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- Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:54 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
- Topic: Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10839
Re: Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
No chance! The engine is flat out at about 5,000rpm and tick over around 1,000rpm, possibly less. I did some rough calculations and realised that even in low gear it was only about 7:1 overall, so it would have gone like a Ferrari whilst sounding like a farting tortoise! So an extra gear reduction s...
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
- Topic: Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10839
Re: Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
Progress report: As it happened I had a suitable chassis around, albeit with an electric motor in it. The electric motor and its gears were removed leaving a very usable chassis. I have opted to use meccano gears for the transmission, as they are easily available and should handle the load. Being br...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:41 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
- Topic: Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10839
Re: Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
This is the beast: https://www.banggood.com/Eachine-ET5-Mini-Gasoline-Engine-Model-Stirling-Water-cooled-Cooling-Structure-p-1686955.html?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=cpc_organic&gmcCountry=GB&utm_content=minha&utm_campaign=minha-gb-en-pc¤cy=GBP&createTmp=1&...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
- Topic: Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10839
Another live "Diesel" (petrol)
First post for rather a long time! Well I have a nice little project for the lockdown, there has recently come on to the market an absolutely gorgeous little petrol stationary engine that I feel is just begging to go into a 16mm scale locomotive. It has several characteristics which make it particul...
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Name change.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4760
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:39 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: snowploughs
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10092
Those pictures of that mamod going through the snow just looks so right! lovin it! wehre those coaches made of card by the way? Made from wood. The closed coach was one I bought second hand, probably scratch built, The open one is a Tenmille Tallilyn (sp?) kit, but with wood strip used instead of t...
- Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:35 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: snowploughs
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10092
Ah the joys of snow! Takes me back... to 1991... IIRC. I was at home, and it started to snow... A LOT!!! So I quickly bashed up a snowplough from meccano, and bolted it to the front of my only loco. This is what it was like when I started, a little more than an inch or so had fallen, but it was comi...
- Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: MDLR - Relaying Day!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3798
Well I have the date pencilled in, will we be running works trains as the build progresses? (even if it is only a few flat wagons bringing cups of tea!) Are you thinking about security? I know it would be tempting to put mains voltage on the rails but I have a few ideas about a cheap alarm, and I co...
- Sat May 30, 2009 11:49 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Locos of Austerity &Thrift
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6945
Re: mamod steam THINGS!
Great..... worthy of a whole topic on its own..what do you think? Crackingjob Well, as it happens... http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/about246.html And also a little video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK49MIeEQhg As I seem to be permanently skint, most of my locos have been built on a budget! N...
- Tue May 26, 2009 6:50 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: More Mamod Fairlie Action!!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4110
- Mon May 25, 2009 9:18 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: More Mamod Fairlie Action!!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4110
Great video. Ever thought of writing an article for Garden Rail? I may do an article for one of the magazines, maybe SMT, I have not really thought about it. I have however covered its progress here: http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/ftopic14110-0.php It could form the basis of an article! Nice vid...
- Sun May 24, 2009 9:05 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: More Mamod Fairlie Action!!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4110
More Mamod Fairlie Action!!!
It was a nice day, so I took Janus to the Butterley Garden railway. This is its first run outside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYWInVJ12Ag It ran very well, although train length was limited to what would fit in the loop - whilst sharing the track with other locos I wanted to be able to let them...
- Sun May 24, 2009 9:00 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Double Headed Mineral working.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5009
The bit about light rain being the worst is very true: when I drove the 2' gauge at Butterley, which is nearly all downhill after you get out through the site gates, I was always most worried on drizzly days - not that I wouldn't get back up, but that the train might run away down hill! Never bothe...
- Wed May 20, 2009 12:12 pm
- Forum: Mamods & MSS
- Topic: Mamod Double Fairlie
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18360
- Wed May 20, 2009 9:24 am
- Forum: Mamods & MSS
- Topic: Mamod Double Fairlie
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18360
Technically yes, as that it what is shown on the original Mallet patent and how the original engines were built - small high pressure cylinders on the fixed rear engine, and large low pressure on the swivelling front bogie. However, it does seem that the term Mallet was often used to describe non-co...
- Tue May 19, 2009 11:33 pm
- Forum: Mamods & MSS
- Topic: Mamod Double Fairlie
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18360
- Tue May 19, 2009 10:26 pm
- Forum: Mamods & MSS
- Topic: Mamod Double Fairlie
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18360
Just a little update! I took it to the Merstham show last weekend and it decided to run brilliantly - check out these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivaZvZUzaF0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkzQTwsDPIA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRziEniwtA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxz5-EsidD8 Ju...
- Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:42 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Scratch building coaches.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8997
The bogies have arrived, and I must say I am rather pleased. Most of them are in fact fully sprung, and most of the ones that are not have full compensation, so should give a lovely ride. Seems a bit of a bargain compared to buying new over here. there are a couple of things, they are quite short wh...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:27 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Its Winter time... damn cold it is too!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6751
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:19 am
- Forum: Mamods & MSS
- Topic: Dream-Steam Upgrade Cylinders - A review by MHLR
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4278
For a first steaming they seem to be better than my set. Mine were perfectly steam tight, but a little stiff as if the O ring was slightly oversize. They seem to be getting better as they are run in, and I am sure that they will be requiring less steam, so that instead there is extra pressure which ...