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Had a bit of a setback :scratch: with wheels loctited on the axles. The retention strength is nowhere near what it should be... I don't know whether it is the age of my Loctite (I am using ancient 648 I had for years). It shouldn't be, since I didn't have problems with it before, but just in case o...

As mentioned elsewhere, this years Great Southern Steam Up was held near Melbourne last weekend and Graham Fordham has posted his videos of the event on line. My Bagnall 2-6-2 ran on day 1 (Friday) and can be seen ambling along with a goods train, around the 7 and 8 min. marks. https://m.youtube.com...

It's by a chap whose name I've forgotten, but was beautifully detailed and ran very well too. Mine won't be as good as that one, but it's good to have something to aim towards! Looks like one of the batch built by Dave Holroyd. If so, there is a review and photos in the Jan. 2017 issue of Garden Ra...

Ah Lovely, I am becoming a expert on these Locos! John Buckland's book “Sandfly and the Lost Tribe” is still available from the LRRSA for the princely sum of A$2.00 + A$2.50 postage. Like all back issues of ‘Light Railways’, it is also available as a pdf download. https://shop.lrrsa.org.au/epages/l...

Graeme, I took a photo of a Baldwin at work on the tramway and it is hauling Two different types of Log Wagons, the normal Disconnected Bogie type and a 4 wheel wagon as well. Mitch Thanks Mitch, I haven't seen that photo before. I assume it is one of the displays beside the walking track on the ol...

The new van looks good. The guards will be happy little vegemiters, especially the ones on the goods roster.....

The greenery behind Warringine seems greener and thicker than I remember, has that taken off now it gets more sunlight?

Regards,
Graeme

Good to hear she runs at a realistic speed as well as looking good! A flat track with large radius curves makes it fairly easy to run a small manual loco at reasonable speeds. Which is just as well, as there’s no space to fit r/c gear. I think this little Baldwin might be as frisky as a Mamod when ...

Good to see this rural Aussie scene, full of character. The bauxite coloured van is an interesting item. Is that rolled up 'blinds' I see there? Not sure what they're really called but it's a nice touch. I’ve seen them called either weather blinds, or weather curtains. They are on the original, so ...

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Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:46 am

I went to Noojee a while ago and I saw a Photo of one of the Baldwins with a log Bogie Similar to yours.

I’ve never been up there, but I gather the local historical society has some photos and the firebox of one of the Baldwins survived scrapping and is on display.

Graeme

The best laid plans of mice and men......... Between recalcitrant burners and lousy weather, the bench testing took longer than anticipated, but the new Baldwin finally ran it's track trials this afternoon. It was a nice warm day, no wind and not a cloud in the sky, good for boiling some water. The ...

I've got a dead Andel "Moelwyn" which I'd like to bring back to life - I'm pretty sure the problem is that the rechargable batteries have been allowed to get so flat that they'll no longer take a charge. It's because I can go for long periods without running a loco and am very bad at remembering to...

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Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:26 am

Nice work Graeme, is this R/C or Manually Controlled?
Mitch

Manual control, just a simple on/off switch and a reversing switch. There's space for a Deltang Rx/ESC, but not worth the cost for something that will run very rarely.

Graeme

I've started running the Baldwin in on the bench and the photo shows it on the rolling road while it was steamed for the first time a couple of days ago. The workshop isn't well lit, so the photo is a bit dark and grainy. Sandfly-u.jpg It ran, but had some problems to be sorted out. The throttle was...

There once was a time when an old fart like me could learn such skills in later life with night classes at local colleges. I did a hobby course in fitting and turning at the local tech school about 40 years ago, run by one of the trade teachers. They also ran other courses in useful hobby skills li...

I love the black paint you use on your models. I'm old enough to remember when steam locos worked hard pulling real trains and were still maintained regularly. That's the effect I try for....... I rarely use straight black on a model, it is usually cut back with dark grey and sometimes some red oxi...