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    Sulzer Kit

    Horsetan replied to robbieb's topic in Irish Models

    UPDATE: The extra 12T gear pack is just after arriving from Hong Kong, so they'll be tried in the Hymek bogie casing later. On the face of it they look identical to the ones that Heljan themselves use, i.e. 6.9mm diameter over the tips of the teeth, 0.5MOD pitch, and may even be supplied by the same gear maker. Gear thickness is about 5mm.
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    Trix is alright. They seem to act nowadays as a sort of 2-rail outlet for Märklin.
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    If you're talking about the current generation of models, there's not a great deal to choose between them. Having said that, Roco seem to have much better spare parts support, and you can buy parts online direct from them.
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    "...you wouldn't understand...."
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    I can see this photographic in-joke running into the next century....
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    In short, new engines with very little of the originals incorporated. Useful for accounting purposes.
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    The other selling point is that it's available as RTR P4. Price is at least £200, but if you want it badly enough, there's no other option.
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    The solitary P1 2-6-2T contained quite a few Woolwich parts - cylinders, parts of the motion, and driving wheels.
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    There must be a serious degree of red ink on some profit and loss accounts.
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    And here's something similar - scroll about three-quarters of the way down the page after clicking the link.
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    I'm wondering what the 1916 memorabilia will be.
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    ...and not the Gresley variety, either.
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    Possibly the same one as in the Rowledge book?
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    More likely extension of the double track on the Cork Blackrock & Passage route.
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    Careful now.
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    So would the population statistics.
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    Sporran.
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    There is but one small reference to it (and a drawing) in Peter Rowledge's oul book on the Maunsell Moguls. I think the author made the point that such an engine would have been somewhat heavier than the Woolwiches, which would have led to some concerns about axle loadings, etc. GSR/CIE were always short of money, and expenditure on something like this would not have been forthcoming anyway, particularly if there was an alternative in the form of diesels.
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    Sulzer Kit

    Horsetan replied to robbieb's topic in Irish Models

    Well now, I've got hold of some spare Heljan gears and gone as close as I dare.... The undriven centre axle does still revolve, but I'm not sure if I'd be getting away with moving either or both of the idlers above it..... I think it will be possible to use this gear casing, so that means shortening Des's bogie sideframe castings to match.
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    Closer than a photo finish
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    Yes, I sold a couple of those SD70MACs. They were made by Kato. The level of detail was extraordinary.
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    That was a shame. Potentially useful film and commentary half-drowned by the oul diddly-diddly.
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    That has to be one of the quickest deflations I've yet seen in railway modelling, as the disappointment takes over. Looking back over the history of OO Works, it has to be said that, although they do produce engines that the mainstream RTR makers don't bother with, those models are robust and pretty basic in terms of detail. The only thing not basic about them is the price.
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    Did she get the missing reverser lifting links installed in the end?
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    ....and may never be able to. It's not how the Chinese factories work, and to some extent the commissioning RTR companies (they're not really manufacturers anymore, and not much more than importers/wholesalers) have had to accept this.
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