Latest winter build
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the grinch
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Awesomeness my man great work looking good and am jealous of your wood working skills as myself personally a metal man (cant weldwood lol ) I reckon a thomas tank engine type face on front would be cool but not sure if he is so popular now but am sure a lot of us could relate . And once again hats of to you mate great job.
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the grinch said:
Ha Ha Ha. My wife suggested similar. And I was like a resounding NO...
We are also having trouble with a name for it as we don't want it to be the "polar express" etc. But we do want something that is catchy.
The wife thought of the "Southern Express" and then add a southern cross to it.
I kind of like it, but am open to suggestions if anyone has any...
the grinch
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Name I suggest would be THE GREAT WESTERN . Relates to type of train that ran on great western railway in England plus obvious you live in western Australia ! ..? What do you think
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Steve22537
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Scamper, I'll have to pay you a visit.
Steve
Steve
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I haven't updated this in a while. Basically last year I ran out of time and almost didn't get a show up at all.
So the train got stored in it's new station. As I decided I didn't want to get stuck again this year, I opened up the station (aka storage shelter) and the first thing to remove was the train, so out she came and straight up to the workshop. I have been doing little bits each afternoon and it will be out on display this year, complete with smoke! I have nearly completed the fire box, and have plumbed in the smoke machine, I dare say it will be finished, at least good enough for display, in a couple of days. If I get a chance after xmas, I will keep it out and do a little more work, as the original plan was for it to be mobile. I have the motor and the remote control and motor speed controller etc.
I will post pics in the coming days.
So the train got stored in it's new station. As I decided I didn't want to get stuck again this year, I opened up the station (aka storage shelter) and the first thing to remove was the train, so out she came and straight up to the workshop. I have been doing little bits each afternoon and it will be out on display this year, complete with smoke! I have nearly completed the fire box, and have plumbed in the smoke machine, I dare say it will be finished, at least good enough for display, in a couple of days. If I get a chance after xmas, I will keep it out and do a little more work, as the original plan was for it to be mobile. I have the motor and the remote control and motor speed controller etc.
I will post pics in the coming days.
the grinch
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Yes was wondering how train was going cant wait to see pics . Is the smoke machine a noisy thing as never heard one running and the ones ive seen look very similar to the snow machine we have wich sounds like nannas old vacuum cleaner so have wondered
Well done scamp
Well done scamp
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Yes the snow machine makes a bit of noise. But in testing I only need to run it for about 20 seconds and get smoke for about 5 minutes. The reason being, the smoke fills the drum and can only escape via the stack on the top and some small drain holes in the bottom.
My wife asked why it was coming out the bottom and I told her there is steam leakage from the pistons that drive the wheels... Duh...
