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by pskipper
Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:51 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Upgrading Ivor
Replies: 14
Views: 8029

Re: Upgrading Ivor

If anyone wants to do the same sort of thing I'm happy to share the file for getting the wheels 3D printed! The chassis needed a fair bit of bodging so you might be better designing one from scratch.
by pskipper
Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:55 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Upgrading Ivor
Replies: 14
Views: 8029

Re: Upgrading Ivor

Chassis and everything finished, Jones the Steam and Dai Station all painted and varnished. I think the effort of making the wheels and chassis from scratch was definitely worth while...

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by pskipper
Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:37 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Upgrading Ivor
Replies: 14
Views: 8029

Upgrading Ivor

We bought one of the Ivor kits available as both our boys love Ivor the Engine. I haven't enjoyed building it but that's just me and card kits really. What I did feel let the kit down was the wheels they provided which were also slightly brittle.... https://i.ibb.co/5TG7pZx/PICT0033.jpg When compare...
by pskipper
Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:19 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Locolines colour fade - should I give it another go?
Replies: 13
Views: 6607

Re: Locolines colour fade - should I give it another go?

I'm in the process of building their Ivor for our eldest, post on upgrading the chassis to come, and it's fading already just from sitting on my modelling table!
by pskipper
Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:37 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Vale of Fairway
Replies: 688
Views: 213525

Re: Vale of Fairway

Make a sign saying "Door to be kept closed when not in use, Order of the management" or words to that effect. Much easier 😉
by pskipper
Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:12 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Good Service from Walsall Model Industries
Replies: 2
Views: 3383

Re: Good Service from Walsall Model Industries

Thanks for recommending them, they sell a wheel which is perfect for a future project I'm planning!
by pskipper
Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:25 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Hobbymat MD65
Replies: 14
Views: 8366

Re: Hobbymat MD65

I've a little experience from school and working a bit on lathes over the last 4 months. I've recently got comfortable enough to buy a new one (£750 for absolutely everything that I'll need except a dial gauge) and think you are right to wait. Unless there were extras to the one you were looking at ...
by pskipper
Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:18 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2018
Replies: 36
Views: 16404

Re: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2018

Merry Christmas to all :)
by pskipper
Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:14 pm
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Budget tippers
Replies: 13
Views: 8069

Re: Budget tippers

Sorry, been offline for a while with house moves. Here's the original pictures...
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I keep meaning to try and make some more as I like their look!
by pskipper
Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:40 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The Ravenser Odd and Saxon Town Railway
Replies: 19
Views: 13902

Re: The Ravenser Odd and Saxon Town Railway

Well, due to an impending house move all of the track has been lifted now, all that remains of the railway is the limestone gully which the bridge ran over and the cement ramp which went up to the mine shaft openings. New house has a bigger garden though :)
by pskipper
Sun Sep 17, 2017 7:42 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Filcris alternative?
Replies: 4
Views: 5405

Re: Filcris alternative?

We had a look at them, when you added shipping filcris was much cheaper for what we wanted.
by pskipper
Sun Sep 03, 2017 4:56 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
Topic: Clockwork Wren
Replies: 27
Views: 25538

Re: Clockwork Wren

So it's taken a while, paint job isn't finished but I thought I'd try to put together a video of it running! Sorry about the jerkyness of the filming, first attempt and all that! I cut out a few bits and unfortunately the video editor has squished the image a little!

by pskipper
Sat Jul 08, 2017 10:17 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Portable turntable - North Ings Farm Museum
Replies: 6
Views: 4559

Re: Portable turntable - North Ings Farm Museum

One of the other visitors who was there on the day filmed it and put it onto Youtube. The turntable bit starts at around 11 minutes 40 seconds, the family in shot is us!

by pskipper
Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Portable turntable - North Ings Farm Museum
Replies: 6
Views: 4559

Re: Portable turntable - North Ings Farm Museum

that's it, well a similar model from a different manufacturer. thanks for the great description and picture, I was going to try drawing one later and posting it but a genuine catalogue entry is much better :)
by pskipper
Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:08 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Portable turntable - North Ings Farm Museum
Replies: 6
Views: 4559

Portable turntable - North Ings Farm Museum

We had a great day today at the North Ings Farm Museum in Lincolnshire. In the best way possible it's just a collection of loco's, rolling stock, tractors and stationary engines run by some really nice people. We were lucky that they needed to move some coaches out of the shed just before we left so...
by pskipper
Sat Jun 17, 2017 7:52 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
Topic: Clockwork Wren
Replies: 27
Views: 25538

Re: Clockwork Wren

Thanks for all the kind comments, I'll get the final colour coats done and then try and put together some video of it running. Based on how the chassis ran it's going to be fast!
by pskipper
Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:23 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
Topic: Clockwork Wren
Replies: 27
Views: 25538

Re: Clockwork Wren

Dome turning went a little wrong as I cut the boiler curve a bit too high resulting in a shortened dome. However I still had enough of the PVC bar to make a second dome so that was okay. I've finished off the cab roof with a bit more bracing than a real Wren and sprayed a coat of primer on to see wh...
by pskipper
Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:43 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Wheel quartering
Replies: 3
Views: 4094

Re: Wheel quartering

And the answer is no, if you need to replace an axle on an original mamod you need to either find a second hand one or replace both axles. On the plus side they have updated the wheel set page on their web shop to state that the wheel sets are not cross compatible because of the quartering. Just a b...
by pskipper
Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:11 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Wheel quartering
Replies: 3
Views: 4094

Re: Wheel quartering

Just received an email stating that MSS wheels are quartered differently to Mamod wheels, in spite of the web shop claiming that everything is completely compatible. I await a response to my reply asking if they actually sell compatible wheels :roll: On the other hand the response has been next work...
by pskipper
Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:03 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Wheel quartering
Replies: 3
Views: 4094

Wheel quartering

So having found out that my mamod has a warped axle I ordered a replacement set of MSS rear wheels from from dream steam only to discover that one wheel is 180' out when compared to the mamod wheels. I'm assuming that this is a manufacturing error as they are supposed to be direct replacements and h...