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Not your normal Mamod - ebay find
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:16 pm
by Big Jim
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/O-Gauge-Train ... 3cf268d3af
Not my cup of tea, but an interesting build none the less.
I have not seen one done quite like this before.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:48 am
by mikewakefielduk@btinterne
Not my cup of tea either but somebody clearly had fun making it.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:15 am
by kandnwlr
Small but perfectly formed.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:20 pm
by Annie
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:51 pm
by -steves-
I would say it doesn't look like a Mamod for a good reason, namely because it isn't and most it it isn't. The meths burner could be and probably is, and the piston and cylinder might be, but if someone has gone to that much trouble, then they are probably not, but again could be. The rest, just isn't.
Great little feat of engineering by someone, but again, the finished article isn't my cup of tea either.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:43 pm
by dizzysteamer
An interesting design some one obviously put a lot of thought into this I,m probably guessing but it looks to me like a marine steam plant first with the drive sloping down to a prop the shaft shortened, a contrate wheel added then put into a loco frame.
Looking at the gearing I would say it would pull very well but she sure is an ugly girl she could be made a lot more pleasing to the eye with some TLC put her way
I do like the underdogs
dizzysteamer
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:24 am
by Killian Keane
The plot thickens - Seems to be the result of the article by vernon sparrow in the August 1981 issue of railway modeller, his engine 'Pim', quite a well executed example too, but not my style of loco either, however, for such an uncommon loco, I think somebody got a good deal at £99
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:04 am
by Chris Cairns
That Railway Modeller article is attached here, courtesy of the 16mm archive.
Chris Cairns
Click to download file
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:49 pm
by JCSteam
An interesting design, could be improved in the looks department,but a lot of parts are identifiable, the boiler firebox, and cylinder (possibly piston), is all mamod MM2, the burner is the larger meth's burner for the mobiles and stationary engines, the axle cranks are bushes with brass sheet soldered to them and gears are all meccano
I like the concept though its been over complicated and the boiler could have done with the meths burner below the footplate to bring the overall height down.
In my honest opinion, its a simple engine as planned by its designer, and very clever in its use of commercially available parts, with only the body and chassis frames and various brackets needing fabricating and assembly, a great entry in to building live steam locos
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