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Joined: 12 Aug 2008 My Line: Woodrow Railway Posts: 1096
Location: Middlesbrough, England
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:
urr no I havent gone back to trackpower, Iv installed it but its to much hassle, OTTO doesnt have a motor its just a cameo scene not a working banker. _________________ Rule 8, Its my garden railway so Ill do whatever the hell I like with it!
Joined: 28 Oct 2009 My Line: North Norfolk Railway Posts: 119
Location: Norwich
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject:
are these tram IP kits easy to make? as wouldnt mind one and i wouldnt say im the best person at making kits...
Henrietta was based on a carriage like that used as the Buffet Car in Titfield Thunderbolt.
NNR (where i volunteer) has a sister carriage which is currently undergoing restoration, it has 4 wheels per bogie so Henretta would be an 8 wheeler although in the TV stories she is portrayed as a 4 wheeler, not sure about the railway series?, gosh its confusing
"It's really perfectly simple", as Basil Fawlty might say...
The Wisbech and Upwell tramway ran two types of coach. The earlier vehicles were four-wheelers; this type was the model for Henrietta in both the railway series books and the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series. However, the last two W&U coaches, Nos. 7 and 8, had longer bodies and were therefore fitted with bogies.
These drawings should make the difference clear (posted for educational purposes only, etc, etc):
Joined: 28 Oct 2009 My Line: North Norfolk Railway Posts: 119
Location: Norwich
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:
wow didnt know about that, you learn somthing new every day as they say at NNR _________________ North Norfolk Railway TTI and Platform Supervisor
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:24 am Post subject: TOBY
yes get IP to do those especially 4 wheeler.......hang on I'm 48 and getting all excited abot Thomas the Tank Engine?????????/
Stiff drink needed or build an usual AWNUTS loco...or BOTH
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: TOBY
Crackingjob wrote:
yes get IP to do those especially 4 wheeler
Or, a W&LLR Pickerings coach BUT with four wheels. We could have a career for designing coach kits _________________ Think I'm barmy cos I want a Ford Capri?
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Joined: 04 Jan 2008 My Line: The Peaslake & Grayswood Light Railway Posts: 644
Location: West Sussex
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject:
Endless, Nameless wrote:
Pickering coach would look daft as a four wheeler. They are really BIG!
Tell me about it, I had to unpack two of them in the shop. The worst part was manhandling them into a small space for display _________________ Call me an anorak, I don't care
Joined: 21 Oct 2007 My Line: Mawnan & Helford Light Railway Posts: 2712
Location: West Cornwall, England
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject:
MTA wrote:
Tell me about it, I had to unpack two of them in the shop. The worst part was manhandling them into a small space for display
Don't worry, soon health and safety will be having you life them with a small crane and do a risk assesment before you move them. _________________ Cheers, Pete
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 My Line: Deben Valley Light Railway Posts: 985
Location: Suffolk
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject:
I've been slowely building a pickering but shortened to fit on my railway. So slowely I started before accucraft brought them out! I shall contact IP with my ideas...
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