[modeleng] Re: Morality was Model prices
- From: "Clifton" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:21:56 +0100
Hi Phill.
No problem with loco's performance but the club that I used to run at was
ground level.
You would not believe how a loco that looked large on the bench could
disappear on the ground.
The only performance problem I had was keeping the fire hot.
I found that the wide grate did not give sufficient draught to keep the fire
going well even with a double blast pipe. Once I fitted a narrower ashpan &
grate to force the air through the fire, it went quite nicely.
On hind sight I think that the LBSC combustion space in the boiler was a
useless idea as the firebox is quite big. It made the boiler difficult to
make, if a tube leaked it was impossible to fix & I would rather have more
reserve of boiling water.
Clif
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phill Smith" <steam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 3:43 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Morality was Model prices
> Out of curiosity Clif,
>
> Why did you decide to go over to 5" gauge? Was there a problem with the
> performance of the evening star?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phill.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Clifton" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:33 PM
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Morality was Model prices
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Sometimes a showcase model can have hidden problems as to why it isn't
>> steamed.
>> Some years ago I purchased an 3.5" Evening Star showcase model with the
>> intention of steaming it.
>> It was all there including a silver soldered boiler with the combustion
>> space. Just about the worst bit to build.
>> It even had a steam brake & Lubricator.
>>
>> When I gave the boiler a hydraulic test it leaked like a sieve. On
>> stripping
>> down & checking, the whole boiler had been beautifully constructed but
>> the
>> foundation ring had been sealed with Araldite.
>> It also had the handrail knobs & all fittings screwed direct into the
>> boiler
>> shell. Overall the boiler was scrap.
>>
>> Having now started to take it to bits I carried on looking & found even
>> more
>> horrors. The frame spacers were all made from Aluminum, the stream
>> passageways when drilled had broken through in all the wrong places in
>> the
>> cylinders, the piston valves & valve liners were junk & later I found
>> that
>> the driving wheels has been glued on with more Araldite.
>>
>> In the end it was a total rebuild.
>>
>> I still wonder why somebody went to all the extents of buying the
>> castings,
>> materials & lots of labor to produce a non working lump.
>>
>> After I rebuilt the loco & drove it a couple of times I decided that 3.5"
>> was not for me & went to 5" with the net result that it has now been
>> stuck
>> on a bookcase as a showcase model for 20 years.
>>
>> So it has gone full circle.
>>
>> Clif
>>
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