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Aha! Thanks fellas. Just picked up two lifetimes' supply of caps for a tenner. Forgot I even mentioned the RH chassis, had to look back through my own posts to find it. :scratch: :scratch: The Baguley's fine as an "out of the box" cane loco - just paint it yellow. But as a prototype, it ne...

Surely you have more wheelsets somewhere, Greg.. What's one more van? Dewit.jpg Funny you say that Graeme, I do have a blog , for the same reason as you. I used to post there, then copy/paste text and images to the forum. But this takes hours to do, and I found that blogger had an infuriating tenden...

Yes, the hum. I'm not surprised a simple capacitor won't cut it. Small capacitors are used to suppress electrical 'noise', ie. voltage spikes from the commutator that can cause interference with the electronics in the speed control. It usually manifests as the esc randomly stopping, or resetting, or...

Never an easy question, weather to convert or not. I had the same thought process as you. For what it's worth, I'd do it. There are very few garden lines (of any gauge) in Aust, let alone under 2hrs away, making visits a very rare prospect. Brake rigging certainly makes things fiddly. I found when c...

I'm re-powering an Accucraft Baguley chassis using the battery pack and manual controls, leftover from my Essel Fowler rebuild. Upon removing the original wiring from the Fowler, I noticed the ceramic capacitor soldered across the motor terminals, to suppress electrical noise from the motor. Figured...

dudeface wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:08 pm Never thought I'd see an 0-4-2-0T...

Look closer, it's an 0-4-4-0T. Looks like a Decauville? Would be well at home on your line, Rik.

And I thought your Leader was huge, Bertie.

To be fair, that drawing is a Black Five, (if memory serves) and much busier than the average narrow gauge backhead.
Your work in detailing looks pretty realistic to me.

Never thought I'd see something like this.
Not far off that "strategic steam reserves" myth.

Looks great.

You must have missed the original thread, which did wander a bit. :D https://www.gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=14528&p=176056#p176056 Oh, now I remember - colander brain strikes again. :lol: Well technically I think it's a rail traction engine. I'm pretty sure that's what Aaron...

Never would've imagined a traction engine, you don't see many around. That'll be a really interesting project.

Scrat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:57 pm How about the version with three axles, just like the first picture?

Can't be bothered scratchbuilding the radiator and cast frame.

You're gonna need something bigger if you want it to work. As I mentioned in your intro thread, your best bet would be a cheap used "toy" steam engine as a donor. Every critical part is already made and works. You could build something like this, but with the boiler mounted transversely. h...

Rather attractive little engine that, sideways notwithstanding.

Judging by the not-black smokebox door, maybe something pre-Victorian?
Far as bodges go, that penny doesn't seem half terrible..

Looking forward to seeing what's next.

Very tidy.

Love that mossy cutting in the first photo. Looks like a great day.

Too soon to say, but the layout situation may just change in the next year or two.. 8) 15/11/23 A suitably-short driver has been painted, along with a whitemetal spanner, oil tin and the customary water bag. Wasn't happy with the bag, some further work got it sorted. https://i.postimg.cc/Z5XZYHFr/IM...

Bit late to the party here, but to say you've outdone the commercial larger-scale offerings at so little expense, is quite impressive.

Lots of developments, that's for sure. Love the new rollingstock, and I'm glad to hear you've finally got a kettle that works.