pauly
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ITS ARRIVEDyes its here.          
guessed what it is yet
typical 
and inside
THATS RIGHT ITS A MILLIE.
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Andy
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well done mate, you will have plenty off hour of fun steaming now
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CCairns
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A very nice locomotive. Look forward to hearing more about your experiences with this loco's running in period. Just take care as Tag Gorton has stated - One of the hidden plus points is that Millie, while eminently suitable for the job, is not a 'starter' engine!
And what made you choose this loco over the Mortimer as you originally hinted?
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MooseMan
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What a beauty!
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DLR
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Very nice pauly, Millies are supurb runners
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johnreid
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Looks great, now get that track laid
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Dampfzauberer
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You know what?
I knew what engine you bought, from very very beginning of you poll.... 
How i knew: very simple!
The roundhouse millie was the only engine you misspelled ("rounghouse")
So my thought was: he must have been nervous when the wrothe that, because....that's the engine he bought
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CCairns
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| Quote: | | The roundhouse millie was the only engine you misspelled ("rounghouse") |
Good theory, but he actually spelt Bertie wrong as well - 'roundhouse berie'.
I'm amazed that there is not a spellchecker option on here as the standard of some recent postings (with some of them still at school as well!) is truly appalling.
My English is very poor (I come from Scotland after all) so I copy my posting into MS Word first to check the spelling before posting it online. However that does not cope well with some of the technical phrases, etc.
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James
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Aye mate, I have to agree there!
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pauly
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| CCairns wrote: | | Quote: | | The roundhouse millie was the only engine you misspelled ("rounghouse") |
Good theory, but he actually spelt Bertie wrong as well - 'roundhouse berie'.
I'm amazed that there is not a spellchecker option on here as the standard of some recent postings (with some of them still at school as well!) is truly appalling.
My English is very poor (I come from Scotland after all) so I copy my posting into MS Word first to check the spelling before posting it online. However that does not cope well with some of the technical phrases, etc. |
its not my english thats the problem its that I dont look at the keyboard as I type and am trying to do 10 things at once.
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James
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Look at the keyboard then, plleeeaseee
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made-in-england
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So very true! You have to be quick to edit before Mr. A* english comes in!
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pauly
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| CCairns wrote: | A very nice locomotive. Look forward to hearing more about your experiences with this loco's running in period. Just take care as Tag Gorton has stated - One of the hidden plus points is that Millie, while eminently suitable for the job, is not a 'starter' engine!
And what made you choose this loco over the Mortimer as you originally hinted? |
Im not sure I think its because that when you compare the 2 the millie seems warm and you get a vision of a little steam engine chugging along on a nice day when the mortimer just dosent give me that feeling. 
that probably made no sense to you lot.
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pauly
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| James wrote: | | Look at the keyboard then, plleeeaseee |
sometimes I do but Im just a fast typer Iv had to re-type the word just 3 times now.
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Rob
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great engine pauly, hope it runs sweeeeet.
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tmuir
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| CCairns wrote: |
I'm amazed that there is not a spellchecker option on here as the standard of some recent postings (with some of them still at school as well!) is truly appalling. |
If you use the latest version of Firefox it has an inbuilt spell checker. 
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alan2525
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Lovely looking loco!
| Rob wrote: | | great engine pauly, hope it runs sweeeeet. |
It will - it's a Roundhouse! Someone once said that the problem with Roundhouse locos is that they are too reliable, no excuse to take it apart and have a tinker!
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pauly
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jut a little pic of her with the skipper rake.
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steamyjim
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Thats a brilliant loco!!!!
I realy realy like it
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pauly
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thanks but Id just like to point out 1 thing and thats although the price for the engine is
£450 it doesnt include VAT which when you add that comes to about £530 and dont understand why what is essentially a toy needs tax paying on it.
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made-in-england
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Those Wagons look the Shizz mate!
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pauly
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Thanks I highly recommend them the easiest kit I have ever built.
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DLR
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| pauly wrote: | | CCairns wrote: | A very nice locomotive. Look forward to hearing more about your experiences with this loco's running in period. Just take care as Tag Gorton has stated - One of the hidden plus points is that Millie, while eminently suitable for the job, is not a 'starter' engine!
And what made you choose this loco over the Mortimer as you originally hinted? |
Im not sure I think its because that when you compare the 2 the millie seems warm and you get a vision of a little steam engine chugging along on a nice day when the mortimer just dosent give me that feeling.
that probably made no sense to you lot. |
It made perfect sense to me, had the same image when i bought Bertie
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bessytractor
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excellent stuff, that will keep you busy! Nice to see it in a nice colour too.
Are you changing your LGB stocks couplings? You can buy LGB style couplings that could be swapped for the ones on your Millie to enable it to couple up.
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pauly
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no I changed all my couplings to chain and hook ages ago because the LGB 1s arent that reliable and are expensive and I can make my own hook and chain couplers out of wood and a nail.
cheaper and reliable and realistic.
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bessytractor
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| pauly wrote: | no I changed all my couplings to chain and hook ages ago because the LGB 1s arent that reliable and are expensive and I can make my own hook and chain couplers out of wood and a nail.
cheaper and reliable and realistic. |
loving the sneaky improvisation!
I cant say I was much impressed with my LGB couplers...they are ok...but not brilliant.
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pauly
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tomorrow Ill post some pics of my bashes on my railway thread no LGB that comes to my house stays original for too long.
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bessytractor
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| pauly wrote: | | tomorrow Ill post some pics of my bashes on my railway thread no LGB that comes to my house stays original for too long. |
hehe!
I might lay some LGB later tonight....its the simplest method of garden railwaying I think.
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