Archangel Range
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I have had three in my time, I had a festiniog 'Princess' a Campbeltown and Machrihanish Kerr Stuart 'Skylark' 'Princess and finally a Coal fired 'Jack' they were great fun. The 'Jack' was a bit of a rocket ship it was quite tricky to keep the pressure at a reasonable level while maintaining a small fire which was burning ever more fiercely all the time it was running around at great speed even with the regulator opened slightly!
I've still got the original catalogues and it stirs up memories of my first interest in live steam in the garden when I look through it.
For my money I think the best loco was ' Snowdon Ranger' it combined a large boiler with a simple meths burner and I wish I had ordered that instead of the Kerr Stuart.
I've still got the original catalogues and it stirs up memories of my first interest in live steam in the garden when I look through it.
For my money I think the best loco was ' Snowdon Ranger' it combined a large boiler with a simple meths burner and I wish I had ordered that instead of the Kerr Stuart.
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I got this loco second hand about 1995 and it was not that old maybe a couple of years? It was I think one of the last ones as it had the generic smoke box non opening door and you had to take the whole smoke box front off. I think the best way is to run it on a long continuous loop with a heavy train and it takes a while to set the crosshead feed pump to keep the boiler at the right level.Paul H:88638 wrote:What vintage was your Jack? I recently acquired one and am still learning its intricacies...
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Digging around I managed to find these photos of my Archangel C and M Princess dating from July 1986. The images show it in original condition and while in use later with added detail such as cab beading, riveted and glazed cab windows, scale sand pots [ which is the only thing I have left!] and green livery with lining.
I returned it back to original condition before I sold it and notice the odd shaped original sand domes unlike any other Princess I have seen, I wonder where it is now?
John
Archangel C&M Princess by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess 1985 by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess 1985 by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
I returned it back to original condition before I sold it and notice the odd shaped original sand domes unlike any other Princess I have seen, I wonder where it is now?
John
Archangel C&M Princess by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess 1985 by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Archangel C&M Princess 1985 by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
Last edited by cncmodeller on Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:59 pm, edited 2 times in total.
INJIN:87864 wrote:Just give Stewart a ring.
He's just built a new Cyprus government 2-6-0 tender loco & it's for sale. He has also built Moel Tryfan in cut down form recently.
His number is 01743 860660, he'll be happy to take your order.
He rarely answers emails, so be warned.
Cheers
I better own up then. I can confirm that he is still accepting commissions, and he does answer mails. And more to the point, his eye for character is still there - and the locomotive I have is just fantastic.
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thats fantastic, I never knew anyone ever did a commercial live steam model of a Skylark!cncmodeller:96596 wrote:Digging around I managed to find these photos of my Archangel C and M Princess dating from July 1986. The images show it in original condition and while in use later with added detail such as cab beading, riveted and glazed cab windows, scale sand pots [ which is the only thing I have left!] and green livery with lining.
I returned it back to original condition before I sold it and notice the odd shaped original sand domes unlike any other Princess I have seen, I wonder where it is now?
John
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A steam propelled life-style.
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