As the Gauge 1 Model Railway Association celebrates its 75th birthday, we visit the president's own line, with a show of many of the locos he has designed.
We're getting technical with a look at gearboxes for battery powered models, building a 4WD Simplex with plenty of grunt, a mine and concrete huts, suggesting the top 10 tools for your workbench – and starting our biggest project yet, building a live steam locomotive from a kit. Can a novice put together something that works? We'll find out.
All this and the latest Product News for the large scale model railway enthusiast.
4 comments:
It was nice seeing some of my modelling being praised in the magazine; albeit ambiguously credited to someone else. To be clear that's not a complaint aimed at you Phil, as obviously you work with the material you are sent.
In case anyone wonders what I'm talking about, I designed and 3D printed the highly detailed Simplex radiator Dan Foard adds to his Simplex and describes on page 19. More details on how that was made, along with a bunch of other Simplex detailing parts, may appear in a later edition of Garden Rail as Phil already has my article describing how they came about.
Sorry - I have to go with what I have as you say.
And the orange Simplex is lined up for a future appearance. I just have to space the Simplex articles out a bit. There is at least one more in the queue after you!
Yes, I can imagine that given their popularity you get more than the average number of article on building Simplex locomotives!
Also, railcars and trams!
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