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Hi Al @atom3624, may I ask, how did you add weights to your streamlined Coronation Class? Is it straightforward to take off the chassis?

Btw I'm going to use a Lego wheel with a smooth rubber tyre to turn the big wheel of the pumping engine underneath the layout. Please let me know if you've got a better idea!

Thanks very much everyone, I bought an N20 motor. Just need to find a rubber tyre to put on the end of it to help spin the pumping engine wheel. Will report back !

Hi folks, I've just added a Faller steam pumping engine to my layout and I'd like to find a slow speed motor I can put under the layout to use to spin it. Similarly I have a police box that currently rotates manually on a Lego plate, but again if I had a slow speed motor it would be cool to see it spinning. Battery powered fine, nether need to be on continuously. Just want something slow speed and relatively cheap. Sorry if this has been covered on the forum many times before, please let me know if there's a thread on this already. Thanks in advance

Be great to see a photo of your one if you have it!

Excuse my ignorance but what's a boiler fillet? Google is not forthcoming Edit...oh I see what you mean. Good point but not skilled enough / don't have the tools to do major surgery to the chassis. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Now with added lamps!

Thanks @Legend, appreciate it. Have added the mudguards. Looks all right I think!

Thank you...I've recreated them 3mm wide by 4mm tall, actually using @ardbealach's image as the basis (resolution should be good enough for something so small in size). Will print out next time I'm in the office...might look weird, but no harm trying!

Also, any idea what the symbol in the two corners of the mudguard are (below the thistle to the left and right)?

Thank you Alisdair, I appreciate that! Thanks for sharing the photo too, it must have been great to see it running. I'd really like to add those mudguards and it would be easy enough for me to draw on photoshop. The problem is that now the splashers are narrower (which looks better side on), they are no longer far enough forward, so if I added these mudguards, they wouldn't be visible. As others have pointed out, the front footplate is probably too long. Perhaps I could try attaching the mudguards to the bufferbeam itself, rather than the splashers, or would this look odd? Great suggestion re the headlamps - have ordered some which I'll paint and attached. For anyone interrested, the 42mm splashers can be downloaded via this link. The image is A5 in size, 600 DPI. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v_KxSJOFNWS0U2sGi-cgckDWzQcImOg0/view?usp=sharing Best, David

Pleased to share it runs really well. The wheels do not catch the splashers, even on 2nd radius curves. In the end the total width of the splashers that worked was 42mm, and just under 3mm high. Short clip of it running here https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-MI16oqGc/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= I'll upload and share the final photoshopped image later for anyone who wants it.

Update - made them narrower...think they look pretty good now, all things considered.

It's a good point but that could also look weird going around corners too. Fundamental problem is the way the bogie is attached to the chasis, on that weird little arm. An alternative would be to have it attached to the chasis directly above it. If I could be confident that would allow it to go around 3rd radius curves (accepting that it won't handle anything tighter than that) then maybe that's something worth doing. @JohnR good point re the flanges.

Apologies but I'm not able to remove the body now because of the way I've stuck the splashers + weights on. But I know Sam's Trains have done a video on how to repair the Triang one if you search his channel.

Here's an update. Not bad. I've not tested yet, but appears to clear the wheels without snagging. I might try and reprint them 3mm less wide, as I think the splashers look a bit too stretched. What do others think?

So as an update, I've stuck a small black car wheel balance weight and a couple of layers of black plasticard to reduce the gap between the front bogie and the chasis. Following @60800's advice I've now designed some spashers on photoshop using this graphic that someone else had helpfully uploaded. The splashers are 43mm wide. I've calculated that there is 3mm to play with without the wheels hitting any splashers. I've made 2 different versions, one that is 5mm high at the very ends, which is more prototypical in shape, and one that is 3mm (level with the straight line bar in the middle). Ideally the 5mm version will work fine but I suspect it will still catch the wheels. Let's see. I'll print on white card at work tomorrow, and stick to the ends of the black weight. If that's too flimsy I'll stick the white card to a bit of black plasticard and then stick that to the black weight. Will let you know how I get on. If anyone wants to download the graphic, here is the link to download from google drive that (unlike the below image) is A5 in size at 600 DPI. If you open up an A4 Word document you'll be able to print two of these horizontally and they should print out the correct 43mm x 3/5mm size.

Thanks, how would you go about making the splashers if you were me?

I just got the most recent Hornby Caledonian Single to go with my Rails Class 812, mostly because I was after the coaches. It's a smart model but I've been reluctant to get it in the past because I do dislike the front bogie... Has anyone else modified theirs to get rid of the hideous gap, and make it look a bit more realistic? This is what the real thing looks like at the front: Any advice welcome! thank you

I just got the most recent Hornby Caledonian Spinner to go with my 812, mostly because I was after the coaches. It's a smart model but I do dislike the front bogie... Has anyone else modified theirs to get rid of the hideous gap, and make it look a bit more realistic? Photo below

Side by side. What a beautiful engine.

I'm wrong - they said on Instagram that they are still aiming for Q2. The GCR one may go into production without a decorated sample, but fine by me.

They'd previously said decorated samples would be with them after Chinese New Year, but we're past that now so sadly seems likely they'll be a delay. Hope am wrong

Thanks for alerting us to this, I had a great time. Tender far to thin though !

Hello @Oliver Rails just wondered if there was an update on the decorated samples? Looking forward to seeing the GCR one. Thanks