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    Plank and Tie Mill

    ... if i remember correctly it was a birthday present from Jon , nice model , i envy your LPP , they are very nice , what brand are they and are they prepainted or did you paint them ? Cheers Ian
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    Bachmann next year

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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    heres the picture this time ..
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    I have put the basis of the tender,Cab together with the mainframe and trucks , here is a picture of my 3 shays to give you an idea of how small this Keystone Shay is , closest is the Keystone shay , next the MDC 2 truck shay and at the end , the Spectrum 3 truck shay , all HO scale..
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    Relco Track cleaner

    Seen this mentioned a few times around , somehow it cleans the track and wheels as you run your trains :confused: My Questions are... what is it and what does it do ? is it dangerous to the Loco at all ? is it OK for HO scale and N scale ? does it fry DCC decoders ? thanks...
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    The keystone trucks are replaced with NWSL parts in total , its a bit of a "fussing around" job , the main hickup was glueing the journel covers (see picture)over the lineshaft and not bonding everything togeather. I found a solution on a website here that suggested coating the lineshaft...
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    another pitcure of the boiler fitting over the drive gear...
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    The boiler casting had to be machined to fit over the drive gear box . That took about 1 hour for me to do with drill bits and a grinding tool in a dremel. Also the King pin sockets have been installed in the main frame with epoxy for the trucks.
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    First job was to mill a T-shape opening to allow the NWSL gearbox to drop through the floor to drive the trucks also drilled two holes for the kingpin sockets also supplied in the NWSL kit.....
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    I have got both the Keystone shay kit , shown on left , and the NWSL motor kit , shown right, its time to start............ I will post some pictures as i make the kit , they may be far between them though , this will probably be the hardest kit i have tried to date, Ian
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    Plank and Tie Mill

    and a final picture looking at the dipping shed...
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    Plank and Tie Mill

    speaking of the boiler...
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    Plank and Tie Mill

    chopping some wood for the boiler...
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    Plank and Tie Mill

    a closer view at the sawmill end....
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    Plank and Tie Mill

    Here are some photos of my recently compeleted Plank and Tie Mill Kit. This is an old Woodland Scenics Kit , introduced maybe over 20 years ago( I think). It is white metal kit and very detailed , the only downside being a lot of flash and some distortions with the castings... eg sides not...
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    Well i have my Keystone Shay kit , a few questions to those who have made and motored the kit sofar..... I read somewhere on the web that they suggest that gettings the cylinders to go up and down are near impossible and it is a nightmare to get this parts all synchronized , especially due to...
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    Mantua 2-6-6-2 Articualted Logger

    For everyone interested in the Mantua Cassic Logger and the Camelback , this is the reply that i got by email when enquiring about them through thier web site... The logger the middle of the year,the camelback maybe end of year. Thanks, Michael -- MICHAEL SICURELLI...
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    Mantua 2-6-6-2 Articualted Logger

    I was on the understanding that the Mantua Classics where not yet available till later in the year , is the logger available now ? :cool: Ian
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    Keystone Shay NWSL upgrade

    Thats great Jeff , any chance of any pictures if you have any ? cheers Ian
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    video

    Worked for me too ,great to watch . What sound system do you use ? Cheers Ian:thumb:
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