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Loco112, I just remembered that there are 1" scale Sunbeam plans in the July 1987 issue of Live Steam Magazine..

Loco112 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:01 pm

Who built it, and do they still have: Drawings of the individual parts? I'd like to put those in my war chest.

I built it, but there were no drawings...
John

I have this for sale on another group, and I've gotten a few questions re; what scale it is..
It will fit on a 2-1/2”, 3” or 3-1/2” scale locomotive..
However, since it was built with a 4” diameter tube, it may not look right on a “smaller” 2-1/2” scale locomotive..

Here is a large scale Sunbeam headlight, the body is a 4” diameter tube, and it is just under 4-1/2” long.. This headlight has a 12V halogen front bulb, and a 12V LED light inside to light the side numberboards.. The front lens holder and the side numberboard hinges are dummies, and do not open. To ...

Amazing work Dan...!

John, do you know what the minimum radius is on the elevated track at NEOLS? I have a 1" 4-8-4 chassis that I'd like to track test and I'm curious to see how sharp a curve it will be able to negotiate. Rob Gardner Rob, Sorry but I don’t know it off hand... I’m thinking it should be fine though..

If you can submurse the tanks in a water bath it will help to keep them from freezing up. If the tender is large enough that would be ideal since it keeps getting refilled with warmer water. Or a tank around the bottles could be drained and refilled when refilling the tender if the water is getting...

So should the front row of burners point slightly back? I'm using 6 marty burners, three rows of 2.. I can angle the front row back towards the firedoor, so that they aren't pointing right at the angle on the SS arch.. Or am I overthinking this?
Thanks...

cp4449 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:07 pm

I would like to see photos of your burner for the locomotive. I have a small 1” scale locomotive that I would like to fire with propane. Are you using an arch? What did yours burn before?

Chris, I finally dug the burners out..
These copy the “Marty” design, but smaller...

David, as far as I know the highline is complete, with no plans for any expansion..
The same for any ground track...
John

That does look like a pretty cool bridge! My riding cars are really set up for ground running. How "high" is the high line? Is that dual gauge, 4-3/4" and 3-1/2" ? (Yes, I re-read your last post!) At any rate, I might have to check that out next year. Thanks, John! David David, The highline varies ...

David,
I think you’d like the NEOLS track, I’d say that 90% of the highline is in the shade, and it has just been upgraded with a new bridge...