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UPDATE:I sent the seller an email before i started this thread ,where i asked him if he could come with one of his locos to the Exeter exhibition and i would buy it if he demonstrated it for me. He replied politely telling me that his locos are based on Roundhouse skeletons but he tends to avoid sho...

Never mind the links i found a thread on google where they were discussed. From what i gather , it seems they need to be worked on further to get them to maintain enough heat.

Thanks for warning me in good time before i did something stupid. I even tried calling him on the number provided in the sale immediately i saw them on ebay and it gave the message 'number not in use'. :| Can you PM me any links to where this has been discussed in the past please? i am just curious.

kindly forgive me if these have been discussed before on the forum. Some guy has a couple on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-16mm-coal-fired-live-steam-engine-/300786601299?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4608474d53 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COAL-FIRED-16MM-LIVE-STEAM-LOCOMOTIVE-/300786167...

I admire your patience, well done.

I see, so i just get the full cab and leave off the back part.
Thanks

Does anyone know who makes the half cab roofs for the roundhouse Millie, i can see Roundhouse sells a full cab yet i notice some models on youtube have a half cab, does anyone know where i can buy such

Thanks.

I have no idea what the ideal weight should be but i do know that my steam locos sound and perform most realistically under good train weight. Almost ALL my wagons have been weighted by gluing 2 short rods of steel cut to fit under the bottoms. It adds about 400gms to each wagon.

tuppenced:74743 wrote:Yes, very worried!
The thrust from a pop-pop engine is on a par with that of a fairy's kiss.

How do you know? have you been kissing fairies

By the virtue of my job i see a lot of terminally ill patients and this makes me ponder often about it too. Let me start by quoting Robert Brault. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Getting all depressed and loosing all hope is not the way to...

I was in the same predicament not too long ago and decided to lay my layout in O gauge but i left provision for a 45mm line within it.

Well if you are going to do a full repaint anyway then why no just pry them off with a good hobby knife. the epoxy may leave some residue but you can just sand it off before you paint.

Whow,that's one of the most ingenious uses of a mamod boiler and firebox , well done.

Yes, same length .

On the top of the sight glass is a little screw, carefully loosen this and drop thin piece of copper wire into it ,the type of copper wire used to wing RC motors will do just fine. This breaks the surface tension and you get less bubbles in the water column . A simple mod i use for my stationary ste...

Laalratty suggestion is good, alternatively put a smal pinch of some JB weld into the old worn out hole. Coat your grub screw in light oil and screw it in. After about 3 hours, unscrew the grub screw again, the new threads should have been formed by the JB weld and you can keep it to cure for 24 hrs...

USA cost of the lubricator from China?  $35. USA cost of the lubricator from the UK? $21. Factoring in shipping, one from the UK will still be over US $10 cheaper. As has played out in the news, the days of cost savings by production in China are gone, and hence why they are seeing some of the issu...

These are neater than many i have seen. Well done.

Darn it, this must really be annoying i wish i could help though i doubt they will ever turn up here in Copenhagen.

Maybe its just me that could not find it but is there anywhere he has listed the De Winton boiler and burner sold as a spare?