Hi Tom, I don't see why not ? . Peco is very good quality track. When I was in G scale thru hard experience I opted for Peco. LGB and Aristoetc., are crude by comparison.
DAVY
Davy,
The area of my concern is the geometry.
If the two turnouts are set in a corssover position on a 4" to 4 1/2" centerline of a full curve right a way will the diverging tracks be able to align?
BTW, what are the two stated radii of the curved turnout? tt
Hi Tom,
Go here .... 1 : 1 full size print offs available of the peco track.
This one on deltics is for you Rick if you are out there....
Lad,
I just got me computer back today; after having a technical problem sussed out.
The Deltic's video is... well, it's quite good... isn't it? In O scale, that locomotive would be le cool.
Recently, been going to this Irish pub, Johnnie Fox's Irish Snug, in Vancouver. Why do Irish pubs carry the snug moniker? It's small and cozy... is that the reason? Good Guinness and grub, too! Nothing fancy here lad; just a cool place to duck into.
Rick
I remember you, Davy, from some other forum many moons ago, but I can't remember which forum! I remember you were in Scotland and had a B&O outdoor layout, and posted many fine photos of it! Maybe it was railfan.net?
Dave
Hi Dave, Aye ,I remember you too. Nice to talk to you again.It was the railfan website. I've abandoned the G scale for O ,But I'm still into the B&O.Do keep in touch.
Rick I think "snug" is a reference to cosy etc. As for the deltics, I think they were about 3,300 HP. Powerfull for their day . Maritime engines o board too. I've never actually seen one working apart from on film. I prefer smokin kettles ! haha DAVY
I looked online after I asked you... some said a snug was a place to be not seen, for whatever reason; where you could enjoy yourself, without being noticed...
I read that the Deltic's were the kings, power-wise, for a period of time. Visually odd looking, but appealing.
Rick
Originally Posted by Rick B.:
The Deltic's video is... well, it's quite good... isn't it? In O scale, that locomotive would be le cool.
http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/1317_1_106878422.html
yours for 510 UKP. Also the Guinness is really cheap in the UK 
Michiel,
510 pounds would be around $812.00 Canadian dollars. Must be British Vision Line...
Nice looking model.
Really cheap Guinness ya say; here, on the best coast, a proper pint is a bit dear.
Good incentive to move... though, if G. is "really cheap"; probably a few snugs, too.
Are ya a lad; never seen your name, the way it's spelled, before?
Cheers,
Rick
510 UKP in Euros is also not pocket change, but indeed it's a nice loco. Mostly I collect German/Swiss stuff so I can pass that one without any guilt.
My sister lives in the UK; I think the UK is more expensive to live in than the US so I would think you would have a lot less money left at the end of the month to spend on beer. I only visit once in a while and put a couple of trays in the trunk of my car when I go back again.
That's the Dutch spelling of "Michael", of course over here it's a bit more common. Pronunciation is a it difficult for most people from English-speaking countries.
Neat looking engine! great thread hearing about what modelers do on the other side of the pond, kudos to Davy for starting this thread.
Michiel,
So I'm assuming your Dutch... from the Netherlands, live in Holland; and don't just have a Dutch name?
I'm from Canada; and we're called Canadians(people from Canada). You lads/lasses, living in the engineering marvel... of once submerged and now reclaimed land, somehow scored 3 identifying monikers - Netherlands, Holland and Dutch.
Some countries work with 2 - i.e. British/English or USA/American, but 3 for your country and it's citizens.
BTW, Nice to meet you!
Rick
Hi Guys, Rick....wo-there British /English, ???? em.... British/Scottish, British/Welsh,British/N.Irish,...... Davy
Lad,
Aye, my first thought was to use British/Scottish as an example, but I didn't want to rile/stress you... We've had Scotland shinning on it's own in this thread; without dwelling to much on it's British connection.
Rick
Davy, are you using the Peco SL-E787B curved turnouts with bullhead rail or is there a part number for flat bottom rail?
Do you folks have a Peco or other mfg conversion rail joiner for bullhead/flatbottom junctions? It looks like there is an incorrect photo used for the bullhead rail joiner. Can the bull head rail simply have the bottom ground flat?
http://www.osbornsmodels.com/peco-trackwork-299-c.asp
I see the curved turnouts are listed as 68"/122" radii.
Have you tried the Peco SL-E790BH double slip last listed at 81 pounds?
Thankx, tt
Davy,
Have ya seen Kenny and the lads, lately; have you been helping out servicing the equipment, in the shop?
Have you been making any new plans for your garden layout, that you will attempt, once winter is done?
Cheers,
Rick
Hi Tom, sorry musta missed your post. ??? No I don't have any experience of the double slip but I'll be investigating it because I might be able to use that and even though its expensive it would save a lot of space . as for the bullhead to flat bottom I don't know is the short answer.best to enquire at the Peco website.They are pretty good with info, RICK.., aye I've been up at the workshop,the trains are away for the winter. I will need to try and take some pictures of the workshops for you.I'm going up there on Monday or Tuesday ,maybe both days and I'll try to remember to take some pics. I haven't worked on any of the locos yet but I have started to learn how to use a lathe. I have plenty ideas for the garden layout come the spring> I was actually out one day and did a wee bit more of the basic track bed laying but other than that nothing to report , weathers either frosty or wet and miserable. I've been passing most of my time scouring ebay. Bought a French O gauge 3 rail Meccano-Hornby loco shell without a drive unit , it seems to be to scale but shortened a bit so I'll either cut it up and make it the right length or use it for a template and guide to scratch build a new to scale plastic body shell. I'll be fitting 2 rail drive units of course. I might even build two, and do one up as the red SNCF version that hauled "Le Capitole" train back in the 70s. Pictures one and two show the real thing BB9200 class of the SNCF, the last picture is the shell I bought. They are quite rare models and much sought after by French 3 rail tinplate fans. As you can see the cabs look to scale and in proportion but the body is somewhat short methinks,probably to suit the tight curves of three rail. Anyway,I have drawings of the real thing so I have the dimensions to work to.... watch this space. Lima made the correct red coaches for this train and those I already have and one way or another I intend to have the matching loco to go with them. DAVY
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Hi Lad,
The 3rd picture, the shell you recently bought, does look shorter, lengthwise; has a wee bit of an older style RV(motor-home) look to it, too. I like the picture of the red one; including, the silver/chrome details on the front... it stands out, quite nicely.
Aye, so yer learning how to mill are ya; getting some time on the lathe. Nice skill to have.
That would be nice if you could take a few pictures of the shop; tell Kenny I said, hi.
Would you believe I cut my lawn, today; it was a nice sunny day. We've been having quite a bit of rain, lately. Hope that's the last time, until next spring. Been sprucing up my bathroom: wall, ceiling and trim work... Pretty happy with the results, so far.
I recently went to my local library and ordered all the already released, 2012 issues of trains magazine; nice being able to do that.
Myself, I'm pretty satisfied with my train collection, as it stands. Plenty of nice equipment, to enjoy.
Hope you're still enjoying being a musician, and things are going well for you...
PS, now's the time to ponder the viaduct I proposed, awhile back.
Cheers,
Rick
Hi Guys, well Rick, was up at the workshops tonight and took some pics for you,there were many of the guys there tonight just a few and by the time I'd finished working at my models there was only Eric and Alan left working away. Erics the one in the white coat. I was working on that French engine,stripping off the old couplers and the pantographs and handrails to get it ready for painting, and I was also dismantling an old 3 rail Williams Pacific Chassis and started to make changes to it toget it to 2 rail operation. Anyway ,heres a couple of pics for you of the wee workshop in Strathaven .DAVY
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So that's where you lads get down to business; does your club own the building and the land, it's on?
I wonder if you'll get around to building a unit for yerself, someday; besides
servicing and fabricating... into the wee hours of the night?
It looks like a cool hideout; thanks for giving me a look.
BTW, tell Eric and Alan I said hi.
Cheers,
Rick
Hi Guys, been painting up the BB9200 loco shell into its new red "Capitole" livery. 1st picture shows it alongside another original 3 rail version. 2nd picture shows one of the real ones. 3rd picture shows another French electric I just bought a BB13000 class . It needs refurbished and repaint,again it will be getting converted to 2 rail but instead of the blue coplourscheme it will be getting SNCF green with yellow warning panels as per the last photo which is a Jouef HO version.
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Hi Guys,
Well ,been working away on those old French 3 rail electrics. I have done two of the BB9200s into the above red "capitole" livery and the BB 13000 centre cab has been repainted into the green though it still has its yellow and red warning panels to get done and the whole paint job flattened down a bit. Currently still 3 rail locos they will be converted to two rail as and when I can get my hands on the appropriate 2 rail motorising units.So far I've managed to obtain two. Anyway guys can't wait to get them two railed and running on the garden layout next year (fingers crossed ! ) Anyway guys ,hope you all haver a nice Christmas and New Year. All the best to all of you from Scotland DAVY
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Merry Christmas and a great new year, lad.
You must be rested and good and ready to get back to work, on your garden layout. You've got a lot of new trains to run.
Cheers,
Rick
Davy,
I always enjoy reading your posts about trains from across the Pond. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Wow, nice to see a garden railway in O scale. I've always wanted to go O scale, I was looking at some locos yesterday at the LHS, but to be honest can't afford to.
I am going to have to spend some time reading about your layout.
I realize it's the wrong scale, but there is a group of modelers who do garden railways in OO/HO at this forum: http://www.oogardenrailway.co.uk/
I am sure the guys would love it if you stopped by, we're not much for snobbery when it comes to scale. We just like our trains outdoors.
Hi there traingeek, are you in the UK ? I dabbled in HO in the garden at one point but wasn't happy with it so abandoned it. As for affordability,I think you might be surprised at what some Lima O gauge stuff goes for. Certainly no more expensive and a lot less expensive than many current OO/HO models. Though no longer made you can still pick up O gauge Rivarrossi, Lima, Pola Maxi,etc., 2 rail O gauge at reasonable prices on ebay. Mostly European outline. German ,Swiss,Italian ,French and various other stuff. Ebay UK, France,Germany and Italy are the main sources I use for european O gauge but it pays to keep an eye on American ebay too as some real great deals come up there from time to time. Keep in touch. DAVY
I'm in the USA. I stumbled on jules garden railway video of OO trains running in the snow and was hooked on the idea of garden railways. I've since started collecting a little bit of british OO stuff, mostly older models by lima and such. It's the best part of garden railways, you get to run anything and everything.
I spent my early childhood in Italy so I am really into italian trains. I should qualify my can't afford it status. My idea of cheap is finding a loco for 50.00$ or a coach for 10.00.
I do look at all the O scale stuff on ebay. Sadly even the old atlas/ahm F9's go for a bit more than I want to spend these days. I've seen the rivarossi Tartarugas on ebay but never real cheap. Who knows though I always look and wait for things. I have a backyard just waiting for another railroad as the HO scale one is in the front yard. 
love that le capitole. Should look wonderful with a rake of coaches behind it. one of the guys on Oo forum gifted me a diner, i expect I'll be looking for more red to make a train with.
http://www.oogardenrailway.co....33&image_id=1574
Oh yeah, and speaking of the weather....
http://www.oogardenrailway.co....33&image_id=1600
*sigh*
Hi Traingeek ,Listen, as it so happens last week I saw a 2nd hand "Le Capitole" BB9200 loco in HO by Lima in a local model shop.I smiled at the co-incidence of it because I had been doing up my O gauge Capitole locos. I'm pretty sure it will still be there.
I am quite friendly with the guy that owns the shop so I can talk nice to him and see if I can get that loco for you real cheap. he has quite a lot of 2nd hand stuff both continental HO and British OO. Lima and Jouef made some models that were British outline but were HO 3.5mm to the foot. However most British outline manufacturers built to OO 4mm to the foot. Anyway, if you are after anything in particular I can help you obtain this side of the pond or from europe let me know.
Ask the editor here at the forum for my email address and we can talk direct. All the best DAVY
Hmmm... this forum doesn't have messaging that I can find. How strange.
Let me know what he wants for his le capitol. Like I said I'm very cheap. Shipping is also an issue. I would buy things off of ebay.co.uk but usually it adds about 20.00$ to the price.
My lima's seem to scale up well near my Brit OO, but my jouef is all wrong.
Griffith
Hi Griffith, I'll check out on the Capitole loco for you some time next week after New Year. I'll also have a look see at what else he has for sale. Lima made some British OO stuff but to be honest you're better off with Bachmann Branchline,or Hornby. Davy
Got it and mine is sent as well.
Nice Job on the layout!
Hi Drew, Thanks for the thumbs up, glad you like it. Nothing doing on the garden at the moment but I have been working on another old French Meccano Hornby 3 rail SNCF BB9200 class electric locomotive. These locos were originally in a blueish/green colourscheme but had various liveries applied over the years. I already did two up in the Red and white "Le Capitole" colourscheme. Now I've done this other BB9200 up in what they called the "Corail" livery. I'm in the process of collecting 2 rail motor trucks to replace the old original 3 rail ones. Pics attached.1st picture ,real thing original livery, 2nd picture real thing in Corail livery,last picture ,my newly repainted body shell. I've also just won this German E44 electric locomotive on ebay by Pola-Maxi.(last picture) Its 2 rail O gauge,so no converting or repainting required this time round. never even knew that O gauge models of these locos had been made in O gauge so I was very pleased to win it. I now have a decent selection of French ,German and Italian electric and diesel locos and a few german steam locos for the european section of my garden layout which I hope to get on with come the spring. DAVY
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Here is an (incomplete) overview what was produced under the Pola Maxi/Biller Bahn/Rai-mo label (I hope the pictures speak for themselves):
http://1zu45.wordpress.com/201...r-gibt-teil-1-raimo/
Is the E44 you bought motorised? I've bought one recently but the motors used in it were rubbish. While taking out the motors the axles and gears just about disintegrated, so my model is still lacking some essential parts.
That corail unit is very nice looking. Can't wait to see it running on your layout.
Hi Michiel,
Well, i can only go by the sellers description. I don't have the loco yet ,its in transit from Germany.However its apparently in good condition and is a runner. So we'll see when it gets here. Fingers crossed !. I have a pola-maxi T3 0-6-0 tank steam model and no it isn't the greatest locomotive I've seen mechanically by a long shot but it goes OK.
As for the Corail unit Griffith, aye I quite like it myself. Its one of the few colour schemes applied to the BB9200 class over the years that doesn't require the removal of the original embossed SNCF nose roundels and cats whiskers and embossed numerals on the body sides. DAVY
By the way Michiel or any others interested .There is another one of these E44 electrics on ebay germany right now,but has been re-motored and converted to 3 rail.
