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Andrew wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:32 pm
I like your 3' version, looks like a plausible "might have been" to me... Will it go into your standard green livery?
Thanks Andrew
Yes. I'm working on another Ruston and so will put both through the paint shop together
This is interesting in relation to the above. https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/264619/high-power-vs-low-power-dc-motors#264641 I think they're saying much the same as Graeme, but it looks like the final paragraph is the most significant for my problem. This only goes to prove what I'v...
Welcome to the forum, Chris.
I can't advise you on live steam, but there are plenty of steamy enthusiasts on the forum who'll give you good suggestions (as above)
Thanks, Graeme I did wonder if I'd got a rogue motor - but I actually bought two at the same time and both behave in exactly the same way as in the video. I bought them from a reputable supplier (PiHut), so I don't think I've been sent cheap clones. The fact that the cheap AliExpress version perform...
Thanks Phil The pulsed nature of the speed change is accurately portrayed in the video but might have something to do with the LGB transformer/controller I'm using. Must admit though, I've not noticed the step change in speed with LGB motor blocks previously, but I'll do a bit more experimentation. ...
I've decided to bite the bullet and produce my own motor blocks / powered chassis - after struggling to find commercially available units of the right dimensions. However, when testing my first chassis with a (c£20GBP) Polulo geared motor, I was disappointed to find that it doesn't seem to want to r...
Rik, If you want pictures of Berwyn, or 'the pigs' (the various orange painted loco's).. These are at the WHHR, and I can get/take chapter and verse, for you. Berwyn is now in the museum, for this season. Thanks Phil They're a bit too modern for me - I like the earlier diesels. Rik PS - I like the ...
It would expand your modelling horizons considerably.......... ;) Although at the rate you are going at present, you will have the diesel equivalent of Boulton's Siding soon. ** Graeme ** look up 'The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding' by Alfred Rosling Bennett. Looks fascinating. I found a copy in Go...
Dammit! I've just found this wonderful source of Ruston NG loco photos .... which includes, among many others, a three-foot gauge version https://www.flickr.com/photos/34938158@N02/albums/72157631038668260/with/22356322545 Plenty of inspiration here, chaps - and some clear detailing for modellers. Rik
I'll follow this with interest. Somewhat of a contrast to the conditions I'm facing in the NW of England. So far this year, rain, followed by rain, followed by even more rain.
I did find a rather sleepy wasp in the shed last week......
Thanks Graeme. Can't think why I've not bought that book on Rustons before. I've now ordered one from the Moseley Trust. I must start making my own powered chassis. Relying on commercially available chassis does limit what I can make or, as in this case, how realistic the models appear. I do like th...