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Hi Tom :thumb: Just reading through your posts. I LIKE what I see, very nice. Wished I had room for the large scale stuff. 100 degree temp, nice, we're freezing our backside off at the moment, c'mon Summer. :wave::wave: Joe.

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To answer some questions on my methods here's a few hints and tips :mrgreen: First my Rivet Tool, please don't laugh but this is something I knocked together some 30 years ago when I was building Locos in Brass. It's built from an old hand drill stand. It works like a sub miniature Pile...

Hi Tom, thanks for the congrats :thumb: If you mean the shape of the boiler saddle tanks, what I do is I cut a set of round disks in the Lathe the size I want less 0.040 thou for the wrapper which is 0.020 thou thick. I don't like to score and snap, I cut through whenever I can with a...

Pleasant surprise this morning........announce1announce1 The Porter has been announced 'MODEL OF THE WEEK' :thumb::thumb: Thanks Ekuth. :wave::wave: Joe.

And a few more. :wave::wave: Joe.

A few piccies of the Loco build:twisted::twisted:

Thanks for the link to the Railchannel Tom. Love the Tweetsie. Joe.

Hi Tom. Is there some way of moving posts over to the other sections?? Cheers, Joe.

Hi Guys :wave: Thanks for your comments. I'll take some pics of my Rivet tool tomorrow and post them. :wave::wave: Joe.

Hi Tom. Thanks for the compliment. I must say, things are very quiet on this forum. Is it always like this? (Just wondering, being new here) Cheers, Joe.

Hi Tom. :wave::wave: All you see is home brew from 0.020 thou styrene sheet. The Porter will also have it's original running gear with motor. The set up is needed because of my steep grades. Should turn out good same as the first Loco Bash. :thumb::thumb: :wave::wave: Joe.

Sludge Pit Minerals needs another Steamer. :thumb::thumb: This one will have a motorized Tender bashed from a Piko Loco I bought on e-bay for $25.00. for parts only. The loco was brand new but was dropped destroying the loco body. wall1 Looks very good behind the re-worked Porter. First...

Hi all, :wave::wave: Loco and Tender are all done. Tender is connected permanently and wired in parallel to the Loco making it more or less a 0-4-4-0. Very powerful and heavy. :mrgreen::cool: Check the piccies and let me know what you think. :wave::wave: Joe.

Hi there Hot Cinder :wave::wave: Yeah the Forney is a nice looking Loco but not very well behaved. Bit hard to get any New England Brownstone here in OZ. The Stone work is scratch built, carved a master in plaster, made a Latex mould and cast slabs as needed. :thumb: The Rocks are...

Very nice. :thumb::thumb::thumb: I love small Layouts. They are a lot of fun. :cool: :wave::wave: Joe.

Ready for paint :thumb:

Hey Tom. :wave: Thanks for the link. Have'nt seen that before. Sounds interesting. Here in OZ we have Cane Toads which are a declared Pest. Maybe we could boil them down into a messy goo and see if it works the same as Bullfrog Snot. sign1 Seriously though, the motorized tender does...

A few more Piccies :mrgreen::mrgreen:

Hi Guys, thanks for the positive comments. :thumb::thumb: I'm actually in the middle of building a motorized Tender for this Loco due to some very cruel grades on the layout up towards the top Tunnel. I have loaded the Loco Saddle Tank with steel balls set in epoxy to add plenty of...