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Re: Enlargement

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:45 pm

Any chance you can R/C this Jim?

As much as I admire the engineering of larger scale stuff I personally could not be hunched over one of these driving it all day.

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Re: Enlargement

Post by Big Jim » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:34 pm

I am looking at doing this. My joints won't take sitting on a small riding truck for long, I tend to drive the 7 1/4" stuff at the club as it is sit in rather than sit on and our big petrol hydrolic is quite comfortable.

I think initially a hand control on a flying lead should do the trick.

It is really is for the son and heir to play with so I don't think I will be using it much anyway.

The batteries arrived today and I will try and get them installed tommorow.

I do fancy going to town on the detailing on it. It always surprises me that a lot of ME sized battery/ic locos are very crude in their detailing.
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Re: Enlargement

Post by LNR » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:32 am

Big Jim wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:34 pm It always surprises me that a lot of ME sized battery/ic locos are very crude in their detailing.
Totally agree with you there Jim, and may be some of the reason they are somewhat scorned by the steam builders. A scale model diesel with good detail can look very good, but not quick to build which may be why many lack detail.
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Re: Enlargement

Post by FWLR » Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:51 am

Hope everything goes well for you Jim. :thumbright:

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Post by DLRdan » Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:26 pm

Just a note on controllers, most battery locos at my club are running 120 Amp controllers some are larger still.
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Re: Enlargement

Post by Big Jim » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:58 pm

Thanks for that Dan
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Re: Enlargement

Post by Big Jim » Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:08 pm

Image

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It seems to work okay.
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Re: Enlargement

Post by FWLR » Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:06 am

I would be well pleased with it JimπŸ‘πŸ‘

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Post by ge_rik » Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:34 pm

Now that looks like fun (even in the rain!)

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Re: Enlargement

Post by Big Jim » Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:44 pm

It was a bit of a giggle. It was sunny when I set out around the track, by the time I got to the first corner it was raining, by the time I came out of a tunnel it was hailing hard.
I was still grinning though.
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Re: Enlargement

Post by markoteal » Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:50 pm

Looks fun.......I want one!
Where did I put that uncoupler?

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Post by LNR » Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:13 pm

Definite Cheshire cat material that!
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Post by bazzer42 » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:15 am

Just caught up with these pics and that does look fun. He's a lucky boy!

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Post by ge_rik » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:28 am

bazzer42 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:15 am ....... He's a lucky boy!
Jim or his son?

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Re: Enlargement

Post by bazzer42 » Sun Jan 28, 2018 2:04 pm

Hmmmm, if it was mine I'm sure the grandson would be asking when is it my turn grandad? :D

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Re: Enlargement

Post by FWLR » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:57 am

bazzer42 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2018 2:04 pm Hmmmm, if it was mine I'm sure the grandson would be asking when is it my turn grandad? :D
And for me Derek, I think the grandsons would give up asking. :lol:

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Re: Enlargement

Post by Big Jim » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:00 am

It looks like there will be another addition the the 5" inch stable soon. I will post pictures when it arrives. I did feel slightly guilty about spending time playing with larger stuff as opposed to 16mm but I have reasoned that the 16mm stuff is still there to use when I want and I don't have a railway to run it on anyway. I am trying to get to the stage when my hobbies fund themselves to a point, The recent disposal of some 0 gauge tinplate stuff (Purchased when it was cheap and no one wanted it) and the sale of a fair bit of American-Flyer S gauge (Purchased 20 years ago when a lot of people in the UK had no idea of what it was and there was no easy way of selling it on to collectors in the US) has almost funded the new item.

Like much of the stuff that arrives on the PMR it needs work, but when this is done it will be worth more than I paid for it and I can't see any problems with moving it on when the need or desire arises.

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Re: Enlargement

Post by FWLR » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:37 am

I will with anticipation Jim…give us a clue please… :thumbright: :thumbright:

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Re: Enlargement

Post by Big Jim » Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:01 pm

Alright then.

I think it is green, but it might be red as my colour vision is poor.
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Re: Enlargement

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:31 pm

Think... traffic lights, Jim.... colour showing at the top or the bottom?
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