What happened at your workbench today?

viaEstrecha said:
I think the small LGB 'toy' vans are fine but they look better with the verandah filled in, even if the side doors are assymetrical
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The downside of the ToyTrain wagons (IMHO) is that the axles are assymetrical too. My conversions of these balcony box vans are based on the Garden Railway Specialists method of converting two chassis (middle ) into one short (bottom) and one long (top) version . . .

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. . . both with symetrical axle spacing (as GRS did in their erstwhile "Combo kits"), using the turning carts as supplied, so the integrity of the couplings is not compromised. This then allows you to use one of the "long" versions to add the windowed end of one wagon onto the full extent of another. Of course, to avoid wastage, you need to do it twice . . .

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. . . and use the remaining 'halves' of the donor wagons into a third one (with Plasticard ends). . .

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Of course, in the "nothing goes to waste" philosophy, that leaves you with three "short" chassis . . . which are just the right length to fit the ToyTrain gondola bodies (with the European-looking brake platform removed) . . .

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PS There is another method of coverting ToyTrain chassis to have symetrical axles. It involves removing the buffer beam from one wagon, and swapping it with the buffer-beam-plus-12mm-of-chassis-side-beams from another..

Cheers

David
 
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Tis a good method, I have done it with 2 vans reported in here some time back. Pictures of mine keep appearing here in the forum.
 
Charged up this little baby, rather nice slow speed good sized mini screwdriver. Just the jib for pulling apart lokies, though I would use it with great care to finish screwing back LGB and others screws for fear of thread stripping perhaps doing a start to get in with this then hand finish. All parts held in magnetically, PH1 appears to be LGB crosshead.image.jpg

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Gonna git me one o those.....:)
 
dunnyrail said:
Charged up this little baby, rather nice slow speed good sized mini screwdriver. Just the jib for pulling apart lokies, though I would use it with great care to finish screwing back LGB and others screws for fear of thread stripping perhaps doing a start to get in with this then hand finish. All parts held in magnetically, PH1 appears to be LGB crosshead.View attachment 316860

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Any reason behind choosing that make?
 
DafyddElvy said:
Any reason behind choosing that make?
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Just what I found, originally saw the advert in Saltdays a site I find lots of interesting useful stuff linked via YouTube vids. However had a substantial order with them and for some reason payment never occurred so this was a close equivalent on Amazon. I expect there are others, but I normally always these days look for items that have next day delivery guaranteed to be from UK. I then select free postage offer and things mostly arrive that week. Anything from yangzee or some such with 8 or more days post estimate I ignore as shipped from China or elsewhere wanting to buy from UK. Ok so it may cost me a bit more but WTF.
 
dunnyrail said:
Just what I found, originally saw the advert in Saltdays a site I find lots of interesting useful stuff linked via YouTube vids. However had a substantial order with them and for some reason payment never occurred so this was a close equivalent on Amazon. I expect there are others, but I normally always these days look for items that have next day delivery guaranteed to be from UK. I then select free postage offer and things mostly arrive that week. Anything from yangzee or some such with 8 or more days post estimate I ignore as shipped from China or elsewhere wanting to buy from UK. Ok so it may cost me a bit more but WTF.
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I was hoping for a bit more science or someone's recommendation on the brand and type of tool, it's always nice to have feedback and recommendations, but hey if your methods suit you then WTF who am I to argue.

I think I'll share the link and see if someone is looking for b'day gift ideas, thanks.
 
DafyddElvy said:
I was hoping for a bit more science or someone's recommendation on the brand and type of tool, it's always nice to have feedback and recommendations, but hey if your methods suit you then WTF who am I to argue.

I think I'll share the link and see if someone is looking for b'day gift ideas, thanks.
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Thus far it appears to be a well made tool with nicely laid out accesories including a really nice set of tweezers. For charging it uses a USB plug, I used my iPhone charger to charge it.
 
I have a pair of red LGB 3062/3063 coaches (most of mine are green), one of which has been fitted with a bar, and the other which is a composite First/Second class vehicle.

I've just fitted internal lights to the roof with a pair of LGB 68333 lighting kits. These will be powered from a LGB 3019 Post Van which has been fitted with a decoder, so I can switch them on and off. I also secured a couple of loose passengers with 'White Tac' whilst I had the roofs off.

My other green coaches are track powered from the wheel sets, so it will be interesting to compare both methods....

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Gizzy said:
I have a pair of red LGB 3062/3063 coaches (most of mine are green), one of which has been fitted with a bar, and the other which is a composite First/Second class vehicle.

I've just fitted internal lights to the roof with a pair of LGB 68333 lighting kits. These will be powered from a LGB 3019 Post Van which has been fitted with a decoder, so I can switch them on and off. I also secured a couple of loose passengers with 'White Tac' whilst I had the roofs off.

My other green coaches are track powered from the wheel sets, so it will be interesting to compare both methods....

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Oh to have a garden that size, it must be difficult deciding where to lay the track
 
DafyddElvy said:
Oh to have a garden that size, it must be difficult deciding where to lay the track
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I should have mentioned that isn't my garden, but a friend's where I have running rights David.

My friend does have a large garden but most of the track is 5 in gauge. His G Scale layout is smaller in area than mine, but it has a double tracked continuous loop folded figure of eight arrangement. The track crosses over itself on the bridge that the train is about to cross after climbing the gradient. This arrngement effectively doubles the track length.

Great for running longer trains....
 
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Did a test run of the mighty EF58 (2-Co-Co-2) with the new controller - the flywheel is even more impressive under PWM :):)
 
Gizzy said:
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Correct - I only had 1 length and a quarter length of track on the bench, and the loco just about stopped :oops:

I'll have the whole set out at the end of next week, so I might manage a piccy then :cool::cool::cool:

I managed to buy a couple of points second hand - complete with all of the additional track - so I can now have a passing loop :):) ..................... which still isn't enough as I now have two locos and a 2-car DMU :eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
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