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- Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:08 pm
- Forum: Hornby - including Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, Electrotren
- Topic: Problem with tender driven flying scotsman
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2082
Re: Problem with tender driven flying scotsman
I am having the same problem with my Hornby Mallard. I replaced the valve gear a couple of months ago because one of the drive rods was broken but this issue was occuring before I did the work. It's just as described in an earlier post, the wheels rotate freely by hand but as soon as I turn the powe...
- Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:03 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1452
Re: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
Not yet, Still have to get some Low melt solder and a cooler iron. Will post more once I have made some progress.
Cheers G.
Cheers G.
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:33 pm
- Forum: Model Railway Photography
- Topic: My Fantasy Land layout
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2834
Re: My Fantasy Land layout
Love the layout!
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:31 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Holly Oaks - N gauge
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1136
Re: Holly Oaks - N gauge
Nice one, Love the pic of the engine being removed!
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:38 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1452
Re: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
Thanks for that information tinsleytmd, That has given me some new leads on where I may find more help.
Much appreciated. G.
Much appreciated. G.
- Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Planning
- Topic: Cholmondeley Park
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6921
Re: Cholmondeley Park
At work, our engineering technician has been bought a couple of new machines, one of which is a rapid prototyping machine. This is basically a computer printer but instead of printing on paper, you upload a 3D CAD drawing and it builds up layers of plaster powder over a period of time. Between each ...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:10 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Computer wire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 806
Re: Computer wire
It depends upon how long the wire is, and how much voltage drop you can tolerate. AWG 24 wire has a resistance of 25.67 Ohms per 1,000 feet, or 25.67mOhms/foot. Let's say you wanted to connect a 3A load to a battery that was 25 feet away using AWG 24 wire. You'll need two wires, one for the +12v, an...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:29 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Computer wire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 806
Re: Computer wire
How many Amps will it be carrying maximum?
- Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:00 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Chadwood - Modern 00 loft layout
- Replies: 181
- Views: 35902
Re: Chadwood - Modern 00 loft layout
Looking good so far. Keep it up. 

- Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:39 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1452
Re: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
Are there no spares dealers then? Hornby have many dealers of spares. Or is that because Hornby products are more prone to braking and Bachmann are built to last? I'll give them a tinkle on the ol blower and see what they can do, and as for ebay, I have been looking but they are quite expensive, plu...
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:11 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1452
Re: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
I have been told that the DS10 motor with a 60:1 gearbox would be suffice. Only thing is that I am worried that the 60:1 will be too slow. I have 2 sets of gears that are that ratio so I will try them and see what I think, if it seems to slow I'll put a lesser ratio in. Any ideas where I can ger Bac...
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:16 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1452
Re: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
Thanks for that, It is the LMS one. I have decided to have a bash at making the origional chassis's seens as I have them and there's no harm in seeing how they turn out before I spend gawd knows how much on a pair from another manufacturer. I think that I'll replace the wheels that I was given with ...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:26 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1452
Re: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
Picked the kit up today, It looks like I misunderstood the chap on a couple of things that I previously posted. The kit has not been started at all so it's all down to me, and He said that I should not use a Crab chassis because the valve gear is at the wrong angle and would not be correct for the G...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:22 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Scratch built maintenance shed
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2528
Re: Scratch built maintenance shed
That looks great. Think I might have a go at scratch building one for my layout.
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:54 pm
- Forum: Scratch and Kit building
- Topic: Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1452
Another Beyer Garratt Thread.
I have been offered the chance to buy a Beyer Garratt white metal kit produced by N C Keyser Ltd or "K's" as they were better known. The kit has been started but only some work on the supplied chassis's has been done. I have also been told by the seller that replacing the supplied chassis'...