Quote from: loupgarou on July 20, 2024, 10:53:57 AM

Quote from: Rheged on July 20, 2024, 07:05:38 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 20, 2024, 05:34:02 AMIs that in Metric or Imperial units?   

Given the late, great Tophe's nationality  I would assume it's a metric measurement.  To convert to Imperial equivalent, multiply by approximately 9. 5954395  and subtract from your answer 17 (or any other two digit  prime number of your choice.)

Exactly !

Weell, only "exactly" to within a rounding error defined as the recipreversexclusion of the product of 9.5954395, 17 and the day of the month...

Close counts, in Tophe modelling and horseshoe throwing. 

I haven't forgotten my build, it has just been slowed down by various PSR sessions, and many day trips to a small house in the hills over Como lake, that I have bought one year ago, together with my best girl friend.
The house is OK, everything is working perfectly, by my standards, BUT the girl has decided that plumbing needs renovating, the roof checked,, windows are too old ...so we are spending half of our time meeting workmen or firms for cost estimates and all that ...
At least, my plane is nearly ready for a first primer coat.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's enough about all that stuff, tell us about that VERY interesting loco in the background. It looks like the chassis from a 2-6-6-0 Mallet!

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 27, 2024, 02:23:00 PMYeah, yeah, yeah, that's enough about all that stuff, tell us about that VERY interesting loco in the background. It looks like the chassis from a 2-6-6-0 Mallet!

  No, it's a VERY old Tenshodo 2-6-8-0, Great Northern class M-2.
I had to replace the rubber tubes used as transmission, as they were completely fossilized. Now it's working again, re-assembled and checked. Will have to do some paint touch-up later.

Quote from: loupgarou on July 27, 2024, 01:54:58 PMThe house is OK, everything is working perfectly, by my standards, BUT the girl has decided that plumbing needs renovating, the roof checked,, windows are too old ...so we are spending half of our time meeting workmen or firms for cost estimates and all that ...

The Perfect Storm - Women and "new" houses 

Overlooking Lake Como ? Lovely part of the world 

Go with the flow, agree with everything she says.  Do not put your foot down and insist on anything being done the way you want it (even if it is logical, saves money then, and avoids an odd angled wall in the hallway which will stand out like a sore thumb) as it will be dragged up years later and used as evidence proving a $1000 gas bill is your fault.   

Quote from: loupgarou on July 27, 2024, 02:42:15 PM  No, it's a VERY old Tenshodo 2-6-8-0, Great Northern class M-2.
I had to replace the rubber tubes used as transmission, as they were completely fossilized. Now it's working again, re-assembled and checked. Will have to do some paint touch-up later.

An M-2? Woweee, they're as rare as hen's teeth with that weird wheel arrangement. I'm wholly impressed that you a) have one and b) have it working too! 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 28, 2024, 04:31:04 AM

Quote from: loupgarou on July 27, 2024, 02:42:15 PM  No, it's a VERY old Tenshodo 2-6-8-0, Great Northern class M-2.
I had to replace the rubber tubes used as transmission, as they were completely fossilized. Now it's working again, re-assembled and checked. Will have to do some paint touch-up later.

An M-2? Woweee, they're as rare as hen's teeth with that weird wheel arrangement. I'm wholly impressed that you a) have one and b) have it working too! 

Thank you, dear Sir. 
Actually, there are various (brass) models of that loco: PFM/Tenshodo, Oriental, Challenger, W&R at least.
It was quite a job opening everything, with a complicated arrangement: Rubber tubing from engine to a gear tower, then another tubing to the rear gear box, and one to the front, articulated one. 

Quote from: loupgarou on July 28, 2024, 05:27:55 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 28, 2024, 04:31:04 AM

Quote from: loupgarou on July 27, 2024, 02:42:15 PM  No, it's a VERY old Tenshodo 2-6-8-0, Great Northern class M-2.
I had to replace the rubber tubes used as transmission, as they were completely fossilized. Now it's working again, re-assembled and checked. Will have to do some paint touch-up later.

An M-2? Woweee, they're as rare as hen's teeth with that weird wheel arrangement. I'm wholly impressed that you a) have one and b) have it working too! 

Thank you, dear Sir. 
Actually, there are various (brass) models of that loco: PFM/Tenshodo, Oriental, Challenger, W&R at least.
It was quite a job opening everything, with a complicated arrangement: Rubber tubing from engine to a gear tower, then another tubing to the rear gear box, and one to the front, articulated one. 

See this stuff always gets me ...ive seen a Big Boy loco up close and damn that's huge and the engineering is amazing.
I've seen many complicated things like a fully deskinned F4 Phantom which was used as a instruction airframe for the techy dudes and the electronics in the old bird was very eye opening 😳
Now when you take something as complicated as a steam loco and then shrink it to like 76 times smaller than original and then there's the folks who build these and rebuild these models scares the hell out of me   
I've total respect for the blokes who can rebuild these  models 🙌 👏 

Quote from: Wardukw on July 28, 2024, 01:07:16 PM

Quote from: loupgarou on July 28, 2024, 05:27:55 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 28, 2024, 04:31:04 AM

Quote from: loupgarou on July 27, 2024, 02:42:15 PM  No, it's a VERY old Tenshodo 2-6-8-0, Great Northern class M-2.
I had to replace the rubber tubes used as transmission, as they were completely fossilized. Now it's working again, re-assembled and checked. Will have to do some paint touch-up later.

An M-2? Woweee, they're as rare as hen's teeth with that weird wheel arrangement. I'm wholly impressed that you a) have one and b) have it working too! 

Thank you, dear Sir. 
Actually, there are various (brass) models of that loco: PFM/Tenshodo, Oriental, Challenger, W&R at least.
It was quite a job opening everything, with a complicated arrangement: Rubber tubing from engine to a gear tower, then another tubing to the rear gear box, and one to the front, articulated one. 

See this stuff always gets me ...ive seen a Big Boy loco up close and damn that's huge and the engineering is amazing.
I've seen many complicated things like a fully deskinned F4 Phantom which was used as a instruction airframe for the techy dudes and the electronics in the old bird was very eye opening 😳
Now when you take something as complicated as a steam loco and then shrink it to like 76 times smaller than original and then there's the folks who build these and rebuild these models scares the hell out of me   
I've total respect for the blokes who can rebuild these  models 🙌 👏 

It scares me too, when I have to open a loco (without instructions, of course) to try to find what's wrong and repair it.

Quote from: Wardukw on July 28, 2024, 01:07:16 PMNow when you take something as complicated as a steam loco and then shrink it to like 76 times smaller than original and then there's the folks who build these and rebuild these models scares the hell out of me   

N Gauge ones are even smaller, 1/160 scale in Europe and the US. We have to make do with 1/148 here in the UK as our RW locos are tiny in comparison.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 28, 2024, 03:09:30 PM

Quote from: Wardukw on July 28, 2024, 01:07:16 PMNow when you take something as complicated as a steam loco and then shrink it to like 76 times smaller than original and then there's the folks who build these and rebuild these models scares the hell out of me   

N Gauge ones are even smaller, 1/160 scale in Europe and the US. We have to make do with 1/148 here in the UK as our RW locos are tiny in comparison.

Nope Nope.. don't go to N gauge..I'll loose sleep with those watch maker small parts 

Quote from: loupgarou on July 28, 2024, 02:36:27 PM

Quote from: Wardukw on July 28, 2024, 01:07:16 PM

Quote from: loupgarou on July 28, 2024, 05:27:55 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 28, 2024, 04:31:04 AM

Quote from: loupgarou on July 27, 2024, 02:42:15 PM  No, it's a VERY old Tenshodo 2-6-8-0, Great Northern class M-2.
I had to replace the rubber tubes used as transmission, as they were completely fossilized. Now it's working again, re-assembled and checked. Will have to do some paint touch-up later.

An M-2? Woweee, they're as rare as hen's teeth with that weird wheel arrangement. I'm wholly impressed that you a) have one and b) have it working too! 

Thank you, dear Sir. 
Actually, there are various (brass) models of that loco: PFM/Tenshodo, Oriental, Challenger, W&R at least.
It was quite a job opening everything, with a complicated arrangement: Rubber tubing from engine to a gear tower, then another tubing to the rear gear box, and one to the front, articulated one. 

See this stuff always gets me ...ive seen a Big Boy loco up close and damn that's huge and the engineering is amazing.
I've seen many complicated things like a fully deskinned F4 Phantom which was used as a instruction airframe for the techy dudes and the electronics in the old bird was very eye opening 😳
Now when you take something as complicated as a steam loco and then shrink it to like 76 times smaller than original and then there's the folks who build these and rebuild these models scares the hell out of me   
I've total respect for the blokes who can rebuild these  models 🙌 👏 

It scares me too, when I have to open a loco (without instructions, of course) to try to find what's wrong and repair it.

Massive kudos to ya matey ..that courage there is rather high on the dicing with the carpet monster side of things 
The moment I'd start to work on a,HO or N gauge loco the first words out of my mouth would be " yup..well I'll never find that part again "

Quote from: Wardukw on July 28, 2024, 09:11:02 PMNope Nope.. don't go to N gauge..I'll loose sleep with those watch maker small parts 

Too late. 

I've been modelling N Gauge since the 80s, American N Gauge in my case. My exhibition layout below.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 29, 2024, 04:14:11 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on July 28, 2024, 09:11:02 PMNope Nope.. don't go to N gauge..I'll loose sleep with those watch maker small parts 

Too late. 

I've been modelling N Gauge since the 80s, American N Gauge in my case. My exhibition layout below.

Kit mate building a layout is perfectly fine ..I love that stuff be it HO or N ..like that massive layout in Germany     
Now pulling said little beasties to bits tho..Nope..Nope Nope 🙅�♂️ 🙃
😁😁
I can't see your layout very well but it does look good  and I'll need more close up pics to make an informed opinion 😃😃