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by Keith S
Sun Sep 24, 2023 4:19 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.
Replies: 25
Views: 9656

Re: DVLR No. 5, River Ore.

Charming little engine, and looks very nice indeed in your blue livery.

It's also nice to hear from you again Zack. I'm pleased you're still doing model railways and congratulations on your PHD. A solid bit of work, that.

Keith
by Keith S
Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:07 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Semi-scale BR: Class 33
Replies: 9
Views: 3359

Re: Semi-scale BR: Class 33

Very clever. A unique railway and strangely, more realistic than most
by Keith S
Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:17 am
Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
Topic: SSP slomo
Replies: 12
Views: 3780

Re: SSP slomo

I recommend a "momentum wagon" as well. I am a massive supporter of the idea. I personally like it when the train has momentum, not just the locomotive. I run my "Billy" with manual control, and I find the van makes it run more realistically, as it makes the engine work a bit to ...
by Keith S
Fri May 26, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Little brass handwheels
Replies: 4
Views: 3861

Re: Little brass handwheels

Thanks guys. Will look into these options.
by Keith S
Tue May 23, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Little brass handwheels
Replies: 4
Views: 3861

Little brass handwheels

Does anyone know if there is a business who supplies little brass handwheels, like the ones found on locomotives and in ships? I mean the kind upon which one of the spokes sticks out farther than the others. I think one of those would look nice on a Roundhouse loco in lieu of the solid brass knob on...
by Keith S
Tue Apr 11, 2023 1:43 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Little Wonder
Replies: 64
Views: 19909

Re: Little Wonder

I really like how you've a set of rails on part of your workbench. It looks like a real erecting shop!
by Keith S
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:07 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: TVT - It followed Me Home.....
Replies: 8
Views: 3909

Re: TVT - It followed Me Home.....

My Dad, Brother and I drove down to America a few years ago to see some steam engines. The main attraction was in West Virginia: an entire logging railway restored with "Shay" locomotives, and the log wagons built into open passenger carriages. It is brilliant. On the way, we stopped at an...
by Keith S
Mon Jan 16, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Kara,s figures
Replies: 5
Views: 3578

Re: Kara,s figures

Thanks! I had forgotten who sold them to me. I like them!
by Keith S
Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:09 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Kara,s figures
Replies: 5
Views: 3578

Re: Kara,s figures

I actually prefer the less realistic figures like Kara's or Rob Bennet's "Busy Bodies". I have trouble putting it into words, but I find the caricature-like nature of the figures has a way of making them seem less robotic and immobile than the super-realistic kind. My attention doesn't lin...
by Keith S
Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1
Replies: 6
Views: 4201

Re: Bassett Lowke Midland Compound in gauge 1

What a handsome machine. I really could watch her run all day. Thanks for posting that.
by Keith S
Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:51 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: An interesting North American subject
Replies: 15
Views: 5016

Re: An interesting North American subject

Well, I am hoping I've got the MDC engine running well enough. I can't afford a Bachmann one (!) but the model is running very nicely now if I do say so. Hopefully my Dad agrees. It's his hobby, not mine. I used the North West Short Line regearing kit and I must say it has improved the model. As is ...
by Keith S
Wed Dec 28, 2022 12:11 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: An interesting North American subject
Replies: 15
Views: 5016

Re: An interesting North American subject

What problem have you encountered with the HO shay? Is it a Bachmann Spectrum one? No, unfortunately not. It's one of those old ones marketed variously by "MDC/Roundhouse" in America. I think it was probably designed in the 1980s, maybe even before that. It has bogies that are driven by a...
by Keith S
Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:09 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: An interesting North American subject
Replies: 15
Views: 5016

Re: An interesting North American subject

I like the side tank and the tender version, both of which look they could be bashed from a Regner. Do be careful if you're exploring that page, by the way. I hadn't heard of all the manufacturers and, being a librarian, clicked on "Dewey" - the page I came across definitely had nothing t...
by Keith S
Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:11 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: An interesting North American subject
Replies: 15
Views: 5016

An interesting North American subject

I have been busy repairing one of my father's locomotives. He prefers North American subjects, and the locomotive I am repairing for him is a "Shay" type geared locomotive in HO scale. While looking for parts online, I encountered this article about a fascinating little engine made b6 a co...
by Keith S
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:41 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Eric build
Replies: 7
Views: 4073

Re: Eric build

Beautiful work.
by Keith S
Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:49 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Alternative Power
Topic: 16 mm Scale internal combustion locomotive
Replies: 2
Views: 9015

Re: 16 mm Scale internal combustion locomotive

That little engine is impressively smooth and quiet. Usually those little IC engines are deafening and require a lot of reduction gearing. This one is really nice.
by Keith S
Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:05 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Coal fired Garratt K1
Replies: 63
Views: 24205

Re: Coal fired Garratt K1

I am becoming concerned at this point that if this locomotive acquires any more complications, it will become self-aware and begin causing mischief. Anti-human mischief.
by Keith S
Sat Oct 22, 2022 5:28 am
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: Kerr Stewart 4420 - Live steam and 3D printing
Replies: 78
Views: 25673

Re: Kerr Stewart 4420 - Live steam and 3D printing

This is brilliant. I have to admit I found the idea outlandish at first, but now I see it and that genius boiler design, I am firmly of the opinion that this thing is going to be a masterpiece.
by Keith S
Wed Oct 19, 2022 1:52 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Semi-scale BR: Smash Hits
Replies: 6
Views: 3517

Re: Semi-scale BR: Smash Hits

I enjoyed everything about that.
by Keith S
Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:40 pm
Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
Topic: TVT - Dylanesque
Replies: 31
Views: 8322

Re: TVT - Dylanesque

,... although a British built saddle tank with Walschaerts valve gear is a rare beast in any period. There's your inner fine-scale modeller talking again. The fact is, British-built saddle tanks with (simplified) Walschaert's valve-gear are exceedingly common. It's just that they are almost all abo...