That is quite astonishing. It wouldn't have occurred to me to do that, but it's so simple and looks very authentic.
Thanks for posting that.
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- Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:37 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: new estate wagons for Waterfield Hall
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8038
- Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:08 am
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Yorkshire Groups New Year Steamup!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5756
- Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:52 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: New, erm, old idea for brake van
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6678
- Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:58 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: The Trippe M (Also Known as; The Mad Mans Mods)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8715
- Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:12 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: 16mm Tube train enters Waterloo
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- Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:38 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Highlights of 2011
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For some reason that coal bunker makes the Billy look like a completely different engine- you've done a good job on that. Same thing for me in 2011, building an engine, and some wagons and track, and I had that temporary railway I set up on an island this summer, that was the first time I've ever se...
- Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: New, erm, old idea for brake van
- Replies: 13
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These have been done before. There was one at butterley a few years ago in a 5 plank wagon, Problem was it didnt govern the speed very well as when the governor applied the brakes the loco just dragged the wagon. That's what I'm worried about. The wagon will have to be very heavy and maybe will hav...
- Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:40 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: New, erm, old idea for brake van
- Replies: 13
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New, erm, old idea for brake van
I have just ordered from IP engineering an Isle of Mann covered wagon (very excited) and an open-backed brake van. I was thinking of an idea for the brake van: I believe it may originally have been "Irish Peter"'s idea and I have been thinking about it for quite a while now: a little centr...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:20 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Roundhouse Basic Locomotives
- Replies: 52
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Excellent. I love roundhouse engines. Looks like your Milie has its work cut out for it. The Ruby (ie?)s also look hard-working and hard-done-by, just like all good-hearted steam engines. Good show! Still hard to accept that there is snow down there. Must be down to the clear nights. Tell me, Peter,...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:07 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Roundhouse Basic Locomotives
- Replies: 52
- Views: 30147
As a certain well know chap around here says - Photos threatened. Peter in AZ Mm. Indeed. 8) I would second that. There aren't enough pictures around here. I would like to see this new locomotive on the rails pulling stuff. Take pity on us, oh Irish Peter, who have no railway. Bless us with picture...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:22 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Tender drawbars and platforms
- Replies: 26
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That's OK Shane, it's done now anyway. I had a drawbar mounted to the spot the buffer would have been without the tender, and I've made the fall-plate hinged to the bottom of the cab, with a rounded end on the tender side so it doesn't hit the tender on curves. It just provides a little bridge for t...
- Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:39 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Tender drawbars and platforms
- Replies: 26
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- Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:09 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: The latest from the DLR studios
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- Views: 1850
Well done. Was it you who put the hackworth valve gear on that Bertie? How difficult was it? I think it looks great, I like engines with that gear, it's entertaining to watch. The roundhouse technical section has a schematic of the gear, but it says you must have the inclined cylinders. Your Bertie ...
- Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:14 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Rear-end wall at the Roundhouse Billy ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8994
Hrm. I guess I assumed it was a man. Well, whoever it was, it's a pretty good looking engine. The picture above was one I copied to my computer when I was harvesting pictures of roundhouse engines while trying to decide how to paint mine. I just looked for the picture online again, and found that th...
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:28 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Tender drawbars and platforms
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8618
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:41 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Tender drawbars and platforms
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8618
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:12 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Tender drawbars and platforms
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8618
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:36 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Sherwood Oaks Light Railway
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- Views: 163510
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:17 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edrig make over - Finished
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17574
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:42 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Tender drawbars and platforms
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8618
That's what I think, too. I've got a flat bar attached to the spot the centre buffer would screw onto the buffer beam on the engine. I used a spare connecting rod bolt so it could swivel and a little spring to keep it level. It comes out of the buffer beam too low for the pin on the tender, so I had...