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The roundhouse Millie is a tight fit in the engine room, has anyone succeeded in placing a driver there in such a way that he does not block the levers too much?

If yes, where can one buy a fitting Driver for the millie?

Thanks.

I put my driver on the RH side of the footplate, the regulator is a smaller one places above the coal bunker...

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:67928 wrote:I put my driver on the RH side of the footplate, the regulator is a smaller one places above the coal bunker...

Do you have any , it will to help my unexperienced mind to understand better

This is harking back a little way!

You can see how Rene fits in between the water filler and the regulator, his chin rests on the hot water filler which may explain why he's so grumpy!

Thank you for the picture. It does look like a tight fit though. Strangely enough, your Millie is different from mine. I do not have a water filler and my steam regulator lever seems to be longer.

http://dampmaskiner.webs.com/apps/photo ... =149057435

Yup! Its a new regulator, my millie has suffered from a constant stream of little tweaks and modifications. When I see something at a show that might look nice I'll add it and I've got a lot more planned, I believe that locos on the real railways underwent near constant modifications to make them more fit for their job.

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:67938 wrote:Yup! Its a new regulator, my millie has suffered from a constant stream of little tweaks and modifications. When I see something at a show that might look nice I'll add it and I've got a lot more planned, I believe that locos on the real railways underwent near constant modifications to make them more fit for their job.

I agree with your theory.

This chap came from Jons figures at the last AGM. IIRC they had quite a range of different arm poses etc.; this particular chap seemed just made for the job.

Hello hussra,

that guy looks like just the geezer i have been looking for, are the Jons figures buyable via the internet?

.....or does anyone have one to spare i can re reimburse you for?

benchmark:67989 wrote:Hello hussra,

that guy looks like just the geezer i have been looking for, are the Jons figures buyable via the internet?  

.....or does anyone have one to spare i can re reimburse you for?

They don't have a web site - will PM the contact details I have. As I say, this particular driver I think comes in quite a variety of poses and it was a case of browsing through the display at the AGM last year and finding one with the arms in the right pose. (He was then kind enough to let me check him on the engine to make sure he fitted OK.)

What about these, they look characterful.

http://www.robbennett.org/drivers.html