Finally joined the Mamod club.....
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You are nearly right! In 1894, two years before Heywood built Katie for Eaton Hall, he was approached by the agent of the Squire of Waterfield Hall and asked to supply a locomotive and various items of rolling stock for the line they were building around the estate. Now the Squire of Waterfield was a resourcefull chap and was keen to build the line himself so Heywood was only asked to build certain Items. The remaining rolling stock was sourced from a variety of manufacturers and some goods stock (and eventually a petrol loco) was built by the estate sawmill/blacksmith under the watchfull eye of George Hale the railway manager.laurence703:62660 wrote:Am I right in saying you're making a Heywood Katie?
The loco I'm modelling is 'Maud' as supplied by Heywood, she was very similar to Katie but with a slightly smaller boiler and was named after Mrs Foster the Squire's favourite Aunt.
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I personally believe that Mamod/Janets run on small psionic-phase drives...when the driver's happy, it fuels the engine. When he's moody or anxious, it translates across to the engine as well. Daft?Pendo Pilot:62638 wrote:Isn't this always how mamod fever starts? Next will be boiler upgrade & next thing you will be in the help me section asking why your uprated pistons have blown apart. :twisted:jez kirkwood:62625 wrote:Just ordered meths burner, water top up, uprated safety and regulator :D
Bloody addictive though & that one is looking superb. Theres just something about mamods, love them or loathe them. I have 3 RH & 2 accy steamers & yet every now & then I gas up (yes more mamod fever mods) the thing & just see if the wind / thermal conditions / lunar alignment are good for the best mamod run ever! Usually followed by a few hours in my shed staring at it, willing it to actually work!
One day mine will steam freely, it has proved it will do good with enough psi!
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Nope, that's never worked with medougrail:62710 wrote:I personally believe that Mamod/Janets run on small psionic-phase drives...when the driver's happy, it fuels the engine. When he's moody or anxious, it translates across to the engine as well. Daft?Pendo Pilot:62638 wrote:Isn't this always how mamod fever starts? Next will be boiler upgrade & next thing you will be in the help me section asking why your uprated pistons have blown apart. :twisted:jez kirkwood:62625 wrote:Just ordered meths burner, water top up, uprated safety and regulator :D
Bloody addictive though & that one is looking superb. Theres just something about mamods, love them or loathe them. I have 3 RH & 2 accy steamers & yet every now & then I gas up (yes more mamod fever mods) the thing & just see if the wind / thermal conditions / lunar alignment are good for the best mamod run ever! Usually followed by a few hours in my shed staring at it, willing it to actually work!
One day mine will steam freely, it has proved it will do good with enough psi!
It's always been the other way round!
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OK so the beast runs!!!!!!
Still got lots of work to do, but here's a short vid of her doing a circuit of the garden this afternoon. Off like a rocket at the start then she slows to a halt on the baloon loop.........only to start off all by herself just as I walk accross...........
I have had her running slower....honest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882tQYry ... er&list=UL
Still got lots of work to do, but here's a short vid of her doing a circuit of the garden this afternoon. Off like a rocket at the start then she slows to a halt on the baloon loop.........only to start off all by herself just as I walk accross...........
I have had her running slower....honest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882tQYry ... er&list=UL
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Maud Foster is a windmill which forms part of the drainage and reclaimation works near Boston, Lincs.. There were quite a few more down in the Parts of Holland down around Spalding. Maud Foster was also a signalbox on the GNR I cannot remember whether it was on the Boston-Lincoln line or the East Lincolnshire Railway. The latter I think. There is also a place called Mavis Enderby in that neck of the woods and we will draw a discrete veil over Hannah-cum-Hagnaby!
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Traffic Pattern? What pattern? Spuds out; grain in, but cattle, sheep and passengers are a lot less predictable.
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Well it's over a year since I posted anything on this thread - for most of that time Maud has sat on the shelf above my workbench. A few weeks ago however my nine year old decided that she would like to spend some time in the workshop with me learning to use some of the tools etc. We needed a project to work on and Maud was an obvious choice. We changed the original plan slightly and used more of the original Mamod parts. Maud is nearly finished, just a few more details to add so here's a couple of pics......
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