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MR I N SPECTRE REPORT ON CLATTERBACH VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY PART 1 I am pleased to be in a position to start a report on a new railway, although I am not able to conclude at this stage, for reasons which will become clear. I have secured profuse apologies from the CVLR's General Manager for the delays...

The Clatterbach Valley Light Railway apologises for the delay to the inspector's report. This is due to weather, work, family duties, ill children, Christmas...
(Mr Spectre safely received a couple of weeks ago and all intentions are good!)

Has Mr Spectre gone into hibernation? I confess that I was late responding but I provided an address in mid-November and am not sure whether it got through by PM.

Apart from on here I can not find any mention or pictures of it anywhere. I've seen a photo of the complete and painted locomotive on the 16mm Association Facebook group (not the group from which the photo above was taken). I've noticed that Mamod can be a bit slow in getting new products on to the...

Well, I rather liked the look of it on the stand at Warley...

Thanks - useful information (or it would be if I actually had a Brunel or thought I'd be likely to have one in the near future!).

BorisSpencer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:38 am If you find a source for such a fitting please post the details.

Seconded! Not that I have a use for one (yet), of course...

Will it have a pressure gauge? I think the Stirling has one.

The Brunel looks great, but the others lack the charm of the original SL series. Since I doubt we will see that, and MSS's quality is all over the place, I will find me a nice RS set to start to upgrade. I agree. I think that MSS has the rights to the SL design these days, so I can't see Mamod maki...

artfull dodger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:02 pm What I dont like is the steam exhaust being diverted below the frame.

I thought I'd read that they don't come with the downward exhaust pipe any more?
I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it, 'cos one day...

Ooh rather jealous! Although I will say that personally I'm not really a big fan of the Mamod design of canopy.

My Roundhouse gas filler adapter has developed a leak - when I press it down to fill my Bertie's gas reservoir a jet of gas escapes sideways (horizontally) at the joint between the end nozzle and tube parts, i.e. just above the cab roof. It doesn't quite occur all the time, so possibly when held in ...

artfull dodger wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 4:45 am ... the MSS loco will be just fine on the 600mm curves if the speed is kept reasonable...

Er... bit of a big if there!

Interesting point about Piko versus Peco, which is beyond my knowledge.

philipy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:54 pm Lovely view...all just in time for the bad weather arriving!

True. Then again, there's been virtually no running this summer anyway - no time after work and family!

A great little line is a quiet corner of the garden. I like the raised curve section. I bet that makes a nice viewing area sitting on the grass as the sun goes down. And fifteen months on from that comment being made, we've actually managed to move a shed and enable that to happen! 20190922_154316-...

Danker Than Clanker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:12 am *The uprated safety valve I bought has RUSTED

Mine too. Bit of a theme here, isn't there? And is it telling that the starter loco comparison in the latest 16mm Today did not feature anything MSS...?

Though, at this point, I think I may just get some Roy Wood wheels. Anyone got experience with them? Are they worth it? Yes. And... Yes. It's the MSS ones that are cheap, not the RWM ones that are pricey. (But remember they're differently quartered than the Mamod/MSS ones, so even if you think you ...

To be honest, I'm not too surprised. The MSS wheels I initially got looked ropey once I'd realised what was going wrong (at first I thought I'd bent the frames and caused the wheels to bind on them) and made me wonder about production quality at MSS. Replacements didn't improve things either. Looks ...

You will have a nice scenic line which will get finished in time for you to run trains before summer is out. I can guarantee there's absolutely no chance of that timescale, but thanks for the encouragement! (The failure even to do some measuring over a whole weekend is a clue.) But I do have the ex...

Thank you for all the suggestions and tips so far, everyone.

Still thinking (and open to ideas). Didn't even get the chance to look at the "site" over the weekend...

MRail - really impressed with that scissors crossover!