Garden Railway Forum

All, I have some 3D printed resin figures I'd like to modify by adding accessories, hats etc. I thought I could use a putty or modelling clay to do this. I've no idea what product would be good for this. I'm familiar with Millput from back in the day when the way to get 16mm scale passengers was to ...

Well, the weather held off beautifully today so ladies & gentlemen, meet Myrddin: IMG-20220402-WA0006.jpeg The timing is way out on one side, & the set screw holding the return crank to the axle is stripped, so I'm going to have fun with that. Getting it out will be one thing but I suspect f...

I owe this thread an update. Everything is installed: IMG_20220401_181633.jpg Deltang receiver on the left behind the power switch. Not yet fixed in as I still need to set servo trims. 4 AAA batteries soldered & taped together & placed on the right hand side in front of the lubricator. Servo...

Crazy. I also picked one of these up. In the same livery and also as a 40th birthday present...!

I've not given mine a run yet. I plan to do so Saturday, but having poked around the build quality seems excellent. The folks at GRS are very helpful. I'm sure they will sort you out.

Not quite the states, but here in Canada we've basically two options: 1: The pure butane cannisters. I often find these from smaller, often Asian owned markets. They use a non-threaded fitting which makes finding an adapter to fit our locos a bit tricky, but they're out there. The cannister can fit ...

On this generation of Merlin loco, the Mayflower & Major included, the gas tank is in the roof between the cab windows, & the receivers of the time stuck to one side of it. I could definitely fit a square pack in the space freed up by relocating the receiver, (Deltang receivers are much smal...

I've recently acquired a late model (outside frames & loosely simulated valve gear) Monarch. The electrics are in need of a bit* of a tidy up, so I plan to remove the old 25MHz receiver & install modern stuff. One thing I can't figure out is where the batteries are supposed to go? Unlike the...

All, I've taken on design of the turntable/steam-up area for our local model engineering group. Thought I would put a general call out for ideas/inspiration. Some photos of the layout as it stands currently, with a temporary bridge where the turntable is to go: https://i.postimg.cc/t1zqgzsM/IMG-2022...

From time to time I like to come back to this thread & read it in its entirety over several evenings. The CVLR was such a fantastic feat of civil engineering, with amazing atmosphere to boot.

Hi Ted, I'm guessing that any problems one might have making these small items, really comes down to soldering. To go with the injector above, cutting the various pieces of K&S tube should be fairly straight forward ( I use a jewellers piecing saw, an aquired taste! ) Filing the "U" s...

Hi Aaron, Don't know if this is any help or what type of under cab injectors you need, but these are what I made to represent those on the NA's of Puffing Billy. Simple soldering job with various bits of K&S tube and brass turnings with hex's ground on. You could of course use brass nuts. Puffi...

Looks like a good sheltered spot. Is that the hiss of steam or rain I can hear in the background? Rik Definitely rain! Two of our club members were generous enough to allow the portable layout to be setup in their barn over the Summer, since covid meant the usual events were cancelled. While this S...

Been a while since I shared an update on here. This afternoon I found myself with the club portable layout all to myself. It would have been rude not to take advantage! https://youtu.be/ALkUoeWkkO0 Dylan still runs a bit stiff, but it gets better every time I run it. Lady Anne is running a bit fast ...

Think I'm all sorted. Wasn't that hard at all. Once I swapped the wires in the transmitter the Rx65 'just worked' as expected. Then, to reset the steam loco, I first made sure the regulator was fully closed, removed the throttle servo horn, and powered up both transmitter and Rx102 (with the right s...

Thanks Rik. No, I can't point any fingers any direction other than my own since this is a Tx22 I built from one of David's kits a while back. After I went to bed last night I was slowly coming to the realisation that I must have connected the throttle pot wires incorrectly & just configured my r...

A bit more reading shows that the receiver in my live steam loco is an Rx102, on which one CAN change the servo end points & direction. So I suppose I could reverse the wires on the throttle knob in the transmitter, then reconfigure the receiver in the live steam loco. Seems a lot of work though...

Posting as a new thread rather than muddy the rx102 thread, but feel free to relocate if more appropriate.... I am in the process of setting up an rx-65 receiver/ESC module with my TX-22 transmitter. I already have my tx-22 bound & setup with my live steam loco (I forget which receiver, but what...

Many Roundhouse locos will foul the levers on Mamod points with the wider buffer beams in my experience. Can be solved by modifying the point levers, and obviously not an issue if you don't have Mamod points.

Some great input here. Cheers chaps. Re:C02, this is a great suggestion. Especially as I tend to keep a couple of the 32g canisters on hand to carry with me whilst mountain biking. Tony, I had wondered if something was expanding and causing the discrepancy in running on air vs. under steam, but my m...

A bit more detail having just done a test run on blocks.... Pressure is raised in 5 minutes (seems reasonable. Comparable to my butane Lady Anne, although we're currently in the middle of a 40 degree heat wave...) I then get 5 minutes of excellent running, before pressure drops to less than 20psi &a...