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Thank you all! Much appreciated!

Hello all,

In doing some maintenance/ detailing work to a friends ancient kit built loco, it has become apparent that one of the carbon brushs for the motor has at some point broken. We have no idea of the origin of the motor or how to go about sourcing a replacement brush. Any advise / recommendations / identification would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone!

2 hours ago, Mark Saunders said:

That is why the Grampus was designed with removable end panels and baskets underneath to store them plus the drop end plank to allow machines to drive through the train!

Yes I had read that was the reason for their design; though until now had not seen any evidence of them actually being used in this way. 

The trencher is very interesting, I might have to go at modelling that to go with this rake of grampus.

19 minutes ago, iands said:

The Dumper is actually green and white. If you can, get hold of a copy of Behind the Scenes Volume 2 (Early On-Track Machines) DVD (Fastline/TeleRail). The last video on this DVD is about Simon Platform & Gradall machines. It shows the Gradall, Dumper and Grampus to good effect. On the face of it, as Trog says, there could be a bit of a wait for the dumper to return each time, but watch the video and you'll that this is not the case. The Gradall machine just keeps working filling the hopper in the end wagon and the dumper just keeps running backward and forward emptying the hopper. There is another very short clip of the dumper in use in the same way in conjunction with a trenching machine (same DVD), but you don't see much detail of the operations as with the Gradall machine video.

 

Hope this helps.

Thanks Ian. A copy of Behind the Scenes Volume 2 (Early On-Track Machines) is now on order! Much appreciated!

It could well be Crimson and Cream! I hadn't spotted the lozenge before, but that does give weight to the crimson. Could be quite a charming little thing in crimson.

I've come across this very interesting image on the NYMR p-way website, showing a portion of a rake of grampus. With the end doors dropped to allow a dumper truck to run up and down the rake, presumably filling the rake up with spent ballast, from what appears to be a ballast cleaner / remover, loading the ballast into a hopper and then into the dumper. A couple of questions from this image:

1. Livery for the dumper and conveyor / hopper? They both appear to be in the same livery. Green body, yellow stripe and black wheels looks likely to me, but it is very hard to tell from a black and white image. Any thoughts / information would be welcome!
2. The ballast cleaner behind, any information on what this is likely to have been would be interesting.

I don't know the original source of the image or dates, but any further info on this could be good. Thanks for any help people can give!

https://www.nymr-pway.co.uk/2017/12/08/grampus-991840/

I get a series of warning messages when trying to download. Is anyone able to share the files in a different way; it would be nice to give it a go.

This is looking really good, I shall keep watching progress.

Out of interest, which printer are you using?

The OHV looks absolutely cracking, very interested to see how the dented version comes out! The door springs and brake handle look beautifully thin, what sort of thickness have you go those down to?
(I'm considering purchasing a photon myself, your work is definitely encouraging me!)

Really lovely pieces of work here

I tried having a look at your online shop, but it didn't appear to be up and running yet? Or am I being a bit daft (very likely)

I was looking to see what you charge for slates for 4mm models? If after quite a bulk load and don't fancy cutting them by hand...

Thanks very much, really looking foreword to seeing more of what you can create!

Ben

Hi

Ive been reading you thread for quite a while now, and Im really impressed with what you are making
I am more than tempted by a number of your creations and just need to save some funds!

I was thinking of having a go at maybe trying to create something myself, and was wondering how closely you have had to stick to the minimum wall thickness and other limits that the print companies state? As some of your details are very small and a number of things appear, to my eyes at least to be below the minimums they state? Is that the case, or have you just been super clever with your designs?

Thanks so much for your help!

Ben