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by Old Man Aaron
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:10 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: tinplate wheels for a mamod
Replies: 1
Views: 1470

Re: tinplate wheels for a mamod

If you have the original diecast Mamod wheels with those useless tiny square-shaped flanges, you can get aftermarket machined wheels with proper flanges. I haven't owned a Mamod in almost a decade, but suppliers like DreamSteam and Roy Wood come to mind. Alternatively, you could find someone to re-m...
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:01 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: Identifying source of loco
Replies: 7
Views: 751

Re: Identifying source of loco

I've never seen anything like it. The build quality approaches something commercially-available, but the differing screws between bonnet and roof, and what I can make of the chassis, screams "home-built".
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:50 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: LGB rail attachment
Replies: 9
Views: 1840

Re: LGB rail attachment

I handlaid a lot of track using panel nails as spikes. I ground the round head to a half-moon shape to improve the appearance. Cheap, effective and looks okay. My track was assembled on the bench (or concrete floor!) but with some care, you could install your new timbers in-situ. I'd get the sleeper...
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:39 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: shunting on the SAR
Replies: 1
Views: 506

Re: shunting on the SAR

I see your point re: shunting speeds. Surprisingly quick. Beats pushing 5 minutes doing a scale run around at a crawl.
I wouldn't be game to stand between wagons to couple up at any speed, never mind putting appendages anywhere near it!
by Old Man Aaron
Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:43 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Simplex Yard Shunter
Replies: 25
Views: 3985

Re: Simplex Yard Shunter

Cheers gents! Some pictures of one made by F C Hibberd in 1959 that's in Bundaberg as a loco shunter that may help with painting ideas. Funny that, just about the livery I was planning on. 8) Speaking of Bundaberg, I'm up to Maryborough in September, and plan on visiting ASCR while I'm around. Will ...
by Old Man Aaron
Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:28 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Simplex Yard Shunter
Replies: 25
Views: 3985

Re: Simplex Yard Shunter

28/01/24 Over the past few weeks, a mostly-welded mill workshop cab has slowly come together. Still deciding on adding sliding windows.. Radiator hoses were added to the whitemetal pipe castings by way of heat shrink. Tiny slivers of the stuff were then cut with a razor blade, and shrunk in place to...
by Old Man Aaron
Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:41 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The "Bad Old Days" - Anzac Creek Tramway Mk.I, 2014 - 2018 (IMAGE-HEAVY)
Replies: 13
Views: 7435

Re: The "Bad Old Days" - Anzac Creek Tramway Mk.I, 2014 - 2018 (IMAGE-HEAVY)

No worries Grant, got your message. I'd highly recommend using a flat bar, (preferably aluminium so it doesn't rust away) as a "spine" down the length of both the moving stub and it's fixed diverting section. The real problem I had with these, (besides the superglue and lack of experience)...
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:52 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Shunting on the wrong track!
Replies: 14
Views: 1164

Re: Shunting on the wrong track!

I'dve thought pole shunting in such a small scale would be too fiddly to work. Fastening the pole to the loco though, never thought of that one.
They used to do something similar in the canefields, only pulling, with rope. Dangerous, and I'm told, illegal nowadays.
by Old Man Aaron
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Little Wonder
Replies: 64
Views: 19902

Re: Little Wonder

Hell of a process. Always a pleasure to see how you do it.
by Old Man Aaron
Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
Replies: 35
Views: 3097

Re: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco

I tried the baking soda on my Simplex a while back, to similar effect. Not for me.
by Old Man Aaron
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco
Replies: 35
Views: 3097

Re: Building an 0-4-0 outside frame tank loco

You sure know how to pick an interesting prototype. Looking forward to the result, in time. :study:
by Old Man Aaron
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread
Replies: 47
Views: 16009

Re: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread

My ignorance of the prototype doesn't stop me seeing the craftsmanship you're putting into this. :study:
by Old Man Aaron
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Faller Hit Train, Play Train and the like
Replies: 3
Views: 754

Re: Faller Hit Train, Play Train and the like

I'd heard of these, but never seen one until now. Yours seems very well-looked-after for it's age.
by Old Man Aaron
Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
Replies: 3350
Views: 1080297

Re: Time to build a railway...but where?

That's what I like to see. :salute:
by Old Man Aaron
Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Kerr Stuart diesel
Replies: 56
Views: 25155

Re: Kerr Stuart diesel

Work of art, them! :thumbright:
by Old Man Aaron
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
Replies: 7
Views: 1321

Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage

If you want "eccentric", maybe just stick some seats in that cattle van?!! I'll call it "In-Laws Class". :lol: :lol: Not far from the truth, though. The local Moreton/Mapleton tramways were known to add longitudinal bench seats to cane trucks and flat wagons, for special excursi...
by Old Man Aaron
Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
Replies: 7
Views: 1321

Re: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage

25/09/19 The 1mm styrene sheet from the kit was cut to length, and scribed as needed. A bulb mount (I believe salvaged from a car instrument panel many yeas ago) was fitted with a 3V bulb. Superglue and a ruler made for a tidy visible wiring run, though I did get carried away - the wires need only g...
by Old Man Aaron
Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage
Replies: 7
Views: 1321

Gladstone Coach to Bush Tram Carriage

A "little" :lol: project from my defunct blog, that I've been meaning to contribute to the forum for quite a while.. Back in early 2019... I wanted an end-platform carriage, reminiscent of the various carriages found on the 2ft gauge sugar tramways of Queensland. Several of these were buil...
by Old Man Aaron
Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'
Replies: 31
Views: 7344

Re: Stuart's occasional loco thread - Boot Lane Works 'Lilibet'

I'll second the suggestion of the pin vice. I love mine.

Looking forward to seeing the new loco come together, always nice to see a new build.
by Old Man Aaron
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:59 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Llewellyn Loco Works #1
Replies: 917
Views: 344785

Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:49 pm Thankyou. You will have to come around for a afternoon and evening session on the POR before we go to Wales. [/color][/b]
I'd be up for that. When are you leaving?