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Really really impressive, im looking forward to seeing the plants develop over time; would be a great line for a big running session

Superb again! your new loco certainly seems to fit in well and i love some of those station scenes with all your wagons.
cheers
Joe

heres a vid of mine working on my raised section of line, as you can see they are nice little runners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ecsnRMRlQ

Cheers I look forward to the video and I do like the trailing wheels , I take it they were fitted by Merlin ?

I also have one of these but as an 0-4-0, quite powerful little things although sadly mine does have a tenancy to wobble around a lot although no frame erosion is present. I dont think theres a lot i can do though due to the wheels being fixed on the axles. Also the water gauge on these locos is a n...

Hi, i think for the UK 2 foot gauge prototype market (which i expect is the largest in 16mm) a craker loco could be quite appealing for small industrial lines although i do doubt whether you will be able to sell 50 of them a year. If i were starting out making a live steam loco then i would personal...

Hi, I am currently thinking about starting a wild rose loco project (Dave Watkins drawings) however lack large machinery or lots of engineering experience (although im willing to learn!); I already have a Boiler and gas tank suitable for the loco (unintentionally!) however i was wondering if anyone ...

Yep Dittto-really no interest at all considering its basically a copy of the Fowler without a tender (and more expensive) If only Roundhouse had done an England, almost £2000 for one from locoworks seems ridiculous for a manual slip eccentric loco that can in theory be built from a millie chassis an...

Cheers Andrew, yeah its good to be able to now run some decent length trains with a much reduced risk of serious harm being inflicted don the lines passengers!

Time for a update! although i still haven't got round to completing the spiral as i am still debating different options for the track plan of the station at the bottom I have progressed with other areas of the line and apart from a few gaps here and there all the track bed is now complete :lol:. The...

Welcome, looks very good and plenty of space, i like the platform edgeing

thats looking really good its starting to look real already; looking forward to seeing further progress!

Hi all, over the last few days work has progressed on the spiral. Ive used strips of plywood with posts postcreted into the ground as support and then attached planks on top. Despite a few strips snapping when being bent to shape once complete the spiral is now a very solid structure and is ready fo...

well done for braving the winter elements, its looking like youve got some decent space for landscaping there which will tie in with your minimal station theme. Should be a pretty long run by the time its finished?
cheers
Joe

ive also seen engines with the steam pipe go round the tender gas tank before it goes through a superheater and eventually to the cylinders, of course the longer the steam pipe the greater the time it takes for the engine to move when the regulator is moved

Many of you may have seen this before but i thought id share in case like me you hadn't, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmmoNQr_8pk
Theres some very nice filming on a great railway here, the working gravel scoop is very impressive.

Its a good project, best of luck, will you make all the components yourself?

Just thought another option is to go down the second hand route but if its your first loco it may be best to stay away from online auctions and buy from a proper trader. You can sometimes pick up mamod and mss locos for very small amounts of money at car boots although int hat case it is a bit of a ...

This conversation comes up a lot and all i can say is that mss/mamod locos are very fun and entertaining and you can have lots of fun with "mamodification" although if you can it may be best to invest in a RH basic or lower priced accucraft loco as they are undeniably better in many ways a...

Wow i really like this concept, though it is way beyond the capabilities of me to be able to fit, do you know if any UK company's or individuals could fit this system to locos?
cheers
Joe