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Sorry guys, I'll stop wasting your time.

Wow- that turned out a bit small!!

Using the link without "thumb" works better:-

http://www.spyke.org.uk/gallery/a...set ... 040934.JPG

I rather the style of the LGB Feldbahn diesel.
Not usre how to post a pice, but I found a link to one:-

http://www.spyke.org.uk/gallery/albums/ ... 040934.JPG

Is it possible to produce a body only option for a user built/bodged chassis?

My locos live out in the shed, so I tend to drain the boilers in winter as a precaution against frost damage. Otherwise I don't drain.
This is a relatively soft water area.

Dave, I actually have SMT issue No 24, which has a very brief article about contruction of a Resilient, although with very little technical detail. I'd be happy to scan & print for you, but the B&W pics would reproduce poorly. I've not yet worked how to post pics here, so a PM would be the b...

My index to SMT lists Fowler 0-4-0D resilient drawing by John Wenlock in issue 23.

[quote="90733:46815"]This may sound stupid, but wht is it/.?[/quote]

It's a Chinese copy of a steam loco by LGB.
German outline 2-6-2T.
Battery powered & R/C.

Marketed by:-

http://www.storacingproducts.com/g-scal ... rains.html

among others.

Don't have one, but...
There's been some discussion on G Scale Central.
Impression is a bit light & flimsy, but OK.

[quote="RSB:46399"] I see on the frames under the footplate there is a cut out for a switch, so I guess the receiver would live? Rob[/quote] Rob, my S/H Edrig came with a retro fitted R/C on the regulator. I added my own R/C to the reverser. The switch and batteries go under the cab, as yo...

[quote="M-G-Railway:46165"]thankyou i think i will make my own[/quote]

There's a useful article in this month's Garden Rail.

90733:46023 wrote: First off what wood should I use and where can I get it from?
Where can i get br/strip wood from?

I've had good service from Cornwall Model Boats.
A long way, but quite quick turnaround and a vast range of woods in sheet and strip formats.

http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/aca ... imber.html

Sir haydn:44929 wrote: Just out of the shop is a Lady Anne with a new coat of Deep Bronze Green,

Like the green - whose is it?
... I mean who manufactures the paint?

I'm contemplating refurbing my elderly Lady. (Anne, that is!)

does anyone know if I can easily get a new gas pipe and jet holder for an Accucraft engine? Just had to get a jet & holder for my Edrig. AFAIK the only supplier is Chuffed2bits who make a modified holder threaded to fit a British No 6 jet. As an agent for Accucraft, I guess they can make up a g...