Wright writes.....

[Jesse Sim]

6 hours ago, Chuffer Davies said:

Hi Jesse,

We need more information.  Is the loco slipping, in which case it’s an adhesion issue, or is the motor slowing down, in which case it’s a power issue?  If adhesion then check if the bogie and/or the tender is lifting the driving wheels off the track.  This was a recent problem with the rear pony truck of the new Dapol GW Prairie.  If power is the issue it would definitely be worth trying it without the decoder to determine whether it is the motor or the decoder where the problem lies.

Best of luck,

Frank,

 

I was meant to add this to the previous post, not sure why it didn’t… apologies Frank.

 

It is definitely a power issue, but I am going to investigate this evening. 

[Tony Wright]

11 minutes ago, Jesse Sim said:

 

Aye that’s exactly what it’s doing, the wheels don’t slip she’s just gutless. 
 

 

 

I do agree some run different to others…. 
 

Do the letters FO mean anything to you? 
 

It was late at night for me Tony, my england gets betterer after a few coffees! 
 

My grammar and punctuation has improved in leaps and bounds these last few years, i just need to work on my photography, my articles suffering because of it… anyway, just my criticism. 
 

I appreciate all the help, from yourself and the others on here. 
 

I’m going to try a few things and see what I can find. 
 

The motor came from your cupboard Tony, so if the motor is gutless you can have it back 🤣

Well done Jesse,

 

You've just reached 3,000 pages on Wright writes!

 

My thanks to you, and everyone else, for making this thread so active.

 

Regards,

 

Tony.

Edited August 24, 2023 by Tony Wright
Don't know my posts from my pages!

[JamieR4489]

59 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Jamie (surname?) from the Ely Club brought along this Bachmann/King K2 he'd made.

Good evening Tony,

 

My surname is Rands. FWIW, I was 14 when I made the K2. I'm looking forward to visiting you next week.

 

On the subject of metal/woodwork, I was fortunate that my secondary school had an excellent variety of tools and machines that we could use as well as teachers who were genuinely keen to help me and push my learning a bit further. When it came to picking my GCSEs, Engineering wasn't originally an option for me as it was seen as being a course for 'less academic' students. It took a fair bit of pushing to get me and several other students of similar ability on the course.

 

Regards,

 

Jamie

[Richard E]

3 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

As Tony W has pointed out, there are many within this hobby who can't/won't undertake a simple repair or alteration such as re-gauging a set of wagon wheels or re-fitting a tension lock coupling. Are they, as Clive suggest, incapable of such things because they didn't do a toolmakers apprenticeship or similar.

As a nigh on 71 year old I never had any practical training in any engineering or woodworking skills at school, something I regret.

 

I did get some practical fabrication experience at college though making a small 'project' box in steel with a perspex lid and making the bolts and trap nuts to secure the lid from hex bar.

 

About 12 years ago I rebuilt my 1972 Escort from a bare metal bodyshell including producing a custom wiring loom. I have also rebuilt a Hillman Imp from an MOT failure, rewired another one from scratch and built a garden shed from scratch. As a contrast I've also assembled two computers from component parts in the past.

 

Currently I have, once I recover sufficiently from my open heart surgery, a commission to produce two sensor mounting brackets for a trip meter on a historic rally car (I've already produced about 8 or 9), the fitting of a steel underguard to one of my own cars and the recommissioning of a kit car (Lancia Stratos replica).

 

I've also done quite a few DCC decoder installations on n gauge locomotives where space is quite tight.

 

Not bad for someone self taught ...

[Jesse Sim]

Just now, Tony Wright said:

Well done Jesse,

 

You've just reached the 3,000 posts on Wright writes!

 

My thanks to you, and everyone else, for making this thread so active.

 

Regards,

 

Tony.

I had noticed she ticked over, bring on another 1,000. 
 

Contributing here is always a delight; if something is wrong you get shown why it’s wrong and how to fix it. If something is right and perfect (is any model perfect) then you are encouraged to carry on and one receives praise. It’s a fantastic thread! 
 

However, you make one grammatical error, there will be HELL to pay! 

[Tony Wright]

5 minutes ago, Jesse Sim said:

I had noticed she ticked over, bring on another 1,000. 
 

Contributing here is always a delight; if something is wrong you get shown why it’s wrong and how to fix it. If something is right and perfect (is any model perfect) then you are encouraged to carry on and one receives praise. It’s a fantastic thread! 
 

However, you make one grammatical error, there will be HELL to pay! 

I have just made an error, Jesse,

 

Now corrected. I don't know my posts from my pages!

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

[Bucoops]

12 minutes ago, Jesse Sim said:

Do the letters FO mean anything to you? 
 

 

First Open?

[96701]

15 minutes ago, Jesse Sim said:

 

Do the letters FO mean anything to you? 
 

First Open?

 

Bucoops beat me to it!

Edited August 24, 2023 by 96701
Bucoops beat me to it!

[richard i]

18 minutes ago, Jesse Sim said:

Do the letters FO mean anything to you? 

Foreign office?

[96701]

Fridays Only.

[billbedford]

1 hour ago, Jesse Sim said:

 

Aye that’s exactly what it’s doing, the wheels don’t slip she’s just gutless. 

 

Too heavy?

[Jesse Sim]

So I’ve placed a piece of wood and ran her against it on the programming track and she doesn’t slip, she runs, but very weak, as if she’s struggling to even run. 

[Michael Edge]

Any loco must be able to slip its wheels on full power, if it can’t it’s either underpowered or over weighted.

[Jesse Sim]

15 minutes ago, Michael Edge said:

Any loco must be able to slip its wheels on full power, if it can’t it’s either underpowered or over weighted.

I’m going to try a new chip first, see if that isn’t causing an issue and then ill work into abusing Tony in an email as he’s sold me a dud motor.

[CHAZ D]

Having worked a a university for 34 years as a lab technician (Microbiology and Virology 16 yrs) then a computer officer for 18 years and building 400+ computers i(ncluding 2 25 computer arrays for DNA sequencing). I regularly came across academics who could not undo a nut but others who could build car motors and one who had restored a traction engine . To me it was down to the interest in a particular thing that gave the impetus to learn and try!

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by CHAZ D

[LNER4479]

2 hours ago, Jesse Sim said:

Do the letters FO mean anything to you? 

Furka OberAlp?

(Locos of said railway did run around with said abbreviation applied as part of the livery).

My best chance of getting a post in on page 3000.

[Mark Laidlay]

12 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Not guaranteeing that they're all open or have turn-up-and-go tickets available but you can try:

 

https://www.nswrailmuseum.com.au/ at Thirlmere

https://www.valleyheightsrailmuseum.info/ at Valley Heights

https://zigzagrailway.au/ at Clarence

https://www.sydneytramwaymuseum.com.au/ at Loftus

https://www.richmondvalerailwaymuseum.org/ at Richmond Vale

https://timbertown.com.au/portfolio-view/timbertown-steam-train-experience/ at Wauchope

https://byronbaytrain.com.au/ at Byron Bay

https://www.facebook.com/people/Campbelltown-Narrow-Gauge-Railway/100083644537171/ at Campbelltown

https://ilrms.com.au/ at Albion Park Rail

 

Have fun!

Plenty of rides but still only one behind ex-NSWGR locos.  And is that the only one on SG?

 

Edited August 25, 2023 by Mark Laidlay

[St Enodoc]

5 hours ago, 96701 said:

Who on earth would want to buy a 3/4 inch left handed thread in a blind hole, off centre in a rectangular block of steel?

Weren't you ever sent to the stores for a bag of holes? Where do you think they came from?

 

4 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Some are now not as young as they were

Only some?

 

4 hours ago, nest said:

Evening all

 

First time posting in this thread but have been following the recent discourse on skill interesting. I am 28 and have to have a go at a brass kit although have a strong desire to do so. The relevant subjects at school that would have been helpful were unfortunately woefully taught with little investment or inspiration. This has left me in the situation of having to start from scratch with learning how to solder etc. Conveniently there’s plenty of resource available but it would have been nice to have had a firmer grounding in the relevant skills. I currently look at the work here with both envy and a desire to have a go. The current offering of RTR does not meet my interests which is potentially a blessing in disguise in pushing me to make the jump.

Into the great unknown!

 

I’m sure there was a point I was trying to make but it’s gone now…

 

Nestor 

One good point is to join a club, which of course you did! See you at St Patcham this year?

[St Enodoc]

2 hours ago, Jesse Sim said:

I’m going to try a new chip first, see if that isn’t causing an issue and then ill work into abusing Tony in an email as he’s sold me a dud motor.

Try DC with no chip first.

[DougN]

On 23/08/2023 at 21:16, Woodcock29 said:

Chas

Fortunately there is one operational AD 60 garratt currently and I'm hoping to see it and ride behind it at the end of Sept at the NSW Transport Heritage Festival in Sydney on my way back from our annual British Railway Modellers of Australia Convention in Brisbane the weekend before.

Here it is close to completion in its restoration in Canberra back in 2013 and if I'm not mistaken that's St Enodoc looking rather pensive standing right next to the loco on the left behind the bloke in the high vis top!

 

Andrew

   

The gentleman to the left of John is Brian Frary (dec).... i know that jacket anywhere.  Its now been 2 years I have been battling with his estate. Not sure who the man is to the left of Brian... I suspect a BRMA member 

[DougN]

17 hours ago, Mark Laidlay said:

Then how many different heritage railways can I ride this coming weekend?

Mark in Melbourne

Not many I would suggest... You have Puffing Billy from Belgrave (is this still in Melbourne it is becoming a suburb) any day!,  then Mornington Railway (again very similar) only on the 27th though, Queenscliff Railway, again on the 27th. Then a little  further afield the Goldfields railway (only on Sundays).  I think sunday is a challenge to do more than 1 as it is almost 2 hours round the bay from Mornington to Queenscliff!

[St Enodoc]

19 minutes ago, DougN said:

The gentleman to the left of John is Brian Frary (dec).... i know that jacket anywhere.  Its now been 2 years I have been battling with his estate. Not sure who the man is to the left of Brian... I suspect a BRMA member 

Very probably - the occasion was the day before the 2013 BRMA Convention in Canberra.

 

I'm sure that dear Brian (bless his soul) must have had several of those jackets. I never saw him in anything else and he couldn't always have worn the same one - could he?????

[DougN]

Would you believe me if I said there was only one!

Before any one asks for such a stylish garment... when my wife and I saw it we realized that there was only on one.  Then with great ceremony threw it out... well worn and thread bare in places.   Sadly one of the last times I saw Brian alive, yes he was wearing it... Dementia had commenced its nasty attack. The jacket had his keys and wallet in it. His hands were in the pockets so he knew where they the Keys and wallet were at all times, by wrapping his hands around them.  

 

RIP, Brian, I hope you are enjoying watching the steam trains travel through Exeter. 

[St Enodoc]

15 minutes ago, DougN said:

Would you believe me if I said there was only one!

Before any one asks for such a stylish garment... when my wife and I saw it we realized that there was only on one.  Then with great ceremony threw it out... well worn and thread bare in places.   Sadly one of the last times I saw Brian alive, yes he was wearing it... Dementia had commenced its nasty attack. The jacket had his keys and wallet in it. His hands were in the pockets so he knew where they the Keys and wallet were at all times, by wrapping his hands around them.  

 

RIP, Brian, I hope you are enjoying watching the steam trains travel through Exeter. 

Yes, my comment was tongue-in-cheek.

[Tony Wright]

7 hours ago, Jesse Sim said:

I’m going to try a new chip first, see if that isn’t causing an issue and then ill work into abusing Tony in an email as he’s sold me a dud motor.

Good morning Jesse,

 

I have an idea I gave you a motor. 

 

Regards,

 

Tony.