Showing posts with label Garratt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garratt. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 03, 2021

Backwoods Miniatures 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt

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  Spotting that James Hilton has been working on a Backwoods Miniature industrial Garratt kit prompted me to dig out my model for a couple ...
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Thursday, July 03, 2014

Garratt arrives!

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Yet another locomotive I never expected to see in RTR form is now in my possession - the famous (and infamous) Beyer-Garratt commissioned...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Gauge 1 Garratt seen in the wild

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For many years, I've been suggesting to Trevor at Mercian Models that he ought to produce his rather nice industrial Garratt kit, curre...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Models from the cupboard: Industrial Garratt

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Another loco from the stockbox and a pair of cracking Nevard shots which is all the excuse I need to feature the Garratt again. At least...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012

Garratt Pivots

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David asks: I’ve just been reading your piece dated 10 October 2008 on Garratt Pivots and I have some questions: 1. Do the pivots take...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Waggly bits question

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Richard asks: Glancing through your pages I spotted a photo of a Backwoods Vivian Garratt (4MM) you built for your layout, did you have any...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Now you've made them, it's time to use them...

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Happy days. I've stuck rivet strips all over the tank end of the Garratt locomotive. I did my best to follow the photo and the results d...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Lines of rivets

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Here's how you get nice straight lines of rivets - use all the bits of the press. That means the cross-slide which has only been out of...
Friday, August 28, 2009

Riveting plastic

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Adding the rivets tot he Garratt bunker seems, to me, to be a job easier carried out in plasticard than metal. I could cut little bits of br...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Inside the bunker of a Garratt

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Loitering around after the show at MOSI a week ago and wearing an "Exhibitor" badge prominently, I spent a lot of time crawling al...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The only Beyer-Garratt built in Manchester this year

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Well, the only Garratt built in the Manchester Museum of Science & Industry this year during the "Great Garratt Gathering" any...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Great Garratt Gathering

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Workbench Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker or: "Phil's Workbench on tour" For the last few days I've been based at the e...
Friday, August 14, 2009

Crewmen

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Thanks to speedy work by S&D Miniatures and some lightening fast painting by yours truly, the Garratt Locomotive has a crew. I'm a l...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Yet another Garratt

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Initial Garratt Bits Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker Oh, look, some bits for a O gauge industrial Garratt. Yes, one down, one to go. All ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Dirty Blue Garratt

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Dirty Blue Garratt Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker One down, one to go. The first Garratt is finished. Well apart from a crew (on order) ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Motor hole

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Motor hole Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker For some reason, this motor in the back of this Garratt locomotive, doesn't fit. I'm s...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Walschaerts

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Does any other word strike so much fear in the model locomotive builder ? Walschaerts valve gear is wonderful stuff on an engine, it adds co...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

Grab that Garratt

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Workbench Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker How do you hold and work on a Garratt locomotive engine unit ? There aren't many flat areas...
Friday, August 07, 2009

Fag paper clearances

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Cylinder backs Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker You don't get a lot of space between the back of the cross heads and the front of the ...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Blue is the colour

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Blue Garratt Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker How do you decide on the colour a model locomotive should be painted ? Normally it's eas...