General Discussion

Chris Oakes uses one of these on his compressor in the tutorials. I have been trying to find a set on ebay without any luck, the Chinese sights don't seem to have them. Obviously I need 4mm barb ends to fit the tube onto. Can anyone point me to a supplier, please.

The other day I replaced the piston and gland o-rings on my DDE. An easy job and well worth doing. However I found more than I bargained for....

Not only was there the o-rings, but on one side was this extra thing! It was a metal ring within the gland nut. Amazing what some people do, see photo, the metal ring is the one on the right.

I have read in peoples testaments of running their locos for around 30 minutes, and I got to think whether they could go longer on one steaming. Try 45 minutes!! Here's how:

Firstly I will describe my layout. It is a double track main line with R4 outside and R3 inside settrack curves set in a shed 6x3 metres. The outside track length is 15.412 metres long.

So the 'how' is easy. Isolate part of the circuit from electrical power. I have two sections of isolation, one being the access bridge to the room, 914mm and the other is between sets of points which is 3.27 metres long.

The train was Mallard with 8 Backmann MK1 Blood and Custards all with metal wheels and to minimise rolling friction I lubricated each axle.

I firstly ran Mallard for a few laps to warm her up, then after cooling for a while…

In preparation for the upcoming oolivesteam members meeting, I have the DTFS ready for action.

Could the commitee update the database with the following details :

certificate : 0583

boiler number : A3_3801

date of manufacture : 12 08

Mark (top-shed)