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Hi Andrew (et al) I have found just one photo of one of the original hunslets (Junior) delivered to the Groby quarry. It is very faded but i love the cab detail, what little there is of it. I will also try to recreate the lettering on the tank side, or as much as i can make out anyway. I wonder what...

Hi Andrew. In the booklet 'Groby and it's Railways' is the passage ". By 1893 a decision to use small 2' 0" gauge locomotives to take the granite from the working face to the crushing machines was taken. The first two small locomotives called 'Junior' and 'Sextus' were delivered in May and...

Hi all. Having just completed a PDF models De Winton, I am making a start on one of their Port class quarry hunslets. I want to model it as Lady Madcap but before it was delivered to Dinorwic when it was named Sextus and working in the Groby granite quarry in Leicestershire, (Two miles away from my ...

I agree with Phil. I have the same nut spinners. Invaluable in being able to turn a nut/bolt from the front if space at the side is limited. Obviously not as much leverage available as a spanner but more than enough for our model locos I feel.
David.

Hi Andrew.
It is indeed. David.

Hi all. Mitch, how are you getting on with your Baldwin build? Peter, sorry I have been a long time answering your request but here goes. - The useable space under the bonnet is- Length 85mm. Width 60mm. Height 40mm ( over the motor that invades the space a little). IMG_20200421_165012.jpg This shot...

Hi Tim et al. Got my plasticard gunpowder van body up to first primer stage. My first inclination is to now fill any gaps and sand smooth. But, would it be more prototypical to leave gaps as it wasn't a welded body as surely gaps would have been present between the riveted panels and strength bands....

Spent my Peterborough show money on a rivet press from Midland Railway Centre. Fantastic piece of kit. It produces excellent rivet detail and all equal size. There is a depth stop and an edge gauge (to get them all the same distance from the edge). All I have to do is get them all equidistant apart....

Hi all. Ffestiniog gunpowder van using Nigel Town's plans from the 16mm Ass'n website. Stuck the first part of the plan onto 5mm plasticard though I have cut the plan up to make it in a slightly different way. The plan suggests making the base and sides in one piece, whereas I am doing the top and s...

Well done to everyone involved. Worth a years subscription on its own.
David.

Hi Jimmy. On my Roundhouse loco, the oil in the displacement lubricator gets replaced by water during a run therefore the lubricator is still relatively full at the end, but mostly of water. This needs to be removed at the end of the run by opening the plug at the base of the lubricator, or as i do,...

Hi all.
Not wanting to hijack this thread of Andrew's, if you look at the last post in my ' Slaters 2 ton slate wagon' thread there is a short Utube clip of my Baldwin running this morning.
David

Hi. JMORG. While researching colours i found these- IMG_20200304_154544.jpg See main image and the one bottom right. Both FR. Also - IMG_20200304_154635.jpg This is a still from a film from the early preservation days at Bleanau F. Looking at the film clip it appears to be pale blue. I ended up pain...

Hi guys. My Baldwin and train so far with magnetic couplings. https://youtu.be/qvaU1HbW6eM It was tested on my local model engineers outdoor track earlier today. The couplings are strong enough to stop the whole train if I hold back the last wagon. I am definitely going to get more to add to the thr...

Thanks guys.
I have been doing some digging around and have found a few that may be possible.
D.

Thanks Andrew.
David.

Thanks Graeme. That sounds a route to go down.
David

Hi all. Firstly, I have now completed the Slaters slate wagon kits, an IP wooden slate wagon kit, and have scratch built a Ffestiniog 2 ton coal wagon. My next jobs are to R/C my PDF Baldwin and scratch build more wooden slate wagons. IMG_20200302_190050.jpg Trying to couple and uncouple using the s...

Hi Peter.
I will have a measuring session when I get home after the weekend.
David.

Hi all. I want to radiocontrol my Baldwin (see earlier picture) but also add a sound card with speaker so decided there was no way I could fit everything under the bonnet including batteries so I have built a festiniog 2 ton coal truck to carry all this that will be the first truck behind it. I am n...