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Everyone,
Thank you so much for your inputs. hwboivin3, could you send me a simple photo of the whole locomotive? That way I can see whether it appeals to me or not.

Thank you all again!

Best wishes,
Nico

Hello everybody,
I have resently been looking for drawings of a 30" gauge, class a shay with no results. If anyone has any resources that regard this topic. Please let me know. I would be more than happy to aquire a set of drawings.

Best wishes,
Nico Amato

Gerd,
I love this shay. And I especially love your work. It is absolutely fabulous. I wanted to know. Do you have the drawings for this locomotive? If so, may I have a copy? please pm me in regards to this.

Best wishes,
Nico Amato

To everyone out there,
If anyone has a cab shot of this locomotive please post it. I would love to see what the set up on it is.
Thank you!

Best wishes,
Nico Amato

Mike, That is quite understandable. I highly doubt a Cab shot was on the priority list for that day. As far as the drawings go. I should have know that the program was solid works... We use it in robotics all the darn time. again, with the blower... how is it you get the steam to go inside the ring?...

Mike, Absolutely amazing work! love the weld job on the tender. And I love the drawings you made for it too! I just have a few questions for you... 1) What program did you use for the drawings? 2) How did you go about making the blower ring around the cylinder exhuast? 3) When you have the time of c...

Hello there,
Does anyone know what happened to this RR? I havent really seen the owner or any of the equipment in any photos or online posts lately. Please Fill me in, would love to know what happened to them!

Best wishes,
Nico Amato

Im still havving trouble finding the glass dimension i need. No one Ive seen makes the width I have. I believe its 3/8th. Smaller then half inch. McMaster only sells 1/2 so I need to get a hold of loco parts and ask where they get the glass from. O-rings... Get VITON. Glass - go to Coles Power mode...

Karl: you don't say what pressure you are running to the burners, but my guess is that you have entriely too many burners and too much pressure. you probably have something like this: http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l45/crazysteamer/burner/toorich.jpg consider a 2" bloom from each burner, yo...

Here are a couple more photos from the meet. Thanks to my good friend joel, i not only got to run his beautiful #8 but i also got the privelage of having it on camera too! Thought this would be cool to post, was one of 4 large scale loco's at the meet. For all the friends that showed up, thank you f...

Richard, If i may make a suggestion... Your best shot is to contact Bob Crone. He is the dealer for O.S in the U.S and has everything you'll need.. If you want the factory bulb contact him. You can look him up through the O.S website under the "dealers and links" section in the English ver...

Nice work jack. Just amazing how you take the time to do EACH LITTLE RIVET by hand. Very impressive. I know I sure couldnt do half the things you are doing.
Keep up the work! Always excited to see posts from you.

Best wishes,
Nico Amato