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I have a bottle of Floquil 110601 Zinc ch.primer , is that the right one , looks a rusty red/brown colour? had it for ages never used it. Cheers Ian

We need a spell checker function on the post board , i know i do. :-) Jon , its nice to see your Loco and its good to see Budger Creek running again. Cheers Ian

I have recently finished a white metal Shay kit and wish to airbrush this model using Floquil paints. Since this is the first white metal kit i have painted i was wondering if there are any preparations proir to air brushing apart from washing the metal before painting. Should i use a...

ahhh , the penny has dropped , now i know how to connect the u-joints to the line and crank shafts !!!! It may sound a little simple but i don't remember anything mentioned about it in the instructions. Thankfully i only made two of the u-joints pieces so at least 2 of them will be easy ...

Some updated pictures of my Shay , i have added handrails , injector,exhaust,intake and sand pipes.Bell, roof vent, toolbox and headlights have also been added as well as the rear kadee coupler. Handrails have been added to the cab and tender each side of the cab opening. I have still to...

HELL YEAH !! :D i for one would like to see all you have and will download any movies that you kindly upload.I would especially like to see the log dumps. Cheers Ian

Thanks for those clips Jimmy , i downloaded them all and love them all , i recomend downloading these to anyone whoes interested in logging action. Please let us know if you upload any more :D Cheers Ian

The motor gets quite hot after 7-10 minutes at approx 30% throtle , you can touch it with your finger and keep it there but it gets very hot after about 20mins continuous running , at that time it burns your finger. I wonder if a can motor would generally be hotter than the open frame motor...

i have started building on the cylinder area , the crankcase, crankshaft and cylinder assembly are in all in place , once again i used ceramic grease to coat the crankshaft to stop any CCA from bonding to it , and stop it from turning once the gear shafts are in place. the valve gears are...

I have widdened the truck gearbox where the wheelsets sit in , i found they where a little tight and was causing excess stress on the motor , a quick hook up to the ampmeter and i found that the motor was running at about .18-.19 amps at half speed with no binds so far.It still runs hot though...

Heres a breakdown of my shay , i have fixed the cab togeather with the boiler with epoxy , i am going to make this removable, fixed to the chasis by a screw from underneath. I figure this will make it easier if i ever have to replace the lighglobe in the headlight.The globe is 1.5 volts...

I could not find Water soluable valve grind compound only oil based , which i thought could damage the plastic. However this toothpaste sounds interesting , so you put a little on the gears (metal) run it for a while , then do you clean the paste out and grease/oil the gears ? so the...

marc gast says Marc . whats this , i have been unable to find any information on it , is it simialr to graphite powder ? , where would one find it ? Cheers Ian

Thanks for the reply Cid , yes the "h" stand for hold , so i could take the picture without having the engine running. The amps sure change when i connect the trucks to the gearset.:( Cheers Ian

Ampermeter Class 101 is in Session i am having a little trouble understanding the amp readings on the ampermeter , i am pretty sure i have done it correct , i have wired the Ampermeter in a circuit with the motor , and i have selected the "10" on the dial ,which i believe you should use if...

Don't get me wrong the Shay kit has been a little easier so far than i thought and it runs well , it was just the fact that the motor seemed warmer than i am used to.I have now come to the conclussion that this is typical of this can motor in particular . I will do what krokodil recomends...

The NWSL Keystone Shay conversion and i am using the can motor supplied with the kit. Ok Guilty of that , i was under the impression that the less moving parts the better and the quieter it would run. Also the MDC shay is directly conected to the gearbox, so i thought it would be better to...

Hi Jon , here is a picture of the cover of the "Plank and tie kit from Woodland scenics , not sure which kit came first , this one or the one shamus has. Hi Jim , I like your alterations on the Plank and Tie kit , hopefully mine can look as good once its planted in the layout. Cheers Ian

Thanks for your reply Jeff , i was quite surprised , none of my other motors run that hot ,especially after once around my 6 x 4 layout with the tender off and the motor exposed. I ran it about one quarter throtle as well. I need to get it running better a bit backwards, the rear tender...

The motor has been installed , all runs reasonabley well but a little hot? Marc and/or Jeff , did you experience this ? It says maximum continuous safe current is .025 amp , how do i check this ? I have the can motor BTW Cheers Ian