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- Wed May 25, 2011 1:11 am
- Forum: New Models & Reviews
- Topic: Model Town New Release
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2335
- Mon May 23, 2011 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Closure of the MDLR
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28992
I'm all for a motion-detector activated cyclotron from a cold-war-era radar mounted in a tree by the railway ready to release a permanently-sterilizing burst of microwaves at the vandals, but in all seriousness the burglar alarm wired to the rails seems like a brilliant idea. Yes it would be a small...
- Mon May 23, 2011 4:30 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Closure of the MDLR
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28992
- Sun May 22, 2011 11:06 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: What OS Are You Running ?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4439
- Sun May 22, 2011 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Closure of the MDLR
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28992
Hmmm. People in Canada who spank their infants are considered to be worse than Hitler and have their children taken away. That's why you see so many young people doing things like vandalising track. I suspect MDLR's vandals are young people. You underestimate the value of a good spanking, it just mi...
- Sun May 22, 2011 9:24 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Closure of the MDLR
- Replies: 66
- Views: 28992
I read about that Maxitrack theft and found myself wondering how exactly one steals and makes off with several large live steam engines? Must have been a fairly organized and planned heist. Is there actually a black market in steam toys? I've always felt that steam enthusiasts as a group are a fairl...
- Sat May 21, 2011 2:51 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Joys of Life Railway AGM Running day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5223
- Fri May 20, 2011 1:38 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Caledonia
- Replies: 38
- Views: 15047
- Thu May 19, 2011 2:44 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)
- Replies: 1208
- Views: 370839
- Sat May 14, 2011 7:28 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Finally, the MHLRforumfest in April on video!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7249
- Sat May 14, 2011 7:10 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: a little comparison
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2734
I did something similar, to compare a few different steam toys for the benefit of people who hadn't seen a Roundhouse engine in real life. I was rather surprised when the parts came in the mail, how small the locomotive was. You don't really get a sense of size when you see them on the internet. In ...
- Sat May 14, 2011 4:21 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Finally, the MHLRforumfest in April on video!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7249
- Sat May 14, 2011 4:05 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Hope Mountain Railway
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5720
- Sat May 14, 2011 4:03 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Helping a friend out (Roundhouse Jack)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2434
- Thu May 12, 2011 7:14 am
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: An Evening in May
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4037
- Wed May 11, 2011 2:10 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Can I run 009 on battery power
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5203
- Wed May 11, 2011 1:42 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Which one's to scale?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14719
I couldn't agree more. I don't wish to criticize those who do try to be as accurate to a prototype as possible, but I am not one of those people. My tastes range more towards the generic engines and rolling stock, for one because fretting over scale accuracy makes me feel bored, and also because I f...
- Tue May 10, 2011 6:09 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Which one's to scale?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 14719
not sure. they have always made stock over scale Hmmmmn! IP made some Ffesty rolling stock overscale to try to match the over wide Roundhouse Taliesin – and got pilloried for it. They do not 'always' make stuff overscale. In the case of the quarryman's coach, the dimensions of the IP model were tak...
- Tue May 10, 2011 4:19 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)
- Replies: 1208
- Views: 370839
Much better :) It still sounds a little off in reverse but in forward almost perfect. Actually it sounds great. I wasn't sure about chuff pipes at first but now I highly approve of them. Now when I watch videos of engines without chuff pipes I feel like there is something wrong with the sound. You s...
- Sun May 08, 2011 4:35 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Large Gas Burner
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9587
I for one would like to see a photograph of this engine. Also around the web there are some discussions about burner building, it looks like it's tricky to get right but building one isn't necessarily difficult. maybe some kind of extra long radiant burner would work or perhaps some baffling in the ...