irishthump

Can you share the video? Don't think I've seen that one, it sounds interesting!

Have you seen my magic snake?

If it only has one eye then I'm going to be very upset!

Head End Power generator caught fire in the engine room

I thought the 201's didn't have an auxiliary generator for HEP....

We love you really.

Still not feeling it.....

As with so many things, people seem to get different responses from MM. I had a problem recently with a broke buffer on a 141/181, and, after two emails to MM, spares came in the post from quite where I don't know. Very often you just have to both patient and persistent - they are humans like us, after all.

 

Stephen

I'm curious about the nature of the complaints that MM is receiving from some people. If you receive a loco from a retailer and it's damaged, it's the responsibility of the retailer to remedy the situation. Personally, I wouldn't be contacting MM, or any other manufacturer, over broken buffer or missing detail part.

BTW no offence intended Stephen, the fact you got sorted by PM just shows that he does try to accommodate people.

I don't have this problem, nobody talks to me....

Had a look through a few of this guy's other videos, his layout tour video is a bit cheesy but some of his modelling is top notch. Take a look at this FP9.....

no signals, focus on driving trains, etc etc , why would anyone want to build something like that.

I thought the idea of "operating" a layout would focus on driving trains.

Have a look at this.... This guy built a DCC controller to resemble a full sized loco cab!

The earlier videos he posted show how he assembled it, but this one shows it in action...

The loco or the car?

Both. And they'd strip the copper out of the loco's generator too.....

Hopefully there was an offshore breeze, or there would only be the glass and tyres left when he came back for it..

I'm surprised it's not up on blocks.....

Great photo. What a difference the tippex and white logo made.

Am I right in saying the tippex and logo was applied straight over the Supertrain livery?

Agree with the dating based on the cars.

I wouldn't put much stock in that... That could be present day down there!

God I can remember drooling over those Lima sets when I saw them in a local shop.......

Looks like Greystones, probably mid to late eighties?

Cheers, Bos!

Did'nt think you would get that sort of mix of liveries in the one rake!

Lads,

Came across this picture on geography.ie....

I love the mix of coaching stock! I wonder can anyone put a rough date on this pic?

Given how out of scale PECO 100 is, and the fact any produced in recent history ( and most certainly anything with wheels to RP25/110) will run well on PECO 75. Why build using an seriously out of scale product. I can fully undertand if you have 40 year old stock etc , thats a different story

 

same story re electrocfrog versus insulfrog, etc. ( though the distinction is less stark here)

For me it comes down to availability, it's easier to walk into your local shop and get your hand on code 100.

The difference in scale really doesn't worry me. Sure the track is the wrong gauge after all!

What do you mean regarding Insulfrog vs Electrofrog?

Forgot to mention my layout will be DCC, so I'm looking at Peco Flexi Code 100, & Electrofrog, & I'm hoping to be using as much a cross as is possible, meaning BoBo's, CoCo's, O-4-O's, O-6-O's, & whatever else I can run, no matter how long, or small,or should that be short !!!

Well then Electrofrog might be your best bet. The 0-4-0's will give trouble over Insulfrog points.

Lovely! The TPO looks SO sweet in that rake!

I've just started a new layout and I went with Peco for all the points. I had some Hornby points on my old layout and I wouldn't touch them again!

All my points are Peco Streamline Code 100 small radius and they are all Insulfrog. I know the purists will recommend using Electrofrog with DCC but if you run nothing smaller than

a Bo-Bo you shouldn't have any track pickup problems.

My track is about 90% Peco streamline Code 100 flex track,. I had some lengths of Hornby semi-flex that I saved from the old layout and I always found them fine so I'll use them in

freight sidings.

...... and - if you're a member of a high-end golf club, or you own a horse, or you play with model radio-controlled aircraft, your hobby will cost you thousands annually......

I got grief from a work colleague when he found out the "bleedin' ridiculous" cost of "bleedin' toy trains".

Funny though, he thought nothing of spending over ten grand on a golf club membership and then lost his goolies when the club went into receivership during the bust!

IT mind telling me what size is your layout, ft & ins. please as otherwise it's complicated, great work in such a short time, well done

The track diagram is out of scale but the main loop is about 8 feet square. The terminus section at the top is about 17ft long while the station at the bottom is about 15ft in total.

I know the CD motor has been suggested before. It doesn't seem very expensive it if fits in and saves some work on figuring out the retrofit from scratch. These must be secondhand motors I suspect. Wonder how long they would last. Possibly a fair while as CD/DVD drive get a fair amount of spinning relative to being on a loco unless you're running it all day long. Free shipping for most of you too!

Anybody used one...?

I used CD motor in a Hornby HST a while back. They fit near perfectly the only issue being getting the drive gear to fit snugly on the motor shaft.

They can be picked up easily from junked PC's, laptops or stereos, here's a link.

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/77-Graham-s-Workbench?p=51957&viewfull=1#post51957

Second photo 3rd coach down and fourth photo 5th and 7th coaches down

Thanks Anto, I didn't think the Golden Brown was that dark.

Lovely work as usual, btw.