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| SillyBilly |
A Mamod loco diesel companion!Hi,I thought I'd inform you all that a individual is producing the perfect diesel companion for a Mamod/MSS steam loco, at the very good price of £62.50 + £4.50 P&P! There are photo's of the semi open cab loco here: www.rvlr.photos.gb.com/p38190627.html And the enclosed cab version here: www.rvlr.photos.gb.com/p38634030.html As for the one I had built with a few diffrences here: www.rvlr.photos.gb.com/p39329755.html If you would like to purchase a loco like this you need to contact Peter Longfils, on his e-mail address rvlr_workshops(at)yahoo.co.uk (replace the (at) with @). |
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| Chris |
That is good, I am looking for something that will be a bit safer to leave running with the baby about.
I have seen these before but didn't know he was in full production. |
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| SPOKESMAN |
Curious little thing. | ||||
| SillyBilly |
He's not in full production, they are all constructed idividualy! The construction method is printed card glued on wood and finished of with a coat of varnish! And it's very effective. | ||||
| James |
I like em!
Card on wood?  Not too tempted now...
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| SillyBilly |
No, it's very robust. And extremly well built. And if you have a certain accident and drive down the wrong siding and end up in the soil, the soil just wipes off. | ||||
| James |
How powerful is it? | ||||
| SillyBilly |
It’ll haul 3 all heavy metal Mamod coaches up a 1 in 80 gradient! To me that is good preformance. the only problem I had was when i tryed to pull round my SL5 round with the cylinders on, it struggled but made it in the end. | ||||
| James |
How do you like control the speed and that? | ||||
| SillyBilly |
It has a simple Forward-Off-Reverse with, and does not include a speed control, as not many locos on that chassis do. | ||||
| James |
Ahh ok. So overall, not TOO good a loco? | ||||
| SillyBilly |
I would say it's a very good loco, and you definatley get your moneys worth, and on request Peter may fit a speed conrol, but with a price increase of course. | ||||
| James |
You seem to know him well. He is one of the original members of this forum but has never posted. Could ya drop him a line to say he has people interested in buying his products and get him to come on here so I could talk to him in person?
Cheers |
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| SillyBilly |
Ye sure. | ||||
| James |
Cheers mate | ||||
| Chris |
It is a very good price, you pay much more for a factory made "diesel". | ||||
| MTA |
I think the next step up is an Accucraft Baguley-Drewry diesel, they look very nice and you can get sound systems for them. You can also fit R/C at a later stage 
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| Chris |
The accucraft look good, but are £150.
Think these carboard/wood ones are good value especially as it is something I would just set running while getting steam up. |
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| steamyjim |
get that cardboard loco of the people who make them its about £20 for a kit
he has repainted his ill find the link to the maker they make card kits for steam locos aswell |
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| John Chapman |
James Peter is the moderator of the Yahoo Toy Steam Forum, you can contact him on there http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toy_steam/?yguid=238042025 |
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| James |
Aye John, I just joined this morning 
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| steamyjim |
http://www.locolines.net/kits.htm | ||||
| steamyjim |
thats the kits page | ||||
| SillyBilly |
NO!! The builder has obviously designed this, as Locolines have a completly diffrent design of loco, www.locolines.net/kits.htm scroll down untill you see 'Chunky'! If you go on Peters site you can se that he owns a selection of the Locolines locos, and I presume that he got the idea from there! |
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| Chris |
By the time you buy that and a chassis for £23 from IP, and some varnish etc I think that just goes to show what a good price these ready made ones are! | ||||
| SillyBilly |
I also prefer the look of then RVLR one! | ||||
| steamyjim |
i didnt notice any differance first of all but i see now | ||||
| SillyBilly |
Just thought I'd post a video of my loco working. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWgJnKo8TE
The tweet is a daamn bird, and, yes i know the tracks a bit sgwiggly. |
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| SPOKESMAN |
Nice, very nice - love the camera angle! Inventive. 
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| SillyBilly |
Thanks. | ||||
| SPOKESMAN |
Yours I take it?
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| SillyBilly |
Yeh, dunno where got the idea from, I have some more somwhere. | ||||
| SPOKESMAN |
I like the idea of getting down to ground level . . . | ||||
| Chris |
Spokesman - getting down and dirty. 
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| SPOKESMAN |
That thought did cross my mind Chris!!!
If you wnat the little extra special shot, well . . . .
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| Chris |
I've been up to my whatsits several times before trying to get good photos. All part of fun. | ||||
| SPOKESMAN |
Exactly!!!
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| SillyBilly |
Just thought I'd revise this post with a video of the loco hauling my un-complete scratchbuilt service train set, both coaches are based arund the I.P engineering Lollypop range (one built 2006 and other 2007). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fmnlH24sQ | ||||
| PTLRcecil |
Ive got one of the lollipop railcars myself and with a bit of minor mods on the cosmetic side they look brilliant and as they come are powerful to boot. Had mine pulling 2 bogie coaches up a stiff grade without much hesitation.
Well worth getting one. PS I like the diesil yo built. |
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| SillyBilly |
I didn't build it, I bought it from the guy who built it! You can see it in detail this summer, hopfully! | ||||
| PTLRcecil |
Oh thats good but anyway its still a nice diesil. All ours are either knackerd big bigs old fallers or battery eating accucraft bagulys. | ||||
| SillyBilly |
LoL |