Mamod Double Fairlie

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Post by Titan » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:42 pm

Put the railway up today and did some more testing.

Won't break any haulage records just yet but it goes round the curves a dream!

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Wonder how many Garratts can go round 2'6" reverse curves?

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Post by andysleigh » Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:45 pm

Brilliant Ian!!
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Post by LMS-Jools » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:02 pm

Yes most excellent, impressed. ;) 8)

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Post by SillyBilly » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:36 pm

Running nicely there, well done, are you going for a Victorian Maroon :lol: .

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Post by mhlr » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:40 pm

Very Mamoccellent :? :lol:
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Post by Titan » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:53 pm

SillyBilly wrote:Running nicely there, well done, are you going for a Victorian Maroon :lol: .
The livery will be based on the FR railway green.  Basically black superstructure with large green panels lined in red.  The wheels will be black with white tyres and red coupling rods.

It might anoy those who don't like oscillators - the cylinders are more exposed and waggley than ever!

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Post by ACLR » Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:35 pm

well done that man runs great

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Post by Titan » Tue May 19, 2009 10:26 pm

Just a little update! I took it to the Merstham show last weekend and it decided to run brilliantly - check out these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivaZvZUzaF0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkzQTwsDPIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRziEniwtA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxz5-EsidD8

Just needs a few finishing touches - like proper couplings, and jobs a good un!
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Post by laalratty » Tue May 19, 2009 10:45 pm

Great to see it running, that engine is a rather nice bit of mamodry :D
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Post by SillyBilly » Tue May 19, 2009 10:49 pm

Does work nicely now, your layout suits it very well, all those tight curves just demonstrate the articulation, when the first real one goes over Britania bridge it will be quite interesting in this sense. My faviroute video is the one from the train, just really shows it off nicely.

Mamod Mallet would make a nice project for you next, name also has a nice ring.

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Post by Titan » Tue May 19, 2009 11:33 pm

That would be a challenge! A compound Mamod - I would have to make the larger cylinders though! In any case I already have my next Mamod loco project in mind, its big, it will take some time to complete, but I may make a start on it this year...
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Post by SillyBilly » Tue May 19, 2009 11:39 pm

Does a Mallet have to be a compound?

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Post by Titan » Wed May 20, 2009 9:24 am

Technically yes, as that it what is shown on the original Mallet patent and how the original engines were built - small high pressure cylinders on the fixed rear engine, and large low pressure on the swivelling front bogie. However, it does seem that the term Mallet was often used to describe non-compounding engines of similar wheel arrangements.
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Post by SillyBilly » Wed May 20, 2009 11:29 am

Cool, thanks for that. If the challenge of a compound is too much then how about a 'Monarch' type loco www.frheritage.org.uk/wiki/Monarch for the future projects list?

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Post by Titan » Wed May 20, 2009 12:12 pm

I still have plenty to do on my existing 4 Mamod based steam locomotives at the moment!

The only loco that I may want to add to my collection is a completely original Mamod SL, mainly as to use as a 'before' in any 'before and after' type comparisons with the modified ones!!
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Post by Crackingjob » Sat May 30, 2009 11:04 am

Dear Titan......a Mamod Master you are!
was made aware of your wonderful Locos via another topic on this forum (Photograhphs...Locos of Austerity and Thrift) when Pete admiring my OTT mamod conversion put up a photo of one of your conversions...all this has spurned me on to the next project.
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PS i cheated a little with a kit from Pretina (had to negotiate hard as he had stopped doing them and was trying to charge a lot...easy to do, didn't use all the parts ...but its a show stopper.
Now i've seen how its done..its easy ish!

Also got ideas from the foliowing site;
http://www.steamup.com/sitgonline/forum ... hlman.html

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