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by GTB
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Loco wheels (and other issues) 7/8th scale
Replies: 3
Views: 36

Re: Loco wheels (and other issues) 7/8th scale

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 ...
by GTB
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: TVT - Down in the Forest Something Stirred
Replies: 14
Views: 3983

Re: TVT - Down in the Forest Something Stirred

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...
by GTB
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: originally from Germany
Replies: 19
Views: 651

Re: originally from Germany

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. ...
by GTB
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2421

Re: HGLW loco tweak

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...
by GTB
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2421

Re: HGLW loco tweak

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...
by GTB
Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:12 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
Replies: 3350
Views: 1080006

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

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...
by GTB
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Restoration West Side Lumber Shay 15
Replies: 2
Views: 410

Re: Restoration West Side Lumber Shay 15

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...
by GTB
Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:38 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
Replies: 272
Views: 124157

Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan

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...
by GTB
Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:43 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Solder
Replies: 7
Views: 788

Re: Solder

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...
by GTB
Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:32 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Solder
Replies: 7
Views: 788

Re: Solder

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...
by GTB
Sat Jan 13, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
Replies: 3350
Views: 1080006

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

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 ...
by GTB
Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:11 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
Replies: 3350
Views: 1080006

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

I do have one silly question though.... From the videos I have seen it appears the water tank (at the front) pivots with its chassis, but the rear tender looks to be rigid with the cab. Does the chassis pivot underneath the fixed tender? No, the pivots of a Tassie K class are in the centre of each ...
by GTB
Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:17 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
Replies: 272
Views: 124157

Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan

Thanks for all the info. Immediately ordered my copy! I found both volumes of Locomotive Panorama an interesting read, but the only proposed loco drawing in vol. 2 is the BR Class 8F 2-8-2 which eventually morphed into the 9F 2-10-0. Some of the LMS neverwozzers in Vol.1 may also float your boat......
by GTB
Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:58 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
Replies: 272
Views: 124157

Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan

I’m treading on thin ice here, because (likely obviously) I really don’t understand much of this stuff. If you want to know what a BR Beyer-Garratt would have looked like, there's a drawing of the 1948 proposal for a mixed traffic Garratt, for use on the Highland line, in 'Locomotive Panorama Vol.1...
by GTB
Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
Replies: 11
Views: 2700

Re: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?

The Clyde DHI-71 is more my thing, but I didn't have the confidence at the time to attempt building one - hence the Baguley. I had wondered if it might be a Clyde. I've only ever seen one of the Tootle Engineering models and that was years ago. I occasionally have dark thoughts about building a Com...
by GTB
Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
Replies: 11
Views: 2700

Re: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?

If it helps, I've noticed that my local electronics shop labels their uF as MF, since the u is really µ, short for 'micro'. Potato, potato. I know the US has never come to grips with the metric system, but....... :shock: A capital 'M' prefix on a metric unit such as a Farad signifies a million and ...
by GTB
Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
Replies: 11
Views: 2700

Re: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?

That's what happens when you rely on a memory that's approaching it's use by date....... :oops: I finally found the 'safe' place where I stashed the bag of suppression capacitors and they are 0.1uF ceramic. If you have got a decent Jaycar in town (not an agency) they should have them, as they are in...
by GTB
Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:43 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Garden Rail Magazine
Replies: 6
Views: 958

Re: Garden Rail Magazine

Rik, Garden Rail reappeared on Exact Editions a while back, complete with the back issue archive going back to 2006. Costs a bit more for an Exact Editions online subscription than for the Pocket Mags version. Depends on what you think access to 200+ back issues is worth to you....... GAP, if you pr...
by GTB
Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?
Replies: 11
Views: 2700

Re: Capacitor for motor RF suppression?

This noise was quite evident when powering the un-suppressed Baguley's 12-24V motor: I'm unsure of the value of cap I should be fitting to this and future battery locos. If what you are concerned about is the high pitched hum that can be heard in the video when the speed control is turned on, suppr...
by GTB
Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:19 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Building THORNAS - ADDING SOUND
Replies: 79
Views: 17246

Re: Building THORNAS - ADDING SOUND

She can move 9 wagons indoors on 2 lengths of rail but I couldn't be bothered to take that many outside, but in the video the knob was only set at about 1/3. She weighs 875g, don't know how that compares with your Thornas? That's pretty impressive for something that light and fitted with plastic dr...