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by Keith S
Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:24 pm
Forum: New Models & Reviews
Topic: NEW RANGE FROM IP
Replies: 29
Views: 6177

Seems the only ones not on the ball are Roundhouse. Well then it seems like a sound business decision then doesn't it, excluding all the Roundhouse and Accucraft owners from your client base! Somehow I don't think people are going to stop buying Roundhouse engines in favour of something else which ...
by Keith S
Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:15 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Harry Jackson
Replies: 7
Views: 2295

He looks cute. I'm sure he will enjoy digging up your railway! :lol:
by Keith S
Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:00 am
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: Logging trucks
Replies: 4
Views: 3412

I like that little engine. Is it home made?
by Keith S
Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:56 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Radius
Replies: 27
Views: 14051

Never mind Pauly. I like to worry too. I'm never happy unless I'm unhappy about something. :D
by Keith S
Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:21 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)
Replies: 1208
Views: 370850

I like where the pressure gauge is located on that Millie. It makes the cab look great.
by Keith S
Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:19 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The Westwood & Loscoe Light Railway
Replies: 1040
Views: 337753

Beautiful. Very nostalgic scenery. I could look at pictures of this railway all day.
by Keith S
Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:50 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: an arrival
Replies: 9
Views: 6575

Well I think it looks great. That's the look I was going for, putting a tender on the "Billy' I built. Changes the whole look of it.
by Keith S
Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:56 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Cracker GTi
Replies: 33
Views: 16822

OK I will wait and see. I feel it's my duty as a "trainee fireman" to learn as much as I can. 8)
by Keith S
Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:55 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: I'm afraid to pin the return cranks!
Replies: 5
Views: 3363

I've talked to someone who was likewise unenthusiastic about doing this, and whose engine spontaneously reversed itself en route before refusing to move at all because the return cranks came loose. But I'm inclined to wait and see myself, maybe until I have the cab off again for some other reason, o...
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:15 pm
Forum: New Models & Reviews
Topic: Riverdale Locomotives
Replies: 12
Views: 3382

I just noticed: They won't ship to Canada. Well, shame on them. :evil:
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:10 pm
Forum: New Models & Reviews
Topic: Riverdale Locomotives
Replies: 12
Views: 3382

They should make a Garratt with Lady Anne bogies. That would be something to see. I'm going to start saving now,in case they ever do something like that.
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:07 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Cracker GTi
Replies: 33
Views: 16822

I'm enjoying this thread. I'm also starting to appreciate these simple little engines.

I have a suggestion, though, why not make the reversing lever so it travels fore-and-aft rather than left-to-right?
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:32 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: I'm afraid to pin the return cranks!
Replies: 5
Views: 3363

No, it's the return crank, the little wobbly bit that works like an eccentric to move the expansion link back and forth. On a real engine it attaches to the extended shaft on the main crank on the rear wheels with a great big bolt that tightens it onto the shaft. On the roundhouse engines it attache...
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:27 pm
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)
Replies: 1208
Views: 370850

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/GhostCav/16mm%20November%202010/IMAG3086.jpg Plus I did some more work on the hosue on Llangunllo bank.. It's rather big...HMMMmm. Needs bonding together now as it is 3 seperate blocks. You might want to keep an eye on that character lurking by the side of the...
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:22 pm
Forum: Rolling Stock
Topic: MOTY 2011!
Replies: 61
Views: 21585

That is very impressive. If I had a coach like that one I'd have to find a nicer-looking locomotive to pull it, and it would be the beginning of a vicious circle!! As an aside, I'm always inclined to think a little better of a person when I see a little traction engine or roller parked at the back o...
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:15 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: I.p engineering or Brandbright?
Replies: 20
Views: 8746

I've been looking at coaches myself and have come by the impression that the brandbright kits don't come with wheels, and you have to buy the bogies separately and the wheels separately from the bogies! Correct me if I'm wrong. If I'm NOT wrong, then I am more inclined to order an IP coach, because ...
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:11 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: I'm afraid to pin the return cranks!
Replies: 5
Views: 3363

OK then :| I'm just going to avoid this job altogether for now, and maybe reexamine it when the return cranks come adrift in the far future when I actually have a railway. They are torqued down pretty well anyway.
by Keith S
Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:45 pm
Forum: New Models & Reviews
Topic: Riverdale Locomotives
Replies: 12
Views: 3382

I don't really see that it's all that radical, stopping the engine every 15 minutes or so to pump some more water in there, how is this different than keeping a gas fired locomotive running continuously? I guess on a gas fired engine you can at least turn off the fire instantly if you happen to run ...
by Keith S
Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:01 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Reference Library
Topic: Car paint aerosol equivalents for railway colours
Replies: 6
Views: 18502

Maybe. Just trying to help. I don't have any green engines, or mamods. I'll mind my own business from now on.
by Keith S
Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Oooops... spending too long on this forum!
Replies: 11
Views: 3834

Please accept my apologies, I was not maliciously joking about the devastation in Japan, just being obtuse. It didn't cross my mind that I was offending anyone and certainly wasn't making reference to recent events. Thoughtless I realize. I live in the Arctic, haven't been to work all week, and don'...