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by HereticUK
Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:30 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Roundhouse Hackworth Valve Gear
Replies: 17
Views: 12954

Roundhouse Hackworth Valve Gear

Does anyone have any experience using this? I would like to know their thoughts on it; is it a worthwhile investment? Also from pictures it seems like it is tooled for specific locomotives... I have seen a couple of Berties with HW gear but no Millies (for example). Is it possible to fit it to a Mil...
by HereticUK
Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:01 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Radio Control for different scales
Replies: 5
Views: 3941

Radio Control for different scales

Out of curiosity, is it possible to have radio control for the larger scales and gauges, say 3.5" and 5" gauge (either modelling standard or narrow gauge)? My thoughts are that it is virtually unheard of but surely if you have large enough servos, it is entirely possible... EDIT: Just thou...
by HereticUK
Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:24 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Inside Cylinders
Replies: 20
Views: 10662

Oh yeah I had forgotten about the Saxonian IIIK. I didn't realise the cylinders were between the frames on this one... What kind of valve gear is that utilising though? I've ever seen it before...
by HereticUK
Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:07 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Inside Cylinders
Replies: 20
Views: 10662

Yeah I was only toying with the idea really. At the moment I don't have the money nor the time to start messing around with all that so it could be years until anything is even started. No matter.
by HereticUK
Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:44 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Inside Cylinders
Replies: 20
Views: 10662

At last I have created a discussion that hasn't broken down into great confusion!! This is a momentous occasion for me :D This is all great information here guys! Thanks a lot! The reason I asked is because any locos I have come across in the 15mm or 16mm scale seem to have either 0-4-0 inside cylin...
by HereticUK
Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:36 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Inside Cylinders
Replies: 20
Views: 10662

Some useful information there guys! Would I be right in assuming that slip eccentric valve gear would take up less room than, say, simulated Stephenson's valve gear as used by Accucraft?
by HereticUK
Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:30 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Inside Cylinders
Replies: 20
Views: 10662

DVT Dweller:95960 wrote:Are we talking standard guage or narrow gauge here?
Narrow gauge.

There are, as you said, examples of metre-gauge and larger locos but I was wondering if it were possible to recreate in 16mm or even 15mm scale.

EDIT: I was thinking 45mm gauge would be a lot easier due to the extra space.
by HereticUK
Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:23 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Inside Cylinders
Replies: 20
Views: 10662

Inside Cylinders

I am curious: is there an example of anyone attempting to create a locomotive with inside cylinders (à la LMS Jinty, for example) in 16 or 15mm scale, without resorting to using a motor with oscillating cylinders?
by HereticUK
Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:50 am
Forum: Mamods & MSS
Topic: Thomas Telford Locomotive - Take Two
Replies: 206
Views: 97045

Very much looking forward to seeing this new loco develop. A good price for beginners like me... I may have found my first buy when I can gather some disposable wealth! I am thinking a conversion into a Black Hawthorn industrial saddle tank may be in order :-) Is there any news on a 45mm gauge versi...
by HereticUK
Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:22 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Yatton Model Engineering
Replies: 14
Views: 10504

Yeah I am very tempted by that stock as well! I love the aesthetic of it all and how some of it is rather unusual.
by HereticUK
Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:37 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Yatton Model Engineering
Replies: 14
Views: 10504

Thanks for the tips, sir! They will be most useful. Also J am glad to hear they are made of wood and not brass because then even an idiot with limited resources such as myself can put them together! :P
by HereticUK
Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:15 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Yatton Model Engineering
Replies: 14
Views: 10504

Such descriptions really want me to hit the BIN button. (if there was any) :roll: Why? @MDLR: When you say "a different method of construction from the norm", what do you mean by that? What sorts of things are required for construction? (Bearing in mind I don't have access to a workshop. ...
by HereticUK
Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:57 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Yatton Model Engineering
Replies: 14
Views: 10504

Yatton Model Engineering

In the latest edition of Garden Rail magazine there was an article concerning this company and after perusing their website, I like what I see. Does anyone have any experience with this company's kits? The pictures look promising but are the actual products worth the price tag? Are they easy to cons...
by HereticUK
Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:39 pm
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Exeter Garden Railway Show 19.10.2013
Replies: 28
Views: 15508

Thanks for the photos and video! Wish I could have attended the show :( However, Warley is DEFINITELY going to happen. It will. Honest.
by HereticUK
Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:17 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Scale Modelling
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Questions are never stupid. Only answers can be. Well, you say that, but if I hadn't neglected to mention all of this in the question in the first place... :P It was late at night and I was in a lot of pain and was unable to concentrate properly. It is my fault entirely. Despite that, I thank you f...
by HereticUK
Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:29 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Scale Modelling
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Thanks for the help guys. I am really sorry about all this; I was getting myself really confused and ended up confusing everyone else.
by HereticUK
Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:31 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Scale Modelling
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

I really don't think I thought this question through at all... Now I've had these questions and comments plus a night's sleep under my belt, I realise that I am a moron and that if I had thought about it a bit more I would have the answer I was looking for. Sorry about this guys, I really do need to...
by HereticUK
Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:50 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Scale Modelling
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

That's all I needed to know - I was simply curious as to whether it was possible or not, I didn't mean to cause any problems or anything. If I have offended anyone then I am sorry.
by HereticUK
Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:17 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Scale Modelling
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

I know all that. That's not what I am getting at. I have a drawing of a 2.5" gauge locomotive. As far as I know there is no real-life standard gauge prototype to base it on. Someone just created it. What I want to know is how can I convert the measurements on the drawing to measurements suitabl...
by HereticUK
Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:09 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Scale Modelling
Replies: 19
Views: 9157

Unfortunately using the "reduce" option on the photocopier will only reduce the size of the drawing. If only it were that simple :P I am talking about changing the measurements of a drawing so that they conform to 15mm scale instead of 2.5" gauge. I could work out the percentage I gue...