Rossi Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Good news today. The arrival of repaired Standard tank engine. Hattons couldn't replace it (8 months after purchase) but then Bachmann reckoned it was a faulty motor causing all the stop/start workings, so replaced the motor (under guarantee) and all's well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietmrail Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Quote Rain seemingly gone away & we're back onto 40 degrees sun. Might curtail the running as the track is red hot. Retire to the bar seems a good option. Hi Rossi, nice looking loco, glad you got it sorted out with the warranty, some hobby shops can be a pain when it comes to warranty. When the rails get that hot can't you run any locos. Did you buy any of those your model railway coaches, I bought 8 and now plan to change the couplers to kaydee ones mounted on the body of the coach, having a few issues with them derailing on points and will put some weight in them . With my out door layout it is a modular design and I wont have that issue , we go into the mid 40's, some times higher in summer no work outside and move into the nice 24 degrees in our house, had to replace two air-cons ready for our hot long summers. We had a nice warm winter day today, westerly winds coming in tomorrow, pretty strong winds they say, couple of weeks of winter left and we had a winter storm as well, didn't last long. Tony from down under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Oh! The intrigue. Why was I grateful for my class 24 to be submerged in a bucket of water? Answer later this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Well, not exactly a bucket of water, but close enough. The safety barrier on the viaduct had fallen into disrepair a month or so ago and the usual apathy took place of "I'll get round to fixing that soon..." Now fixed. The class 24 with six trucks entered the tunnel area when that dreaded noise of a derailment. "Let's see if it tows it out" I said, standing at the other end of the layout. Then disaster as the guards van dug into the track on the outward bend, subsequently dragging the train away from the rails. "Was that food dropping into Cyrils tank?" said fat Cat. Well you guessed. The Class 24 dropped off the viaduct, straight into Cyril the Turtle's tank. "What was that splash?" The only thing I can say on reflection is that the water splash was better than hitting the stone tiles.Or hoped for with fingers crossed. The day was spent drying out the 24 and leaving it to bask in the sun. Next day the real test. She ran as though nothing had happened. So, water or concrete tiles? Obviously the water, even though there may still be a slight smell of turtle on the class 24 diesel. Put her on the fish train later in the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Good story! I doubt that an impact with the stone tiles would have had such a fortunate ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Most diesels seem to need a good wash anyway! But you were fortunate Cyril's domain was so well positioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I had figured we'd already had all the animal encounters feasible in a garden railway. We've had birds dive bombing trains, or simply chewing things up. Dogs and cats are of course an obvious animal encounter. BUt a cliff diving diesel snorkeling in a turtle tank is a new one Rossi. ha ha Your viaduct looks good. Did it survive the pest control tear down, or is this a new viaduct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQ Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Sorry to see about the wood worm, It's something I struggle with, the perils of having a very old orchard as a garden many of the trees are riddled with the pest.. All wood in the railway shed is sprayed with an anti wood worm treatment when it arrives, then cut and assembled in to position and sprayed again.( Yes I have the full protective gear) when dry, it's time to paint. The planks you are using, I am planning to use in the garden, I previously used treated decking but after ten years they started rotting wherever there was a water trap (under plant pots etc) and around screw holes where wood split. also being near the coast the "coated" decking screws were also failing. The shed though, was built with only stainless steel screws and that's All I use now. From what I have researched that " plastic" decking is made from recycled plastic and waste sawdust but should last a lot longer. There is a house next door to my sailing club entirely skinned with a blonde version of plastic boarding it seems to be doing the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 Snippet of video showing the class 24 up and running after the water event. All's well that ends well. Safety barrier now screwed into place on viaduct (not glued) and Cyril is no longer traumatised/traumatized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baimor Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Brilliant!! Good work mate!! The only problem I can see is that the more I look at other members pictures the more I realise I'm going to need a 5 mile long garden to accommodate all my ideas!!! Lol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Baimor, forget the five mile garden. Remember the track cleaning job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Foreign visitor to the railway. Adds a bit of colour though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Full service over the festive period. 2016-01-02 11.24.36.jpg[/attachment] Wishing all members a Happy New Year. And a bit of sepia nostalgia to the 60's!!! Wishing all members a Happy New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Happy New Year Rossi - the layout's looking splendid in all that sunshine. The weather over here? - well currently the main topic of conversation is building water based additions to our layouts. Rivers and canals are quite apt themes at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Now, how did that get in here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Couple more: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Keep getting those "Build your 60's railway mags" from friends in England, so thought it was about time to assemble some of the models. As you can see, it's pretty thirsty work. And a look at the back of the main station, seeing how the elements have taken the cleanness out of things. Compared with last years photo's of this site, it definitely shows how much maintenance is constantly needed on outdoor railways. Need to model end part of station tunnel (left of above photo) to add some of the new buildings and I've got an idea of putting in an extra spur in the tunnel (for train holding). Not sure when, as we have a steady stream of family/friends still coming this way. One grandson just left to go back to uni in S.America...another one arrives this Sunday. So, probably more socialising than train operations, although, it's surprising when people arrive for BBQ, they want "a go" on the railway. Strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietmrail Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Hi Rossi, how was Chrissie and new year, do well from Santa, very nice set of pics indeed Rossi, making me jealous, that church from you layout turned out well nice looking model, how many mags did you have get to complete the model I am still thinking of asking the newsagent to back order them. They back ordered the Hornby January mag with Trevor's layout in it, awesome DVD worth getting hold of a copy. Talking about your railway layout, I am still having trouble with my coaches from them derailing on the clubs points, I modified the couplers and screwed them onto the bogie so I can use the NEN coupler box to be able to use Hornby NEN"s to couple the Hornby restaurant car, parcels car and break van to those coaches. Going over to a friends house to see how he mounted kadees to his Hornby coaches, I have got 8 of them, I want that to run smoothly, is a very nice train with the Flying Scot and duel tenders. We had a very hot summer, still in the mid 30's temps dropping down, I hope to make the most of this winter before it gets too cold, starting today, working on the module between the station modules and spiral, after the next job is the spiral 10ft by 14ft spiral. Tony from down under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baimor Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Hi Rossi. Regards from "up above"! Always nice to see more lovely pics of your fantastic railway mate. Regards. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Rossi, I was just looking at your view counter. You are up aver23k views on your layout discussion. Not bad at all. You never did answer some questions I had on your railway. Things had to be torn out due to pests. But you are already up and running again. Lots of coffee? How the hell? I have maybe 4 feet to repair and I've never gotten round to doing it again. Was just looking through your pictures and I realized your ground cover around your station tracks is some kind of gravel. Some looks either painted or a different color. Or are you using roofing felt on your layout as well? I think everyone is fascinated with miniature things. They may not have enough interest to want to build one of their own, but I can see why they would want to have a hand in running a train around your railway. Why is it that everyone has an A4 except for me. Grrr…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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