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by MTA » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:16 pm
SapperAnt:65790 wrote:Very nice..looks nice and Victorian! What is the colour??? Improved Engine Green???? (Im colour blind....like Stroudley)
It's a tad lighter than Improved Engine Green, but then I don't think there are many people alive that will know what exactly Improved Engine Green looks like!
It's best described as yellow ochre
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by Pendo Pilot » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:47 pm
Very turn of the last century indeed, I do like that in a pre grouping livery type of way.. Different but nice. Oh & any details on the lubricator? I need to do similar on my wrec...ahem, mamod..
Tommy Dodd may have an ARS key but I have a TASS button & a Rope Ladder, just like pirates, except the TASS button bit.
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by Narrow Minded » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:14 pm
By the comments, it looks like you were right about the "Marmite Catagory"
I like it!
(I wouldn't
choose it, but I really like it!
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Very tidy loco all-round!
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by DolwyddelanLightRail » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:27 pm
When I first saw it, I thought the guy's gone mad, but after looking at it in more detail, I think it's actually quirky enough that I'd happily have it!
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by Endless, Nameless » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:40 pm
That's lovely- colour is fantastic. Possibly the nicest Mamod I've seen
Matt
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by TonyW » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:59 pm
Even after ordering the smallest quantity I could, I still have some of the paint left over. Some will be going - hopefully - on another loco that has been seen in these pages, but if anybody else wants their loco repainted in this colour....
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by MTA » Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:27 pm
Pendo Pilot:65816 wrote:Very turn of the last century indeed, I do like that in a pre grouping livery type of way.. Different but nice. Oh & any details on the lubricator? I need to do similar on my wrec...ahem, mamod..
Shane,
The lubricator is the standard Roundhouse one, the union nut threads are the same as those on the Dream Steam boiler. The nipple where the lubricator joins the steam pipe will need soldering onto the steam pipe however.
I had to machine some of the cap away for it to fit under the steam pipe, but you may do a better job of fitting it in than I did!
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by MTA » Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:31 pm
Endless, Nameless:65829 wrote:That's lovely- colour is fantastic. Possibly the nicest Mamod I've seen
You, Sir, have made my day!
I'm glad the majority of you like it, I'm very pleased with it. Hope to give it a run at the weekend, weather permitting.
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by Pendo Pilot » Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:55 pm
Cheers for the info there on the lubricator, I may have to try this as I'm not convinced my deadleg one does much..
Tommy Dodd may have an ARS key but I have a TASS button & a Rope Ladder, just like pirates, except the TASS button bit.
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by MTA » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:42 pm
Pendo Pilot:65879 wrote:Cheers for the info there on the lubricator, I may have to try this as I'm not convinced my deadleg one does much..
I fitted a 'dead leg' to 'Victor' many moons ago. It didn't work very well... Considering that oil floats on water and there's only one pipe in and out I think the Roundhouse one does the business.
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by DolwyddelanLightRail » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:09 pm
MTA:65885 wrote:Pendo Pilot:65879 wrote:Cheers for the info there on the lubricator, I may have to try this as I'm not convinced my deadleg one does much..
I fitted a 'dead leg' to 'Victor' many moons ago. It didn't work very well... Considering that oil floats on water and there's only one pipe in and out I think the Roundhouse one does the business.
They do seem rather hit and miss, but my one on Britomart works wonders! However, I do think that they prefer being run at higher pressures to work properly
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by Endless, Nameless » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:52 pm
MTA:65875 wrote:Endless, Nameless:65829 wrote:That's lovely- colour is fantastic. Possibly the nicest Mamod I've seen
You, Sir, have made my day!
I'm glad the majority of you like it, I'm very pleased with it. Hope to give it a run at the weekend, weather permitting.
My young lady looked over my shoulder just now and said "ooh, that's pretty" so that's another one on the "love it" side of the marmite argument! Not often she comments on steam engines, feel honoured.
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