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by The Denying Dutchman
Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:44 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: LGB track differences.
Replies: 1
Views: 2336

LGB track differences.

Is there any difference between old (including Playmobil (electric LGB track) and new LGB track? It seems quite similar in color, size and texture on pictures but is it? :scratch:

(I can buy some cheap track that came with an old Playmobil set, that's why I ask.)
by The Denying Dutchman
Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:45 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: New16mm association Mamod site
Replies: 37
Views: 19252

So on the one hand, first time, I good really awesome service to be fair - I mean within a year, fixed/warrantied. Awesome. But the quality of 'finished products' was a concern. It shouldn't have happened. Can it be that the current owner is a trader by trade without much if any experience with mac...
by The Denying Dutchman
Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:16 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Chuffed to bits Speed controller
Replies: 2
Views: 2162

If it's a RC speed controller then it uses one channel.
by The Denying Dutchman
Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:17 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: New16mm association Mamod site
Replies: 37
Views: 19252

... and also how the design could actualy be good in the view of 'Mamod' carrying a derisory  tone to it. That I still don't understand. One of the first things I noticed when I got interested in 16mm scale was that not much, if any, in a garden railway has the same scale and from what I've read th...
by The Denying Dutchman
Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:10 am
Forum: New Models & Reviews
Topic: Simplex from Slaters
Replies: 11
Views: 4875

METHSSNIFFER:92026 wrote:All that detail and they forget the radiator cap !
The radiator cap is available as part of an "upgrade" kit. ;)
by The Denying Dutchman
Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:09 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: New16mm association Mamod site
Replies: 37
Views: 19252

I don't really understand why an already niche hobby, which 16mm scale is, has to be split in oscillating and non oscillating steam engines.
by The Denying Dutchman
Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:19 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: A thought for the future...
Replies: 17
Views: 9971

I think you have overdone it a bit, the trains run from return loop to return loop. There isn't much space left for rustic scenes. This was one of my concerns.... I want enough loops to enable running of multiple locos easily, but enough space so it's able to feel rustic. Why not using double track...
by The Denying Dutchman
Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:46 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: A thought for the future...
Replies: 17
Views: 9971

I think you have overdone it a bit, the trains run from return loop to return loop. There isn't much space left for rustic scenes.
by The Denying Dutchman
Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:32 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Yatton Model Engineering
Replies: 14
Views: 10504

Tiny pictures and lack of description, what is it with these kind of internet shops? Don't they want to sell or what? NDM-6 The most successful diesel on the DHR and the fleet of six are still providing the current main motive power £350 double motor Such descriptions really want me to hit the BIN b...
by The Denying Dutchman
Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:06 pm
Forum: Scenery
Topic: Scandinavian functionalism
Replies: 16
Views: 9712

Nice!

Agreed about the atmospheric track, even the trees in the back ground look to scale.
by The Denying Dutchman
Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:57 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Bandit will go to live steam!
Replies: 24
Views: 17505

And now, the biggest problem: I must talk about money with my personnal Prime Minister... who is also my Big Boss: my wife ! :lol:  :lol:  :lol: She said: "later !" :roll:  :evil:  :| That's not good. When a man says "later" it will take a while, but it will happen eventually. I...
by The Denying Dutchman
Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:48 pm
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: The scrappy Mamod wagon 'Rusty'
Replies: 24
Views: 9604

Use a wire brush to get rid of the flakes and use an oily rag after that.
by The Denying Dutchman
Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:05 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Shunter for the RWLR
Replies: 11
Views: 7346

I like that, it has lots of character.
by The Denying Dutchman
Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:34 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Another Mamod "Thing"
Replies: 13
Views: 9934

I though you meant that the heating surface of the burner was too small. :lol:

I have no clue how longer the wick burner burns, but it's obvious that the performance of the engine is much less than with the vaporising burner.
by The Denying Dutchman
Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:29 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Another Mamod "Thing"
Replies: 13
Views: 9934

The burner too small? :shock: I own an older MM1 with a wick burner which already runs like a bat out of hell!
by The Denying Dutchman
Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:08 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Which Mamod?
Replies: 6
Views: 5589

Of course, you get what you pay for. I find that no excuse especially because were not talking about a cheap toy. £300 or so is a lot of money in my book. Mamod has been making locomotives since 1979 and if they still can't make a flawless loco in 2013 then they're either incompetent or they don't ...
by The Denying Dutchman
Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:41 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Running an MSS Loco on Solid Fuel & Multi Role Config
Replies: 24
Views: 14235

The chicken feeder in the Pdf file is a nice design and with my Salem coal bunker I can hide the fuel tank there. Quite some work, but I like alcohol better than gas. Alcohol is cheaper and it's silent. (besides the Saito vaporising burners) I so dislike the noise some gas burners make! A steam engi...
by The Denying Dutchman
Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:22 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Running an MSS Loco on Solid Fuel & Multi Role Config
Replies: 24
Views: 14235

A chicken feeder burner is interesting, but I think a burner with a main tube and a second tube feeding the front wick directly, will work just as well. Without the possibility to control the flame to a certain degree of course.
by The Denying Dutchman
Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:30 pm
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Running an MSS Loco on Solid Fuel & Multi Role Config
Replies: 24
Views: 14235

Re: Meths Burner Comparison

So having decided to reserve my accumulation of solid fuel for my stationary steam engines I decided to do a timed session with a meths burner for a comparison in the same loco. I used my best meths burner, an IP Eng 3 wick burner originally fitted to an IP Jane, which has the best type of chassis ...
by The Denying Dutchman
Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:13 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Running an MSS Loco on Solid Fuel & Multi Role Config
Replies: 24
Views: 14235

Chris Cairns:91201 wrote:Peter Longfils modified his burner tray so that 2 Esbit tablets could be fitted without cutting (the Mamod/MSS tablets need cutting in half to fit in  their burner trays)
I'm a bit surprised that the Loco was able to run at all with only two tablets!