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Live Steam loco kits

Post by krusty » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:34 pm

Could somebody please point me in the direction of 16mm live steam loco kits?
I have looked at the Roundhouse Kits but would like to have a look at what others might be offering. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places but there seems to be little on offer.
Ideally I would be looking at a complete kit, so I have all I need to assemble a working model.
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Post by Big Al » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:50 pm

You can buy a Roundhouse kit and fit one of the body's made buy another firm or look at these sites below.

http://www.djbengineering.co.uk/

http://riverdale-loco.s-nl.net/

http://www.roywoodmodels.co.uk/
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Post by krusty » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:31 pm

Thanks Al.
I like the look of the DJB Robert loco, but I wonder if coal firing is a little ambitious for a relative newcomer to 16mm steam. I would be interested to know if the Robert body could be used with a gas fired boiler and RH chassis.
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Post by Endless, Nameless » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:56 pm

krusty:88771 wrote:Thanks Al.
I like the look of the DJB Robert loco, but I wonder if coal firing is a little ambitious for a relative newcomer to 16mm steam. I would be interested to know if the Robert body could be used with a gas fired boiler and RH chassis.
John
If you go to the "New Products" page on the DJB website, there's a gas fired version of "Robert" listed ;)
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Post by Chris Cairns » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:03 pm

If you are looking for a dual (actually multi) gauge locomotive kit have a look at the Regner Lumber Jack kit. I obtained one 2nd hand off eBay and after learning the different techniques to be used with the gas filler valve & burner I now have a good strong loco which runs at some nice slow speeds due to its gearing.

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Post by rebelego » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:59 pm

If you are not very strict on the 16 mm scale, there are a few more German alternatives in G scale 1:22.5:
Herrmann Echtdampf and Reppingen.

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Post by Gremlin » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:27 pm

there is the 16mm association kit of victory coming up but you have to sign up pretty quick for that one

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Post by METHSSNIFFER » Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:50 pm

Lets hope it works!

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Post by HereticUK » Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:54 am

Not forgetting, of course, the venerable MSS kits from www.dreamsteam.co.uk!

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Post by krusty » Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:17 pm

Thanks for all of the advice guys. I already have an MSS tank that is slowly evolving into a great little engine. It does need a companion though :) .
I have looked at some of the various options and I just keep coming back to the Roundhouse Katie. It looks great, will handle tight curves, the ones I envisage when I finally start to build my own line. Judging from other posts on here, the build quality and backup from RH appear exceptional. So I think I have made my mind up.
I will probably have to wait until the end of the year but unless anything desperately interesting crops up, a Katie it will be.
Thanks again folks.

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Post by Keith S » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:29 am

Good luck to you. I had a lot of fun building a Roundhouse kit. The instructions are exceptionally good.

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