Green Clocky

RSLR · Post by **RSLR** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:41 am

Hello,

I bought some old clockwork O gauge junk at the Exeter Garden Railway show for a £5

Anyway it went from this

To this

and here's a pic of it flying past the halt on my garden railway

Hope you like lol

Cheers

Jerm · Post by **Jerm** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:44 am

That's quite a make over! I like it! Is the original a Hornby?

90733 · Post by **90733** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:13 am

Looks great, I like the body desgin

dougrail · Post by **dougrail** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:48 am

Nicely done mate, like the diesel bodywork too

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:24 am

Great stuff, great bodging!

Cheers,

Tom

invicta280 · Post by **invicta280** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:56 am

Thats reet proper grand is that!

A few months back i bought a similar old hornby c/w loco off
ebay with the intention of doing something similar. However the
wheels on mine look alarmingly wobbly and as i don't yet have a track to test it on i have to wait for a visit to a friend's track to
see if it runs as drunkenly as i suspect!

It looks like mine doesn't hold enough oomph in the spring for a very long run. Out of interest how long does yours run for?

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:37 pm

Marvelous

RSLR · Post by **RSLR** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:06 am

Thanks, thanks and more thanks lol

what a friendly and enthusiastic lot (don't get that on RMweb)

Jerm:61595 wrote:That's quite a make over! I like it! Is the original a Hornby?

Umm I think its a old chad vally thing.
One of the only disadvantages I think is that it only goes in forwards but my railway having a loop at each end it need not to go into reverse

It doesn't run for long but runs at a reasonable speed pulling 4 skips (only because I have 4) over a 70ft length of track twice on one full wind, which isn't too bad I suppose

Cheers

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:13 am

That's neat - and if you get a chance to video it, I for one would love to see it in action!

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:54 am

RSLR:61629 wrote:Thanks, thanks and more thanks lol what a friendly and enthusiastic lot (don't get that on RMweb)

Well, there are some reet funny folks over there who count rivets. That has always been regarded as strictly optional by the Garden Railway Squad. After all we have Rule 8, not to mention the original rule book

Rule 1. This club shall be called "The South Merionethsire Railway Society.
Rule 2. There shall be no rules.

I remain perfectly happy with the six foot rule myself, and the old dictum of 'if it looks right, it is right!'

Nice clocky, BTW!

Peter in AZ

TheChestnutLine · Post by **TheChestnutLine** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:46 am

I like it!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:18 pm

Superb, a loco for people who are too lazy to put batteries in their electric locos they bought because they are too lazy to fire up a steamer.....I approve!

Nice bit of work there & something a little different..

KVSRmanager · Post by **KVSRmanager** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:21 pm

A video of Reece's "Green Clocky" running on my line can be found at:

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

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:44 pm

so it#s not a wind up

goes really well and looks great

KVSRmanager · Post by **KVSRmanager** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:47 pm

Yes and No you do wind it up but Reece isn't winding you up

The body did come detached from the chassis (with a little help) but that's another story.....

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:49 pm

Yee - HAH! It looks like great fun was had by all, and the clockwork loco was delightful!

KVSRmanager · Post by **KVSRmanager** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:50 pm

It was a little wet, but we call it liquid sunshine down here in Cornwall and only ran for cover when it started hurting, I think everyone had fun ......

RSLR · Post by **RSLR** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:34 pm

Cheers Josh, works as good as it looks!

As for the bit you added - it derailed on (new laid) dodgy track work (but that's another story) and tipped over and did barrel rolls down a slope which caused the chassis to part with the body
but after a quick visit to my portable workshop the green clocky was soon running again!

RSLR · Post by **RSLR** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:46 pm

Glad to see my little green Simplex made it into the vid too - Cheers again Josh

Which you also broken umm with your head

but again after a visit to my portable workshop it was soon running again!

molr 1 · Post by **molr 1** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:02 am

i am now the proud owner of the green clocky

and she runs ever so well

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