Robatron86 Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 So that's where they went....! Sorry Andy, did you have your eye on those? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Sorry Andy, did you have your eye on those? I ended up with the unknown make Western Pacific one from the list, I've had a need for a couple of SF 40' Reefers for a while but am hoping to find Intermountain or possibly Accurail ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted November 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2016 Did you buy kits, or was the package run over by a lorry in the sorting depot? A mixture of kits and rolling stock but going home with a large crate full of 'railway stuff' would not have been the politest thing to do..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2016 I was made to buy a few locos last weekend but I said that I would only buy the KCS N scale loco that she liked if she bought a loco. We now have a KCS loco and a few extra Norfolk Southern locos!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted November 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) Politest, or politic? We are, I presume, talking domestic authorities? Thanks to Gordy's generous pricing policy there was rather more than I could easily hide.... Which reminds me there was another loco i fancied must scurry off and examine soul and bank balance..... Edited November 2, 2016 by skipepsi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 TYS last show of the year is on the 19th in Hersham, Surrey. If you are in the area, do pop in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 TYS last show of the year is on the 19th in Hersham, Surrey. If you are in the area, do pop in. would love to travel down south, but i'm exhibiting that weekend, have a good one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Oh yes, same weekend as Workington! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Been doing a few bits and pieces tonight on TYS. Now my "awesome bumpy track" caused a few issues at the last show, as the track has dipped too much. Trip pins were catching on the snow, and in one case it took a whole coupler box off. So, with some carefully placed pins, the dip has been fixed. I have also tightened up the electrical utility wires as they were sagging, and tidied up the lighting wiring. Not an exciting update I know, but part and parcel of a travelling layout. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Another job I have been putting off since the layout was first built, adding isolation switches. I have been running the layout as "one engine in steam", but having an loco sat in a siding was something I wanted to do. 10 switches off eBay at £3.99, a small box for an enclosure, and some wire. All done after 20 minutes. I will post pics later once the small human is in bed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 As promised (or threatened?), this is some of the work I have done. The lighting cabling has been zip tied to the overhead supports and the excess has been bundled up and hot glued to the backscene. The switch panel has been placed there to minimize the amount of wiring length. It's within arms length from my usual hovering area (just right of the fiddle yard). The box is a recycled mobile phone box (very solid card) and the switches are rated to take 240V! I have been testing the sections and I will be uploading a short video soon. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robatron86 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Car is loaded and ready for the exhibition at Hersham today. Looking forward to it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 The 1st Hersham Train Exhibition was a success I say. Good turn out and lots of nice layouts. But, that's it for now until January, where I will be at the Astolat show in Guildford. Meanwhile, more rolling stock shenanigans: I am severely lacking in the 50ft boxcar department, so I have spent the evening painting, and replacing the wheels and couplers, on these two. The one of the left is a Bachmann model, and on the right an Athearn blue box model. Decals for tomorrow night I think. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 Ta da! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Waow! Nice result! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Thanks Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 In other news, my amazing wife is providing another member of the team as a Christmas present. Let's see if you can guess. A couple of clues. It's from a loco manufacturer that I haven't owned (both the model and the prototype manufacturers), 4 axle and it's designation starts with DS... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I thought at first congratulations were in order! Then I realised that in it was to be a Christmas delivery, you would have had some pretty big clues by now! So, it's a model loco! My guess is something by Stewart? Prototype like this: http://baldwindiesels.railfan.net/guide/ds-4-4-1000na/index.html Cheers, John. However, it doesn't look like the AT&SF had any from new?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I thought that too, DS=Dear Son in Mumsnet speak! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Sorry to confuse you two! But you are correct John. A Stewart Hobbies Baldwin DS4-4-1000. The Santa Fe did own some, at least 3 that I have seen in zebra stripe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Well, you wait for one Baldwin, then two come along at once! Another loco I had been searching for for a while was an HO VO-1000. I did accidentally buy one in N, but shortly after my wife buying me the DS4-4-1000, I found a VO (another Stewart Hobbies model) at a very reasonable price. Now, I know the DS4 was released as the replacement for the VO (in fact, the Santa Fe re-used the VO's number range for the DS4's), I think I can get away a bit of modelling license. At least the will look good and work together double heading. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Sounds good to me Rob! As much as I love Alco's, I really do find Baldwins (& F-M's) the most characterful of locos. I understand they were built "robustly" too. Cheers, John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Thanks John. From what I have read (in the last 24 hours!), the switchers were very reliable with a high tractive effort, but their road engines could not compare to the likes of GP7's and 9's. That is what killed off Baldwin. They were convinced that steam power would last until the 1980's! And they invested a lot of R&D in steam turbine engines, just as GE, Alco and EMD were really pushing diesel technology. I would say that Alco's are more characterful, for example the HH class and S ranges of switcher were very different, but you can see the family lineage. Whereas, the DS4, the VO and the S12 are all nearly identical! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robatron86 Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 I did some actual layout work today. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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