Good progress being made Nat. To remove the rapido coupling on a Farish 66 you need to pull the whole bogie out. Once out use a tiny Jewellers screwdriver to remove the plastic frame around the wheels. Be careful as you remove the frame as the front part holds in a tiny spring behind the Rapido coupling. Cheers Euan
@@thegrowler-blackwoodngauge Hi Euan Thanks for the advice on the class 66 coupling I shall give that a try at some point. I hadn’t realised the frame came off from around the wheels. Thanks Nat 🚂👍
I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't like a Class 37. The viaduct looks good where it is, and it was good to see the running session which also showed off your wiring of that section to store the class 68. Stephen
@@Elvenhome I love the class 37 not my favourite loco but it’s up there, I had a lot of fun filming the running session now that the wiring was reworked it gives me much more manoeuvrability. Thanks Nat 🚂👍
Good morning Nat! The 37 looked really good, and seems to run much better than mine when running slowly on DC! I think I'm going to have a similar issue with that viaduct! I'm planning on using the Metcalfe kit but don't think I've got enough height from the top of the foam down to the baseboard, so some surgery will be required!!! All the best, Ian.
Hi Ian, with cutting down the viaduct I tried at first using a saw but I noticed it started to leave a ripped edge on the brickwork. Instead I used a scalpel and very carefully cut along a pencil line (drawn earlier) it gave me a very good finish. Cutting it after it was built made it harder to cut it but I think it gives me a more accurate cut than if I were to have cut each piece individually as you might get slight discrepancies. Sorry for the long reply but thought it would be helpful for if you use the metcalfe kit Thanks Nat 🚂👍
@@Nat-AVMR-N-gauge - Thanks for the advice Nat! I haven't looked at the kit in detail yet, but I was thinking about cutting it down before building it! I'll definitely reconsider this! The other option I was looking at was using the kit as a test run, and then building something custom! Cheers, Ian.
Nice update Nat, the viaduct looks really good - I do like the Metcalfe kits. Thanks for sharing. Chris
@@Amberlea-Model-Railway thanks Chris I think they look brilliant and are usually pretty easy to assemble
Nat🚂👍
very nice
@@bramelsheretan thanks 👍
Good progress being made Nat. To remove the rapido coupling on a Farish 66 you need to pull the whole bogie out. Once out use a tiny Jewellers screwdriver to remove the plastic frame around the wheels. Be careful as you remove the frame as the front part holds in a tiny spring behind the Rapido coupling. Cheers Euan
@@thegrowler-blackwoodngauge Hi Euan
Thanks for the advice on the class 66 coupling I shall give that a try at some point. I hadn’t realised the frame came off from around the wheels. Thanks Nat 🚂👍
I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't like a Class 37. The viaduct looks good where it is, and it was good to see the running session which also showed off your wiring of that section to store the class 68. Stephen
@@Elvenhome I love the class 37 not my favourite loco but it’s up there, I had a lot of fun filming the running session now that the wiring was reworked it gives me much more manoeuvrability. Thanks
Nat 🚂👍
Good morning Nat! The 37 looked really good, and seems to run much better than mine when running slowly on DC! I think I'm going to have a similar issue with that viaduct! I'm planning on using the Metcalfe kit but don't think I've got enough height from the top of the foam down to the baseboard, so some surgery will be required!!! All the best, Ian.
Hi Ian, with cutting down the viaduct I tried at first using a saw but I noticed it started to leave a ripped edge on the brickwork. Instead I used a scalpel and very carefully cut along a pencil line (drawn earlier) it gave me a very good finish. Cutting it after it was built made it harder to cut it but I think it gives me a more accurate cut than if I were to have cut each piece individually as you might get slight discrepancies. Sorry for the long reply but thought it would be helpful for if you use the metcalfe kit
Thanks Nat 🚂👍
@@Nat-AVMR-N-gauge - Thanks for the advice Nat! I haven't looked at the kit in detail yet, but I was thinking about cutting it down before building it! I'll definitely reconsider this! The other option I was looking at was using the kit as a test run, and then building something custom! Cheers, Ian.