KNP Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 15 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said: I like that one there the best. No, not that one, the one next to it. Yes, that's the one. It's rather good, isn't it? Better than all the others, in my opinion. Excellent, just what I thought.... Nice and precise...to the point. No beating about the bush Direct, clear and concise. Nothing left to the imagination No waffling I firmly believe that if I had had the opportunity to comment I couldn't have put it better myself! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted July 31, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) On shed Edited March 23 by KNP 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted July 31, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) I notice 8701 has one of those new 4 pot spark arrestors! Very fetching... Edited March 23 by KNP 5 1 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted July 31, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) And from a slightly different angle, the same two engines at rest... Edited March 23 by KNP 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 They'll start being called the Siamese Panniers soon. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 14 hours ago, Martin S-C said: They'll start being called the Siamese Panniers soon. Or Darby and Joan. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted August 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2019 The instruction manual for loading mules states that two panniers should be used, one either side. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Anotheran Posted August 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said: The instruction manual for loading mules states that two panniers should be used, one either side. So Kevin's got it all wrong then as he has one in front and one behind! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted August 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2019 I shall just lean against this fence whilst the world glides past...... First no lamps, then missing lamp iron brackets, then spare lamp iron brackets..... Siamese panniers, even loading mules You know what... I'll just stay here and watch the potatoes grow. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 Had a day of fitting lamp iron brackets especially the spare ones. So here are the 'Siamese' Panniers proudly showing of their 3 lamp iron brackets. What this pictures does show is that 8701 appears nose heavy By carefully lifting the front so the buffers are level the front two wheels drop down Need to work out how to do this as the pick up system on this loco is very crude - axle rubbing on the chassis halves. 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted August 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2019 Nah! It's been nudged. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2019 Check that she really is nose heavy first, and it's not that the siding rises a little to the rear of the loco. Place both locos on a sheet of glass and check that a) the wheels all sit on the glass and b) the buffers line up. While you're at it, check that her rear chassis fixing screw is tightened home. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 The original photo of 8700 back on p144 looked fine, dead level, maybe it's an issue of reassembly? Colin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 5355 in charge of passenger train. Sporting new spare lamp irons with lamp stowed. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted August 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2019 Swinging around for a view from the roof of the creamery water tank... 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted August 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2019 Now from the roof of the creamery track canopy 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted August 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2019 (edited) That's really beautiful - the light is amazing. It would be great if your could get the lamps to sit down on their brackets properly - I have the same problem and I haven't done anything about it yet... And sorry to be an armchair critic but your spare lamp brackets should be turned 90 degrees, I think: I guess that was a failsafe measure so that extra lights couldn't accidentally show forwards. Imagine seeing a "tail light" heading towards you at 30mph in the dark! Edited August 2, 2019 by Harlequin 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, Harlequin said: That's really beautiful - the light is amazing. It would be great if your could get the lamps to sit down on their brackets properly - I have the same problem and I haven't done anything about it yet... And sorry to be an armchair critic but your spare lamp brackets should be turned 90 degrees, I think: I guess that was a failsafe measure so that extra lights couldn't accidentally show forwards. Imagine seeing a "tail light" heading towards you at 30mph in the dark! Thanks Its them Led lights again.....! That is how the slot is formed on the tail lamps, so I decided to put them facing backwards for the very reason you mentioned. Looking at the above picture it appears the brackets might be a bit long on my model, they are the ones from Wizard Models (Mainly Trains), hence why all the lamps sit to high on every loco. Looks like my next job is to find some reference to their height, does anyone have any engineering drawings for them? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Not the view a photographer would be pleased to see in the view finder.... 11 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, KNP said: Not the view a photographer would be pleased to see in the view finder.... Unless of course the Loco has broken down, I can't see any heat haze from the spout on the Kettle. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2019 9 hours ago, KNP said: Thanks Its them Led lights again.....! That is how the slot is formed on the tail lamps, so I decided to put them facing backwards for the very reason you mentioned. Looking at the above picture it appears the brackets might be a bit long on my model, they are the ones from Wizard Models (Mainly Trains), hence why all the lamps sit to high on every loco. Looks like my next job is to find some reference to their height, does anyone have any engineering drawings for them? Ah, there we have it! Tail lamps as such weren't used on locos. If a red light was needed, a red glass slide was slipped into a loco lamp (hence my comment on the auto train in an earlier post). Normally only two lamps would be carried on a loco and if only one was needed for the headcode the other would sit facing sideways on one of the spare brackets, as Phil has noted. Actual tail lamps are for coaches and brake vans (where you might also need side lamps too). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted August 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 3, 2019 31 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: Ah, there we have it! Tail lamps as such weren't used on locos. If a red light was needed, a red glass slide was slipped into a loco lamp (hence my comment on the auto train in an earlier post). Normally only two lamps would be carried on a loco and if only one was needed for the headcode the other would sit facing sideways on one of the spare brackets, as Phil has noted. Actual tail lamps are for coaches and brake vans (where you might also need side lamps too). Ah yes! Bullseye! The brackets are OK. You can see that in Kevin’s previous photo of the Mogul, actually. (D’Oh!) I hadn’t spotted the different kind of lamp. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 I thought the lamps, when stowed as spares had the lens facing outwards to the side of the train? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 25 minutes ago, Martin S-C said: I thought the lamps, when stowed as spares had the lens facing outwards to the side of the train? Not always, I have pictures of them facing inwards. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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