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Hat looks like a lot of fun. Nice job! Longer video next time!

You can't be accused of cheating after all you have done. The locomotive is a work of art.

I find it quite amusing that S16 flatly refuses to post bits to Canada under any circumstance but WILL post them to Australia!

Here's a couple of pictures of the under-cab injectors I made. DJB engineering does castings of tank-mounted injectors. I bought a pair at his stall at the Garden Railway show one year. I don't see the castings (or any other ones) on the DJB website anymore (I just checked) but possibly he still has...

I presumed you would either have incorporated a valve of some sort, or reduced the hole size. The question for me is, how would I go about making the hole in the Accucraft lubricator smaller? (Sorry if it seems a dumb basic question, but I am not a model engineer, but I am proud that I belong to th...

Well, that is simply excellent. Nice and smooth and I love the sound it makes.

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:24 pm
Hi Keith,
Have you tried descaling the valve?

You know, I hadn't thought of that! Good idea.

I went back and looked at the construction video of Omingmak ,is it my imagination, or does the safety valve behave better then? Perhaps the difference is in more modern recording devices 😁 Tim I think the valve may have behaved a little better when it was brand-new, but also it can be silenced by ...

Hi Keith, How close to the heat of the boiler is the resonator chamber positioned on your loco? Presumably the high pressure needed in the DJB system is not determined by the need to clear water, as in the direct whistle style? Tim Hello Tim, The visible part of the whistle slides into the resonato...

Of the topic a bit, but how did you install a whistle? I ordered one from DJB engineering. They make a "resonator" style whistle, with a scale(ish) brass whistle to mount on the front of the cab, and a resonating chamber hidden inside the cab. It also comes with a valve and a "banjo&...

I have found that the Roundhouse safety valve seldom seats all the way closed once it has opened. Mine is always giving off a wisp of steam as the engine runs. Some people replace them with a "pop" type valve like the "Weebee" brand. As for me, it doesn't bother me. If your engin...

I knew a guy whose Accucraft Countess would routinely run out of water before fuel. Nothing bad ever seemed to happen to it honestly, it would run out of puff and he'd walk over and turn off the gas. Just like Jimmy B said above, the only thing you can really do to wreck one of these modern copper s...

As usual, as well as looking at the excellent workmanship, I enjoyed your description of the thought process that went into your model. I, too, had the same thought process after I ordered the "Billy" components, but I went the complete opposite direction and cut off the little supplementa...

well done

I always look forward to progress updates on this locomotive. I think it's a fascinating project, with many refinements not seen on commercially-available models. It's gratifying to follow along with projects like these.

I have a silly question: what are the holes in the flue-tube? I speculate they increase heating surface by allowing water to flow through the flue itself? I've never seen this before.

What an excellent job. The glowing ashpan is a very interesting detail. I think also it bears repeating how realistic your track is. The rails themselves are a modelling triumph.

If you're doing water connexions between the tender and the loco, perhaps you'd like to make these dummy injectors to go along with it. Here is a link to the post I made about how I did mine. I think it adds some visual appeal to the locomotive. https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t...

"Simpling valve" is a term I'm familiar with from marine compound engines. I had no idea locomotives employed this as well. At the risk of sounding over-enthusiastic, I am really enjoying your efforts to include these "complications" (and I'm deliberately using a watchmaking word...

I am always astonished at what people can make at home when they have the appropriate skills. That little pump is a miniature marvel.