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My last project was making Bittern Double Tender. My new project is going to be as above. To date I have bought a FS body off Ebay. I have on order a set of German style smoke deflectors which are a brass etch, so it should not be too much of an exercise to (ahem!) execute!

I have included a photo of FS which I am going to reproduce.

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…

Hi all,

I've started stripping my Mallard down as per the advice on here, and I'm following the video tutorial, however the cylinder support just seems to pop off when you remove the valve gear in the maintenance video.

Mines stuck fast. Am I doing something wrong?

History

Many of us are fortunate enough to have more than one loco or more than one type of loco and would like to have more, but not necessarily the same again so the club decided to offer some limited-edition locos.  These are not new locomotive builds, but a change to those that are already out there intended to enhance your collection and build value over time.

​In 2018 the club launched a choice of four limited edition A4 loco in experimental purple, followed in 2019 with a choice of nine LNER green versions.

To display the locos Nick Beard designed and made a rotating turntable to fit on his camera tripod and this solution worked well for us for five years.

Just two days to go!

It’s the Severn Vally Railway for us and the roadshow this coming weekend as it’s their model railway weekend.

We will be located in the Engine Shed at Highley with a full shop and usual facilities! Come for a play and a natter, you know you want to!!! …. And the heritage railway needs all the support it can get!!

Hi everyone, and thanks for approving me Chris! I've finally bit the bullet after all these years and purchased a Mallard kit (sans accessories but I can get syringes anywhere) which is completly unused and in great condition. Looking forward to getting this thing up and running. An avid fan of live steam for many years, but cant quite commit to 5" guage like my dad

Dear everybody,

I'm the owner of A3 Flying Scotsman leave steam (used) and faced the following issue. The Regulator Drive Rod has been somehow broken and "fixed" by soldering (see pictures).

Now the regulator seems working, servo and gears rotating, even the drive rod moving. But the steam valve not working, no steam flow and, of course, no train movement. Control LEDs at certain switch from green to red, then both light at the same time, which I also think is abnormal.

I would be grateful for any ideas on how to fix this.