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- Wed May 01, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Merlin Midas MKIII
- Replies: 9
- Views: 918
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Interesting. This looks like a Major above the running boards, but with outside frames, the Beck wheels, and updated valve gear?
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:54 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: British businesses who won't sell to Canada
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1130
Re: British businesses who won't sell to Canada
As a fellow Brit now living in Canada, all be it on the far side vs. Keith, I've only experienced this from Swift Sixteen, but also don't know the reason. I do know that Canada has some VERY restrictive laws on paint, beyond just requiring all safety guidance to be included on the label in both Engl...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: North Pilton Works
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1219
Re: North Pilton Works
When I called in a year ago they seemed to supply a lot of items to Garden Railway Specialists. Might be worth giving them a call to see if they have a line of contact?
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:24 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Merlin gas filler valve
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3950
Re: Merlin gas filler valve
Hmm. Thanks for this Graeme. I'm only just getting to take a close look at the Merlin valve side by side with a new style Roundhouse one. The Roundhouse one won't fit the Merlin tank. The unthreaded portion of the Roundhouse valve is actually too large that it won't allow the valve to fit into the h...
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:53 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Merlin gas filler valve
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3950
Merlin gas filler valve
Anyone know if the Roundhouse Ronson valve will fit a Merlin gas tank? The filler on my Monarch is a pain to fill. I've removed the valve & soaked it for 48 hours in acetone with no improvement. It fills slowly with no clear sign when the tank is full.
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:52 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Pine Hill Railway (PHRy) - a Norwegian Garden Railway
- Replies: 169
- Views: 107394
Re: The Pine Hill Railway (PHRy) - a Norwegian Garden Railway
Agreed with others. I've watched that latest video 3 or 4 times now and it doesn't get old. Beautiful scenics and attention to detail. A question for you, if I may. What radius are your curves that you had difficulty running your Brandbright 4-wheel coaches on that you converted them to bogies?
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:58 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: World's longest narrow gauge passenger train
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7277
Re: World's longest narrow gauge passenger train
Happy to add my collection of four Brandbright 4-wheelers for another 800mm. Would need a long coupling chain to reach me in Canada though!
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:25 am
- Forum: Quarterly Garden Railway Gallery
- Topic: Dec 2022 Photo Gallery - Enter now ONE WEEK LEFT
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10373
Re: Dec 2022 Photo Gallery - Enter now 2 WEEKS LEFT
I'll throw a debut entry in this time around, though it's not of the usual quality I see here. Most will recognise these locos as being twenty years apart in design. "With some help from my friends:"
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 3:41 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Scratch Built Wagons....
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10540
Re: Scratch Built Wagons....
Those look great! I'm most impressed with those axle boxes. Did you 3D print those a well? I've found it really tricky to draw leaf springs in CAD. I think your efforts might inspire me to try again.
- Wed Jul 06, 2022 3:19 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Festiniog Railway Sentry Box Brake Van
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6893
Re: Festiniog Railway Sentry Box Brake Van
Guessing that's where the base was printed slightly off the bed, & the supports removed?
This looks excellent, Trevor. I had a look at the files but can see adapting it to 45mm (sacrilege, I know...) is going to take a bit of work...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:58 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7408
Re: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
You guys make a good point. Most of my running is done at a club layout with 6 independent loops, which allows for multiple reasons to be running without fear of interference. For those of you that find it handy to have an extra transmitter for when friends come to visit/play, doesn't the receiver f...
- Thu Jun 16, 2022 5:19 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Latest developments
- Replies: 59
- Views: 18300
Re: Latest developments
Impressive, Rik. Apologies, I am sure you've given this info elsewhere somewhere, but what nozzle size and material are you using?
- Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:17 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7408
Re: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
Since this thread has veered far enough off topic to include general questions pertaining to Deltang-based R/C methods, I'll ask this here (with further apologies to the original poster...) What are the groups thoughts on the selecta option, and having multiple locos paired to the same controller? I...
- Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:32 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Merlin Mayflower and...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12394
Re: Merlin Mayflower and...
Your Mayflower looks lovely. Interesting you mention it can be troublesome to light from the chimney. My Monarch can also be a bit tricky. I find it lights much easier from under the smoke box if that's an option?
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 4:52 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Has radio control changed in the past 20 years?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2593
Re: Has radio control changed in the past 20 years?
Some good info on here showing servo connection wiring of the various brands: http://fatlion.com/sailplanes/servos.html As mentioned, these days all brands have the positive (usually red) wire in the middle, with ground (-) and signal wires to the outside. This way, reversing the plug reverses the c...
- Fri May 27, 2022 4:26 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7408
Re: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
A steam loco with 2 servos will always work as low off. A reverser servo and a regulator servo. No idea why someone would put just one servo in and try and drive it from a static regulator and a servo on the reverser, what a night mare to try and control. I have run loco's (and in fact still have s...
- Thu May 26, 2022 5:21 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7408
Re: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
I've used the mr001 & tx22 set with the toggle switch reverser on a variety of locos: Roundhouse live steam loco with r/c reverser battery electric loco with rx-65 receiver/esc live steam loco with single channel r/c controlling speed & direction through a steam reverser All worked great. N...
- Wed May 25, 2022 7:27 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7408
Re: Which RC (and variable reverser question)?
I've used the mr001 & tx22 set with the toggle switch reverser on a variety of locos: Roundhouse live steam loco with r/c reverser battery electric loco with rx-65 receiver/esc live steam loco with single channel r/c controlling speed & direction through a steam reverser All worked great. No...
- Mon May 02, 2022 6:24 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Battery powered loco survey
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12538
Re: Battery powered loco survey
Done. I will say, the original driver behind this of arguing on the internet seems a bit of a waste of time. Some folks are entrenched in their opinions and will argue black is white, especially over the internet where there's no repercussions. Best just leave them to it... That said, I actually do ...
- Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:49 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Using clay/putty to add to 3D prints?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5382
Re: Using clay/putty to add to 3D prints?
Ha. I did think about adding some splashers or guards over the wheels, but figured the H&S department of my railway isn't super on the ball regarding these things!