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My daughter and I just made this movie yesterday evening; it was fun to play with a kiddo in the garden; it was steaming hot, though. The weather was nearly 100F.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQAIc-IiSrk

I took advantage of the long weekend to wire the RC system for the Amtrak train this morning. I like the design of this train, very easy to work with, and it is spacious. This is how it looks in the test run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48f7D8Y3c3w&t=144s

After nearly 10 years into the garden railway, we felt much better to chop off 2 large trees right outside of the fence. They split easily during windy days and thus unsafe. And during the winter, a huge amount of leaves that damage the wood fence and of obviously we spent a lot of effort to clean a...

This Piko locomotive was my first one when I started to enter this hobby nearly 10 years ago. Now, the wheels are gone, but the motor and the gears are still there. I wonder if there is any way to give it new LGB wheelsets? or I have to buy the whole LGB gearbox? I am a bit confused now about how to...

The weather was cold and wet in the past 2 weeks. Today, the weather improvedd a lot; so, I decided to clean the garden railway. There are so many wet leaves around, very messy and dirty. After that, I re-glued some of the figures and made this movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UV5V46OhuY

That must have taken ages to cast all the individual components. Presumably you had the mix the resin in very small batches. I suppose the upside is that the resin will set more quickly than concrete. Looks great. I like the mullioned window frames. Rik Rik, Yes, resin heals quicker than concrete. ...

Sorry, don't know your name? Have you connected wires directly to the motor, and have bypassed all the other wiring? I ask as the LGB wiring convention is that white and brown are track, and green and yellow are motor. You do not want any connection's to the wheels or skates (if fitted). - You do n...

Sorry, don't know your name? Have you connected wires directly to the motor, and have bypassed all the other wiring? I ask as the LGB wiring convention is that white and brown are track, and green and yellow are motor. You do not want any connection's to the wheels or skates (if fitted). - You do n...

This loco appears from the linked diagram to have a 3-wire motor - block. This means that on one side the motor and track connections are tied together within the motor-block. You would normally isolate the motor and track connections from each other. This means adding an extra wire for the second ...

Your engine is an LGB 20620. If you want to see a blow up diagram of all your engines parts, it may help in locating the points/places you want to disassemble. To see those diagrams go to "trainli.com" and look at their LGB Parts PDF's. Then scroll down to your engine number "20620&q...

I don't have any experience of that particular loco, but I have converted a Stainz loco using the socket on the back. Although the socket was connected to the onboard circuit board, it did feed directly to the motor. I have no idea how your loco is wired up. It might be worthwhile connecting a volt...

I tried to open up the LGB Ludwig Gross Betriebe Werkslok locomotive so I can have direct access to the motor for conversion to battery-run. However, I found it is very challenging; if someone has some photos of how to do this please share them with me. Meanwhile, I am certain that the socket behind...

That must have taken ages to cast all the individual components. Presumably you had the mix the resin in very small batches. I suppose the upside is that the resin will set more quickly than concrete. Looks great. I like the mullioned window frames. Rik Rik, Yes, resin heals quicker than concrete. ...

That must have taken ages to cast all the individual components. Presumably you had the mix the resin in very small batches. I suppose the upside is that the resin will set more quickly than concrete. Looks great. I like the mullioned window frames. Rik Rik, Yes, resin heals quicker than concrete. ...

This is my new jigstone building, made from polyurethane resins.

It is a lovely picture but members are only allowed to enter one picture for each Gallery, so please would you delete one of your 2 from this thread. I'm sure we would all like to see more of your pictures in a thread of your own. May you delete from your site or delete this comment? When I attempt...

This is another photo of the foliage. It is a lovely picture but members are only allowed to enter one picture for each Gallery, so please would you delete one of your 2 from this thread. I'm sure we would all like to see more of your pictures in a thread of your own. May you delete from your site ...

This is a newly modified bridge I just installed today.

To me, it simply sounds like the gauge doesn't work, I had an Accucraft loco do this, I simply got it replaced, you can try cleaning it of course before spending money :thumbleft: Other than that, the safety valve works, that's good and you over filled it, lesson learnt. Even without the gauge it s...

Tony Bird wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 5:05 pm Hi,

A bit early I know.

https://youtu.be/e0tvXbhWO7Y

Take care.

Tony.

Very detailed work, thanks for sharing. It's true around this time of the year I always want to do something with my railway, so it's not early, it's just the right mood for the work.