well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[MrWolf]

6 minutes ago, bgman said:

 

7mm 7mm 7mm 7mm 7mm .........

 

Nah, if you're going to go big, why not 304.8mm?

[Mick Bonwick]

11 minutes ago, bgman said:

 

7mm 7mm 7mm 7mm 7mm .........

 

Steady lad! A man can come to harm thinking like that.

[david51]

I have one. It was very jerky out of the box but on examination I found that the pickups weren’t touching every wheel and lost contact on curves.

After some attention and adjustments 

it now runs pretty well . 
Taking off the keeper plate is the devils own job and the chassis is very basic but it was worth doing. 
I am now happy with the way mine now runs

[NHY 581]

1 hour ago, david51 said:

I have one. It was very jerky out of the box but on examination I found that the pickups weren’t touching every wheel and lost contact on curves.

After some attention and adjustments 

it now runs pretty well . 
Taking off the keeper plate is the devils own job and the chassis is very basic but it was worth doing. 
I am now happy with the way mine now runs

 

 

Hi David. 

 

My apologies but is this the 1361 or the O2? 

 

Rob. 

[Mick Bonwick]

I see this O2 thing as a bit of a challenge. I have one that was 'got at' a few years ago and it has been in a display cabinet ever since. I now have a decoder for it and will be testing it out after the wheels have been cleaned. Where's the challenge? I shall attempt to produce a moving picture that can accompany beer and crisps, that's where.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/laughinglobster/29006775295/in/dateposted/

 

Edited June 24, 2020 by Mick Bonwick
Adding missing letters. Again.

[Stubby47]

1st hand - holds phone with camera on , video mode selected

2nd hand - holds controller

3rd hand - starts video recording

2nd hand - turns controller on

1st hand - moves phone/camera to follow loco

3rd hand - appears in shot to nudge loco when required

2nd hand - increases power on controller

4th hand - closes door flap !

 

Easy really 

[Captain Kernow]

12 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

I'm unable to credit the photographer or in fact locate my images taken when I bumped into it. 

 

Kernow Towers.

 

[NHY 581]

3 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Kernow Towers.

 

 

 

Ah! C'est bonne.

[Captain Kernow]

Sorbonne?

[MrWolf]

7 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Kernow Towers.

 

 

Always good to have a name for your home (unlike the peasants who have to make do with a number)

My humble abode is known as: Firkham Hall.

[Mick Bonwick]

31 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

3rd hand - appears in shot to nudge loco when required

 

 

Not in this thread he doesn't!

[Mick Bonwick]

4 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Sorbonne?

 

Mine is, too. Isn't that a coincidence?

 

[Tim Dubya]

5 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Sorbonne?

 

Looks like the Co-Op on Bear Flat to me 

[NHY 581]

My Mum and Dad were less than impressed when they found the log books to various motorcycles then owned by myself where I had added 'Toad Hall' to the address via the DVLA. 

 

 

Rob. 

[Stubby47]

51 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Kernow Towers.

 

 

(Tradesman's entrance).

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, Stubby47 said:

 

(Tradesman's entrance).

Yes, we don't allow the likes of you in at the front:

 

[Mick Bonwick]

DJ Models Adams O2 under test.

 

https://youtu.be/mrYUbvAeNCs

 

I haven't mastered the art of smooth movement (!) yet, but at least I didn't fall off the skateboard.

 

The locomotive runs fairly well, with only one faltering moment across a particularly troublesome point. This all takes place in the fiddle yard, so fixing that point isn't very high on the priority list - somewhere around page 256.

 

 

 

[Stubby47]

Brilliant how you've got it to sound like a wood pigeon too.

[Captain Kernow]

13 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

DJ Models Adams O2 under test.

 

https://youtu.be/mrYUbvAeNCs

 

I haven't mastered the art of smooth movement (!) yet, but at least I didn't fall off the skateboard.

 

The locomotive runs fairly well, with only one faltering moment across a particularly troublesome point. This all takes place in the fiddle yard, so fixing that point isn't very high on the priority list - somewhere around page 256.

What's completely unacceptable about all this, is the fact that DJM could get this 0-4-4T to run as well as that, but were simply unable to replicate that level of satisfactory running with another basic loco with an 0-4-2T wheel arrangement.

 

[Captain Kernow]

4 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

Brilliant how you've got it to sound like a wood pigeon too.

That was the driver. He was calling to the sparrow in charge of the yard to change the points.

 

[Mick Bonwick]

2 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

What's completely unacceptable about all this, is the fact that DJM could get this 0-4-4T to run as well as that, but were simply unable to replicate that level of satisfactory running with another basic loco with an 0-4-2T wheel arrangement.

 

 

It just means they got their priorities right, that's all.

[Oldddudders]

2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Sorbonne?

Have you tried ointment?

[NHY 581]

3 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

DJ Models Adams O2 under test.

 

https://youtu.be/mrYUbvAeNCs

 

I haven't mastered the art of smooth movement (!) yet, but at least I didn't fall off the skateboard.

 

The locomotive runs fairly well, with only one faltering moment across a particularly troublesome point. This all takes place in the fiddle yard, so fixing that point isn't very high on the priority list - somewhere around page 256.

 

 

 

 

I did notice a hiccup around 0.46 secs. My first one used to do that as it passed the frogs. ( no pigeons or sparrows). That's what concerns me. 

Also, I like locos to slow gradually to a halt, like the large metallic objects they represent. I know I'm fussy. 

 

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

What's completely unacceptable about all this, is the fact that DJM could get this 0-4-4T to run as well as that, but were simply unable to replicate that level of satisfactory running with another basic loco with an 0-4-2T wheel arrangement.

 

 

Indeed.......equally unacceptable is that despite all the feed back, Hattons continued to send them out.........

 

Rob. 

Edited June 24, 2020 by NHY 581

[woodenhead]

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Yes, we don't allow the likes of you in at the front:

 

And we wondered why BR was a money pit, it all went on wages

[Worsdell forever]

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Yes, we don't allow the likes of you in at the front:

 

 

That's almost as fancy as the NER loco dept offices at Darlington.

 

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101389488-stooperdale-offices-brinkburn-faverdale-ward#.XvNbXm1KjIU