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 Posted - March 04 2014 : 11:32:45 AM
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I do! And here's pictures of mine. Post pictures of yours too!
-Steve
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 8:08:29 PM
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I has a Airfix 4F Fowler loco
It needs buffers & couplers 
Will post pix of it later 
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 8:20:49 PM
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quote:I has a Airfix 4F Fowler loco
It needs buffers & couplers
Will post pix of it later
Originally posted by microbusss - March 04 2014 : 8:08:29 PM
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I saw one of those at a train show a while back for $45.It was pretty beat up. It had one coupling which was on the front of the loco and the buffer beam was damaged. The engine was also very dirty. I'm not sure if it ran or not because I didn't pay much attention to it due to how damaged it was.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 04 2014 : 8:34:43 PM
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I think I got mine for $30 or so in the original box & it do run 
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 8:56:12 PM
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quote:I think I got mine for $30 or so in the original box & it do run
Originally posted by microbusss - March 04 2014 : 8:34:43 PM
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I've seen pictures of your Fowler in the LOTW thread a while back. Good find for $30!
-Steve
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Posted - March 15 2014 : 02:45:30 AM
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I have been puttering with this 4 x 8 with an eye to making it DCC. My concern is that the typical Hornby stuff, while very, very pretty, have rather flimsy motors that only function at high voltage/high speed.
My goal is to try model something in the turn of the century, and modeling a canal. The will be quite challenging.
Poking along, trial and error. Found that OO flanges sometimes whack Atlas code 100 frogs, and sometimes they pass right over.
First train set: a wind up Hornby. Still have the original Golliwog van. Beautiful.
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Posted - March 15 2014 : 10:36:11 AM
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quote:
I have been puttering with this 4 x 8 with an eye to making it DCC. My concern is that the typical Hornby stuff, while very, very pretty, have rather flimsy motors that only function at high voltage/high speed.
My goal is to try model something in the turn of the century, and modeling a canal. The will be quite challenging.
Poking along, trial and error. Found that OO flanges sometimes whack Atlas code 100 frogs, and sometimes they pass right over.
First train set: a wind up Hornby. Still have the original Golliwog van. Beautiful.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 15 2014Â :Â 02:45:30 AM
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Nice job so far!I think those British engines look gorgeous as well. Anyway, I have heard that 00 gauge flanges hit the H0 scale track. I may sound like an idiot here but, where are the flanges on an 00 gauge locomotive and what do they look like?
-Steve
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Posted - March 18 2014 : 02:41:29 AM
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OO flanges a little deeper than HO. Appears to be some variability between a manufacturer like Bachmann and Hornby, the latter having deeper flanges.
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 3:59:25 PM
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quote:| where are the flanges on an 00 gauge locomotive and what do they look like? |
Flanges are the part of a train's wheel that keep the wheel on the track. Compare a car's wheel to a train's wheel. Car wheels are flat to allow for steering, train wheels have a flange to keep the wheel on the rail.
quote:| My goal is to try model something in the turn of the century, and modeling a canal. The will be quite challenging. |
My initial plan for the point-to-point set-up I have right now was to model the Rideau Canal. I bailed on that idea due to spacial constraints and poor planning on my part. Someday I'll pull it off. Hopefully your canal layout works out, I'm interested to see a canal layout!
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 5:05:50 PM
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Flanges are the part of a train's wheel that keep the wheel on the track. Compare a car's wheel to a train's wheel. Car wheels are flat to allow for steering, train wheels have a flange to keep the wheel on the rail.
Originally posted by DaCheez - March 19 2014 : 3:59:25 PM
[/quote]Oh, is that what this is? Before I show you the picture, I'm pretty sure that part of the wheel is what you're talking about but I'm just making sure I'm right. And don't look at the wheels themselves, look at the things on the edges of the wheels. Sorry if that's a little confusing.
-Steve
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 5:35:18 PM
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Here is a Hornby Merchant Class with a WWII name. "41st Squadron". Considered to be a Streamlined locomotive.
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 6:02:21 PM
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| how does the Level Crossing work? Is it manual or automatic?
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Posted - March 20 2014 : 12:26:23 PM
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quote:| I'm pretty sure that part of the wheel is what you're talking about but I'm just making sure I'm right. And don't look at the wheels themselves, look at the things on the edges of the wheels. |
Yes, the lip that sticks off the outer surface of the wheel and holds the engine on the rails.
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 11:26:53 AM
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quote: quote:| I'm pretty sure that part of the wheel is what you're talking about but I'm just making sure I'm right. And don't look at the wheels themselves, look at the things on the edges of the wheels. |
Yes, the lip that sticks off the outer surface of the wheel and holds the engine on the rails.
Originally posted by DaCheez - March 20 2014 : 12:26:23 PM
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Those are the flanges? If that's the case then I don't think they hit the rails when I run the loco. I think only the older 00 gauge trains hit the rails on H0 gauge track. Most of the newer ones don't. I also forgot to post one of my 00 gauge rolling stock. Here it is.
-Steve
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Posted - March 24 2014 : 11:29:08 AM
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quote:Here is a Hornby Merchant Class with a WWII name. "41st Squadron". Considered to be a Streamlined locomotive.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - March 19 2014 : 5:35:18 PM
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It definitely looks streamlined to me.
-Steve
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