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by Enginehouse
Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: boiler certificates!
Replies: 15
Views: 12552

Tag is right on the button with his response to what is a well established and almost almost annual event among the steam hobby brigade of debating the truly ridiculous rules concerning small boiler testing. Working for many years as a professional with " Real" boilers, many over 6 million...
by Enginehouse
Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:11 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Low cost couplers
Replies: 2
Views: 3731

Re: Low cost couplers

I think that the orginal concept was from David Pinniger and if they are in wide use then this topic is a waste but if there is any interest here they are. I use this design as a permanent coupler between my 2 Motor Mules. The ones in the pictures need cleaning up and rounded of not to mention pain...
by Enginehouse
Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:40 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Flanged bearings
Replies: 6
Views: 3549

Try Roundhouse or Essel engineering. Houston Gate Locomotive Works (HGLW) do flanged oilite bearings. Bronze bearings, flanged, £2.00 set of four. As pictured and listed on their website under Accessories. I have Used these since before David the current owner took over the company from Michael (Bu...
by Enginehouse
Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:22 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: 7/8th scale
Replies: 5
Views: 3540

Re: 7/8th scale

how tall are 7/8ths scale figures /people . I assume there 5 inchs ish tall Well assuming the prototype is 6ft tall 7/8 of an inch to the foot gives you 7 x 6 = 42 eighths of an inch so 42/8 = 5 and a quarter inches. The problem however is not just height, but proportion. If one looks at some of th...
by Enginehouse
Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Charging Lipos in models
Replies: 7
Views: 4482

Re: Charging Lipos in models

Hi Rob, From what I know of radio control aircraft, charging lipos in models is  generally not advisable unless you have a clear view of the battery and it is easily accessible if you need to remove it in a hurry. Lipos need to be treated with care and if a charging goes wrong it can quickly reduce...
by Enginehouse
Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:23 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: model town tv series
Replies: 19
Views: 9537

I used to have the series recorded on sky plus, but our recording features pacjed itself in  :? This whole series is advertised as being available on Amazon TV as part of a "Prime" advert. However it's not actually listed on the site, so just another nonsensical active add picking up on a...
by Enginehouse
Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:10 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Cat trouble on the line
Replies: 15
Views: 8683

Get a dog :P Who will (known from personal experience) happily foul on almost anything and just scratch up or dig up the line. Itinerant cats can be a real pain but the problem can be cured. I actually saw our dopey cat derail a train when challenging it's right of way. She has never been back on t...
by Enginehouse
Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:54 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Coupling Advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 6013

Re: Coupling Advice please

I Hi Roy thats really helpful thanks. Which magnetic couplers do you use? I make my own. use 5mm diameter 3mm thick circular R/E magnets, a piece of brass tube and a thin sheet of brass for one end. Thus once soldered up I have an open ended cup that holds the magnet securely. A single length of br...
by Enginehouse
Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:23 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Coupling Advice please
Replies: 10
Views: 6013

Re: Coupling Advice please

I have a lot of stock and from the beginning have used accucraft chopper couplings. They look prototypical, work well and I am very happy with them. I have now ordered a set of binnie glyn valley granite wagons. It doesn't look as if the choppers would be appropriate or would fit. I don't have the ...
by Enginehouse
Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:23 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Need someone to build a butane tank
Replies: 4
Views: 3751

Re: Need someone to build a butane tank

artfull dodger:120500 wrote:Looking for someone to build me a butane fuel tank  Mike
Have you got an accurate drawing of the original tank?
by Enginehouse
Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:56 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Fumes/gassing from superglue
Replies: 14
Views: 6904

Not all "superglues" are equal, Tony! What you say applied to the little Quick Fix tubes one buys in shops. You may well be correct, and I remember it being much better than it is now when it first appeared. When was that? Late 1960s...? Anyway, when used it gave off visible fumes and a l...
by Enginehouse
Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:15 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Paint.
Replies: 5
Views: 3668

A quid for a can of paint! Off to poundland! Cheers Pete! Prodriver grey primer rattle can 300ml from Poundshop, for use with cellulose paints for a quid. Sticks like the proverbial to the blanket and puts on a decent coat with no problems. I have used it for about two years on all sorts of quarry ...
by Enginehouse
Sat Oct 01, 2016 2:24 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Garden Rail and Narrow Gauge World Magazines
Replies: 16
Views: 10672

What would be useful is some means of accessing this archive - can it be transferred to a third party website and retained somehow? Rik That would not be a problem on the operational front and indeed with a dedicated hard drive or raid array, a web server and fixed IP addresses it is quite easy to ...
by Enginehouse
Thu Sep 29, 2016 10:31 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Garden Rail and Narrow Gauge World Magazines
Replies: 16
Views: 10672

I am just wondering what it would take to start a rival publication ? Barry And incorporate an alternative 16mm Association at the same time, thus kicking Warners into the long grass on both fronts. I took great issue with Alan Regan regarding members data being transferred to Warners without any p...
by Enginehouse
Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:19 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Computer nightmare!
Replies: 23
Views: 10524

A couple of months ago I succumbed to the nagging and installed W10 as a free upgrade from W7. I didn't like the interface but was prepared to put up with it. Sorry, Grumpy Old Git whinge over. Rik Still running a geriatric XP here, but from within Linux. Never ever had a crash of any kind. Used oc...
by Enginehouse
Wed Sep 28, 2016 3:46 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Garden Rail and Narrow Gauge World Magazines
Replies: 16
Views: 10672

Re: Garden Rail and Narrow Gauge World Magazines

My subscription for both has come up for renewal and it seems that they no longer carry them. They seem to be available through something called Pocketmags. Does any body have experience of using that? Regards Rob Pocket mags have been well reviewed on the net. Not an organisation I would use, even...
by Enginehouse
Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:49 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Reference Library
Topic: How to make real slate roof tiles for buildings/ wagon loads
Replies: 19
Views: 23687

It did work thank you, it would take many evenings to split enough tiles to fill a long rake of them, but looks very realistic. Does it have to be floor tiles, or could you use roofing tiles?? I have access to quiet a few of them  :) This method works fine, both with Wickes slate floor tiles and th...
by Enginehouse
Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:40 pm
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: D.H.R. lettering
Replies: 9
Views: 6512

Re: DHR lettering transfers

sowozisowozi:119163 wrote:Hi Roy H-Enginehouse

I´ll try to ask also  Roy at Railroad Models, like You wrote me. Please would You send email-adress ? Many thanks .
'Regards
sowozisowoziGerald
Site address
www.rail-roadmodels.co.uk

E-mail address
royfitzsimmonds@yahoo.co.uk
by Enginehouse
Fri Jul 29, 2016 5:31 pm
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: D.H.R. lettering
Replies: 9
Views: 6512

Re: D.H.R. lettering

Hello readers. I`ve changed from Introduction to Rolling Stock . I think it is better so. For I have read that the reputation of Blackham-Transfers for special orders is not so good, so I will not order there . I will try to find a lettering-maker in Germany. I will give him photographs and drawing...
by Enginehouse
Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:33 pm
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: D.H.R. lettering
Replies: 9
Views: 6512

Re: D.H.R. lettering

Hello readers. I`ve changed from Introduction to Rolling Stock . I think it is better so. For I have read that the reputation of Blackham-Transfers for special orders is not so good, so I will not order there . I will try to find a lettering-maker in Germany. I will give him photographs and drawing...