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I think the plutonium has got to you. You are starting to act little strange!

There willl be some experimenting with different materials for the wicks! Well, yesterday same quite a lot of progress thanks to PTLRsam! All engineering work is being carried out by him while I do cosmetic jobs and act as photographer! The work startd by cleaning up and siver soldering the meths bu...

Yeah, I have a really good time.

The garret might have problems with it yeah. However hidden in the deepest darkest depths of the PTLRs workshop, kept under high security (actually its buried under a rag, some screwdrivers and bungles mamod is the Black Beauty. Ive been running trials with its new plutonium firing system. It doesn...

ptlrcecil wrote:

laalratty wrote:Looks like a great railway, perhapes you should go into the garden railway building trade and get rich people to pay you to build their railways

Dibs

You cant call dibs on that!

She's got a 4 wick burner! Thats gonna pump out some heat to the boiler! Going to do some cosmetic bit on her tonight! Will post pics later if there is any significant differences!

Great! Really looking forward to seeing it at the 'fest! How many of the other carriages are you gonna bring? Believe Al is bringing over 8 VERY heavy Cheddar coaches from Ireland!

I like the idea of red inside frames. I was doing that on my Lady Anne Chassis before it went on hold, then swapped. When my 'new' old Lady Anne gets a full repaint at the end of the year, I think I will be painting them vermillion red.

It is indeed 45mm, and will be track powered as he has quite a bit of that kind of stuff! Its all built on Aristocraft track. Its a mix of European and USA style, but the difference is not noticable. Day 2: I like to Move it, Move it! Not as much done as planned, but there has been a difference! The...

Nowt done today on Lady, been too busy decoratin and starting to build the garden railway previously mentioned. Construction of that railway in now in its own thread in the Railways and Layouts (?) section.

And it has been! Cheers Silly Billy!

I have been asked to help build a garden railway, and this thread will chronicle the construction. The 'days' at the beginning of each post are the days I have spent working on the railway. Although this is day 1, a couple of other days work may (I cant remember, I am editing this on day 24ish) have...

Sorry but no pictoral update tonight as there wasnt much to photograph really. Cleaned up all the running gear, and removed a few other bits off the body for cleaning and repainting. Should get some of them done 2moro night. And 2moro afternoon I start doing some ground work for the as yet un-named ...

They have been removed now. Should have some new ones made by PTLRfest if I find the time between gardening, decorating and getting Lady A into a state where she will run. We think (but not sure) the Anna nameplates were originally on PTLRcecil's newest loco, the Gussie, as its built on a Beck Anna ...

That sounds like a nice railway, ummm 10 foot radius curves :lol: Its being built with Aristocraft pre-curved rail. The idea is, that people with great big huge massive ginormous electric powered locos can run no bother. Or very big live steam!?! He has a friend somewhere in the south (London-ish I...

Got a few bits done today, mainly cleaning everything up and degreasing it! Took a few more bits off like handrails and the lamp to make things a bit more accessible! So here are some pics of the progress made today, plus some piccies of yesterday's work. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/bung...

Its now 2moro! and here are the pics. The first one shows a box of bits. She arrived in carrier bags, so in an effort to keep all the parts she was moved into the box. The boiler is missing from this shot as it was in the workshop having work done! http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/bungle80a/1...

Bungle, you will have to show me how to do slate walls, mine look ok but the buggers keep collapsing :x looking forward to the fest though and seeing what you've done to the garden I don't really know how i've managed it considerin it just loads of old scrap slate. It has brought about another wall...

I shall post some 2moro. It is currently in pieces but with a bit of luck and some grafting it should be ready to steam test by Sunday. I've already started to clean up a few parts. The underside of the boiler has been cleaned down to bare metal and the pipework for the pressure gauge has been made ...

...Which should be in my possession by 7pm tonight! Will post some piccies later, however ibelieve its in bits at the moment.