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Finished the first class 33. 16.5mm gauge. Dummy. Lekker julle!
17/06/2026

Finished the first class 33. 16.5mm gauge. Dummy.

Lekker julle!

12/06/2026

A customer sent me this video just now. He received his dummy SARMODEL 34-002 and promptly hooked it to 34-001 also by Frank which he received a while ago. He runs DC analogue and in the video you can see Lima grain wagons on SARMODEL bogies and Lima 0Z’s running on SARMODEL replacement chassis and bogies.

And there is nothing in this clip that looks out of place or akward. It makes me tremendously proud to see stuff like this. And it is all running on 16.5mm gauge as well.

Lekker julle!!!!

Today’s plan is to get all three class 33s to this stage!
11/06/2026

Today’s plan is to get all three class 33s to this stage!

09/06/2026

I’ve had some dudes asking how big the layout is. This should explain it.

One can get away with a 35GE and even a 32 on 16.5mm gauge. But a 33GE is a different animal. For some reason it makes t...
08/06/2026

One can get away with a 35GE and even a 32 on 16.5mm gauge. But a 33GE is a different animal. For some reason it makes the difference between 12mm and 16.5mm rather obvious. I cannot put my finger on it why…..

Maybe because the bogies are not symmetrical. Maybe the side frame design. I do not know.

Lekker julle!!!!

07/06/2026

Just ran the 7E quickly to get some heat into it and see if it’s ok. This is part 1.

07/06/2026

Part 2. Taking the climb.

Dudes! I have five ESU Loksound 58410 sound decoders for sale. 8 pin wired plug so if you want to hard wire the decoder ...
05/06/2026

Dudes! I have five ESU Loksound 58410 sound decoders for sale. 8 pin wired plug so if you want to hard wire the decoder in, just snip the plug off. Sugar cube speaker included. First five in the comments take them. R2550 each or R2650 if you want any sound file of your choice. Shipping is for your account and I use Courierguy. Typically R140.

Lekker julle!

34-002 as they were delivered back in the day. A dummy loco to go with 34-001 that I built late last year. Today I am bu...
04/06/2026

34-002 as they were delivered back in the day. A dummy loco to go with 34-001 that I built late last year.

Today I am building boxes. 🤮

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