Loco Kit (11) - Out of the paint shop...ready for service

Out of the paint shop...  and onto the tracks.... looking well good in blue...

ready for service...

Sunny Sunday (3) - Permanent way train.....

Scorchio ! Ran the permanent way train this morning before it go to hot to be outside for long ....

L&B Bogey Passenger Coaches..

DOH ! Another Ebay purchase 😀. 

I didn't need more rolling stock but I spotted a couple of L&B bogey coaches; which would go nicely with my L&B bogey goods stock. I got them for much less than expected, ~£35 each.

The big parcel with them in arrived this morning; so once unpacked I went down the garage to have a quick play.  They run nicely ....

and even go round my radius 1 curves - super !

It was a good job I made some shelf space on Monday,  I had some room for them ... 

Some tidying and repairs are needed, plus perhaps change the couplings from LGB to Accucraft Chopper ones.  Yay ! another project...

Shelving - stock storage...

I had a trip out to B&Q today to get some white Contiboard and some shelf supports, so I could tidy up the stock storage shelving in the garage.

Squeezed an extra shelf in between two, to hold the L&B bogey goods rolling stock...

Replaced some skanky old improvised shelves, with this setup - nice and tidy

Loco Kit (10) - RC Electronics Fitted...

Initial setup, power to the speed controller & receiver, checked the controller binds and LED lights flash...

working out how to fit things in to the tender neatly..

a power on/off switch is hidden on the under side of the tender....

the batteries have been put in a small 'snap shut' box to keep them in place

Testing the power connection form the tender to the loco chassis

All the electronics done and tidied up.... plus I did a quick diagram to remind me where all the bits are...

I fitted an extra switch to turn the power from the tender to loco on/off; this allows me isolate the tender electronics if I want to run the loco using power from the track.

Once all assembled, it was time for its inaugural run on battery power around the garden layout...

Now its off to the paint shop ... hooray ! 😀

Loco Kit (9) - some progress..

Tender/Loco coupling...

 To stop 'buffer lock' when reversing, I cut off the front curved part of two LGB couplings and fitted them..

Loco Crew..

Modified Preiser figure and a 3D print fireman from ModelU....

Filling and sanding..

Started filling in the gaps with some thin strips of plasticard and sanding smooth to get ready for painting...

RC Electronics

The radio control kit has arrived from Fosworks. Speed controller, receiver and hand held controller; the same kit I used on the Baguley diesel.

I'm going to have to figure out how to fit it all into the tender with some batteries. 

Another Loco project ....

I've always liked the look of the Glyn Valley Tramway, so when I spotted a loco for auction on Ebay I made a low bid. Nobody else wanted it; it arrived today...

A scratch built loco body made from cardboard and plasticard; its needs a lot work to make it more robust and then some extra detailing to be added.  There was a SM32 plastic chassis with motor, which was so old and falling to bits that I've chucked it in the bin.  The loco body ......

It may look something like this when I've finished tinkering with it...

I managed to find a nice reference book which has plans of the locos and rolling stock.

For rolling stock, IP Engineering do a nice selection of kits....

For the moment I've put the the loco (plus a spare SM45 chassis) into a box, lets see how long I can keep my hands off it - is it my next 'winter project'  ? 😉