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Managed to get another drive down to Hampton Loade as the weather was good the weekend before last... Ffestiniog contingent out in force... https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3946/33422027732_90c4b983d0_b.jpg Mountaineer https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3937/33422023792_a7eb354d5e_b.jpg https://c1.staticfli...

So, first trip of the year for the Sunday running to Hampton Loade as the Sping season is on the way and the railway is now open until November, coinciding with the first operating weekend of the Severn Valley Railway. The first difference this year was the mode of transport. As posted elsewhere, I ...

Thanks Jim. I've decided to go for a nice little Roundhouse from new for my "small engine" roster. The proceeds from the sale of no.10, my spare and junk parts sales and a refund from a cancelled event will be financing it.

So the time has come. It focuses around a little engine that was picked up at the tail end of the queue, in Leicester, at STIA in Feb 2015. As you know she was rebuilt, lined and upgraded, becoming named " Lady of The Lake ". After Elsecar and a cylinder failure, she received a front-end r...

Rpy Wood Models is best for your Jane/Janet/ Mamod SL upgrade items.

They do yes, mine last because they only get steamed once a week maybe Fair play to RH for the tech support though. I'm about 2/3rds the way to raising the costs for a Bertie - the last mamod sold and the junkyard clearance in full swing is helping.

You've seen photos of mine... all that got was water top up, Pressure gauge and cylinder covers. Brilliant engines and I'd have another in a heartbeat if the wallet allowed. It's now a Llechfan engine and has been seen out quite regular judging from photographs. Yes, your red loco :) It was one of ...

All Roundhouse basic locomotives are wonderful in everyway. If you really want to upgrade them, water top up MAYBE? Honestly, they do not need to be upgraded at all. They're perfect as is! Thanks for that -- Duly noted. I do know they run very well - having seen them in action at Llechfan and Butte...

Any good, any views on them, any tweaks or upgrades recommended, how to get the best out of them?

Also - show us your Berties in any and all forms.

I suspect it is indeed an SLK basis then. These were much more popular as they were easier to disassemble, being all 6BA nut and bolt construction as opposed to SL-x locos which were more or less riveted. If I may add an entry to "cruel and unusual things to do to a Mamod loco...." This pa...

That is a really nice conversion Graeme, I love the composite coach

I'll try and take some photos of what I mean by opening out the gaskets - all it is is taking a needle file, and filing into the gasket material approximately where it partially obstructs the steam holes on the cylinder. If not on Lady of the Lake, expect it in the next couple of months when I work ...

Since the last post the Mamod which will eventually be named Baz has been fitted with a large capacity meths tank and to cure her somewhat lacklustre performance she's now fitted with Roy Wood cylinders and a reversing block from the same stable. Seen on test with any loose items left off. ./myff/2...

No rivets usually means an SL-K but also the rivets could have been removed by previous owner for ease of maintenance.

How did you seal the wood? Was it brush on or aerosol?

The "works locos" were whatever mood I felt, or, when I looked at the engine, I wondered what would suit each one. That' how early ones ended up with such as 'Great Star' and 'Deep Thought'. These days, the two large locos are both named after foxes. The incoming new acquisition came about...

One from me, to you all here at GRF. One with an omen of what's to come in 2017...

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A lot of input here. Thank you gents, it has been most helpful. Keep an eye out, I intend to record a diary in the Loco section. If you chaps look back to 2012 and early 2013 threads for "Second Chance", that is the loco I am seriously thinking about bringing back. I sold it to a keen coll...

This buyback would be to make it a keeper loco, a new 'small loco' in my permanent shed alongside my Caradoc and my RH Beyer Peacock. The name "Second Chance" was given to it by me four years ago as it had had indeed a second chance on two scores: after 10-15years in store in an attic I ha...

"Second Chance".