Regner Konrad
Regner Konrad
My first geared locomotive arrived today, i have previously been very skeptical about oscillating locomotives having enough power to run on a challenging line like my garden layout so you can imagine the joy when i ran it today just before i took this picture.
She ran the whole layout in both directions without any problems at all. No halts not even a hesitation at the slopes i cant phantom a single cylinder capable of doing this. I just love her.
However, i will be heavily modifying her . The buffers will replaced with roundhouse ones , the flywheel will be painted back as i do not care for the olive green, the reverse lever will be slightly modified and i may clad the whole cab with wood to give it a real logging loco theme.
Suggestions are welcome, anyway here she is :-)
She ran the whole layout in both directions without any problems at all. No halts not even a hesitation at the slopes i cant phantom a single cylinder capable of doing this. I just love her.
However, i will be heavily modifying her . The buffers will replaced with roundhouse ones , the flywheel will be painted back as i do not care for the olive green, the reverse lever will be slightly modified and i may clad the whole cab with wood to give it a real logging loco theme.
Suggestions are welcome, anyway here she is :-)
One of the US steam model magazines had a Regner kitbash contest, some nice "backwoods" conversions were made of these locos.
EDIT: Example here: http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/F ... fault.aspx
Look forward to seeing more of the progress!
EDIT: Example here: http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/F ... fault.aspx
Look forward to seeing more of the progress!
Garrett
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Congrats with Konrad
Here is a German lasermodell shop with a complete cab (in ply)
http://www.lasergang-shop.de/shop/Lokom ... n-LGB.html
If you look a bit longer down the site there is a lovely You tube film of Konrad. My children love the music, they use to dance to it
Here is a German lasermodell shop with a complete cab (in ply)
http://www.lasergang-shop.de/shop/Lokom ... n-LGB.html
If you look a bit longer down the site there is a lovely You tube film of Konrad. My children love the music, they use to dance to it
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Thanks for the kind words and suggestions. I have already started the mods yesterday and i really like the engines in the links you gave.
Thia is what i have done so far
-i have already installed a stained wood front buffer yesterday and 2 roundhouse couplers.
-I have made a chuffer for her
-i painted the flywheel black
-I painted numerous other parts black like the copper pipework, silver manometer , safety valve and a roof pillers amongst a few other things.
- i modified the reverse lever and made a better handle control -Then i installed heat resistant silicone to both the reverser and the regulator handles which seems to get rather hot during operation and scalded me fingers.
-I added some sacks of coal and a couple of tools.
I will take new pics when i get home tomorrow.
Thia is what i have done so far
-i have already installed a stained wood front buffer yesterday and 2 roundhouse couplers.
-I have made a chuffer for her
-i painted the flywheel black
-I painted numerous other parts black like the copper pipework, silver manometer , safety valve and a roof pillers amongst a few other things.
- i modified the reverse lever and made a better handle control -Then i installed heat resistant silicone to both the reverser and the regulator handles which seems to get rather hot during operation and scalded me fingers.
-I added some sacks of coal and a couple of tools.
I will take new pics when i get home tomorrow.
The monochrome works for an industrial- at the working face of a very dusty industry- but when it's even applied to rubbing faces of working parts it's only appropriate for a derelict. Muck and rust on piston rods and gear teeth would only accumulate on something that sat for months or more.
Well, now we know the buffer-stops work! (Heard at 2013 "Longest Day" solstice steamup)
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Sometimes german model builders are clever. The rusty Konrad isn't from Regner but made of wood, paper and only some Regner parts. The Konrad dummy was built by my friend Christian from Nuremberg.
My Konrad got a steam pipe, a water feeding valve and a new name: Alberich. With the current facilities (including the Regner gas tank in the tender) Alberich is able to run more than an hour.
You know Alberich? He's the guard dwarf of the Nibelungenhort in the same name saga.
Have a nice sunday
Michael
My Konrad got a steam pipe, a water feeding valve and a new name: Alberich. With the current facilities (including the Regner gas tank in the tender) Alberich is able to run more than an hour.
You know Alberich? He's the guard dwarf of the Nibelungenhort in the same name saga.
Have a nice sunday
Michael
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Now that is clever, take my hat off to that man.Michael Saettler:73546 wrote:Sometimes german model builders are clever. The rusty Konrad isn't from Regner but made of wood, paper and only some Regner parts. The Konrad dummy was built by my friend Christian from Nuremberg.
The Konrad with the wooden cab is very nice indeed and I like the employment of Meercats to operate the points
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