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by Scrat
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports
Replies: 333
Views: 193244

Re: The Great Garden Railway Inspection Reports

I´ll volunteer to (and give you the choice if he shall inspect o-gauge or 5" gauge (or maybe both?).
by Scrat
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Yesterday we hat a meeting at a firend´s track. There is a long uphill section. While firing up I heard comments like "that thing is never giong to pull anything" and "just put it on the mantelpiece". Jokes aside, the loco is running. I made it up the long incline, the pressure g...
by Scrat
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: originally from Germany
Replies: 19
Views: 779

Re: originally from Germany

I only know the Plank VULCAN being driven on the first axle.
by Scrat
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Goes better than before, but still not as I want it to. Blower kan keep the fire alive now st 50 to 75 psi and even raise the pressure. Blastpipe still needs some tuning. As usual with traction engines the blastpipe is in the chimney, so there is less area for the exhaust steam to mix with the hot g...
by Scrat
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Investigated further into the draughting issue: The exhaust steam enters a T-piece...at the bottom. So much for not obstructing the flow of the exhaust steam. The blower was also included in this strange contraption. As soon as I tried to unscrew anything, the exhaust steam pipe and the blower pipe ...
by Scrat
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:09 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Still not happy with the draughting. I am only used to 5" gauge locos having the blower and blast pipe inside the smokebox. I would like to ask the experts here: As the exhaust steam enters the chimney above boiler level, how should the blast pipe and blower nozzle look in order to create a goo...
by Scrat
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Bird Box
Replies: 3
Views: 132

Re: Bird Box

Sometimes the connection is a bit slow.
It is a free camera hoster.
You will hardly see the birds now as it is cold and rainy, so they stopped bringing in stuff for the nest.
The female sleeps in the box every night now.
by Scrat
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Had a few laps on Saturday. The loco pulls me but needs more weight. Traction is a real issue. The new grate works well. When running, she can keep the steam. However, the blower still cannot keep the fire alive at standstill, even with 75 psi on the clock. (to be investigated). It is fun to ride th...
by Scrat
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Bird Box
Replies: 3
Views: 132

Bird Box

Birdbox webcam is active.
Today, the birds are moving in:

https://www.ipcamlive.com/65dc65a9b6422
by Scrat
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: How's this for a near miss
Replies: 10
Views: 308

Re: How's this for a near miss

Near Braunschweig we had an even more stupid lorry driver. He wanted to deliver things to a mill near BRaunschweig but the road gates were still closed as he was quite early. He then saw that the railway gates were open and he thought he would just drive his lorry on the railway tracks to the inside...
by Scrat
Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
Replies: 3350
Views: 1080340

Re: Time to build a railway...but where?

I am still looking for a proper model in 1:10 or 1:11 to bonvert a VW bus to a railcar.
Some yeara ago a company came up with the HO gauge DMC DeLorean time machine car (running on rails).
Sometime ago I took photos of a railcar based on an Opel Olympia.

There are so many possibilities.....
by Scrat
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Typos and speech to text gaffs which make me smile
Replies: 6
Views: 2618

Re: Typos and speech to text gaffs which make me smile

As an assessor I get lots and lots of documents to check. I have a huge file in the office containing only the best ones. German autocorrect went in and changes "Worst-case Betrieb" to WURST Case Betrieb. (Sausage case Operation). Some things turn robust by the change of a letter. Maximum ...
by Scrat
Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:26 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: What I wanted to do, but way better
Replies: 8
Views: 1170

Re: What I wanted to do, but way better

Wow, that seems pretty strong! I wonder how far it could get with a tender-mounted dustbuster? I was thinking how long the cable would have to be on a large garden railway and what happens under bridges / tunnels :shock: Come on, think out of the box: A leaf blower to power the loco which in turn i...
by Scrat
Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Hi Aaron, the spacing is always a bit trial and error. I use Anthracite coal. My LBSC Titfield Thunderbolt and my Maxitrak Swallow have had issues with clinker. A wider spacing of the grate bars solved this problem. I will just make another grate for 807 and try again. it´s always a long way to get ...
by Scrat
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

Another test run last weekend showed that the water pump is reliable now. That´s the good news. There still is an issue with draughting. Even at standstill using the engine blower or the electric blower I cannot get the pressure above 25 psi. As boiler and smokebox are one piece there is no leak the...
by Scrat
Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Shunting on the wrong track!
Replies: 14
Views: 1164

Re: Shunting on the wrong track!

On the wagon side he is using the ladder (which is bending visibly in the video). Guess the wagon does not have a pole pocket.
by Scrat
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:49 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: tinplate wheels for a mamod
Replies: 1
Views: 1470

tinplate wheels for a mamod

I have a very old and much modified Mamod loco.
She has only very small flanges and derails on my tinplate track, even it it is completely level and straight.
So I am looking for Wheelsets with proper profile for O-gauge tinplate tracks.

Can anyone help?
by Scrat
Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Now this is just absolutely ridiculous.
Replies: 9
Views: 1029

Re: Now this is just absolutely ridiculous.

26:25 shows that even on such a huge railway, the "out of scale hand from the sky" is needed.

How many fillings would an unmodified Mamod need to get round there once?
by Scrat
Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Speeder for BM&LO
Replies: 23
Views: 1865

Re: Speeder for BM&LO

drewzero1 wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:07 pm It took me a minute to recognize the tube of caulk. Looks good as a boiler!
Added benefit: it comes with a perfectly centered bit of pipe to fit the chimney on.
by Scrat
Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Next overhaul project....
Replies: 43
Views: 8186

Re: Next overhaul project....

philipy wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:28 am She looks superb, Holger.
Can't wait to see a video of her running.
Here you go:
https://youtu.be/qnYce0YG07A