pauly
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not steam but a chubby dieselToday while I was surfing on here me mum called me into her room and said she had something for me when I asked what had she said guess I guessed her brothers minor she said come and look and I looked into a box and saw a cab roof for a second I thought she,d got me a mss engine until she took it out I could see a rather pudgy diesel she told me that a couple of months ago she had contact with an ebay friend who was into garden railways and she bought a engine off him but he accidentally sold it to someone else and to show he was sorry he not only sent our money back but built me this little diesel and sent it over but sadly the mail service cant even deliver a piece of bubble rap intact and it arrived in a rather sorry state but my parents didnt tell him it was bust because they didnt want to upset him and didnt tell me because they thought I would be rather upset that was a couple of months ago and they thought I wouldnt be able to get it working but a couple of minutes sitting on their bed with them telling me I might be able to use it for parts when I got her to roar into life now all I need to do is put her back together my mum isnt in contact with the man who built this anymore and tells me he is in the navy and incase he reads this I would like to say thank you for this wonderful little diesel. 
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the picture make her look worse than she is.
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steamyjim
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Very nice loco
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pauly
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Thanks it would be an even nicer loco if the postal service wasnt so c..p. 
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steamyjim
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Aye i've had 1 or 2 problems with the postal service 
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pauly
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tell me about it this is like the forth time they have smashed an engine of mine. 
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shaygetz
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Nice lokey...you folks in the UK seem to have some serious gorillas working in the postal service...
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toxx
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... that's one nice diesel shunter, Paul! Sorry some fat postal guy sat on its box! 
But I'm sure you'll mend her up nicely ... is she 'O' gauge? I built an O gauge shunter last year.
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pauly
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| toxx wrote: | ... that's one nice diesel shunter, Paul! Sorry some fat postal guy sat on its box!
But I'm sure you'll mend her up nicely ... is she 'O' gauge? I built an O gauge shunter last year. |
no shes G
Ill post a pic of her next to a stainz to show her size.
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Graham-Jilly
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shame about the postal service wrecking you loco mate but it should be eazy to fix.
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pauly
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| Graham-Jilly wrote: | | shame about the postal service wrecking you loco mate but it should be eazy to fix. |
your right it wont be to hard but it just shows you how our mail is treated that engine was welded together and it would take a lot of force to break it like they have. 
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bessytractor
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looks a bit better in those last two pics!
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pauly
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weird  but in that last pic it looks like its laughing at me 
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bessytractor
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your right, it does!
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pauly
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well Ill show it whos boss lets see it laugh without a motor. 
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bessytractor
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you took it out ?
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pauly
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no its an empty threat 
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toxx
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... right, my memory fools me again . My shunter is also G gauge; I actually used a run-down LGB Stainz for motor block.
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pauly
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got round to mendding it.
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made-in-england
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Hmm the royal mail does seem to be on its @r$£ somtimes!
Dont say much for our monarchy as when the post is in the hands of the royal mail it is actually property of Her Majesty! That is why you can be done for treason if found tampering it!
Any way Nice loco!
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James
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Eeee there's nowt wrong with the monachy lad! It's the postal service workers who don't know Jack!
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pauly
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| James wrote: | | Eeee there's nowt wrong with the monachy lad! It's the postal service workers who don't know Jack! |
yes but who trains and pays them. 
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James
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The Government
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pauly
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| James wrote: | | The Government |
which just proves we have a crap govourment which cant be bothered to take care of the monachies mail.
thats what I call a save.
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bessytractor
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its fixed up well
kudos to you
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Graham-Jilly
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when is the vid of its first run ????
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pauly
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sorry dont know how to do vids and I dont think my computer has the right programs.
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Graham-Jilly
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if its windoz exp it comes with movie maker most new digital cameras can do small videos so there you go try it mate
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pauly
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Has anyone got any detailed instructions on how to do this I really am clueless I do have a digital tape recorder and do have windows XP.
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Graham-Jilly
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is it a dV Camera ???
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pauly
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| Graham-Jilly wrote: | | is it a dV Camera ??? |
if you mean DVD camera no it uses little cassetes
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Graham-Jilly
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my DV Camera uses litle Tapes mate and has a cable that connects it to the PC. when connected windoz will find it and ask to start windows movie maker. then you use the program to download the video and then create a movie
only trouble is it may require firewire connection to download the video so you will need a firewire connection in you PC
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pauly
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sorry parents say we dont have firewire.
even if we did they wouldnt let me cause they think I will mess up the computer. 
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Graham-Jilly
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so how do you watch your movies ????
when downloaded onto the pc you can make the movies into DVD's
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pauly
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Ill try this video thing tommorrow.
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pauly
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gave the chubby diesel a test run along with lucy. (chubby will be on its nameplates).
passing my halt made out of slate
an excellant runner. 
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Graham-Jilly
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great to see you got it running well done 
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bessytractor
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well done, looks good trundling round. Any chance of a video?
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CCairns
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| Quote: | | Any chance of a video? |
Only if he gets an IEEE 1394 Firewire port fitted to his computer (see above postings), and assuming that the video camera is compatible.
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bessytractor
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| CCairns wrote: | | Quote: | | Any chance of a video? |
Only if he gets an IEEE 1394 Firewire port fitted to his computer (see above postings), and assuming that the video camera is compatible. |
ahhh okies.
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