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Started by James Harrison, April 28, 2019, 05:13:51 PM

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James Harrison

#1000
February 25, 2025, 06:33:03 PM
Yes, they still catch a bit but it's a lot better than it was before.  When I have a bit more time - probably this weekend - I'll set up a circuit of track again and just leave it going for an hour or so in both directions.
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

The Bullet

#1001
February 26, 2025, 11:44:50 AM
I recommend a running-in track.
Had one on top of the cabinets in one room for years.
A circuit made it go from one end to the other every 5 minutes.
Running in an hour in one direction and another backwards is one thing. Changing direction after a few metres gets the carbon bits to run in evenly.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

James Harrison

#1002
February 26, 2025, 09:02:15 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxL4mjXVeN8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtkhrdzoREQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BhZC5nCiDo

Whatever was causing the sliding, it's gone away now.  And with it running more or less to my satisfaction, this then happened. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSzpgS6yu0

Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

The Bullet

#1003
February 27, 2025, 09:56:51 AM
Looking good.

I also had a good catch.
Märklin R880, electric, rare green version.
I got it pretty cheap as it did not run.
The carbon brushes had been replaced by the previous owner....

BUT

He did not clean the tubes, so the new brushes could not slide freely.
(I think this is also the reason for the replacement.)
The brushes did not contact the collector.
So I cleaned the tubes, put brushes and springs back and....off she went.

NEver got a rare loco for such a good price.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

Madasasteamfish

#1004
February 27, 2025, 05:22:34 PM
Quote from: James Harrison on February 26, 2025, 09:02:15 PMWhatever was causing the sliding, it's gone away now.  And with it running more or less to my satisfaction, this then happened. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSzpgS6yu0



IT'S ALIVE!!!

I'm looking forwards to seeing it in action on a more permament basis.
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

James Harrison

#1005
February 27, 2025, 06:24:00 PM
Ah - yes; that reminds me. 

The carriages I'm running in that video are the Hattons Genesis 6-wheelers (I've got two sets of these and @Madasasteamfish has a set in Lancashire & Yorkshire colours). The track is a mixture of Hornby 2nd and 3rd radius (2 2nd radius, 6 3rd radius), which is just about as large a curvature as you can get in 'trainset' type track.  The carriage buffers were very close together - practically touching - and when I tried to couple the loco up to run backwards they actually locked. 

So if you're running these carriages on tight curves - I'd say anything less than 3rd radius - beware.
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

James Harrison

#1006
February 28, 2025, 05:27:41 PM
I suspect this is going to be of interest to others who model the East Midlands and South Yorkshire. 

https://rapidotrains.co.uk/gcr-15t-brake-van/

Luckily, it being payday, I was able to scratch the itch for myself. 
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

Madasasteamfish

#1007
March 01, 2025, 09:16:23 AM
Quote from: James Harrison on February 28, 2025, 05:27:41 PMI suspect this is going to be of interest to others who model the East Midlands and South Yorkshire. 

https://rapidotrains.co.uk/gcr-15t-brake-van/

Luckily, it being payday, I was able to scratch the itch for myself. 

I must confess to being sorely tempted when I saw it, but as I have one in kit form waiting to be built, I'm not rushing for my chequebook just yet.

If nothing else, I'd probably end up ordering several (the NCB liveried example does offer some intriguing possibilities).
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

Madasasteamfish

#1008
March 01, 2025, 04:50:45 PM
Quote from: Madasasteamfish on March 01, 2025, 09:16:23 AM
Quote from: James Harrison on February 28, 2025, 05:27:41 PMI suspect this is going to be of interest to others who model the East Midlands and South Yorkshire. 

https://rapidotrains.co.uk/gcr-15t-brake-van/

Luckily, it being payday, I was able to scratch the itch for myself. 

I must confess to being sorely tempted when I saw it, but as I have one in kit form waiting to be built, I'm not rushing for my chequebook just yet.

If nothing else, I'd probably end up ordering several (the NCB liveried example does offer some intriguing possibilities).

And in today's episode of Reasons why I shouldn't be left unsupervised in a model shop:

I continued that great male tradition of going out for one thing and coming home with another by visiting a local model shop with a view to purchasing a Bachmann 9F that caught my eye a few weeks ago (but was agonising over the price until payday proved advantageous) and instead came home instead with a Hornby Stannier 8F.
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

The Bullet

#1009
March 02, 2025, 09:32:36 AM
Quote from: Madasasteamfish on March 01, 2025, 04:50:45 PM... instead came home instead with a Hornby Stannier 8F.

"instead" does not count. "additinally" is the point.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

The Bullet

#1010
March 11, 2025, 08:44:38 AM
Finally got around to putting the repaired boile back onto TIGER.
Saturday we had nice warm weather and ran the LBSC Minx.
Aveling and Porter Brill Tramway loco also got a small repair.
One of the eccentric rods war loose on the strap.
Getting to it meant taking off both strape, rotate straps, rods and expansion link 90 degrees sideways to let it slide off the valve rod. Trying to remove the loose screw snapped its head off.
So I had to drill it out, cut a new thread into the hole and put all back together.
Hope this does the job now.
So I am slowly moving ahead.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

James Harrison

#1011
March 14, 2025, 06:13:16 PM
Quote from: The Bullet on March 02, 2025, 09:32:36 AM
Quote from: Madasasteamfish on March 01, 2025, 04:50:45 PM... instead came home instead with a Hornby Stannier 8F.

"instead" does not count. "additinally" is the point.

And in that vein, guess who just bought a Great Northern 4-4-0 to go with some Great Northern carriages? 
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

Madasasteamfish

#1012
March 14, 2025, 08:24:57 PM
Quote from: James Harrison on March 14, 2025, 06:13:16 PM
Quote from: The Bullet on March 02, 2025, 09:32:36 AM
Quote from: Madasasteamfish on March 01, 2025, 04:50:45 PM... instead came home instead with a Hornby Stannier 8F.

"instead" does not count. "additinally" is the point.

And in that vein, guess who just bought a Great Northern 4-4-0 to go with some Great Northern carriages? 

I don't have the foggiest (said whilst trawling the 2nd hand section of a retailler's website  ;) )...

Although I stand by previous comment regarding the use of illicit substances vs model trains.
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

The Bullet

#1013
March 16, 2025, 05:53:32 PM Last Edit: March 19, 2025, 10:42:37 AM by The Bullet
The damaged flue on TIGERs boiler has been replaced.
Today I went for the test.
Took a bit longer to get the boiler back onto the frames as the pipework inside the smokebox is really hard to connect. The smokebox does not come off the frames with the boiler....
Had a good test run today.
Pump and injector worked fine, loco ran well with plenty of steam for spare.
Some minor adjustment needed on blower nozzle and smokebox.
I guess they were bent when taking the boiler off or putting it back on.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

The Bullet

#1014
March 19, 2025, 10:43:06 AM
Blower repaired, blastpipe adjusted.
That should do it for the meeting on Saturday.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

James Harrison

#1015
May 21, 2025, 06:58:14 PM
Well now.  I've gone and got myself (or rather some of my models) invited to participate in a hobbies exhibition in Wolverhampton between July and October.  I'm not going to try and monopolise the show - I'm only sending about six models in - but I've got to try and find the time to spruce them up and get them public-show ready before then.

Incidentally, I've always envisaged RLS as being resolutely a stay-at-home affair, so if anybody wants to see a few of my models in the metal (and plastic), this is quite likely to be one of your only chances.
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

James Harrison

#1016
June 01, 2025, 02:46:41 PM
One of the models going off on a Summer holiday is - it goes without saying - Cremorne & Pittance, the station diorama I built several years ago.  Unfortunately sitting in a corner of a room for five years hasn't been kind to it;

1) It's accrued a healthy layer of dust
2) The balsawood framing has started to break part
3) The paper/ cardboard/ balsawood edging has started to crack
4) Ballast and scatter has started to come adrift

So the first thing I've done having decided it is off to the show is to build a sturdier external frame around it.  Unfortunately the timber from the local DIY store is apt to warp... it will suffice for my purposes for this, but it's something useful to learn now because I don't want my permanent layout to start twisting and warping.  Lesson learnt: I'm going to buy some laser-cut plywood baseboard kits when I make a start on Red Lion Square. 

Another issue I've run into is that getting Cremorne safely downstairs was a fraught affair.  The diorama is only 3' x 15" but even that is, I think, a bit on the large side for moving around in an Edwardian terrace.  Especially with the very narrow, very steep staircase.  Lesson learnt: RLS is going to be built of smaller 'jigsaw pieces' that pin down into/ onto larger main boards. 

Last weekend, and again today, I've been cleaning off the dust.  Last weekend with a saturated paintbrush and a lot of water, today with my airbrush.  A respectable quantity of dust was released... and also ballast and scatter came adrift and went AWOL.  So there are now a few bald patches that need addressing.  Lesson learnt:  my idea of staining the underlying plaster a dirt/ soil colour was a good one, the bald patches look somehow natural. 
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

James Harrison

#1017
June 06, 2025, 04:25:49 PM
Cleaned up, made good and probably about ready for the show. 



Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

The Bullet

#1018
June 07, 2025, 07:50:30 AM
Just WOW!

I wish I could biuld scenery like that.

I have also had a "sort of" impulse buy.
Have been looking for a Märklin SLH in 0-gauge for many years. One was on opffer last month but too expensive, even for a rare model like that. Yesterday I received an email from a friend drawing my attention to an SLH being offered at about half that price.

Pic to follow when it arrives.

NOTE:
The Märklin SLH is a model of the German stramlined class 01 locos.
2´C1´, (4-6-2 for the Brits).
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

James Harrison

#1019
June 07, 2025, 08:34:37 AM
Thanks for the kind words - I think there are a number of things I'd do differently next time and I'm drawing up a list of improvements for when it's built into the main layout (probably several years from now). 

I've just googled the SLH - oh!  I say!  Very, very nice.  I see it was one of four large prototype-literate models in the 1936 range (the others being Cock O' The North, Commodore Vanderbilt and an ETAT 4-8-2)... you know what I'm like for having complete sets of things...
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

The Bullet

#1020
June 07, 2025, 01:43:03 PM
Forget the ETAT.

It looks beautiful in grey BUT can only negotiate 16 radius.
8 is the small, 12 the "normal" one.
My layout is 12, with only the small station having 8 points.
No use having a loco I can only run on a straight bit of track.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

The Bullet

#1021
June 13, 2025, 06:19:06 AM
SLH is here.
She needed an overhaul, some adjustments and a few drops of oil.
A real beauty.
Pics to follow.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.

Madasasteamfish

#1022
June 13, 2025, 05:46:46 PM
Quote from: James Harrison on May 21, 2025, 06:58:14 PMWell now.  I've gone and got myself (or rather some of my models) invited to participate in a hobbies exhibition in Wolverhampton between July and October.  I'm not going to try and monopolise the show - I'm only sending about six models in - but I've got to try and find the time to spruce them up and get them public-show ready before then.

Incidentally, I've always envisaged RLS as being resolutely a stay-at-home affair, so if anybody wants to see a few of my models in the metal (and plastic), this is quite likely to be one of your only chances.

Please let me know about any more details. I don't have any specific plans to head that way, but maybe I might be able to find an excuse for a weekend the West Midlands.....
I made a note in my diary on the way over here. Simply says; "Bugger!"

"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH."

James Harrison

#1023
June 14, 2025, 07:08:24 AM
Quote from: Madasasteamfish on June 13, 2025, 05:46:46 PM
Quote from: James Harrison on May 21, 2025, 06:58:14 PMWell now.  I've gone and got myself (or rather some of my models) invited to participate in a hobbies exhibition in Wolverhampton between July and October.  I'm not going to try and monopolise the show - I'm only sending about six models in - but I've got to try and find the time to spruce them up and get them public-show ready before then.

Incidentally, I've always envisaged RLS as being resolutely a stay-at-home affair, so if anybody wants to see a few of my models in the metal (and plastic), this is quite likely to be one of your only chances.

Please let me know about any more details. I don't have any specific plans to head that way, but maybe I might be able to find an excuse for a weekend the West Midlands.....

There's going to be a bit of a group outing to see it - the local steampunk group and other close friends.  I need to organise the date etc - when I get around to setting it up I'll add you to the invite list.
Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.

The Bullet

#1024
June 18, 2025, 06:12:25 PM
Another one for overhaul.
This time an old Bilg Starkstrom (mains operated) loco
pre 1925.



Missing the front bogie.
If brute force does not work....you´re not using enough of it.
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