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MTA
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| bessytractor wrote: | | Mamodman123 wrote: | | Chris wrote: | I did have it running a bit slower than that as well. Was running for ages, stopped it a couple of times to top the meths up, and stopped it once to squirt some more water in through the top up valve using a syringe.
Worked really well, just squirted the water in, no pressure lost, so just opened the regulator and off he went again. |
The water top up valve is good stuff  I have one on Rosa and it's just easier to fill that way . Good to hear your's is running well Chris when they are good they are good. When they are bad, they are bad  (running wise that is)  |
SM32 and O gauge are the same thing  Unless there's some subtle difference e.g. track standards
"when she was good she was very very good but when she was bad she was horrid".
lovely wagons, inspiring stuff. I've decided that my garden line would benefit from being SM32 rather than O gauge. |
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bessytractor
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| MTA wrote: | | bessytractor wrote: | | Mamodman123 wrote: | | Chris wrote: | I did have it running a bit slower than that as well. Was running for ages, stopped it a couple of times to top the meths up, and stopped it once to squirt some more water in through the top up valve using a syringe.
Worked really well, just squirted the water in, no pressure lost, so just opened the regulator and off he went again. |
The water top up valve is good stuff I have one on Rosa and it's just easier to fill that way . Good to hear your's is running well Chris when they are good they are good. When they are bad, they are bad (running wise that is) |
SM32 and O gauge are the same thing Unless there's some subtle difference e.g. track standards
"when she was good she was very very good but when she was bad she was horrid".
lovely wagons, inspiring stuff. I've decided that my garden line would benefit from being SM32 rather than O gauge. |
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the loco on left is O gauge, the SL1 represents SM32.
O gauge is standard gauge, SM32 is narrow gauge, and happens to use 32mm gauge track, because, well when the scale/gauge combo was invented there was a lot of it around! They both use 32mm track. SM32 looks like mamod track basically, and Peco O gauge looks like proper mainline chaired track. i do love O gauge!
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SPOKESMAN
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| QUite a difference there - are Mamods locos made to any scale? |
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tmuir
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| SPOKESMAN wrote: | | QUite a difference there - are Mamods locos made to any scale? |
Not really.
You could say its not possible to be to a scale as they have no prototype they are modelled on.
Roundhouse locos are 16mm which means 16mm to the foot scale.
I know thats a stupid scale metric and imperial mixed but don't blame me I didn't make it.
Mamod locos are smaller than that so at a guess maybe 13 or 14mm.
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SPOKESMAN
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I say that cos N - 2mm/foot and OO - 4mm/foot. |
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Chris
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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It took me a while to work out the O Gauge / SM32 difference. But luckily I did before buying a load of cheap O gauge rolling stock.
Going to just stick with Mamod rolling stock for now to keep life simple, and it does the job very well anyway.
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bessytractor
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| tmuir wrote: | | SPOKESMAN wrote: | | QUite a difference there - are Mamods locos made to any scale? |
Not really.
You could say its not possible to be to a scale as they have no prototype they are modelled on.
Roundhouse locos are 16mm which means 16mm to the foot scale.
I know thats a stupid scale metric and imperial mixed but don't blame me I didn't make it.
Mamod locos are smaller than that so at a guess maybe 13 or 14mm. |
Tmuir is absolutely right, Tag Gorton, SM32 afficionado supreme describes the Mamod as 14mm scale, as do many other websites around. |
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