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Hello steamers, please take into consideration that some boilers got longer than necessary due to length of big locomotives as UP 4000s. Length of both tubes and combustion chamber couldn't be much longer as desired due to construction limits. Thus big (long) engines like the UP 4000 got a very larg...

Anthony,
that quadrant of 1.5 " scale would give a chance to me to use it for my A, too due to the desired additional size for better handling
Looking forward to your process!
And not to forget, whish you a better New Year!
Asteamhead

Hello Anthony, Watching your topic with great interest! This type of injector seems to me the most desirable due to the combined water and steam valves 8) What a pitty to me, that it won't realy fit to my A 1239 of scale 1 in 10 :( Thank you for posting those rich details of this masterpiece! Asteam...

Like your excellent ideas and skills And thanks for showing your complete process to us all!
Asteamhead

Hello Andy,
A good start of your project, indeed! Personally I like your excellent castings
Carry on my friend
Asteamhead

Hello again, Here are my recent projects fitting to christmas time. Not steam so far but heavy metal, yet. Made of ancient Walther stabil parts, some of which were from before WW II (!), the models now may last forever :) . The high voltage mast, scaled down to about 1 in 32 was built of some (not t...

Hello Steve,
Thanks for showing your video! You built an engine, which looks and performs well
For a short time I wondered if you would run it on that very short piece of a track , but all was safe.
Good luck and be happy

Asteamhead

I would like the Nathan top mount dual check valves. The N&W used these on a lot of their equipment. Pontiacguy1, You're right! But look, the more modern version of that Nathan double check valve, used by N&W was slightly different. The check valves for the Worthington 6SA feedwater pump (left) had...

Hello Anthony,
Good to read your news regarding those superb injectors!
Looking forward to those Nathan 4000s, too . Despite they will looking slightly oversized at my class A of scale 1 in 10, I think about having one.
Carry on!
Asteamheaad

Hello Jack,
Looking incredible good
Asteamhead

Hello Jack,
What an achievement first to make that precise master (patern) to get a couple of perfect bronze castings
Asteamhead

Hello friends of the N&W, Still alive I overcame this nasty year with some indoore jobs. The A project not finished yet, I prepared that engine for a first steam up with friends this yearr :D . Thus all the SuperScale globe valves which were leaking after some use were to be improved. I found stems ...