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Could always try to find out some dates and serial numbers on people locos from roundhouse and accucraft - that would be an indication.

Wonderful old toys, Perspex disks would look super but wouldn't be as fun to spin round as a propeller...

Well, after several problems with the P-way delaying services this spring the crews began asking for a track inspection vehicle. I'm not sure they are terribly pleased with what I brought back from the Peterborough show... Take the velocipede they said, it'll be easy they said... Alfred takes a mome...

Thank you all for the kind words. I've applied for a PhD for next year but currently I have no funding. If I get the PhD progress on the DVLR will slow down (if that were possible, I've been working on it at a snails pace already!). To counter that, the plan would be to work on a removable section I...

Gulliver looks a real workhorse of an engine! DVLR No. 2 has a tender and was painted by Tony Wilmore of Rhos Helyg loco works into what would become DVLR standard livery. I bought it at an East Anglian railway show from Paul Perryman. It was 32mm gauge so he ripped off the wheels and sold it to me ...

Spring has sprung in the Deben Valley.



Sorry I havn't posted much. About to enter the final term of my Chemical Engineering degree and its all got a bit serious. Roll on the summer I say!

Hello and welcome! I've got a vincent (sadly in need of some refurbishment of the bearings after many miles) and can say what a wonderful loco they are. Just a thought if all else fails. Could it be taking too much oil? This would mean that at some point during the run it stops getting oil as its al...

I decided to buy an ROR driving chassis as it was high time I had some proper working brakes. The tender body I made will go on the ROR chassis which freed up the old driving truck chassis. I've turned this into a steaming up box on wheels with a hint of inspiration from Heywood - not a model of a w...

Super result!

You've got the "notify me of Replies" turned off and there isn't an option for notify me when new topics are posted so I'm not sure what is going on there. Is it every new thread?

An excellent choice, expect steady, dependable performance and long running times.

Hullo, I used a valve which DLRDan built (perhaps he can share the well thought out design on here?) and bodged together my own whistle from K&S brass tube. I didn't have a lathe at the time. The two are connected with my favorite lego pneumatic tubing and work well. I've had to look far back to...

Wonderful. Is the rear buffer made out of a board game piece?
Also how will you go about painting it, must be difficult to come up with a scheme from a black and white drawing.

Just to clear things up this topic has been locked and several posts have been removed at the request of a member.

I've had exactly the same problem as you have! I have resorted in two tight places to LGB R1 (eeeeeek) points. With enough ballast and weathering they shouldn't stand out too much from the best of the track. Sadly I can't justify spending £85 on a pair of points from GRS ,although they would look mu...

Glad to here its gone better this time!
Looking forward to seeing your version.

Wonderful to find that MVs are still developing and helping others to enjoy their manual controlled locos more! I recently made a film for the 16mm scale DVD using it and it makes life so much easier when filming in the garden. Sadly I can't put it on YouTube for all to see but 16mm members will get...

Thank you for writing this up - most entertaining and educational!

How does it compare pulling power wise to the live diesel?

Can't remember the dimensions of the garden but its more restricted as I have to stick (more or less) to a flowerbed 1m deep (you all know this anyway). As we are doing arial views here's one from a year ago or two https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1632/23485157183_900ed04a2d_z.jpg I think getting curv...