Garden Railway Forum

I bought the 12v high power version, assuming it would be more powerful. I wonder if the low power versions run better at low revs?? What rating are the generic gearmotors? If they have the same motor revs. and stall current rating as the Pololu high power motor then the different running character...

As you say, maybe it will improve once it's run in. It is certainly worth trying. Run one in at different speeds, as well as changing direction now and again and see if it improves. I've got a vague memory that the Pololu 25D motors in my big diesel became very free running after the test runs they...

However, when testing my first chassis with a (c£20GBP) Polulo geared motor, I was disappointed to find that it doesn't seem to want to run at slow speed. It jolts to a start when the voltage is relatively high. I'm currently working on a steam loco build, so my mind is in a different space. Howeve...

I must start making my own powered chassis. It would expand your modelling horizons considerably.......... ;) Although at the rate you are going at present, you will have the diesel equivalent of Boulton's Siding soon. ** Graeme ** look up 'The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding' by Alfred Rosling Benn...

I think, when Ruston's did produce 3' gauge locos, they were inside-framed. Rustons that were built to other than 2' gauge had extensions welded to the sides of the frames to carry the wider wheelsets. This link to a photo taken by the late Weston Langford shows a later model Ruston that ran on the...

however the weather has thrown a spanner in the works with a severe storm bringing trees down and completely blocking the main line at the entrance to Nayook. Luckily not a single piece of infrastructure was damaged however there is a massive clean up to be conducted and of course no trains will be...

It is obviously an inside bearing arrangement - no idea if such things exist on wagons, but they do on my railway! I could add some fake outside springs and axles boxes if anyone complains. If the NSWGR could use surplus garratt bogies as rail tractor chassis, I can't see why your claypit line coul...

so my question is how ridiculous is the idea of a 2foot gauge branchline connecting to a 3 foot gauge railway. I'm not aware of any junctions between 2' and 3' gauge common carrier railways in Ireland, although there may have been industrial 2' gauge railways that connected somewhere to a 3' gauge ...

Curious stuff this PLA PLA was developed as a biodegradable plastic for making cheap biodegradable shopping bags. That idea fell flat on it's face when it was found that the bags didn't degrade when buried in a landfill........ If you look it up PLA has a very low Tg compared to the engineering pol...

However, the PDF LAT kit (I actually have 2 of these so double the trouble) appears to have a few curious 'issues'. The main one being that the steel wheels (which have plastic centres) come fitted to axles of 3.35 dia as opposed to the 3.175 (1/8th inch) bore of the drive gear supplied, plus they ...

This model is still no nearer to a tin of paint since the last update, but it has completed it's load test with flying colours. It's good when a plan comes together........... The photo shows the loco running around the track today, trundling along in late afternoon sunshine at about 20 scale mph wi...

Perhaps our colleagues from Gemania could help us, but apparently there are few of them on this forum. I tried to log in to one of the German forums, but it didn’t work for me The German link seemed to work, but as far as I could make out, it mainly covered the small scales from more recent years. ...

Andy, I have been trying to find out more about McEwan Pratt petrol locomotives for many years and failed miserably. I never worked out what the canopies were for either. McEwan Pratt went broke before WW1, so their records will be long gone. Baguley bought the remains from the receiver and used th...

The only steeple cab IC locomotives I'm aware of were the two Crossleys used by Dorman-Long on the Sydney Harbour bridge contract. They only vaguely resemble the HGLW model, but there is a photo and drawing in the article in Light Railways #133 on this link. http://media.lrrsa.org.au/kabo133/Light_R...

Little three wheelers possibly wouldn't be suitable for conversion to narrow gauge, but if you feel confident enough, try this for size... It's been done with an Isetta ........ I've seen an article somewhere on building a model version. https://m.facebook.com/OnlineTransportArchive/photos/a.235226...

Does somebody have any idea how to clean this oily engine in one piece? I'm not sure if I can rebuild it when it is in pieces. The loco doesn't look especially oily, so I assume you just want to degrease the areas that need repainting? Since it is an electric model, you need to avoid the usual meth...

I suppose I ought to cobble together some sort of box / cradle / tray / thing — to get it outside and on the rails in one piece. Garratts are a pain in the what he said, when it comes to moving them around away from the track. The bigger the model the bigger the pain...... For just moving one aroun...

I bought the lead free crap at Jaycar - Duratech brand too - I obviously didn't read the label - they must have 2 types. I just assumed solder was solder ! Silly me. Maybe I can use it for weight in a loco :D The labels are slightly different, but as always the important info is only in the fine pr...

So I will have to see if I can buy some real solder from China. You don't have to go to China..... Aust. isn't in the EU and the chattering classes in Canberra haven't yet managed to ban the sale of lead/tin solder here. :roll: You can walk into your nearest Jaycar and buy tin/lead electronics sold...

Thanks Graeme, and dudeface. The video link supplied shows the articulation from an end-on view, something not usually filmed. The usual side views make the tender appear to be a continuation of the cab, but that makes no sense. I understand now how it extends into the cab. With the tighter radius ...