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Hey Guys, because of Corona? We planed a visit at your beautiful country for May....but i think we cant come. Here in Germany it's crazy at the moment, felt like living in a Zombie movie. No Toiletpaper , no noodels, no Desinfection. It's so sad,we wanted to visit the club at Canton....but now...not...

Hey ,

this looks like Art!!!! Like always!! Funny, we're still on the same Parts of 611

All the best and keep posting

Chris

Hey,
i also cant wait to realise that picture...

Asteamhead, so lets carry on and power further the last years.

Regards
Chris

Hi Guys, a week ago, i bought a Headlight from a friendly live steamer here in Germany. Of course it's a US Lamp, but, i would like to know wich RR and Loco. I searched with Google " Locomotive # 525" and find a small PRR 0-6-0 with that Number , but the Lamp looks different. Mayby someone can help ...

Hey Guys, two years ago during our Hooneymoons, i visited the Museum of O. Winston Link at Roanoke. We stayed 3 nights at the famous Hotel near by the museum. I visoted the museum on 2 days, so many impressuons and storys...unbelievebel. I met some volunteers of the museum, we talked a wile,as the g...

Hi, we know that problem Peter, our Y6b was about 8 years unpainted in service. But it is such alot work to keep all the brass shiny and clean, an advantage is , a good(!) painting upgrades the loco . You can ruin the best builded loco with a bad painting. We will painting the J for sure, i like tho...

Hey Guys, In full anticipation of the next visit to the USA in May, I would like to show you some progress on the 611, the streamlined cladding is now ready except for the boiler tapes. The next step will only be to lift off the kettle and make the lower cladding. Can't wait a few days on the route ...

Hey Bull, thats not a Problem, 3 hours of cleaning after a run day is a normal procedure. We do it with industrial cleaner in a spray bottle and brush. Taking out the grates , and cleaning the ashpan with vacuumcleaner. The only problem of cleaning the J will be the smokechamber,but we will find a s...

Hello colleagues,
thanks for your words. It is a puzzle, with what felt like 1 million parts. But as Jack said, thats what makes the cool look.

kind regards
Chris

Back again… it was a lot o work to built all those complex shapes, especially the cover underneeth of the smokechamber. Every Picture you find, this part looks a little bit different. IMG-20200109-WA0008.jpg IMG-20200109-WA0014.jpg IMG-20200109-WA0009.jpg After the front was almost finished we going...

Hi Guys, some time ago after my last post, now it´s time to show Progress on our J 611. The Cab outside structure is almost ready , so we have outside Points to work with. IMG-20200109-WA0016.jpg IMG-20200109-WA0005.jpg The Streamline cover is still under process, we did it all from brass sheet meta...

Hi folks, after finally getting a CAD program I was able to make the J characteristic nose. I did not want to do the work of a sheet metal construction, so I opted for a CNC construction from scratch. To be able to soak the raw material on the mill, I had to prick a groove. Then it went to the proce...