Some very nice locos there. Like the pair of 0-6-0s.
Michael A in the early days of GRS was a prolific builder of all sorts of interesting stuff. I guess he got loads of bits from his conversions and being in the trade would no doubt be able to get spares from the Richters readily and at advantageous prices. Probably all sent in with his normal deliveries. Michael built a massive amount of South African Stock and I saw a lot of it when I visited his Garden Railway some time in the 90's I think. Much of it showing some degree of LGB Parentage. A very talented man who was able to keep his head very well in the Garden Railway TV Program when Mark Found was being a bit silly as he was building a Brass Kit.GRS have done a number of interesting 'specials' in the past..
If I had not 'lost' a HDD, I would post some pictures of the motorised crane they did with a small diesel and the Matra crane..
I guess this was easier when spares were more readily available??
Michael A in the early days of GRS was a prolific builder of all sorts of interesting stuff. I guess he got loads of bits from his conversions and being in the trade would no doubt be able to get spares from the Richters readily and at advantageous prices. Probably all sent in with his normal deliveries. Michael built a massive amount of South African Stock and I saw a lot of it when I visited his Garden Railway some time in the 90's I think. Much of it showing some degree of LGB Parentage. A very talented man who was able to keep his head very well in the Garden Railway TV Program when Mark Found was being a bit silly as he was building a Brass Kit.
That reminds me of his Consultant Pratt by name.............Yerrs!
Mark did try to be a bit of a comedian, didn't he? I don't think any of the contributors really appreciated it!
I wonder what became of the 'biggest garden railway' project, the series expert was working on? - Looked more like the 'BBC Sandpit' than a railway.. Half expected the cast of Eldorado to appear in the background... Or Blakes 7 / Doctor Who running away from a man in a rubber suit!
Well I never........nearly snap....Tonight's running.... a quick chuff round for the Dampftriebwagen (Steam Railcar), recently refurbished - though still waiting to have some details refitted - and digitised.......
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A little bit of background to this one..... I found it a year or so back as a second-hand sale from Chalk, at one of the shows, and couldn't resist it. After chatting later to Michael Adamson at GRS, I discovered a little of its history - GRS had several of these built around the 1980s, using the front end of an LGB rack electric as the cab, an Austrian bogie coach as the body and a Stainz power unit under the cab; the barrel roof on the cab is scratchbuilt from brass, as is a new cab floor to fit on the Stainz gearbox.
When I bought it, it was RhB marked and finished in red and cream - I wanted more of a late-19th Century German look to it, so stripped it down, removed all the markings with some acetone and resprayed it in a nice mid-green (one of the Montana Gold spray cans). At the same time it received a Massoth XLS tucked away in the rear of the cab unit, with a speaker under the cab roof, plus extra power pickups from the rear bogie of the coach. Some LED lighting was installed in the coach, plus the little red LGB tail-lamp that you can see in the last pic above.
A full complement of passengers were installed, though it still needs a cab crew! Some of the cab detailing is still to be re-fitted when I get the chance, but for now it runs nicely and sounds good, and certainly passes the old Smile Test.
Jon.
Well I never........nearly snap....
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