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If electric equipment is concerned: The part will fall onto the exact point where it can cause a massive short circuit and highest possible damage. Tiny M2 nut will bounce to a point where you can see it and could pick it up with the magnet on a stick....if it were not a brass nut.

Slowly moving on. Water gauge glass fitted, pressure gauge fitted, extension lever for the control valve of the driving engine made and installed. Not it is time to cut some metal and start on the body. Cutting metal square with straight edges is a challenge for me.

Found suitable self-priming water pump and steam engine to drive it. Made a wire model of the body to try and fit the internal components:

For me there is always the difficult moment to start. Especially when an engine has a fault but is essentially running. My 5" gauge class 216 was running slow and did not have much power. So converting the onboard system from 12 to 24 Volts was the idea. The controllers were able to cope with...

OK, here we go again. I have found a partbuilt one in metric. A two cylinder oscillating engine drives the rear axle. It ran only on blocks at 4 bars of pressure. After lapping the surfaces I got the lorry to drive on level ground with less than 1 bar on the clock. Oiler needs replacing...

Get the book, read it front to back. Then you will have a good understanding where to look for possible errors/mismatches.

Hi Brian, there is one in 5" gauge around here: Mein Dampf- und Schiffsmodellhobby - Invicta (Lok ) This "deranged trombonist" has been a visitor to my railway years ago. Not a passenger hauler but nice to look at.

PM sent. Being a voluntary fireman since 1992 this and having a three year old daughter who loved anything that steams and makes noise I just need one.

I am also starting the LBSC fire truck. The updated plany by Julius de Waal are good. However I could not find any information on the intended boiler pressure.

Hi Tony, I have fuses but those are rated at several amps to suit controller and motors. A simple alligator clip will glow at about 1.5 Amps. This was just a test setup.

Building a 5" gauge battery-electric loco. Six huge axle-hung motors. Yesterday I wired the controller, checked if both bogies went the same way and had her roll a few cms up and down the bench. As the car batteries are quite heacy and had to go in and out several times during the process I used...

If it is not too long you could email it to a German who speaks English...... *hint*

Hi, I have the Hobbymat MD65 and the milling attachment. Good enough for all I need (5" gauge steam locos). One recommendation: separate the two. I have found another base for the milling attachment and connected it to a spare cross table. This saves a lot of converting to and fro when...

During my apprenticeship: Workshop. Huuuge pillar drill. 2 levers, 9 speeds. Big sign: Change speed only at standstill. Moron fumbles about levers, starts drill. Gears weren´t engaged properly, so there was a loud noise. Instead of switching the machine off, waiting for it to stop and then push...

WOW. Grest work. Still looking for one of those as a power source for a Sentinel steam shunter project that has been under the bench for quite a while now.