RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 15 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Funny things, B4's. One seems to have landed here, as it was the last one Hattons had and I didn't want to disappoint them. Bargain £150. Currently it is a rather un-fetching shade of brown lined red and named Caen, it may or may not remain brown but will become the NCB's shunter Ruby, as it is my Ruby Wedding Present. Oh, it's reet big too - 7mm scale! Rename to Trouville. Leave as brown. Sold into industrial use by BR in 1950s. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbb Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Cant wait to see your Italian job, will it feature exploding doors and subterranean minis? Roco and ACME do some impossibly cute FS shunters...care to show/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 15 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15 (edited) 55 minutes ago, paulbb said: Cant wait to see your Italian job, will it feature exploding doors and subterranean minis? Roco and ACME do some impossibly cute FS shunters...care to show/ Hi Paul, Here you go...... 213 ( Kof ii ) from Lenz 150 Badoni from Lilliput I also have examples of Gr851 and Gr835 from Lima and Rivarossi respectively. Rob Edited January 15 by NHY 581 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 49 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Hi Paul, Here you go...... 213 ( Kof ii ) from Lenz 150 Badoni from Lilliput I also have examples of Gr851 and Gr835 from Lima and Rivarossi respectively. Rob Is that Kof related to Alfred and Judy? P.S. I usually "cough"before Gxxxx Wxxxxxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted January 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15 I 2 hours ago, durham light infantry said: Is that Kof related to Alfred and Judy? P.S. I usually "cough"before Gxxxx Wxxxxxx Is that one of there offsprings following a dark night in Par... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted January 15 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15 Lovely things Rob! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 15 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15 16 minutes ago, Re6/6 said: Lovely things Rob! Hi John. Thanks. Yes they are delightful little chaps. Both run extremely well, despite their short wheelbase. The steam locos are also lovely things. A few assorted wagons and there's your basis for a bit of a European goods yard layout. Nothing fancy or complex. Rob 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post NHY 581 Posted January 16 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 16 Morning all. Not much to report as I set to the Rrom of Doom with the best of intentions but became absorbed in further 'testing' and that was that. Swapped the resident B4 with a couple of other locos. The regular Sheep Dip 08 enjoyed itself immensely as did the soon to be Lambsdown pairing of Ex LB&SCR Terrier 751 and SE&CR P Class 27. Even allowing for the fact that they were DCC fitted and obviously running on DC they ran very well. Also enjoying a gallop ( relatively speaking ) were a Beastly Well Tank and a Y3 Sentinel. Basically, anything small and shunty is at home with the 08 being as large as one might want to go though I might try a Pannier later......... In short, this little layout is doing what I hoped it would. Rob. 18 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16 17 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Morning all. Not much to report as I set to the Rrom of Doom with the best of intentions but became absorbed in further 'testing' and that was that. Swapped the resident B4 with a couple of other locos. The regular Sheep Dip 08 enjoyed itself immensely as did the soon to be Lambsdown pairing of Ex LB&SCR Terrier 751 and SE&CR P Class 27. Even allowing for the fact that they were DCC fitted and obviously running on DC they ran very well. Also enjoying a gallop ( relatively speaking ) were a Beastly Well Tank and a Y3 Sentinel. Basically, anything small and shunty is at home with the 08 being as large as one might want to go though I might try a Pannier later......... In short, this little layout is doing what I hoped it would. Rob. Rrom? Is that Welsh dear sheep. Are you going native on us?? Be sure to post a photo of the pannier. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 16 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 52 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said: Rrom? Is that Welsh dear sheep. Are you going native on us?? Be sure to post a photo of the pannier. No.........and.......er.....no. Once again I see right through you. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 7 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: No.........and.......er.....no. Once again I see right through you. Not a nice thought……. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 16 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 Just now, Oldddudders said: Not a nice thought……. Totally agree..........what is once seen cannot be unseen...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post NHY 581 Posted January 16 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, 2ManySpams said: Rrom? Is that Welsh dear sheep. Are you going native on us?? Be sure to post a photo of the pannier. That said, there are benefits to going native. For one, you can walk quicker if you speak Welsh. Don’ t knock the natives......... 2 2 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I know that Welsh doesn't translate directly, but the distance isn't the only thing lost in translation, surely the sign should read: It is an 8 minute walk to the shops, cafés & more. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted January 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16 Can I just ask a quwstion on DCC, this might be very obvous to some but how do you clean the wheels on a DCC loco, I use a Peco wheel cleaner wire brush and scraper running off the back of an old H&M controller... but with DCC how is this going to work, should this now be running from the track itself on croc clips.... Intrested to see what others do... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2E Sub Shed Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 19 minutes ago, John Besley said: Can I just ask a quwstion on DCC, this might be very obvous to some but how do you clean the wheels on a DCC loco, I use a Peco wheel cleaner wire brush and scraper running off the back of an old H&M controller... but with DCC how is this going to work, should this now be running from the track itself on croc clips.... Intrested to see what others do... You could always leave the ability to run on DC set on the decoders, or connect a wheel cleaning track to the DCC system as I do. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: I know that Welsh doesn't translate directly, but the distance isn't the only thing lost in translation, surely the sign should read: It is an 8 minute walk to the shops, cafés & more. I’m dyslexic so both signs look the same to me 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Asterix2012 Posted January 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, NHY 581 said: That said, there are benefits to going native. For one, you can walk quicker if you speak Welsh. Don’ t knock the natives......... Or a shortcut for Welsh speakers to get to the front of the queue? 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, John Besley said: Can I just ask a quwstion on DCC, this might be very obvous to some but how do you clean the wheels on a DCC loco, I use a Peco wheel cleaner wire brush and scraper running off the back of an old H&M controller... but with DCC how is this going to work, should this now be running from the track itself on croc clips.... Intrested to see what others do... 45 minutes ago, 2E Sub Shed said: You could always leave the ability to run on DC set on the decoders, or connect a wheel cleaning track to the DCC system as I do. And I also have one of these (this is N, other flavours are available of these in different scales) https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/13142/66623-Trix-Loco-Wheel-Cleaning-Brush It sits on the track so it works with DCC! But I do also have all my locos capable of DC running as well for the rolling road as on DC all the DCC fangdangled acceleration curves are disabled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 4 hours ago, NHY 581 said: That said, there are benefits to going native. For one, you can walk quicker if you speak Welsh. Don’ t knock the natives......... Rude of the Welsh to write almost the whole sign in their own language, but borrow the English for the number six… 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 6 hours ago, NHY 581 said: That said, there are benefits to going native. For one, you can walk quicker if you speak Welsh. Don’ t knock the natives......... Is Welsh time that much shorter? 6 minutes in Welsh is 8 minutes in English! I have a Welsh friend who elasticates time. Renowned for "Back in an hour", turns up 90 minutes later while your bladder is bursting and you have missed your 1pm lunch slot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted January 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16 6 hours ago, 2E Sub Shed said: You could always leave the ability to run on DC set on the decoders, or connect a wheel cleaning track to the DCC system as I do. Hmm leaving the ability to run on DC ... how does that effect the decoder? I fixnt realise you could have both functions in operation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 2 minutes ago, John Besley said: Hmm leaving the ability to run on DC ... how does that effect the decoder? I fixnt realise you could have both functions in operation... It simply requires a different value in CV29. Many people don’t enable it because if there is a short circuit under DCC operation it sometimes confuses the decoder into setting the loco off at warpspeed. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: I know that Welsh doesn't translate directly, but the distance isn't the only thing lost in translation, surely the sign should read: It is an 8 minute walk to the shops, cafés & more. That is minor compared to much of the language mangling that goes on today. I don't know whether its the pupils or the schools or just me being an old fuddy duddy but I do question whether whoever specified that sign is worth their wages. Don 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 10 hours ago, NHY 581 said: That said, there are benefits to going native. For one, you can walk quicker if you speak Welsh. Don’ t knock the natives......... It's quicker for the Welsh because they just read the English bit and start walking, whereas the English only readers stop and try and match the Welsh to the English; siopau means shop does it, and caffis is cafe and mwy is more, gerdded must mean walk. Then you say it out loud a couple of times pronouncing words all wrong (in Welsh silly, not English, we know many of us butcher the English language daily) before moving on. That's why the Welsh know it will take the English longer to walk to the shops and by the time the English arrive the Welsh have gotten the bargains. 1 1 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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