My Mamod loco project

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My Mamod loco project

Post by steamyjim » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:37 am

My project at the moment is to convert this

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Into this (apologise for my drawings :oops:)

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Post by ACLR » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:25 am

looks like a great project look forward to seeing the progress :D

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Post by grumpfuttock » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:47 pm

Now that is a really neat looking loco, the drawings that is! :D I can't wait to see the finished project.

Even though I have a number of R-T-R loco's, I must admit redesigning, rebuilding and tweaking my Mamods gave me the most satisfaction and fun, and to be honest I find them the simplest to fix when anything goes wrong.

Whilst waiting for the Accucraft chassis to arrive for the DJB boiler I had speculated about building a simple chassis and using some of my spare oscillating cylinders so that I could try out the boiler.
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Post by SillyBilly » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:10 pm

Nice Drawings Jim. You could benefit from a scanner though :lol: . I can't see you fitting a proper manifold in the cab though ;) , it will be fun to watch you re-build.

It's fun to mamodifiy, but expensive in the long run, at the end of the day it's probaly cheaper to but a bottom of the range Accucraft loco.

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Post by steamyjim » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:15 pm

Aye i love fidding with Mamods. So simple :lol:

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Post by steamyjim » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:20 pm

I shall be rebuilding it as a standard 0 gauge loco until Febuary as i want to run it at a shpw in Leicester and have no 0 gauge locos ;)

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Post by ACLR » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:37 pm

hows the project going mate :D

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:22 pm

Still in bits. :lol: Im going to start rebuilding it soon for Febuary ;)

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Post by ACLR » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:23 pm

great dont forget to post pics mate :D

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:46 pm

It shall just be a standard restoration for Febuary but i shall take pics as i do that ;)

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Post by ACLR » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:54 pm

great mate
only another 9 more post to make a 100 wooo hooo

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Post by ACLR » Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:29 pm

things have been quiet on the aclr frount
have been crook with a bad neck so work has slowed.
and also money a bit tight at the moment as were heading to the uk in march so no spending till we get back :?

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:00 pm

She has no paint now. And should hopefully be blue tomorrow ;)

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:01 pm

I have to buy some paint tomorrow aswell :lol:

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Post by ACLR » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:07 pm

dark blue or light blue ???

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:09 pm

Dark ;)

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Post by ACLR » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:10 pm

should look great then mate

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:16 pm

Im doing the inside of the cab cream :lol:

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Post by steamyjim » Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:17 pm

And lining all the bodywork in yellow and black or red and white ;)

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Post by ACLR » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:33 am

sounds great mate cant wait for the pics :D

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