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BTW Peter. Did you add your own running plates to the sides of your Jessie/Emma? My version was without running plates (but it was an early model). I must say the running plates do complement her appearance nicely.

Rik

I opted for pop rivets for the cab roof on my Jessie. Not entirely invisible but less obtrusive than the bolts



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What a fine looking loco. I like the clever use of Lego gears for the motion. I've always fancied constructing a vertical boilered loco - thanks for the ideas and the inspiration.

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Peter Butler:106676 wrote:Hi Rik,    there is a build description on this Forum.... look under 'A February Loco'  in the Locomotives-Electric section.  It tells the story of what materials I used etc...

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Merry Christmas

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Great work, Peter - inspirational! I really like that vertical boilered loco btw (actually, really like everything else as well). Have you detailed the construction of that anywhere?

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Joe More of a question, really. Is there a reason why you haven't joined the two long spurs at the bottom end? As you plan to run live steam it would give you a really long run which would add to the interest. You could still run off a couple of spurs to stations for end to end running if that's wha...

And a Merry Christmas to you all



The only snowy picture I have I'm afraid. Hopefully this year I can remedy that .......

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Thanks chaps

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MDLR:106326 wrote:I say there's absolutely nothing like having a cosmetic chopper!

Oooh vicar! One of my other vices is amateur drama and we've just finished performing a farce (in more senses than one!).

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A little more progress on this. I've added rivet detail to the underframes and added more depth to the balconies. I've now fixed the railings in place (tricky as they are oily plastic). I've yet to add the interior but I thought I'd do that for all the coaches when they're finished. ./myff/1829374/1...

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of building and running an IP Engineering Simplex kit? No personal experience of them, but there's an article here that might help.... https://sites.google.com/a/gardenrailwayclub.com/club/locos/simplex-loco Graeme Thanks Graeme Coincidentally, it was John...

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of building and running an IP Engineering Simplex kit? My railway is 45mm gauge but I'm thinking of adding a 32mm gauge feeder from the copper mines and a Simplex would be just the job to haul a few Binnie skips back and forth from the mine to the loading d...

Interesting question. I model SM45 rather than SM32 but when I constructed a set of coaches from kits, rather than placing the coupling on the drawbar as per prototype I, like you but with a 4mm modelling background, decided to fix the couplings to the bogies as I have some very tight curves on my r...

I have a rivet embossing tool which is simply a pointed bar with a sliding weight which you raise and let go.  In theory each drop produces the same indent in the material and it seems to work. I made something similar from a piece of brass rod and some lead flashing - must admit I pinched the idea...

Just goes to prove there's always space for a large scale railway with a bit of imagination. Magic!

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I've been having problems all day with my BT mail - I belive that's also handled by Yahoo - more like Boohoo!

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Some really great ideas for bridges there OMA. I am planning to replace a couple of LGB bridges on my railway so you have given me some food for thought (I hope that translates into Russian).

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steamie1:105814 wrote:Looks great! Where did the metal fittings come from? Or how where they made?

Excellent stuff - my question exactly. How do you fettle the fittings?

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That's sad news hope Steve gets well soon. Steve’s show on Sunday the 30th November (Steam & Mince Pies, Ramada Hotel, Grays Hotel, Telford, Junc 5, M54 10:30am until 3pm, Admission:£1.50 with free mince pie, two layouts and 12 traders. Free parking) will still be taking place, with family and ...

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