Garden Railway Forum

Mike, how do you find the steaming performance with the chuff pipe? That chimney is quite narrow, and the chuff pipe obstructs quite a bit of it. Obviously it works, but do you find the burner performance any different, or that more exhaust is escaping out the drain at the bottom of the smokebox ra...

Now name dropping as well ! We dont need books to share knowledge forums are free and so should the advise be Shame on you! You are contradicting yourself. One minute its blatent advertising and the next its not submitting enough free information. Now I'm confused! I will gladly show any of the wor...

Sammmm:49287 wrote:Ahh very nice... but you should remind the customer that All TR Engines use AIR BRAKES

He says that its his railway and that he can do what he wants.

No not at all u carry on its nice to see anyones work but it be nice to see more doing it themselves than paying others Im one for believing in havin a go ! Which is why I've been asked by TAG Gorton of GR fame to write a series of articles showing,"How to do it." Not everybody feels conf...

Are we now using the forum for advertising and sales talk.! Not intentionally but if it irks you feel free to use your delete key. I post items here to pass on ideas to anyone who wants to use them. That's how we all learn. Fortunately I am very busy at present and if I want to generate orders then...

Hello all Amongst the engines I have in to work upon at present are a brace  of Roundhouse Tom Rolts. The Customer wants: - Fit centre rear buffers - Fit vacuum pipes - Replacement of gas valve knob by a more realistic lever. - Replacement of cheese head screws by hexagon headed bolts. - Lubricator ...

pauly:48939 wrote:I love you rline, its matured so well!

all that gorgeous moss!

Never mind the mucking foss what about that gorgeous sound? GRIN

Nice one Greg, as usual!

BTW I have some in stock

I decided to paint it a maroon colour that i already had, probably doesn't look as nice as the proper colour but looks OK, it's close to the colour that penrhyn have painted their restored one. Hello :) I'm new here. What was the maroon colour you used? It's rather nice   :)  I think the Brinjal co...

Hello Tony, The side frames are recessed to accept Brandbright RSA28B 2mm brass bearings for use with RSA 30/0 wheels. These wheels are marginally under scale but acceptable (should be a scale 20 inch). Nigel Town is using them for his scratchbuilt SAR wagons also.                                  ...

MDLR:47230 wrote:All my locos and stock ARE right, because the railway is my own invention!

That explains it, Brian. I always thought that there was something rather peculiar about it!

It's called care in the community!

 :D  :D

Managed to get a couple of photo's of Willie at work outside Brinsley Lodge - you can see his welding tackle better in daylight! http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5393742013_ec62da6d03_z.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5393740867_d22e49460b_z.jpg Hello Greg Any chance of some hi-res copie...

I'm curious about peoples interest in the hobby. Are you a stickler for correct scale or does That Looks About Right work for you? All the different scales make my head hurt especially because they seem to mix imperial and metric measurements. I'm Danish so imperial does not come natural to me.   G...

Here's a short vid of the new Arc Welder from ACME Engineering in action. After being so impressed with the added atmosphere created by the loco sound units, I couldn't help but get one of these! The video was shot indoors (Pentrich Sidings) but the lines new recruit will soon be transferred to Bri...

Mike, why don't you think laser cut lenses work? Link doesn't work, just points to Picasa web and not your folder. Try them. I found as I posted that I wasn't getting exactly square edges. The laser cutting beam is not parallel, which don't matter with plywood. I've just checked out the link and it...

The covers on the bearings would just top it off nicely! Knowing nothing about laser cutters, do you mean to cut the acrylic with it? Can you cut clear acrylic? (Can you cut clear acrylic spectacle lenses???) I make spectacle plates on the lathe because I can produce square edges. I make rolling st...

I am trying to decide whether to leave the coach in undercoat grey or paint it red.  I might run it in undercoat for a while and then repaint it. Hello The correct colour is Brinjal which is the name of a Indian chutney. I bought mine as a acrylic from the paint manufacturer Farrow and Ball. Our lo...

:lol: Brilliant! - you should have cloned them in photoshop so that he was giving his speech to a huge army of them! Nice teaser, I'll refrain from quoting what I think he might be saying so's not to give the game away :D Yes I should have allowed myself to be drawn along in the euphoria! In scenes...

With a impending new product launch from ACME Engineering, our Fred has called the ACME workers together to bless them in their endeavours and to receive their homage. Best Mike Ousby http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c73/deantwerpen/th_TheACMEwelderspayhomagetoFredbeforesettingforth.jpg http://i25....

I see on the frames under the footplate there is a cut out for a switch, so I guess the receiver would live? Rob 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 you mention. The reverser servo goes i...

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