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pauly

picture of mamod

Does anybody have a picture of a mamod pulling LGB stock
made-in-england

I dont think so asfar as im aware the majority of Mamod Forum Locos are O gauge and LGB is G scale :S
pauly

made-in-england wrote:
I dont think so asfar as im aware the majority of Mamod Forum Locos are O gauge and LGB is G scale :S


might as well try  
CCairns

When you said you had a LGB starter set, you did not say what rolling stock you have - coaches or wagons. The coaches are very German, and thus would not look great behind a Mamod, which is basically Welsh.

I do not have any LGB stock, just Faller E-Train which is a bit smaller I believe.

Ask steamyjim as he has 45mm locos, although I've not seen any of his rolling stock posted on here.
James

I've got a pic of some Faller coaches behind a Mamod??
bessytractor

ive done it

the LGB stuff is wicked heavy, the best ive ever got out of a 45mm mamod was two vehicles.
tmuir

No sorry all of my rolling stock is from the IP classic range
pauly

CCairns wrote:
When you said you had a LGB starter set, you did not say what rolling stock you have - coaches or wagons. The coaches are very German, and thus would not look great behind a Mamod, which is basically Welsh.

I do not have any LGB stock, just Faller E-Train which is a bit smaller I believe.

Ask steamyjim as he has 45mm locos, although I've not seen any of his rolling stock posted on here.


I dont have the starter set just the coaches which I have painted LMS maroon with white window frames and some others bits and pieces to make them look more british Time to call in rule 8 which means its my railway and Ill run what I want with whatever I want
pauly

tmuir wrote:
No sorry all of my rolling stock is from the IP classic range


most of my stock and two of my engines are from i.p. they have a great service and selection just very hard to get hold of over the phone
pauly

you know I think I will just forget the mamod for now (I hope I dont get burned at the stake for that ) and get a mortimer which I think will go much better with my stock but will make a mamod my next purchase.
tmuir

No you don't have to love Mamods to be a member here.
I only own two stationary Mamods and I will be selling one soon.
But I do own a te1a, sr1, roadster and Mamod two locos.  
pauly

tmuir wrote:
No you don't have to love Mamods to be a member here.
I only own two stationary Mamods and I will be selling one soon.
But I do own a te1a, sr1, roadster and Mamod two locos.  


only 2 stationaries traitor
Nick

tmuir wrote:
No you don't have to love Mamods to be a member here.
I only own two stationary Mamods and I will be selling one soon.
But I do own a te1a, sr1, roadster and Mamod two locos.  

I only had one Mamod (MM2) before joining the forum.
bessytractor

pauly wrote:
you know I think I will just forget the mamod for now (I hope I dont get burned at the stake for that ) and get a mortimer which I think will go much better with my stock but will make a mamod my next purchase.


good idea

the mamod would baulk at the two LGB coaches unless it was totally uprated.  Then it would have no problem.
CCairns

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I dont have the starter set just the coaches

Sorry, I was just going by your previous posting.
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must look good pulling LGB starter set coaches

As Tony has said, you don't have to love Mamods to be a member here. So any postings on steam Locomotives are very welcome here, as this forum seems to have been somewhat quiet of late.

Good luck with the Mortimer. We've not seen one on this forum yet I believe, so reading about your experiences with it will be a pleasure.

A Mamod will go well with the IP Eng Locos and stock, so hope you are successful getting one of those in the future.
made-in-england

Can you post some pics of your Stock and Locos from IP IM lookin to get some but not sure what yet :S
tmuir

made-in-england wrote:
Can you post some pics of your Stock and Locos from IP IM lookin to get some but not sure what yet :S


Not the best picture but I'm at work at the moment so its all I got.
Thats the classic range behind the Mamod and the Lady Anne.


made-in-england

Thanks mate There website is good just nice to see things in coulour if ya know wot i mean.. Has anyone got any locos from them?
steamyjim

I have Mamod locos running on 45mm gauge. So far all i have is LGB stock aulthough i have a few nice wooden wagons to convert to 45mm.

If you want some nice wagons to go with a Mamod loco id recomend you look into the red tippers LGB do  My mamod will pull around around 8 of them. I only have 5 of the tippers but have other wagons of around the same weight and it will pull a train of about 8 if not more

I think the tippers cost about £25
pauly

steamyjim wrote:
I have Mamod locos running on 45mm gauge. So far all i have is LGB stock aulthough i have a few nice wooden wagons to convert to 45mm.

If you want some nice wagons to go with a Mamod loco id recomend you look into the red tippers LGB do  My mamod will pull around around 8 of them. I only have 5 of the tippers but have other wagons of around the same weight and it will pull a train of about 8 if not more

I think the tippers cost about £25



     yes I do have some LGB tippers but they will never run on the garden railway as in my mind they are just to big and expensive so I have replaced them with 4 packets of binnie skips which altogether only cost £25 on ebay from a guy with exactly the same first and last name as me  (have not got round to building them yet)

       the only LGB stock I intend to use regulary are the coaches
steamyjim

OK, i must look into the Binnie tippers. They look great and are very cheap
pauly

steamyjim wrote:
OK, i must look into the Binnie tippers. They look great and are very cheap


yes but I would be careful if I where you because them kits are completely plastic and extremely light and may not ride well on your railway best to get 1 and try it first
steamyjim

Aye, is there any way of ballasting them?

Lead wheights underneath?
pauly

Theres very little room to do that Im afraid    the best solution is to put some removable lead weights in them and cover them with slate or gravel
pauly

you also may want to replace the plastic wheels with something metal  

just a little tip if anyone else on here has LGB tippers I recommend that you replace the big over sized plastic wheels with smaller bachmann big hauler wheels looks and rides much better
steamyjim

pauly wrote:
steamyjim wrote:
I have Mamod locos running on 45mm gauge. So far all i have is LGB stock aulthough i have a few nice wooden wagons to convert to 45mm.

If you want some nice wagons to go with a Mamod loco id recomend you look into the red tippers LGB do  My mamod will pull around around 8 of them. I only have 5 of the tippers but have other wagons of around the same weight and it will pull a train of about 8 if not more

I think the tippers cost about £25



     yes I do have some LGB tippers but they will never run on the garden railway as in my mind they are just to big and expensive so I have replaced them with 4 packets of binnie skips which altogether only cost £25 on ebay from a guy with exactly the same first and last name as me  (have not got round to building them yet)

       the only LGB stock I intend to use regulary are the coaches


Do you want to sell those tippers if your not going to use them?
pauly

made-in-england wrote:
Thanks mate There website is good just nice to see things in coulour if ya know wot i mean.. Has anyone got any locos from them?


Yes I have and I can highly reccemmend something like there punch or lucy locomotives but I suggest that you get the 4 wheel drive chain kit to go with it good service the only time I have had trouble (and I dont mean to do any stirring or uset any body) is when a kit I had ordered had not arrived and when I phoned up I was given a gob full from his wife about how they werent open and how when they werent open how any calls to the shop  where redirected to there house phone and that it was for emergencies only apart from that I have not had any real bad experience


   why does a model shop need an emergency number

help I.P. 1 of your locomotive kits is trying to kill my husband


once againg not trying to upset any one
steamyjim

I have both the Lucy and the Punch (arriving any day now) and would higly reccomend IP to anyone
pauly

steamyjim wrote:
pauly wrote:
steamyjim wrote:
I have Mamod locos running on 45mm gauge. So far all i have is LGB stock aulthough i have a few nice wooden wagons to convert to 45mm.

If you want some nice wagons to go with a Mamod loco id recomend you look into the red tippers LGB do  My mamod will pull around around 8 of them. I only have 5 of the tippers but have other wagons of around the same weight and it will pull a train of about 8 if not more

I think the tippers cost about £25



     yes I do have some LGB tippers but they will never run on the garden railway as in my mind they are just to big and expensive so I have replaced them with 4 packets of binnie skips which altogether only cost £25 on ebay from a guy with exactly the same first and last name as me  (have not got round to building them yet)

       the only LGB stock I intend to use regulary are the coaches


Do you want to sell those tippers if your not going to use them?


no I am saving them for a rainy afternoon

this is britain so I wont have to wait long
DLR

ive not had experience with the binnie tippers but i have got five of the slate wagons. they run very well and  I find they dont need the extra weight but they do look just right with the Mamods

pauly

not exactly steam but I have an unbuilt Shelley tram from i.p. and was wondering if anybody else on here has had any experience with it is it easy to put together and what are its flaws
pauly

DLR wrote:
ive not had experience with the binnie tippers but i have got five of the slate wagons. they run very well and  I find they dont need the extra weight but they do look just right with the Mamods




heard that they are bringing out some in 45mm gauge soon

like your railway could I see some more pics or maybe a plan of it
steamyjim

pauly wrote:
not exactly steam but I have an unbuilt Shelley tram from i.p. and was wondering if anybody else on here has had any experience with it is it easy to put together and what are its flaws


I don't have the tram so am not sure but what chassis does it have? The deluxe one or the budget one?
pauly

steamyjim wrote:
pauly wrote:
not exactly steam but I have an unbuilt Shelley tram from i.p. and was wondering if anybody else on here has had any experience with it is it easy to put together and what are its flaws


I don't have the tram so am not sure but what chassis does it have? The deluxe one or the budget one?



Deluxe
steamyjim

Hmmmm might look into buying one of those then
DLR

heres my website. It doesn't have the plan on it because ive just built an extension


http://www.freewebs.com/dlrail/index.htm
pauly

steamyjim wrote:
Hmmmm might look into buying one of those then


yes but be careful these i.p. kits maybe cheap but some are really daunting to construct like when I opened the box of the Shelley tram I got for Christmas I took 1 look and knew I wouldn't be able to do it without some parental guidance but its OK dad said he'd help me

wait
     how many months ago was that
pauly

DLR wrote:
heres my website. It doesn't have the plan on it because ive just built an extension


http://www.freewebs.com/dlrail/index.htm



nice site
steamyjim

pauly wrote:
steamyjim wrote:
Hmmmm might look into buying one of those then


yes but be careful these i.p. kits maybe cheap but some are really daunting to construct like when I opened the box of the Shelley tram I got for Christmas I took 1 look and knew I wouldn't be able to do it without some parental guidance but its OK dad said he'd help me

wait
     how many months ago was that


Aye, was looking at the Amy railbus but its a bit beyond me at the moment

I could do it with my grandads assistance though
pauly

steamyjim wrote:
pauly wrote:
steamyjim wrote:
Hmmmm might look into buying one of those then


yes but be careful these i.p. kits maybe cheap but some are really daunting to construct like when I opened the box of the Shelley tram I got for Christmas I took 1 look and knew I wouldn't be able to do it without some parental guidance but its OK dad said he'd help me

wait
     how many months ago was that


Aye, was looking at the Amy railbus but its a bit beyond me at the moment

I could do it with my grandads assistance though


The only reason I havent bought the rail bus kit is because I know it'll spend the rest of its life in pieces under my bed
pauly

steamyjim wrote:
pauly wrote:
steamyjim wrote:
I have Mamod locos running on 45mm gauge. So far all i have is LGB stock aulthough i have a few nice wooden wagons to convert to 45mm.

If you want some nice wagons to go with a Mamod loco id recomend you look into the red tippers LGB do  My mamod will pull around around 8 of them. I only have 5 of the tippers but have other wagons of around the same weight and it will pull a train of about 8 if not more

I think the tippers cost about £25



     yes I do have some LGB tippers but they will never run on the garden railway as in my mind they are just to big and expensive so I have replaced them with 4 packets of binnie skips which altogether only cost £25 on ebay from a guy with exactly the same first and last name as me  (have not got round to building them yet)

       the only LGB stock I intend to use regulary are the coaches


Do you want to sell those tippers if your not going to use them?


sorry thought you ment the binnie ones if you mean the LGB ones I must warn you that I have replaced the wheels with bachmann big hauler wheels and have converted them to hook and chain couplers if you are interested in buying them PM me
made-in-england

I rang Binnie the other day and the price of one Kit tipper is £7 puls 50p P&P
steamyjim

Thats good isnt it!

I shall definatley get some in the future
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