Friday, October 31, 2008

Soldering waggly bits

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soldering waggly bits Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . If there is one scary task with Garratts it's the waggly bits. Like it or not...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Schuco Type 2

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Schuco Type 2 Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . It's the one everyone has been waiting for - a sensibly priced bay window VW Type ...

Stuck bit

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Stuck bit Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . This is the last cylinder face to be drilled for the Garratt. Having done 3 without difficult...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Drilling a cylinder

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Drilling a cylinder Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The Garratt Locomotive kit provides a set of nicely moulded cylinder faces cast in...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Slaters crank pins

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When you make the move from 4mm to 7mm, unless you've been very finescale in the smaller scale, the number of parts in a crank pin is a ...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Fitting bearings

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Fitting bearings Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . In an ideal world, all holes in etched parts would exactly the right size. However the...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Uckfield Exhibtion 2008

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OK, it's been a week but I've finally go around to writing up the story of our trip to Uckfield Model Railway Exhibition : Friday: ...

Coach in G1MRA magazine

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G1MRA Autumn cover Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I don't usually mention appearances in society magazines on the blog as the para...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Lifeboat Enthusiasts

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RNLI Talk Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . The late autumn and winter months mean reduced action down at the boating pond. To see us th...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

MORE Garratt bits

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Garratt bits Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I had pretty much run out of parts I could fit to the Garratt just in time for my long wee...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition

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Minature traction engines Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . How can you describe the MME ? Is it several thousand men (and lets be honest...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Things you only see at an exhibition...

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Old and new Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I'm stewarding at the Midlands Model Engineering Show for a couple of days. It's go...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Uckfield Model Railway Exhibtion 2008

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Programme Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . Just got back from Uckfield and don't have time to post a proper show report until later ...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Flockburgh Folly

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On our model railway layout Flockburgh there is a hill. And at the top of the hill there is a scruffy patch of grass (OK, scatter). It'...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Castle Trains, Warwick

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How lucky are the people of Leamington & Warwick. Not one , but two excellent model shops within 5 miles of each other ! Best of all the...
Friday, October 17, 2008

Putting the Garratt together

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Current Garratt Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . When I really "get into" building a model locomotive or boat I have the abili...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Hind engine

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Hind engine Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . According to the instructions the hind (rear) engine unit is the harder of the two to const...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Front engine unit

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Front engine unit Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . All I had to do was make a box to fit on the front engine unit. And it still took me ...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Boiler Cradle

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Boiler Cradle Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . First up, thanks to Andrew Sturmey for setting me right on Garratt nomenclature. I now kn...
Monday, October 13, 2008

Firebox

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Firebox Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker . I only needed two goes at this one... The firebox is made up of a former, wrapper and whitemeta...