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The Third Rail
South Africa
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 1 เม.ย. 2016
Building 1/24 scale trains of Southern Africa origin. Highlighting the journey from garden to garden railway. Everything scale train related. Weathering. Scenery. Tracklaying and detailing.
Spoornet Class 33 lifting its skirt.
This one is mine, hence the rather heavy weathering job.
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South African Railway class 8E stretching is legs
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This must be my favourite inhouse custom mechanisms. Frank over at Sarmodel designed it in such a way that it has one coreless motor per bogie. They are supremely smooth and produce a LOT of torque. The ESU Loksound is very happy with it too. Loco weighs in at a tad over 300g. The weight distribution is perfect. Weights get cast in lead. That gives me a completely open body so I can fit a rathe...
Scale jump!!!!!!
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HO scale SAS/R South African Railways on 12mm gauge HOm track.
Class 32 200 in HO scale. Run test and sound demo!
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Long overdue loco in HO scale. Tracks well. Is smooth. Coreless motor in there. Picks up nicely. Will show you when it’s done!!!!!!
HO scale Class 33 stretching its legs!!!
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Got it away to one of my customers for a test period. So far she is performing better than I expected. Picks up 14 Trans Karoo coaches and runs over a 2% incline like its nobody’s business. Thank you for the video Heinrich Maritz. Tolbos makes 33-001 look the part!
Static model order is done!!!!!
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Finally, made the deadline by quite a margin. Lekker man.
The static 34GM is done!!
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Or almost. I hate deadlines. Works on my nerves. Anyway, tell me what you think.
GE 34-500 diesel loco in Cape Gauge 1 1/24 scale
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Its done! Next up is getting it packed and off to Australia!!
The sacrifices we make…..
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To get a loco to run in scale, you always adapt stuff to suit. When you don’t have to…… this is what happens.
1/24 Cape Gauge 1 Class 34 GE. U26C. Running at last!
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Not the best loco I have ever built. But as a reference model, its perfect. Enjoy.
The new class 35’s are up and running. Afrikaans video.
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Afrikaans want julle manne was deur dié bou bankvas agter my. Dankie aan almal.
When a colour makes you all nostalgic…..are you getting old?
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Gulf red. A mystical magic color. From a bygone era.
Funky new sound settings on ESU decoders!
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Bass and treble. Lovely. If anyone knows how the dynamic sound control works, let me know. Cheers dudes
What to look out for when building a 1/24 scale loco. Motorblocks!
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Especially if you handle them a lot or ship them somewhere.
Mercedes Benz LS 1928 S36 in 1/24 scale. Almost there!
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Mercedes Benz LS 1928 S36 in 1/24 scale. Almost there!
Special occasion for me! Some banter on the XPD’s.
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Special occasion for me! Some banter on the XPD’s.
Finally. 34GE is packed and works out perfectly.
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Finally. 34GE is packed and works out perfectly.
At last! I am the proud owner of a 35GM too!!!
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At last! I am the proud owner of a 35GM too!!!
Aluminium paint and the problem I had with it!!
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Aluminium paint and the problem I had with it!!
Which of these weathering techniques do you prefer?
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Which of these weathering techniques do you prefer?
Bush bearings vs roller bearings….. and why I stuck to my guns
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Bush bearings vs roller bearings….. and why I stuck to my guns
And sometimes a loco does NOT want to be built!!!!
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And sometimes a loco does NOT want to be built!!!!
I am building at an insane pace. Dummy diesel loco in the making
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I am building at an insane pace. Dummy diesel loco in the making
I would love to see a 1/24 RC rock crawler slowly driving through some of that scenery !
Fantastic! I've walked in that river bed in real life when working on Bushveld Train Safaris. Its surprising how you still sink even when "dry"
I had to go back a couple of videos to work out what was going on. The scale jump down makes for more scale mileage of course but I guess it makes for more fiddly detailing. It's looking great Riekus. 😀👍
Very nice indeed
Shew but that 33 is strong and I love the weathering it’s just how they are in SA
That quite a serious rake of tankers and the lico manages just fine. Well done!
Looking good 👍
Best wishes Riekus for a Happy Christmas to yourself & lady wife, wishing you a prosperous 2025. 👍
Thank you. All the best to you too. May 2025 be a brilliant one.
Great looking layout and loved that 8E. So smooth and if you hadn't said anything about the flickering cab light I wouldn't have noticed. I was too enthralled by how your layout was superb in its overall presentation.
Thanx my friend. This coming year we will do a lot of work in there.
Like my paycheck.... woep wap, gone...
That is true.
Hi. Very nice. What kit or model is it? Is it the one from maker in NZ? I am in NZ right now visiting daughter and family. Looking to get something here. Like the weathering on wagone. My type of modelling. All looking good.
Yes indeed. Sarmodel. But he is an online business. So here, there…… it will need to be shipped. And they are kits.
Looks lekker. Many more modellers in the HOm and HO scale with SAR interest. Definitely agree with the tail chase idea - nothing like sitting back and letting the locos stretch their legs with a decent length of train to match. Enjoy the journey and thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. Please let us have a layout tour with your loco when you get the chance. What we saw captures the SAR style beautifully.
As soon as we have a loop going….. I will show you.
The layout is coming along nicely ! well done !
Dankie boeta. Kyk, ek weet nie waar om te begin nie. Maar tackle gaan ons hom tackle.
Never before had a class 8E created so much interest! And she deserves it, stunning model. Well done
True that hey. I love attention as much as the next guy, but that a 8E would be the one to light the passion fires, surprised me no end.
Has someone spoken nonsense to you? Please do not apologise or say something is not realistic or what what what. Really, we know that you know your stuff and anyone who can use their brain can see that you are showing us something. Please do not explain yourself or about catenary or consists - anyone nitpicking can fly a kite.
Ja but then I dont have to type lengthy replies lol.
WHAT a SMOOTH and QUIET runner! Kato Quality!
It is right up there with the best of them. I have NEVER seen a commercial loco from any brand crawl like this. If that track was clean, it will pull the consist up that hill at half of speedstep one. Love these mechanisms.
Class 8E looks great and did not even feel the wagons it dragged down the line
Imagine that garrat was a 2-10-10-2 +2-10-10-2
The most important thing is do not never ever buy ESU decoders, because it is pure trash.
@@Alexander_Sth Must be why they are still the market leaders….. The day any manufacturer out there give me the same interface between myself and their decoders, I might look into it. I have installed hundreds of them. Never had a problem. If I did, without exception, it was a wiring fault. In the last 13 years, I have had three faulty decoders. All of them got replaced. Free of charge. What more can you possibly expect?
@@riekusvanderwesthuizen471 who told that they are market leaders? You know excactly how much decoders including in new locomotives sold last year on the market from each fabric? That is a problem that you installed hundreds of decoder and do not wait something very modern and special like me or other newcomers. You do not wait 1 cm for 2 minutes, you do not wait exponential acceleration, you do not wait automatic finding every best step of back-EMF settings, which can not get none Zimo or ESU, because it shoud have other architecture of decoders. I see the problem of market in the stagnation. Old modellers do not have some special expectation for riding, slow motion and so on, but every year they go from hobby and sells collection because many of them too old. For newcomers decoder and locomotive manufacturer still have nothing to present. Still no modern motors, no ideal easy PID-Back-EMF settings and so on. Fun that today progressive "non model" analog motor drive beat any modern decoder for slow speed.
@@riekusvanderwesthuizen471 i've done virtual model in Adobe Premier for acceleration with reference mark. All decoders work very very badly, because they could not achieve the same driving behaviour. 1 there are few points where they lose control over motor so it lose speed for moments like car with gearbox. 2 you can not start without jump, obviously you can, but you need to drop voltage so much and play with Back-EMF, but than you can nothing to do with middle range speed control
Ek is bly om te sien van my stoom lokos oorleef darem nog. Eric.
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, it's really amazing. U really know ur story. I won't lie to u. I'm very much pleased and touched, great work
HO the way to go! Great to see more South Africans getting into 12mm gauge HO
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Bliksem!!!
Seeing that you love your diesels, why do you not consider building a Diesel Depot.
Wow Riekus, this is incredibly exciting, this layout is going to be EPIC! I can't wait to see how it develops boss.
Nice Acquisition! I think certainly do as you prefer - build the loop! Yes! Definitely do a harbour and the Waterval Boven to Waterval Onder section that will be awesome!
Very nice to have you back! Now you're speaking my language in terms of scale. I do British 2 foot in 009 and American 3 foot in Hon3. The change in scale must be a hell of a difference but it looks like you've had a good go of it so far. Personally, I'd make that a loop. I'm like you, give me a long train passing by while I have a margarita.. or a brandy... Or a whiskey.... Or some gin. Nothing better than that. Nothing that can be said in TH-cam comments at least. Can't wait to see how this goes, I look forward to it. Cheers
Are you familiar with this 3D printed locomotive model? Is this the GT38AC Locomotive?
It is the GT26MC. South African class 34GM. A loco unique to us.
sound is really good and authentic!
Beautiful models
Waar het jy jou rollende voorraad gekoop?
@@majorboots6390 Ek bou hulle.
Hello... nice layout! What is the size layout do you you have? I see you have Digitrax. Have you linked it to a PC, too?
I think the scale is HO or OO
Hello... I know that the scale is HO, I am trying to find out what size of the full layout is?
That Diesel is outstanding waiting to see the Class 36
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Ooh, I glimpsed a biplane. Flying out of the Sandstone Estate perhaps ? As for thecdetail in your layout Riekus, superb.
Very nice
Are you planning to try exhaust smoke in HO scale?
very nice
Het jy die axle spacing van scratch af gebou of het daai bogie die spacing reg gehad vir die Class 33? Jy weet mos daai loco met sy lang neus bly my favorite.
@@ManieRossouw71 Eks bly jy sien dit raak. Custombuilt ratkaste met die regte spacings. So mens hoef nou nie meer ander goed te hack en dan steeds met “amper reg” sit nie. En soos jy weet, dis gewoonlik nie eers naastenby reg nie.
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Are you going to be selling this model for modellersto buy. HO scale.
@@ralphdavey7303 Yes, the first batch os sold out. Taking orders now for the second batch that will be built in 2025.
Hi. Just came across your site. I have a HO scale m9drl of this wagon and was looking for pics to weather it. Great weathering. Will be my guide. Tks.
They were silver back in the day. So I paint them silver and then fade it with deck tan. From there its just brown and streaks to taste.
Very nice. Super. I could have one.
You can yes. Where do you stay?
You're an artist Riekus!!!👍🏻
Excellent. Beautiful locomotive.
Excellent work there Riekus, 🎉
A beautiful gorgeous locomotive. I am partial to Garretts even though I am in the US. I sort of fancy a double K Mikado for the D&RGW that never was. The exhaust beats are only 1/2 of what they need to be for each engine unit revolution of the wheels to be correct. It does sound good though.