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Lovely Dave, runs very smooth. I like the clicking noise as well. The mechanical lubricator on my 5" gauge loco is of the clutch type which although works well I am concerned longer term it will fail and I will end up with seized cylinders! Thanks Tom, it's a lovely project. LBSC would call it watc...

Can you please give us some more details? for example - how big is the body of this lubricator? Did you build it exactly as per Mason's book or have you used the book as an inspiration and adapted the design for your needs? Thank you The tank is 9/16" x 5/8". I built it exactly to the plans. But th...

A month ago I decided to have another go at fixing the diesel. The lubricator was still unsatisfactory as was the boiler sight glass. So I took the L.C. Mason book - Scale Model Traction Engine Building "featuring minnie" off the shelf and started to build the mechanical lubricator. It is a delightf...

Some great Fails coming through. Keep it up lads!

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:01 am

This is brilliant!

It sounds just like my OS26

invicta280 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:57 pm

I never saw one of these during my younger years in NZ. How long did they last?

There were only 10 made. They were used up until 1975

Check out: www.railcars.co.nz I know they are rebuilding a Fiat

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:43 am

Not going to be a live diesel this one then Dave?

I don't know Tom

My next project is New Zealand's first mainline diesel-electric locomotive, the NZR English Electric Df of 1954 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/DF1501.jpg I'm currently having a go at making a prototype nose hung axle motor arrangement. There's lots of wheels on this 2Co-Co2 loco...

Lovely loco Norris! That was a great Rustoleum tutorial too. What a great finish he got

I'm a fan of methylated spirits / alcohol firing. But, butane gas firing is so convenient. The only downside is that a loco mounted gas tank needs to be tested to very high pressures 300PSI - 20bar. However, gas tanks mounted remotely from the loco can suffer from a lock of pressure. Butane gas seem...

Jim, I started with Dave Watkins' "Idris". I certainly recommend it. I widened the design from 32mm gauge to 45mm gauge without scaling everything else up. The Idris design is available on this page: https://www.16mm.org.uk/resources/drawings/locomotives/ Here's the loco on the rolling road https://...

Lovely loco

FWLR wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:05 am

Are you going to need a bigger shelf Dave.. It's looking the business on there though.

It's ok for the moment Rod

The project is now parked on the shelf