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@railway187 2 күн бұрын
Great video 👍 very interesting and entertaining! New subscriber 🙋♂️
@user-sv4pj5jl8n 6 күн бұрын
Looking forward to the junction of the logging line vering off your back woods branch line.
@gazbaz9345 7 күн бұрын
That banana got you a like
@tonypetts6663 10 күн бұрын
5:21 "If you're struggling to grasp the scale of these mixed measurements that's okay, here's a banana." Me: That bananas not to Scale! 😁
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway 10 күн бұрын
It's a 1:76 scale model of a 76:1 scale model of a banana.
@VictoryWorks 10 күн бұрын
Entertaining and informative, could watch your vids all day 👍
@TheMordious 10 күн бұрын
Great Banana!
@tonyshield5368 11 күн бұрын
Do hope you have a proper banan van. Love the railway.
@Hawaii_HO 11 күн бұрын
Nice looking layout. The banana helped to clear up any confusion about layout dimensions. Subbed.
@monsvillerailways5736 11 күн бұрын
Nice work. It all blends in well. Happy Modelling
@goforitpainting 11 күн бұрын
Really cool. 🌳
@TimberSurf 11 күн бұрын
Making some great progress
@neilharbott8394 11 күн бұрын
Since we model in 4mm = 1ft, 2mm static grass is 6" tall, so not really a nicely manicured lawn!!
@craiggybear1807 11 күн бұрын
Great job!!!!!!
@Shauniboy1984 11 күн бұрын
Brill video as ever - always look forward to these
@scottrixon5312 25 күн бұрын
Tapping the rail tops with a screwdriver does some magic - Jumps most of the loose bits off the sleepers and saves doing it manually. Nice tidy job however! Sand also worked better than I expected..
@LondonPredatorAngler Ай бұрын
That smokey looks sick in GWR colours, u done a awesome job, might do something like this myself for a kent company... imagine a networksouth east colour livery lol, crazy i know, but might donit for a laugh
@MrSimonpapp Ай бұрын
Fantastic! Love the video and excellent information. I am going to do something similar, but use the servo's to control the track switch points, and use LED's to represent the track that's been closed.
@chickenbites8877 Ай бұрын
Great work, how long is your layout?
@Shauniboy1984 Ай бұрын
Top work sir - looks great. A humble request for more frequent videos if your time allows, love the channel so would like to see more 👍
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
Glad you're enjoying them! If I could turn out videos now often I would, but sadly I have other commitments too. Life is all about balance. But great to know you appreciate them, that means a lot.
@Shauniboy1984 Ай бұрын
@@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway of course, Im just being selfish haha 😊
@krazytroutcatcher Ай бұрын
Your “project of passion” has turned an entry level toy into a model. I have one of these somewhere, and I had considered making it into a National Coal Board shunter. First thing I need to do is, lose and modify that exposed motor retaining spring, and maybe a tenderising conversion like I’ve seen recently on YT, by OO-Bill. Thank you for a job well done, and sending me off on a tangent to start another project😜
@barrytillman2818 Ай бұрын
It might be the OO gauge equivalent to Triggers Broom but you made a pretty good job of it and as the saying goes it’s my railway so I’ll run what I want. Good video
@krazytroutcatcher Ай бұрын
I had a Dublo 2-6-4 T that was like triggers broom, I had it handed down to me in the mid 70’s, but couldn’t run it as it was 3 rail, my brother converted it to 2 rail later using some Triang princess parts, but eventually the motor burned out. Sometime later, in the early 80’s, I hacked out the chassis with a hacksaw, and with car body filler I made an X04 motor mount and changed the axle gear to suit. It was crude, but it ran. By the 90’s, it had a Comet chassis with Romford wheels and five pole motor. By the 2000’s, the body had been stripped, etched brass and white metal detailing, another Comet chassis to P4 gauge, Alan Gibson wheels with coreless motor, resprayed in 2k satin black and Methfix decals. Foolishly, I sold my whole collection around 2011-12.
@jamesbeckwith3639 Ай бұрын
Nice video.. the loco looks great.. can't believe you didn't consider the condition of the track and the loco's wheels, especially with that bad misalignment of the track in the station, before buying a new chassis. Have you tried the old chassis since cleaning the track.
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
It's a bit too late (and counterproductive) to go back to the old chassis now. And the new one is known to be superior.
@jamesbeckwith3639 Ай бұрын
@@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway I understand that it's too late and counter productive to go back to the old chassis with the model being finished, but just wondered how well the old chassis worked now that you've cleaned the track and if you had tried it. Only time will tell if the chinese version is any good, as the chinese version more or less ran the same as the 40 year old british version until you cleaned the track. I have an old Hornby/Triang 0-6-0 Jinty that came with the Battlespace set and has the original metal smoke unit that worked on a piston and the only thing that has been changed on it is the brushes and it still works well.
@user-jt2eu1cc6p Ай бұрын
Can you still get fox transfers?
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
As far as I know, yes.
@AlexBrooks-kp8qm Ай бұрын
Just to correct you you said fire box door when it’s the smoke box door 👍🏻
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
Oops! You're absolutely right, slip of the tongue. Good thing you know what I meant!
@AlexBrooks-kp8qm Ай бұрын
Hahah it happens all the time no worries at all 😂😂👍🏻
@RoamingAdhocrat Ай бұрын
The GWR spent a lot of time turning their saddle tanks into pannier tanks (and occasionally vice versa). What would a pannier conversion of a Caley 0-4-0 look like?
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
OONeal made a fantastic 3d printed pannier tank body on a custom 0-4-0 chassis. I definitely took a little inspiration from that project!
@madmerlinsart Ай бұрын
An inspiring video. Always love a good rescue project and especially one ending in a G.W.R. locomotive 😅 Can you tell I'm biased? 🤔 😂
@karmanline2005 Ай бұрын
Looks close enough to GWR no. 1, a Pecket called Hercules and acquired from Ystalyfera Tin Works adter ww2. Was in BR stock until 1954.
@karmanline2005 Ай бұрын
Or 1338, a preserved Kitson which lives at Didcot. Just add a jaunty GWR copper top.
@KellinoRail Ай бұрын
Nice little project. As a note the Chinese chassis 0-4-0's do not have a different gearing, it is exactly the same, all that they have done is fit a lower RPM motor - 10,000 if my memory is correct. The old UK built ones had motors with a considerably higher RPM!
@AtreiusLux Ай бұрын
You've given me inspiration to do something similar with my first loco, a 90s Hornby 'Queen Mary' red 0-4-0 from the Freight Hauler set. Though I run DC so it may get a new coreless motor. P.S. Did a quick google of the Dowalis D Class and found out she was rebuilt from an 0-4-0 to and 0-6-0 so might be looking around for a suitable chassis! 😂
@wiltail Ай бұрын
amazing
@lewiscartwright3609 Ай бұрын
My Layout is Also based on a fictional south Devon line it's called the Avon Valley Railway
@petersmith4455 Ай бұрын
hi there, the chinese versions are much better, i have one in standard condition and operates perfectly, the made in Margate ones were too highly geared, hence the pocket rocket locos, looks great in green,
@JohnDavies-cn3ro Ай бұрын
That's quite a neat rebuild. Not too different, indeed, from some of the engines the GWR inherited from lines such as the Swansea Harbour Trust. Quite what the O16.5 and other branches of the narrow gauge fraternity would do without 'Desmond / Smokey Joe' I don't know. Have a look in 'Narrow Lines' magazine, or Smallbrook Studios website, and see what I mean I once built a Chatham steam railmotor using the mech, fitted with 'proper' crossheads and cylinders - the improved appearance was immense. At present I run two of the bodies, mounted on 12mm gauge chassis, s 3 foot gauge industrials, and they look great.
@TheGreatWesternGuy Ай бұрын
What a transformation! That honestly looks fantastic! This series has inspired me to try and do the same, albeit on a slightly tighter budget 😉. Thanks very much for sharing!
@VictoryWorks Ай бұрын
Brilliant! It fits in perfectly and must be very satisfying to breath new life into something from your childhood
@NathanielKempson Ай бұрын
Brilliant. Though PLEASE fix that speed bump in on the tracks in the station!! XD It drives me mad.
@FrontingtonandBackwoodsRailway Ай бұрын
I completely agree. Don't worry, it's on my to do list! 😊
@wideyxyz2271 Ай бұрын
❤
@wideyxyz2271 Ай бұрын
Looks great and well worth the effort.
@williamsworkshopuk Ай бұрын
Bit of a rollercoaster with the chassis/chip thread - I used to go cheap with my decoders, but now I only go with Zimo to never have to worry aobut it! AK Ultra Matte is great for painting onto smokeboxes, if you wanted to varnish for one reason or another, to bring it back to pure matte finish.
@Deltic1951 Ай бұрын
A very interesting, useful and informative video. Thank you.
@gordonjohnson6818 Ай бұрын
Hi..you have given me some amazing ideas that will help brilliantly! Cheers mate!
@theorangeisspeaking6286 Ай бұрын
This is amazing although I have noticed some things that may be slightly incorrect but don't quote me on any of this, I don't work for the railway I am just a signalling nerd lol. From what I can tell you have no way of going directly from the inner homes to the goods siding (I do see the interlocking allows for this although that seems peculiar) I would put a shunt disc adjacent the inner homes to allow such a movement. Additionally the plates on the levers (normally called lever leads I believe) will show all movements possible for example signal 5 can go either to the up main or to the engine shed. On the lever lead it would show as 6, 11, 14 OR 6, 11, 12 Finally with the diagram (although I am unsure as to what style this diagram is) I would show that those points at the end of the loop are hand points, normally from what I have seen it is simple an arrow point to the point saying either "Hand Points" or "HP" or sometimes it is even just a line through the point although that is more seen with thinner track. this website www.lymmobservatory.net/railways/sbdiagrams/sbdiagrams.htm is very good for diagram references especially older styles (although it has a few more modern ones). also this website www.roscalen.com/signals/index.htm is good for signal references and it has a few interior shots of some signal boxes. and these videos kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fauHpM6L1ry2Z6M.html are very nice for general signal box things. sorry for dumping so much information lol, you're layout is very nice and I can't wait to see the signals being placed down.
@theorangeisspeaking6286 Ай бұрын
ah i have just noticed this video is from a year ago.
@itsconnorstime 2 ай бұрын
I saw a GWR Smokey Joe in railway modeller over 20 years ago. There was no description of it in the article but it looked the part, so much so I assumed it was available as such.
@Stormbergrail 2 ай бұрын
Great video!
@gerlandkent6377 2 ай бұрын
[thank, you for you're great helpful video]👍🙏
@raymondrichter2620 3 ай бұрын
That really looks effective. I've painted clouds on my back scene, now I will try your technic on mine
@Sir_Grumpalot 3 ай бұрын
Having recently discovered this channel I am working my way through the playlist. I have to say I'm really enjoying it and pleased to see your, err, mistakes as well as your triumphs which adds so much. Love the guitar as well, unusually, and especially enjoy the wit which permeates the each video. Oh, and the layout is progressing well.
@gerlandkent6377 3 ай бұрын
[thank, you for youre great video]👍
@SilverGear_ 3 ай бұрын
It's shaping up great so far! It goes to show what you can do with a limited budget to make a reasonably convincing and well running locomotive. I think the only things you have missed is the lamp iron brackets on either side of the cab near the roof (that's what the lumps are supposed to represent, and would likely have been removed as soon as it arrived in Swindon), and cleaning up some of the moulding lines. Personally I would have gone a little further for "Swindonification", opting for the handrail posts on the tanks and above the smokebox door, replacing the pair of Ross pop safety valves and dome with a full brass bonnet or a variation thereof, and disposing of the CR hooter whistle for a pair of GWR ones that you can prize off a junked 2721 or 1400. Can't wait for the next instalment
@davemcconnell8630 3 ай бұрын
Very nice!