Author: Stephen Blackmore

We are pleased to announce that after over a year in development, our next Locomotive kit , Nutty , should be available this November. Again, like our Greenbat kit, this is a joint project with Harry Billmore . Harry volunteers on the Welshpool and Llanfair railway which was Nutty’s home where it last ran and is one of his favorites .

Our Sixteen Mill model will available as both a kit and a Ready-to-Run locomotive. The kit will feature a pre-assembled , four wheel drive chassis together with many 3D printed parts. The kits being produced using our latest high resolution resin printers.

We are pleased to announce a new range of 3D printed garden railway wagon couplers suitable for use on small industrial rolling stock.

They are based on “Bell Mouth” couplers as supplied by the likes of Hudsons of Leeds; Orenstein & Koppel and Decauville. As in the prototype, the modeller couples the wagons by first inserting a “link bar” into one coupler mouth and dropping a “T pin” down through a hole in the body to trap the link. The link bar is then inserted into the bell mouth on the next wagon and the other link pin is inserted. This allows the wagon to be both pushed and pulled round tight bends.

To provide compatibility with other makes of coupler; the new Bole Laser Craft coupler may be connecting with a traditional three link chain looped over the top of the “T pin”.

The couplers are Selective Laser Sintered nylon with an attractive “charcoal black” finish. An engineering grade nylon is used to give a tough and compact coupler.

These couplers are included as standard in the new Trefor Quary wagons and are now available separately for the home builder.

Bell Mouth Couplers

This week we have added two products to our range, a sleeper build buffer stop and a cable drum.

The buffer stops are cut from exterior quality plywood and designed to be filled with gravel to represent a ballast filled pair of buffer stops.

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Next we have a little kit to make a cable drum on a stand. This can be used as a wagon load or in a goods yard.

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The Manor Farm Light Railway speedometer wagon is now available for 45 mm gauge as well as 32 mm gauge.

The opportunity has been taken while altering the chassis to switch to a bolt-on centre buffer coupler. This allows the customer to easily change the supplied coupler to one of their choosing. In addition to a central hole in the buffer beam, a second pair of holes have been included so that an Accucraft chopper coupling can easily be bolted on.

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The Manor Farm Light Railway speed wagon is joint venture between Tom Burton (an electronics engineer by profession) and Bole Laser Craft.

Speed Measurement
The speed wagon contains an on-board computer that constantly monitors the

wagon’s speed via an infra-red detector and wheel mounted encoder. The scale speed is then displayed on a large LED display in the wagon’s roof (this can be selected as either MPH or KPH). The screens brightness can be altered by an underfloor knob.

The computer is powered by 6 AA alkaline (included) or rechargeable batteries. To enable the use of rechargeable batteries a charging socket (compatible with Roundhouse charges and others) is installed together with a “charging” position on the underfloor power switch.

The Wagon
The wagon is an adapted Bole Laser Craft PW department tool wagon (Scheduled for release this autum). The body is laser cut poplar plywood with engraved planks and corner rivet plates. The roofs are hinged so that the operator can get to the batteries when required.

The chassis is constructed from black acrylic with 3D printed sintered nylon axle boxes and leaf springs. 24 mm diameter nylon wheels are fitted on silver steel axles.

Please note that this wagon is only supplied complete and tested, not as a kit.

Currently only available in 32mm gauge (but watch this space )

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