Vale of Fairway

[philipy]

That does look good Derek. The cab interior is impressive.

[bazzer42]

It does look very impressive Derek..are you going to put a straight exhaust or a bent one. I think a bent one with the end cap opening to the front would look good.

There is an exhaust moulding that is cab mounted that would probably be the right height to gas the driver. It isn't the best of the castings so may have to resort to trying to build something, again I quite like the cab mounting idea but may depend on my pipe bending skills!

[FWLR]

It does look very impressive Derek..are you going to put a straight exhaust or a bent one. I think a bent one with the end cap opening to the front would look good.

There is an exhaust moulding that is cab mounted that would probably be the right height to gas the driver. It isn't the best of the castings so may have to resort to trying to build something, again I quite like the cab mounting idea but may depend on my pipe bending skills!

I did mean one that went above the cab Derek….We don’t want to gas the driver do we like you say…..

[bazzer42]

Whilst waiting for my battery holders my eyes turned to the kit of parts that will hopefully become a type C wagon body. The lovely basswood planks were a price too cheap to not buy when committed to a postage charge. I will try individual planks first to see what we get. There are also some runners for the sliding door on the shed ( don't tell Philip)

Fell in love with a lean to shed in Somerset yesterday, corrugated roof and brick piers....the limited brain cells are already planning...

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[bazzer42]

Electrics "wired" And working we took a trip to the riverside with a few tippers. The hearse, as she as affectionately been nicknamed by the staff, caused some drastic pruning of the dogwood to make the descent. There was an altercation with the rhododendron but it's a brave man who trims that when Mrs B is in the vicinity. The roof needed a little subterfuge to fit due to the "squareness" of the castings but is nicely riveted with nail art. Just need to get the dirty stick out now to beat it up a little.

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[bazzer42]

https://youtu.be/G1nunWIm0ig

Did that work?

[tom_tom_go]

Yep that worked, that Rhododendron is a whopper!

You can tag YouTube video links to make them playable within a web browser, see link below:

https://gardenrails.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=9208

[bazzer42]

Hi Tom, total Dullard here, does it just need video, video each end of the link? Tried it but preview did nothing more than the link with square bracket video at each end...

You haven't seen the size of the wife's wysteria..

[bazzer42]

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I have been reading Railway Adventure by Tom Rolt this weekend. A very pleasant read and interesting to see how preservation was kicked off.

[bazzer42]

Sorry Tom I just needed a slash....forward facing of course

[philipy]

Nice Wysteria AND Rhodedendron... Oh and the train is nice too!

A small piece of string would solve the Rhode problem without the need for chopping, I'd have thought?

[bazzer42]

A small piece of string would solve the Rhode problem without the need for chopping, I'd have thought?

Simplest ideas are the best...consider it done, tomorrow!

[FWLR]

“The Hearse” is a fine looking loco Derek, love the slow running and the way it just head butted the flower….

[bazzer42]

Typical, you master posting videos and your battery dies. Unlike Tom Rolts experience of riding over hidden rails my moss riddled section was too much....

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[bazzer42]

Seemed a shame not to use that spare shed end. Split it down the middle and hey presto a little bothy/shelter. The sides might be lined with scored ply as they will be visible. The width will depend on the corrugated offcuts I have being a tightfisted old so and so.

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[tom_tom_go]

Very authentic looking line there!

[IanC]

The width will depend on the corrugated offcuts I have being a tightfisted old so and so.

Nice looking shed/bothy. Nothing wrong with being a tightfisted old so and so. I suspect it's a big club. I seem to have become one,

Ian

[ge_rik]

Lovely looking little loco, Derek with great slow running capabilities. Have you thought about rc or sound?

Rik

[bazzer42]

Lovely looking little loco, Derek with great slow running capabilities. Have you thought about rc or sound?

Rik

There is a rudimentary rc system using an mtronics speed controller and a cheap turnigy FM controller and receiver. I keep thinking about deltang but when you have all the bits in stock it becomes the cheap option.

How big is a speaker? I wouldn't want to go down the trailing wagon route I recall Tom singing the praises of myloco soundcards. I assume there is a sound fitting tutorial on your blog?

[ge_rik]

How big is a speaker? I wouldn't want to go down the trailing wagon route I recall Tom singing the praises of myloco soundcards. I assume there is a sound fitting tutorial on your blog?

Hi Derek
The MTroniks Digisounds card is probably the best for the money - http://www.mtroniks.net/prod/Sound-Syst ... d5mSDT.htm
I've started using these speakers from Rapid: - https://www.rapidonline.com/rvfm-abs-22 ... gs-35-0293
Cheap(ish), include an enclosure which improves the sound quality and fairly small (smaller if you cut off the lugs) - 57.5 x 23 x 14.85mm

Dead easy to fit - two wires to the motor, two wires to the battery, two wires to the speaker. You can also connect a wire to the ESC if it has a 0v triggered output for the horn and engine start/stop - here's a video of the card in action


Rik