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Your issue sounds similar to the issue I had with my Fowler kit. It's possible that your return cranks aren't clamping down onto the crankpins properly. Tightening my pinch bolts, the cranks seemed solid, but after a few revolutions on air, with the motion lubricated, they were already moving out of...

Damn fine those, as is the rest of your work, I must say. Wish I'd have thought to roughen up the frame ends on mine, bit late now. Might have to steal that wheel grime idea for my own bolsters..

The latest wagon to emerge from the works, a Port Douglas Tramway open wagon. The prototype was built to carry 4T of bagged raw sugar from mill to port. One is now preserved at ANGRMS. We use it as a ballast wagon, though it's not ideal for the job, as it's all to easy to overload. We've had to repl...

08/08/19 The wheels need holes drilling in them. I'd forgotten to measure those of the prototype, so this was just based on photos. Here, I'm scribing out center-lines for drilling, having used permanent marker as marking blue. IMG_5940.JPG IMG_5941.JPG Marking the cross-lines was more difficult. Me...

Back in 2015, I started volunteering at ANGRMS , a heritage railway/museum in Woodford, Queensland. Part of the collection is this Hudson Hunslet. As it's missing most of it's engine, we used it as a brake van on the passenger train, until it's wheel profiles became too worn. The loco's now on displ...

Cheers! High praise from you all. I've long enjoyed (and stolen plenty of ideas from) your work.
And aye, the chain is just painted with the same Tamiya stuff as the other metalwork. I've plenty more past work to share in time.

Hi-De-Ho! Very long time lurker, yada yada yada. Figured I ought to properly get involved in this forum that I've found so helpful and interesting over the years. Most of this posting was copied over from my blog. I started these freelance timber bolsters sometime in 2017, and work continued sporadi...

Quite like these Baldwin locos. Certainly wouldn't look out of place on a sugarcane line, depicted either during steam days hauling cane, or after dieselisation, relegated to navvy work. The more I think about it, the more I want one too!

Looking forward to seeing your build progress, Mitch.

Cheers, Tom. Been lurking here for too many years - time to get involved in this great forum.

Aye, me too.