ozamrr Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) Hi Vjonelong, nice build with the 4 wheel wagons, I am surprised just having one wagon bumber is there a reason for that. Like the work shop what I am lacking, mine is an open air work shop.and only have a hobby room to build kits and scratch building. I completed the circular saw cross cutting jig today took three days to build, like a mini radial saw arm square cut every time pics on my post in garden railway. How is your holiday going in Kent still down there or back home now. Tony from down under. Edited July 3, 2017 by ozamrr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 11, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2017 Nice places in Kent, but don't forget to go and spot a few of those overgrown EMU'S with the go faster stripes before the Eurocrats brick up the tunnel i'll try to get some NG pics' and post 'em on here if enough are interested? enjoy your Hols' Matthew Thanks Pinzer. Yes please to the pictures from North Wales. Kent was good, but didn't see much in the way of main line rubbish. I have gotten some photos of some alternative narrow gauge though. Hope you have/had a lovely time! Hi Vjonelong, nice build with the 4 wheel wagons, I am surprised just having one wagon bumber is there a reason for that. Like the work shop what I am lacking, mine is an open air work shop.and only have a hobby room to build kits and scratch building. I completed the circular saw cross cutting jig today took three days to build, like a mini radial saw arm square cut every time pics on my post in garden railway. How is your holiday going in Kent still down there or back home now. Tony from down under. Hi Tony. Thanks for the compliments. Cross cutting jig sounds good. I'll drop in on your railway topic - would be good to see some photographs. All my stock is central buffer. Most narrow gauge railways in the UK use a central buffer in one form, although a notable exception is the http://www.talyllyn.co.uk/ railway. Holiday was fantastic thank you. Came back very late last Saturday, and spent Sunday/Monday catching up on some sleep, washing, etc, and now back in work with a great big bump! I managed to visit two railways while on holiday, although most of the time was spent on the end of a bellrope (it was a bellringing holiday after all). I've uploaded the pictures I took here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124355-a-visit-to-the-sittingbourne-and-kemsley-light-railway-july-2017/ http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124356-a-visit-to-the-bredgar-and-wormshill-light-railway-july-2017/ I have some video as well which I will upload as soon as I can. Of course we did manage to do a few other things as well. Driving on the way down we got overtaken by this. I am now seriously concerned that Father Jack has a driving license (google Father Ted for more information). IMAG0975 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr On the first evening we visited the Abbott's Cliffe sound mirror which is located between Folkestone and Dover. There is another one at Hythe, and several near Dungeness, but this is by far the easiest accessible. It was constructed (I think) in the 20's as a early warning system for aircraft attack.The sound mirrors weren't terribly effective, and were soon over taken by radar. IMAG1163 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1157 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1158 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1159 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1162 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Here's the view of the English Channel from the sound mirror. IMAG1160 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1161 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr I also dragged SWMBO to the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-ferne near Folkestone. It's still one of the most moving memorials I have been to. IMAG1166 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1167 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1168 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1165 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1164 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr On the 3rd day we visited Hythe and Dymchurch, and we took the opportunity to fly a kite on Dymchurch beach. IMAG1170 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1171 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Here is a view of Dungeness Nuclear Power Station. Dungeness is the terminus of the Romney, Hythe, and Dymchurch Railway. IMAG1173 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1175 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr On Wednesday we visited Quex Park. The Waterloo Tower is unusual as it is a secular bell tower built in 1819, with bells put in as the land owner was a keen campanologist. IMAG1177 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1178 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1179 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Another unusual bell tower was High Halden, which is entirely wooden! 19748631_10102765449880068_3221326265916901237_n by Matthew Jones, on Flickr On the penultimate day, I dragged SWMBO down to St Margarets at cliffe, to watch the ferries cross the channel. 19780582_10102765451187448_4722400573801251987_o by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Finally, on the way back on Saturday, we visited Quebec House in Westerham, home of General James Wolfe. While there I had a brief education in 18th Century Warfare. 19959149_10102765451871078_2488406275411550282_n by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 19894849_10102765451995828_2901275664072848723_n by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 19748334_10102765452045728_3152978163092655232_n by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 19989758_10102765452085648_5879583389457528481_n by Matthew Jones, on Flickr All in all a very enjoyable holiday was had. Thats it for being 'off topic', normal train service will resume shortly! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 11, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2017 As promised, here is the video footage I took on holiday! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
77philg Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Hi Mathew great pics there . Never been on the Sittingbourne ,but it looks a bit dilapidated .I think it nearly went bust a few years ago ?. Sad that it is in the state its in . phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 11, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2017 Hi Mathew great pics there . Never been on the Sittingbourne ,but it looks a bit dilapidated .I think it nearly went bust a few years ago ?. Sad that it is in the state its in . phil Thanks Phil. I heartily recommend Sittingbourne, I loved it. It is very run down, but very interesting. I believe that it did stop running a few years ago, but it does seem to have a new lease of life. It was quite busy when we visited. I think they just need to preserve some of their stock better, but they seem to have a turned a corner so keep fingers crossed! I know with all that dilapidation Pinzer would be in his element. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozamrr Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Hi Mathew, no worries glad you had a great holiday love the pics, as you say worth a visit seeing the Battle Of Britian memorial over here we have a big memorial in Canberra, I went for a visit in October last year, you need a whole day see all the displays, only had the afternoon and a rain cold day as well., gee nice beaches as well fairly bib beach any big waves. Those early warning mirrors in the pics I have being watching a British doco called British Coast they are all over Britain some huge, pure amazing the bigger ones still work today, could you get up close to the Spitfire and Hurricane Must ask you what fuel do they use for those narrow gauge tank locos , on room for coal in the cab, like our Buffing Billy train in Victoria that gauge is 2foot 6inches I think wood like some of those open tour carriages, what gauge is the bigger trains at the end of the video , what a great idea and scale. Looking forward to seeing the video clips when you put them on. Tony from down under. , Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 12, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2017 Hi Mathew, no worries glad you had a great holiday love the pics, as you say worth a visit seeing the Battle Of Britian memorial over here we have a big memorial in Canberra, I went for a visit in October last year, you need a whole day see all the displays, only had the afternoon and a rain cold day as well., gee nice beaches as well fairly bib beach any big waves. Those early warning mirrors in the pics I have being watching a British doco called British Coast they are all over Britain some huge, pure amazing the bigger ones still work today, could you get up close to the Spitfire and Hurricane Must ask you what fuel do they use for those narrow gauge tank locos , on room for coal in the cab, like our Buffing Billy train in Victoria that gauge is 2foot 6inches I think wood like some of those open tour carriages, what gauge is the bigger trains at the end of the video , what a great idea and scale. Looking forward to seeing the video clips when you put them on. Tony from down under. , Thanks Tony. The Battle of Britain memorial here isn't the biggest, but I do find it very moving, especially in the late evening. They have added alot to it since I last went (around 2001 I should think), including the replica Spitfire and Hurricane. You can walk right up to them which is good. There aren't many of the sound mirrors around. There are about 4 on the south coast, and then 3 on the north east coast near Newcastle. They were built after the first Zepplin raids during WW1. So as far as I know the engines are all coal fired. They have a small amount of coal storage in the cab, and have to restock every time they get to the end of the line. I think the Bredgar & Wormshill have a couple of wood fired engines, but they weren't running when we were there. The engines at the end of the video are from the R&HDR. Its a 15 inch gauge railway built by Captain Howey (a 1920s racing car driver and owner). Most of the engines are 1/3 (I think) scale replicas of the Great Northern pacifics (aka Flying Scotsman), but they have a couple of variations as well. There is a full list at http://www.rhdr.org.uk/ Okay, so before I went on holiday I managed to spray the wagons in the previous posts to GWR Freight Grey. I spent Sunday and Monday lettering the wagons, so here a couple of photos of them in "ex-works" condition. IMAG1181 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1182 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1183 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1184 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1186 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1187 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Of course they didn't stay like that for long. By the end of yesterday evening they were looking slightly worse for wear.... IMAG1188 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1189 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1190 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1191 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1192 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1193 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1194 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1195 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1196 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1197 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr The next stage is to add some 'real rust', and then finally a couple of coats of matt varnish, then they are ready to hit the road (so to speak). 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozamrr Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 What a great idea a turn table set to paint your wagons great also for working on them as well, I checked out the link and wow they are neat locos for their scale, I came across a diesel loco never seen it before they must design their own locos big cab for the smaller gauge two crew . Pity you should of had a photo of you standing beside the spitfire my favourite fighter of that era, I can't get over the wide beaches you have in England, the sand over here is nearly white. Was wondering that our Puffing Billy locos may be the same , I get some pics, I like the those locos like to get one and the open tourist coaches too, something different. Keep the pics flowing. Tony from down under Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 13, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2017 What a great idea a turn table set to paint your wagons great also for working on them as well, I checked out the link and wow they are neat locos for their scale, I came across a diesel loco never seen it before they must design their own locos big cab for the smaller gauge two crew . Pity you should of had a photo of you standing beside the spitfire my favourite fighter of that era, I can't get over the wide beaches you have in England, the sand over here is nearly white. Was wondering that our Puffing Billy locos may be the same , I get some pics, I like the those locos like to get one and the open tourist coaches too, something different. Keep the pics flowing. Tony from down under Hi Tony. Its an Ikea cheeseboard. This one is several years old so we replaced it and I nabbed the old one. I think they are under £5 so dirt cheap and really nifty. The RH&DR is a rather good collection. Its a sort of oddity in a way. The diesels I think were built in the mid-late 80s, and based on American ones I believe. The beaches aren't always that wide, they are usually alot smaller when the tide is in. Isn't this the Puffing Billy? I think you could just fit a 45mm track in your yard... https://www.accucraft.uk.com/products/na-class-victorian-railways-2-6-2t/ Although I was out most of last night I did manage to apply the real rust and the developer before bed. Here are the results this morning. IMAG1198 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1199 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1200 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1201 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1202 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1203 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1204 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1205 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1207 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr The final chore is to spray some matt varnish on them, and then I can put them out on the line. I do need to add a load to the 4-plank open but I need to find some spare polystyrene to fill most of the gap before putting the coal in. I'm sure I have some somewhere! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
77philg Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Hi Mathew you could always sheet the 4 plank , or small crates and drums or even sacks for something different . great work by the way phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 13, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2017 Hi Mathew you could always sheet the 4 plank , or small crates and drums or even sacks for something different . great work by the way phil Hi Phil. You read my mind, but I was going to sheet over my other 4-plank wagon as that is missing several of the locking chains at the top of the doors. This one will be a standard coal load. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozamrr Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Last evening Mathew, thanks for the link of our Victorian Puffing Billy, one day I will lash out and buy one, nice looking tanbk loco, good if I can get it in 0 gauge, I have an old Hornby clock tank steam loco I plan to re motor but laving the clock working in. plan to add a coach to the loco covering the clock working leavers and the bogie at the other end be battery powered with remote control . I be buying one of those turn tables or make my own, you can buy from a woodturning supplier turn table part and, I have turned lazy Susan using the metal turn table , quite cheap, heading to a wood turning supplier end of August to buy three weather instruments for a birthday present .will buy the turn table as well. Great work can see the different from before and after the dusting, I will never weather my locos same sort of thing do you just sprinkle the dust on what you want to bring out the rust affect out on. I am slowly building up my four wheel wagons, for my German trains , got a 2-8-2 tank steam loco, diesel and electric locos, go well on the branch line I have planned. Tony from down under 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
77philg Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 http://www.blackrod.railpic.net/displayimage.php?album=7&pid=70#top_display_media Although not narrow gauge this used to run around here before my time phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozamrr Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Hi Phil, many thanks for the link was a real loco unusual name, saved a couple of good pics even though in black and white and can put on an trailer as well what I am planning to do . In South Australia there is a steam rail motor call ed the Coffee pot still runs today, narrow gauge, I like the Horwick Jerk, yet another new project be born, I still have to old pipe track will replace the track with brass track later. Tony from down under. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
77philg Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) Hi Phil, many thanks for the link was a real loco unusual name, saved a couple of good pics even though in black and white and can put on an trailer as well what I am planning to do . In South Australia there is a steam rail motor call ed the Coffee pot still runs today, narrow gauge, I like the Horwick Jerk, yet another new project be born, I still have to old pipe track will replace the track with brass track later. Tony from down under. HI Tony the horwich jerk used to run from Bolton to the horwich loco works (which had its own station] bringing in the workers on a daily basis. The standard gauge Horwich crab was made there for years phil http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/Rail/crab.html Edited July 15, 2017 by 77philg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) Thanks chaps. I managed some filming on Friday evening, featuring the now complete wagons. I had hoped to use Countess (so as to make it as authentic as possible), but she is out of action again after the bolt connecting the expansion link disappeared again. I think I might loctite it next time. In the end No. 14 came out again and provided a decent service. I hope you enjoy! P.S. I visited the Foxfield Railway gala on Saturday, and got some cracking videos of the trains assaulting the 1 in 19 out the colliery. Once I have finished editing and uploading I will put a link in here! Edited July 17, 2017 by vjoneslong 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) Sorry to go a bit off topic but as mentioned above we went to the Foxfield Summer Steam Gala last Saturday. I took some videos, while Dad tried out his new Digital Camera. Here are the photo's he took: DSCF0182 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0183 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0184 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0185 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0186 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0187 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0188 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0189 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0190 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0191 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0192 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0193 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0194 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0195 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0197 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0198 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0199 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0200 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0201 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0202 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0203 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0204 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0205 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0206 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0207 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0208 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0209 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0210 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0211 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0212 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0213 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0214 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0215 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0216 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0217 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0218 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0219 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0220 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0221 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0222 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0223 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0224 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0225 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0230 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0231 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr DSCF0232 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr And here is the video (once it has uploaded): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW6z2BtE0CE Edited July 17, 2017 by vjoneslong 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
77philg Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 great pics there Mathew The last time I went there the steam crane was in a lot of rusting bits awaiting refurbishment and rebuilding . Been meaning to go back but never found the time. I used to live in Burton so it was a 20 min. drive . phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Great pictures. Sadly family commitments kept me away from the Foxfield Gala. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 18, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2017 Thanks chaps. Found a couple more on my phone last night. IMAG1236 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1237 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1208 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1209 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1222 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1223 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1224 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1225 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1234 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG1235 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Enough of the foxfield for now. Anyway, last night I spent doing some chores, but since it was so lovely I couldn't resist throwing a battery loco on the track and let it pootle round for several hours (just over 3 I think in the end). IMAG1238_BURST002_COVER by Matthew Jones, on Flickr There is something satisfying about just watching a train gently meander around the garden. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozamrr Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hi Mathrew , nice lot of pics, I like the steam crane , would of looked good in actin did they use it at all. WOW three hours batter power, what brand is the batteries and cost, I be looking for those powered bogies get them in all scales. There is a branch line not far from me the other side of Ipswich never being to it will have to go one day, hope they are running an old diesel rail car they call the red Fred, Queensland Rail runs on narrow gauge, the main line modern diesels are huge for a narrow gauge railway 3ft 6iinches, we had the first high speed tilt train as well only as far as Rockhampton diesel tilt service to Cairns, should be standard gauge all the way to Cairns, but the speeds are 150k max for the tilt trains. Keep the pics flowing, Tony from cold down under, 2 degrees tonight, we could g lower . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 20, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hi Tony. Yes they do use the steam crane, there are videos of it lifting various things on Youtube. I just spent more time half way up the bank rather than in the colliery itself. Standard rechargables. I think they are 2900mah capacity. They came from componentshop.co.uk - not sure they will post down under! Sounds interesting. What is standard gauge in Australia? Is it the same as here (4foot 8&1/2 inches)? Well I had intended to run some trains last night, but I got home and it was picking/spotting with rain all evening, so I decided to construct a track cleaning wagon. The issue with live steam is that they tend to leave a oily film over the rail head which can quickly build up. This isn't a problem if your line is flat but as I have a gradient they can start to struggle after a while with slipping. So I wanted to build a wagon which I could tow round periodically to clean the oil off. When I purchased the wooden track, I was also given a rather crude but very large/long bogie flat wagon. This hadn't been used, so I decided to convert it. I purchased a 180 Degree Globe valve for 1/8th pipe, a t-piece for 1/8th pipe, and two lengths of 1/8th pipe from Maidstone engineering. From ebay I purchased a 500ml fuel tank for a RC plane/boat and silicon fuel line. I mounted the globe valve in the middle of the wagon, with the aim of having the fuel tank sitting on one of the bogies. I soldered a short section of pipe into the union and fitted it the globe valve, and slid the silicon tubing over this to connect to the fuel tank. 2017-07-20_08-33-00 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2017-07-20_08-32-23 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr I soldered up another short piece of copper pipe to connect the globe valve to the t-peice, and then two more short sections which I then annealed and bent to shape to act as droppers for the liquid (degreasent) onto the rail head. 2017-07-20_08-32-12 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr This was then put behind a diesel, and tested to see if it worked. I also wanted to add some form of brush to help clean the railhead. This was done using two cheapy toothbrushes from Wilkos, with the heads removed from the body. The heads were carefully drilled to allow a 8BA bolt to the fed through, and were mounted to a piece of scrap plasticard with a spring from a biro pen to help keep the heads down at rail head height but allowed some flexibility. Finally the plasticard was mounted to the body with some woodscrews with some washers to help get the toothbrush heads to the correct height so that they were gently touching the railhead. IMAG0007 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2017-07-19_10-09-05 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr By this point it was pretty late so it hasn't been tested yet, but I will hopefully have the chance in the next couple of days. I intend to use "Gunk" engine degreasent which is what I use for removing the oil off the locos when performing maintenance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozamrr Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hi Mthew, thanks for the battery link will have to check them out over here mainly the charger power difference, we are 240 here. Will be keeping a close on your track clearning car build, I have on th edrawing board modifing two DD40AX locos to the MPV British track cleaning locos, mine will haecleaning drums in each, front loco be unpowered ., HO/00 scale garden railway have big issues in keeping the track clean, run my track leaning locos around the layout first. Tony from cold down under had zero this morning 7degrees now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jongudmund Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Those are lovely pictures from the Foxfield Railway. Look at that black claggy smoke! Thanks for the photos of the track cleaning wagon as well. Looks a very useful piece of kit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold vjoneslong Posted July 24, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2017 Thanks very much chaps. Well I can report that I tested the track cleaning wagon, and it was a great success. Took the oily film straight off in about four laps, and even the weakest of my diesels can haul it so I'll call it a success. Tony - I feel your pain. Cleaning the rail heads on my old OO garden railway was always a pain. In the end I used some wet and dry fixed to a block of wood on a stick and lubricated with paraffin. When running frequently I found you could go for about 3-4 days between cleanings if you used paraffin. Well, I did manage to run some trains during the weekend between the showers, but most of the time was spent removing the grass/muck from the patio area behind the house so we can start to sit out in it. However, while it was raining I decided to make some progress on another project that I had been putting off for far too long. Sometime ago, Pinzer (Owd'bob) was selling off some stock, and I jumped at the chance to own some of the magicians creations. 2017-07-24_08-39-29 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr Now I needed a chassis. Pinzer had used the Swift Sixteen ready to run bogie, but I opted for a cambrain chassis (as I had two in my bits box). These are dead easy to use, though a little fragile. They are simply two bits of plastic, with various axle holes to choose from, and three hexagonal frame spacers. 2017-07-24_08-39-56 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2017-07-24_08-39-47 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2017-07-24_08-40-09 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr I opted for Binnie wheels. 29mm 8 straight spoke, which require 1/8th (or 3mm) axles. Once I had decided on which axle holes to use, I then plugged the surrounding unnecessary holes with the plugs supplied in the kit. 2017-07-24_08-40-36 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr I purchased a Cambrian 3d printed gear box, with large 3volt motor and 40 to 1 gears. This was mounted in the rear axles. 2017-07-24_08-40-20 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0014 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr IMAG0018 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr The final job was to cut the axles to the correct length and loctite the binnie wheels to the axles. Hey presto, a chassis! IMAG0016 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr 2017-07-24_08-41-02 by Matthew Jones, on Flickr I had to call it a day there as unfortunately the receiver I had scheduled to fit appeared to be knackered. So I ordered a new one. My next challenge is making the rechargeable battery pack. Hmm! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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