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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Friends Models 0-4-0 "Dinky", Sections 1 through 3 ready!
- Replies: 3
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Re: Friends Models 0-4-0 "Dinky", Sections 1 through 3 ready!
I can say from personal experience that the drive wheel casting are superb.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
- Replies: 16
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Re: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
good thinking.....
when I run as PVLS or WLS, I have run on Welsh, but now run on green coke -> or in the future methanol....since the coke supplier is somewhat 'iffy' on the size -> sometimes it is good, sometimes I get a bucket of dust....
when I run as PVLS or WLS, I have run on Welsh, but now run on green coke -> or in the future methanol....since the coke supplier is somewhat 'iffy' on the size -> sometimes it is good, sometimes I get a bucket of dust....
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: New to 3/4" scale
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1196
Re: New to 3/4" scale
turning radius on the hudson is restricted by swing of the front truck before the wheels start interfering with the cylinder castings.
My Langworthy Hudson is very much a 35' + loco
My Langworthy Hudson is very much a 35' + loco
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1218
Re: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
most of these designs were specifically created with Welsh coal in mind because it was readily available, and "who would use anything else" ? good luck with what is called Pocahontas #3.....plugs tubes in short order and you are down for cleaning... all small scale builders need to keep fu...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Did I buy a milling machine or a mistake?
- Replies: 20
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Re: Did I buy a milling machine or a mistake?
it may be on a spline / key. LOOK VERY CLOSELY at the intersection area between the gear and the shaft....on both sides of the gear. if there is a key, you will eventually find the key slot into which it fits. if there are splines - you will see them looking at the right hand side of the gear -> sha...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:30 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1218
Re: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
but can you REMOVE the ash pan without removing the tender?
i remember not -> and that is a major problem unless you have really clean burning coal
having a 'bottom hatch' that you can release is also very well worth the effort if you want to run more than a couple of laps around a short track.
i remember not -> and that is a major problem unless you have really clean burning coal
having a 'bottom hatch' that you can release is also very well worth the effort if you want to run more than a couple of laps around a short track.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1218
Re: 3/4" scale Juliet 2
Been there, done that - yours looks good. Just an aside thought.. Before you get too far -> think about the ash pan. With the unavailability of Welsh coal, unless you burn green coke, you are going to make LOT more ash than you can easily remove. Any minor changes you can make to the design to allow...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:58 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: New to 3/4" scale
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1196
Re: New to 3/4" scale
Considering that you are just starting, strongly suggest you stay with a smaller loco.
A 2-4-0 in 3/4" is more fun than you can imagine.
A 2-4-0 in 3/4" is more fun than you can imagine.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Project: N&W class J on 5"gauge
- Replies: 228
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Re: Project: N&W class J on 5"gauge
Compare this feat of engineering beauty to what someone else is hoping to get $100,000 for on eBay.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:23 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Simple, heavy duty, truck design for ballast cars
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2671
Re: Simple, heavy duty, truck design for ballast cars
well there you go - saved me going out into the camper and actually measuring the trucks....
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: boiler wash
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3008
Re: boiler wash
IIRC Fred did it with a small chisel re-shaped tool to round the ends over, about 10 degrees at a time.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1921
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
Doesn't that describe most of California in general?
It used to be that you knew your diesel was set right when it would shoot carbon balls out the stack after it had been idling for a while.
It used to be that you knew your diesel was set right when it would shoot carbon balls out the stack after it had been idling for a while.