First build - Wilesco Old Smokey converted to overtype loc.
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First build - Wilesco Old Smokey converted to overtype loc.
Greetings all,
This is my first build and also my first post here.
I found the Wilesco Old Smokey tractor in an antique shop. It was in really bad condition, but after some restoration it was working.
Since I always wanted to make a live steam locomotive I decided to convert it to an overtype locomotive.
But still the tractor was very good by itself, so I decided not to destroy it, but to use the boiler and engine as it is and make the rest from scratch. It also had to be possible to switch between frames in less than 10 minutes.
So here it is:
This is the meths burner:
The engine (cylinder, slip eccentric, flywheel, etc.) and boiler, mounted on the new frame.
The gears driving the front wheels
The rear wheels driven by the connection rods:
The gears are driven from the flywheel with chain:
The buffers and the coupler. I wanted a screw-link coupler, but unfortunately all I found were just mock-ups, not working ones. So I got a 3 link coupler.
The almost finished locomotive:
Soon I will post a video and an update.
Best regards,
Aleksandar Shopov.
This is my first build and also my first post here.
I found the Wilesco Old Smokey tractor in an antique shop. It was in really bad condition, but after some restoration it was working.
Since I always wanted to make a live steam locomotive I decided to convert it to an overtype locomotive.
But still the tractor was very good by itself, so I decided not to destroy it, but to use the boiler and engine as it is and make the rest from scratch. It also had to be possible to switch between frames in less than 10 minutes.
So here it is:
This is the meths burner:
The engine (cylinder, slip eccentric, flywheel, etc.) and boiler, mounted on the new frame.
The gears driving the front wheels
The rear wheels driven by the connection rods:
The gears are driven from the flywheel with chain:
The buffers and the coupler. I wanted a screw-link coupler, but unfortunately all I found were just mock-ups, not working ones. So I got a 3 link coupler.
The almost finished locomotive:
Soon I will post a video and an update.
Best regards,
Aleksandar Shopov.
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Here is one of the latest RC tests with one coach on a small testing track. I can control the regulator and the whistle. The direction is still manual.
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Thank you!
It is gauge 1, standard gauge.
The length between buffers is 33 cm, 10 cm is the maximum width (to the chain sproket, which is sticking out of the side) and the maximum height is 15 cm (to the top of the flywheel)
Unfortunately just yesterday, while preparing the drawings for my next engine I found that I have placed the buffers almost 6 mm too high, but fortunately that won't be too much of a problem.
What it still lacks are the lanterns and their stands. I am also considering a smokebox with a door, but have not decided about that yet.
It is gauge 1, standard gauge.
The length between buffers is 33 cm, 10 cm is the maximum width (to the chain sproket, which is sticking out of the side) and the maximum height is 15 cm (to the top of the flywheel)
Unfortunately just yesterday, while preparing the drawings for my next engine I found that I have placed the buffers almost 6 mm too high, but fortunately that won't be too much of a problem.
What it still lacks are the lanterns and their stands. I am also considering a smokebox with a door, but have not decided about that yet.
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Thank you.ge_rik:120185 wrote:Most impressive. I hadn't expected it to be self-starting with only one cylinder - but, hey, what do I know?
Rik
Well, it is geared 15:1 and with flywheel, so as long as you put it in a good position, where the steam port is open - it is self starting, even under load (so far I have tested with 2 coaches at most). The thing is you have to put it in that position manually, as well as switching direction is again done manually.
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Re: First build - Wilesco Old Smokey converted to overtype loc.
A very small update:
During the past year I was a bit too busy to fiddle with the railway projects, because we bought a house. The renovation took most of my time, but it also gives an opportunity, since the house has a big garden. So just before the autumn rains I started my first garden railway. So far there is just several meters of single line track, no points, no loops, nothing but track, but the plans (or dreams) are big.
It was only last week that I had the time to start the final touches on the locomotive. And what I did was the screw-link couples, because the 3 links chain was definitely not what I wanted. I searched for good standard gauge, continental style working screw link couplers (not mere casts) and only found Regner's, but they were way too expensive. So I decided to build my own.
That was the first crude prototype (just normal thread, I was testing the other parts): I then had the parts lasercut and milled the rest myself, and that is the first real prototype with normal/reverse thread and everything, still not installed: I also tested the loco with hauling a load of 2 kg brick up 2% slope. She autostarts (if you have the valve gear at correct position) and accelerates, although you can see her struggle. That exceeded all my expectations for her power.
During the past year I was a bit too busy to fiddle with the railway projects, because we bought a house. The renovation took most of my time, but it also gives an opportunity, since the house has a big garden. So just before the autumn rains I started my first garden railway. So far there is just several meters of single line track, no points, no loops, nothing but track, but the plans (or dreams) are big.
It was only last week that I had the time to start the final touches on the locomotive. And what I did was the screw-link couples, because the 3 links chain was definitely not what I wanted. I searched for good standard gauge, continental style working screw link couplers (not mere casts) and only found Regner's, but they were way too expensive. So I decided to build my own.
That was the first crude prototype (just normal thread, I was testing the other parts): I then had the parts lasercut and milled the rest myself, and that is the first real prototype with normal/reverse thread and everything, still not installed: I also tested the loco with hauling a load of 2 kg brick up 2% slope. She autostarts (if you have the valve gear at correct position) and accelerates, although you can see her struggle. That exceeded all my expectations for her power.
Re: First build - Wilesco Old Smokey converted to overtype loc.
That's a magnificent job on the coupling, and good luck with your new railway planning.
Grant.
Grant.
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