Ace Engineering Works Plantation locomotive
Thanks for the tip Sam, that may be a possibility. A second dome would look good I think.
Chris, thanks for letting me know about Mamods attendance. I can now ask them face to face why they don't reply to my emails. As for a 40psi safety valve, I think that is a little much. This loco has a standard boiler that is silver soldered but it still has the standard sight glass. Ideally I'd like to get hold of a wilesco one or make a mamod upgraded 25 psi equivalent look like the wilesco with a bit of modification. I worry about the sight glasses blowing this one also has a gas burner so plenty of steam is made. I just ran it on rails for the first time 'light' and it seems ok. I'll pop some images up shortly.
Ready for the show I will be!
Having said that I will change it to get it to look how I want in time, just the essentials for now.
Chris, thanks for letting me know about Mamods attendance. I can now ask them face to face why they don't reply to my emails. As for a 40psi safety valve, I think that is a little much. This loco has a standard boiler that is silver soldered but it still has the standard sight glass. Ideally I'd like to get hold of a wilesco one or make a mamod upgraded 25 psi equivalent look like the wilesco with a bit of modification. I worry about the sight glasses blowing this one also has a gas burner so plenty of steam is made. I just ran it on rails for the first time 'light' and it seems ok. I'll pop some images up shortly.
Ready for the show I will be!
Having said that I will change it to get it to look how I want in time, just the essentials for now.
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Good to hear it is now running.
If you look at Page 3 of the 16mmngm Mamod handbook you will see that on a hydraulic pressure test the sight glass leaked at 120 PSI going up and re-sealed at 60 PSI on the way down.
The current Mamod Mark II/Diamond Jubilee locomotives use a sight glass at 40 PSI.
Be interested to hear the lack of e-mail replies response. I have had to write letters before to get an answer, and others have found a phone call is the best method of contact. They tried twitter previously, and have just embraced Facebook. If you get the chance can you ask them where they are with re-designing the cylinders for the Thomas Telford locomotive as their current activity seems based around the new marine engines & vertical boilers. Thank You.
Chris Cairns.
If you look at Page 3 of the 16mmngm Mamod handbook you will see that on a hydraulic pressure test the sight glass leaked at 120 PSI going up and re-sealed at 60 PSI on the way down.
The current Mamod Mark II/Diamond Jubilee locomotives use a sight glass at 40 PSI.
Be interested to hear the lack of e-mail replies response. I have had to write letters before to get an answer, and others have found a phone call is the best method of contact. They tried twitter previously, and have just embraced Facebook. If you get the chance can you ask them where they are with re-designing the cylinders for the Thomas Telford locomotive as their current activity seems based around the new marine engines & vertical boilers. Thank You.
Chris Cairns.
Thanks Chris, I was unaware of this. I may give a 40psi one a go if Mamod have one for sale.Chris Cairns:90660 wrote:Good to hear it is now running.
If you look at Page 3 of the 16mmngm Mamod handbook you will see that on a hydraulic pressure test the sight glass leaked at 120 PSI going up and re-sealed at 60 PSI on the way down.
The current Mamod Mark II/Diamond Jubilee locomotives use a sight glass at 40 PSI.
Be interested to hear the lack of e-mail replies response. I have had to write letters before to get an answer, and others have found a phone call is the best method of contact. They tried twitter previously, and have just embraced Facebook. If you get the chance can you ask them where they are with re-designing the cylinders for the Thomas Telford locomotive as their current activity seems based around the new marine engines & vertical boilers. Thank You.
Chris Cairns.
I will be eager to hear and see of the Thomas Telford project, I will ask if I remember.
Right, I finished the smoke box and finally made the roof this evening.
Terry was kind enough to email me an actual size drawing of the panel itself so was easy to mark out the holes.
Here is the smoke box with pilot supports finished
Here is a little shot on test with the rolling road. I have managed to put about 6 boiler fills of water through it so far, just gets better and better.
Sorry about the poor shot, here is the plantation running a loop around my kitchen.
Finally the roof
I think finished for the show! Yipee!
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Roof through the rollers looks nice bud
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
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I do happen to know what an 'English wheel' is, but don't happen to have one, along with 99.99999% of our population !dhippey:90689 wrote:Old fashioned English wheel perchance?
I need something that the average person can use from a well stocked home workshop. I have only a small piece af alluminium to curve over a tiny diesel loco but would like it to be tidy.
You want a small set of rollers for forming curvesPeter Butler:90699 wrote:I do happen to know what an 'English wheel' is, but don't happen to have one, along with 99.99999% of our population !dhippey:90689 wrote:Old fashioned English wheel perchance?
I need something that the average person can use from a well stocked home workshop. I have only a small piece af alluminium to curve over a tiny diesel loco but would like it to be tidy.
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
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I was refering to the comment from ACE the panel beater Peter, not responding to you direct. Sorry for the confusion.Peter Butler:90699 wrote: I do happen to know what an 'English wheel' is, but don't happen to have one, along with 99.99999% of our population !
I need something that the average person can use from a well stocked home workshop. I have only a small piece af alluminium to curve over a tiny diesel loco but would like it to be tidy.
Experiment using a heavy roller over a bed of thick newspaper, or a rolling pin over tea towels. Seriously, it works.
See www.hglw.co.uk
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Sorry Peter, I didn't mean to start bad feeling.
English wheel, no. I use one of those for making different shapes than a single curve like that. Now if I were to make a domed roof then yes.
If you google 'english wheel' on image search you will find what one looks like and what it can do. I love using them.
A set of rollers is the easiest way to make these kind of curve, but I did this roof in my hands and using a soft cork pillow and a rolling pin. The rollers I have access to are to large to feed such a puny piece of steel through.
English wheel, no. I use one of those for making different shapes than a single curve like that. Now if I were to make a domed roof then yes.
If you google 'english wheel' on image search you will find what one looks like and what it can do. I love using them.
A set of rollers is the easiest way to make these kind of curve, but I did this roof in my hands and using a soft cork pillow and a rolling pin. The rollers I have access to are to large to feed such a puny piece of steel through.
After going to the Exeter show yesterday and getting home my Dad and I decided to make a short video of the efforts on my line. Here are some photos below.
A bit of a lengthy video, but show the build and first runs.
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A bit of a lengthy video, but show the build and first runs.
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I think two pots on top would look better and hide the valve...try this from one of the books I inherited from my late Dad...(I know its an articulated loco but it gives you an idea)
Actually I like this style of loco...we don't get them in the UK
I think brass turned pots of the style in the pictures (typical US) would be quite becoming
You could loose the whistle and put the valve at the back (with a pot over it) and have the boiler filler up front with a BELL that will take the eye from the filler...just a thought
Actually I like this style of loco...we don't get them in the UK
I think brass turned pots of the style in the pictures (typical US) would be quite becoming
You could loose the whistle and put the valve at the back (with a pot over it) and have the boiler filler up front with a BELL that will take the eye from the filler...just a thought
Thanks Peter, it does look better outside (in the dark, not so easy to see the red paint ), I agree.Peter Butler:90759 wrote:Nice video Ace, I can understand your enthusiasm now. It does look better running outside in the garden.
Thank you so much for sharing your book and pictures, CrackingjobCrackingjob:90765 wrote:I think two pots on top would look better and hide the valve...try this from one of the books I inherited from my late Dad...(I know its an articulated loco but it gives you an idea)
Actually I like this style of loco...we don't get them in the UK
I think brass turned pots of the style in the pictures (typical US) would be quite becoming
You could loose the whistle and put the valve at the back (with a pot over it) and have the boiler filler up front with a BELL that will take the eye from the filler...just a thought
Well funny you should say that, I was toying with the idea of putting another Mamod dome over the safety valve to hide it after Chris Cairns comments about it being so ugly, and quite right he is too. The whistle is to stay I am afraid, it is part of the make up as the MSR model it is meant to be. I have got a bell coming from the states for the top of the existing dome cover, but it didn't arrive in time for the show. I was unsure of a brass dome, it made me think of a Mamod when I saw it perched on top of the boiler, but maybe?
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Hi Guys,
Well today I had a little pop at doing some of the planned modifications to Baldwin. I fitted the Summerlands Chuffer that some may have seen and heard on STWWW and I have fitted an in cab regulator and displacement lubricator.
Here is Baldwin in a array of parts.
The displacement lubricator came from Roy Wood models. He was kind enough to customise it to my own specifications so that fitting would be easier. Thanks Roy!
Here is the rough location of the lubricator.
And the regulator fitted
Here is the pipework under the boiler, all superheated from the gas burner.
And here is the gas tank in place, a bit of a full cab now!
I had the opportunity to test last night, so here we are.
And this afternoon after work, getting ready for the off.
Here is a little video, enjoy.
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Well today I had a little pop at doing some of the planned modifications to Baldwin. I fitted the Summerlands Chuffer that some may have seen and heard on STWWW and I have fitted an in cab regulator and displacement lubricator.
Here is Baldwin in a array of parts.
The displacement lubricator came from Roy Wood models. He was kind enough to customise it to my own specifications so that fitting would be easier. Thanks Roy!
Here is the rough location of the lubricator.
And the regulator fitted
Here is the pipework under the boiler, all superheated from the gas burner.
And here is the gas tank in place, a bit of a full cab now!
I had the opportunity to test last night, so here we are.
And this afternoon after work, getting ready for the off.
Here is a little video, enjoy.
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