to building and testing spring loaded turnouts. I had definite doubts that a spring soft...
by GTB
Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:00 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Ffestiniog Bug Boxes and Flying Benches - first run around the garden
Replies: 30
Views: 7094

Re: Ffestiniog Bug Boxes and Flying Benches - first run around the garden

philipy wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:49 am I'm afraid that the maths of mechanics is way beyond me ( like a lot of things :dontknow: ), but I understand what you are saying in principle. Soooo..
There are large chunks of mathematics that are now beyond my ken.......

I'm glad the theory worked out in practice.

Graeme
by GTB
Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:11 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Sprung point springs
Replies: 7
Views: 2813

Re: Sprung point springs

In Tom-tom-go's RWLR thread, on Page 9 he shows how he arranged the spring for his sprung points. I have it in mind to do something very similar but I'm struggling with what sort of spring to get, anyone got any suggestions? Making/designing springs is above my pay grade. Have you considered a fixe...