A photograph posted by martyn in the Europe forum prompted me to post this pic of a similar dmu I built a few years ago for a customer in Canada. It is in #1 scale and is battery powered, with an electronic control circuit which gradually increases speed until it reaches the preset maximum. When a switch between the cars is flicked, it gradually reduces speed and comes to a stop. It was quite fun seeing if you could time the switch-off to get it to stop at a particular place (a station or signal) A shot of both ends side by side. One end says Spalding (where it was built) the other says Kelowna (where it lives now)
Nice work Alan! Those are nice looking! And being I'm american prototype modeler. Those give me some ummmmm variety? Sure Looks good! Interesting! Keep up the good work! Altho, I have a question. Are those brass or plastic ???? Wonderfull detail on them!
Had the track been ballasted and had you not told us, I would have sworn those were prototype units. Great Job my Friend! By the way, you are receiving good press in the latest N-Scale magazine. On page 84, the N-Sights column announces your upcoming three-unit National Steel all-purpose double stack car. Well done ...
Thanks guys! John, the main body sections are made from aluminium sheet, the ends from brass sheet, and the interiors from wood and plastic. The underbody details, like diesel engines, battery boxes, electrical fittings, etc. were made from plastic, brass, or anything suitable. The buffers are sprung and the screw couplers and hooks were handmade from nickle silver. Trucks were handbuilt in brass. Hank, at the time I did not have a #1 gauge track around the garden, so I just laid a couple of lengths on the lawn for the photographs
Alan, Nice work! Those are some real clean lines on those 2 for the materials you used! VERY NICE INDEED!
Very realistic looking Alan! How do they mow the grass where they have permanent tracks in a garden or lawn? It looks like the lawn mower would tear up the rails, or at least dent them, or you would step on them!
Watash, Thats why you an I are HO scalers! HA! We go to do a garden layout with HO scale we could mount the track and all and the mower would go right over it and never touch the rail. all besides the wheels! HA! Just watch where you step!
