Bamboo Railway...your summer project

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Bamboo Railway...your summer project

Post by Crackingjob » Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:45 pm

For those that are at a loose end...try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4qttp6nDts

If my link fails go to You Tube and search Bamboo Railway - Cambodia
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:06 pm

Haha! Marvelous, if only we could set up something similar in this country some trains might get there on time!!!!
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Post by pauly » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:47 pm

its a shame because the last I heard they had stopped running these because of the difficulty the owners had finding usable spare parts

these video is a couple of years old now :(
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Post by mhlr » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:28 pm

pauly wrote:its a shame because the last I heard they had stopped running these because of the difficulty the owners had finding usable spare parts
Just send em some of them, Virgin Voyagers or whatever those red tin cans are...
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Post by Crackingjob » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:13 pm

Don't fancy creeping into the local engineering club field and setting up a similar rig on thier 5"????

No don't...... be responsible..... but every garden rail way should have one...even if very small......

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If not bamboo...bamboozaled???

Post by Crackingjob » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:29 pm

if not a bamboo truck...try this for the summer

as found on Bruce K Bates web site (he of AWNUTS fame)

http://www.bates-r-us.org/birdwater/

click on model of BW&R cartoon and follow lead

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Post by mhlr » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:04 am

I think they should rename AWNUTS to "WTHT" - What The Hell Trains! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Crackingjob » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:32 am

Go on discover your Whimsical side..........

for those ineterested AWNUTS stands for Always whimsical never true to scale......there are no rules

Go on as a guest at Awnuts Again site.....have fun

http://whymsical.com/forum/index.php
this will eneter you as a guest and then go to forum and see the blog

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