David N. has been in touch, submitting a couple of photographs of progress with his Manor class in 5″ gauge….. ‘Some photos of the Manor attached, I am hoping to have a garden steam up quite soon to test everything. It has already run on air. I am hoping to see the Manor running at Read more about 78XX Progress Report[…]
The Bathgate locomotive works has had a busy time producing lots of fine swarfe this past two weeks, all in the pursuit of the perfect Gold disc….. The task here was to produce the front smokebox ring upon which the smokebox door would close & the smokebox door. Luckily I was able to obtain two Read more about Gold Disc……[…]
Chris M. has submitted a few photographs showing the progress with the Domes. This locomotive has two of them! ‘It was decided to make the dome casing and sand box from sheet brass rather than castings. The full size originals are sheet fabrications and in many cases the sand box in particular, looks a bit Read more about Domes……[…]
From South of Edinburgh comes the good news that the patient is making a steady recovery following successful completion of the axle box replacement and some surgery to the axle. The Lucky 7 is currently undergoing a period of gentle rehabilitation. ‘Hello everyone, here is a bit of an update. The loco has now been Read more about Maxi Lucky 7 Post Op Recovery…….[…]
Daniel continues to forge ahead with his models as you will see from his latest update. What intrigues me is how does he not get mixed up with having three models on the stocks simultaneously? Perhaps it’s the benefit of a youthful mind or of not having the distractions of a nameless party regularly walking Read more about Three At Once…….[…]
I will keep this short as I have pretty much explained everything in the video. It is a great shame that during this lovely weather we cannot play trains at the club. However, I decided to give the largest steam engine in my collection a run. This is a “Doll” steam plant manufactured by ‘Doll Read more about Oh, You Beautiful Doll…..[…]
With the current heatwave, production has been ‘furloughed’ as the ambient temperature in the workshop exceeds regulations. Robert did manage to fire off a selection of photographs before he retired to the garden! Progress with ‘Maude’ has been steady, with a number of fiddly jobs interspersed with swarfe production! First on the fiddly list were Read more about Little Fingers Required……[…]
Ken Elliott has sent in a progress report on his work with Alec in producing a logo: ‘Following up on a request for help in the April ESME Newletter, I have been working with Alec to come up with a design for a suitable logo for his engine ‘Locomotor’. Version 1 started after a conversation Read more about What’s An Ambigram??[…]
Peter B. has been in touch with the latest on his small power hacksaw project: ‘The trial run being successful. The motor box and case for the control panel was then fabricated from a mixture of 8mm and 2.5mm plywood. Outline cut to clear the motor and the support frame, then the 2mm plywood was Read more about Power Hacksaw Project Update……[…]
Updated 12th August 2023 Great news from Peter.R I am very pleased to let everyone know that my replica William Pearson orrery that I described some time ago on the ESME website (SEE BELOW) has been acquired by the Royal Astronomical Society for their important collection of astronomical objects. It takes its place amongst a Read more about A Replica of the Orrery built by the Revd. William Pearson[…]
