Exactly tac, you feel the same as I do, but unfortunately I have had mine forced upon me for work. We had a meeting at work and we were talking about the various ways we were tracked. Truly frightening, and that's just for work. Smart phones, ipads, two van tracking devices, SOS safety gadget and laptop computer. That's without security cameras spending on the fleet fuel cards etc etc. And it can all be sold on to the highest bidder
Yebbut, I got caught out with my trusty German satnav the other day when it was confused by a street in the London suburbs that had a short one-way section to prevent it being used as a rat race. Now the trusty German satnav knew about the short one-way section, but couldn't work out how to get around it. Google maps on the phone saved the day - only for me to find in the pitch dark of early evening that the satnav had got me to within 30 yards of the address. In my defence m'lud, I was delivering an old photocopier (ebay sale) that was quite heavy
You need to watch 'Hunted' ................ it's quite a revelation.
Yeah. I only watched the video in it's entirety just then and was wondering the same. What does he mean? Engine oil? surely not motor oil...
I guess we were being a little pedantic as we all want to make sure that a clear novice got the correct message. Out of interest I also have one of these as a 2 car. But I bought it after the Steam Gear had been stripped out must ask Barry one day why. It is now a Battery Railcar and runs very sweetly. But you can see from the inside that it had been Steam powered by the varying scorch marks etc, or perhaps he had been using LiPo’s on an earlier battery conversion?
These are quite unique as they have the boiler and motor just in the cab. I think they were kits. I have two of them. One has a trailing coach that matches. If you are going to sell it, I would not try to update the RC system. I just put a new receiver in mine and used one of the transmitters i already had. Anyone buying it, might do the same.
They were NOT kits (well certainly in UK) but could be available in various formats, Single Car, Double Car both Battery or Live Steam plus there was also a double ended Battery Powered Diesel.
Thanks for the feedback.
Aha interesting the item 3 could be part of the regulator setup with the pipe going through the boiler a sort of superheater or steam dryer if you like. That though confuses the regulator which we thought was servo 1. I am beginning to wonder if someone has done a bit of a rebuild on your example and got things mixed up when rebuilding. I wonder if there is a 16mm group anywhere near you. There are certainly East and West Scottish groups but that may be of no use to you. You may get some help from that avenue from a knowledgable bod Locomotion wise. In any case if not membership is well worth it if only for the Magazine, though they do have an internet chat presence as well.
I'm certain that there's no attempt to re-heat steam going on. While the original owner was definitely a fiddler, I don't think that there's been a re-build and all the piping looks original.
Can you see where it goes?
Phone signals are a major part of the case against the accused killer of four college students in a city just north of where I live. "Hunted" doesn't seem to be available in the US according to IMDB.
Looks just like all my Goodall valves. Silicon tube over the tail which has a hole in it from the hole on top. I think mine came from Accucraft.
Servo movement is usually only 45-0-45 (degrees) for a total of 90 deg, so the mismatch with your throttle lever isn't important. Throttles often are fully open by 45 deg, even if they can turn another 3 turns! Usually you screw the throttle in to close it. It should be attached to the boiler, and there will be a steam pipe coming from it to the lubricator and then the pistons under the floor.