Garden Railway Forum

Rod, I think the whole point of a thread like this one is that at the end of the day, between us we've worked out what is and isn't doable, so that you don't need to understand the technicalities, just follow the final "recipe". I'm hoping that this weekend I will have the whole loco finis...

It has been so wet here that Dinah has only got 2 of her beds ready to plant, and one planted up. Much the same everywhere I think,Trevor. We certainly haven't been able to get out and do anything more than a bit of pruning of last years die back. Still, it's good to see the railway is still making...

Love it, Sir! You do have a gift for posing a story.

You had me going there for a minute, until I scrolled back up to the top!!!

Thanks Rik, I wouldn't argue about that. Either way it isn't part of the loco, so I'm not too fussed as to what it actually is.

You may remember a few weeks back we had some discussion about what the red blobs are, by the blackout headlight in the original photo. Well, this morning I was looking at the pictures to get the correct position for drilling the headlight mounting hole, when I realised that there are no red blobs o...

Thorough as always, Rik, thanks.

I have glued a piece of expanded neoprene rubber in front of the speaker. It is like wet suit material, and sold for gaskets. It has reduced the sound level - to my ear to an appropriate level. Reasonably loud when the loco is near me but as it goes further away the volume diminishes until I can ju...

Welcome to the forum Harry.
What you are suggesting sounds fine to me. If you haven't already seen Rik's "Peckforton" you really should take a look at his many threads on here and/or the Blog itself.

Prototypical or not, I like that wagon Greg. "Your railway, your rules" applies and stuff anyone who disagrees!

Some works are being done 'in contemplation of' and it'll be a few months (or maybe a year+? - sorry philipy!) before they see any railway related activity. But if I can get the heavy civil engineering work done and ready for me to do my bit, then I can do that in my own time and without being unde...

How about a bit of foam in front of the speaker to absorb some sound? I am going to experiment with that to see how much of the speaker needs to be "obstructed". Be interested to know how you get on. I did try putting a piece of 2mm plasticard in front of the speaker and it didn't seem to...

-steves- wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:59 pm

I will happily add the 3D print files if anyone wants a 32mm gauge cabbed Hunslet?

I'd quite like to add it to my to do list, please Steve. Not sure when it will get past being on the list, I'm already in serious bovver over the amount of time I've put in on the Gmeinder!

Here is the latest news. :roll: Firstly, thanks Greg. I've done as you suggested and just put the 82R in one of the speaker leads and it works a treat, although it does still get a bit warm. I've put it all temporarily inside the body and run it up and down a couple of yards of track in the garden a...

That all sounds fantastic. Can'twait to see it underweigh.

Well.... I've been carefully playing. Phil's pot does work, but the only presets I have, don't have a power rating, but I strongly suspected that is the problem. So, I quickly adjusted it to about the sound level I wanted, switched off and checked the resistance of both legs. Firstly, the 100R pot s...

All sounds very reasonable. Using stakes and marking the level between each one sounds good, although I'd use a felt tip marker rather than spray paint. You want as precise a mark as possible, not the inch or two which is the best you'll get from a spray can. Your outbuilding for stock storage needs...

Me again. Yes, it works, but not sure how long for! The pot I've used is getting very hot after only a few minutes and nearly burns my fingers as I adjust it! It comes from one of those chinese selection boxes and there is no listed power rating, similarly there is no info on the speaker itself, but...

To add a volume control, you could add a 100 ohm pot across the speaker output, and the speaker connected between the wiper (centre-connection) and the 'ground' end of the pot. Thanks Phil. Breathe taken...Pot inserted.. works like a dream! The dog even came in whilst it was on and didn't run away ...