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- Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:43 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Merlin Loco Works
- Replies: 7
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Re: Merlin Loco Works
Probably not much help but the message below was made as a contribution to a similar discussion some years ago on the 16mm forum. Regards, Mike Dockery. "Owen, I am afraid that, if you are referring to a number on a Merlin worksplate, it might not be an entirely reliable piece of data regarding...
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:27 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: 16mm assoc MOTY (Masters) shambles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8095
>> Cheers, Mike Dockery (not a big fan of pseudoplumes or nom-de-nyms). > If that's a barb at me, then take note of the fact that this name is consistent across at least 300 railway related fora and discussion groups. A simple statement of personal opinion and not intended as a barb at anyone (there...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:35 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: 16mm assoc MOTY (Masters) shambles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8095
I must own up to only visiting this forum every 3 or 4 months and so hopefully, as the builder of the Double Fairlie shown in the original posting, you will all cut me some slack in being so late in adding my two penceworth. Was the MOTY Allcomers judging inconsistent? Putting completely to one side...
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:19 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
- Topic: Narrow Gauge Heillmann?
- Replies: 5
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Narrow Gauge Heillmann?
> ...there are two people working on 16mm versions that I know of, Barry Reeves (late of Pilgrim Loco Works- suppliers of live diesel-electrics to sixteen-millers) and Mike Dockery (who makes bendy engines with lots of wheels). Still and video evidence has been seen on the 16mmngm e-group, though no...
- Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:46 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: A Dorset Cracker.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5885
DIF 'flangeless' loco.
Very interesting with plain wheels running on a flanged track cannot be many of them about! Thanks for sharing. Regards Tony. Although it certainly looks like a plateway locomotive there are a couple of diifculties in making that assumption. Firstly the undoubted world authority on steam plateway ...