[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Now Ga1 was 3½ versus 5

 Hello Jem,

I agree with Harry, the prices for the 7 1/4" engines are excessive. The 
last set of castings I bought cost £200 but this didn't include wheels as I 
always use steel ones, because of the wear on a Tinkerbelle I built. You 
should be able to build a narrow gauge 7 1/4" for less than £2000.

Eric Walker in cold & damp Nottinghamshire
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:34 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Now Ga1 was 3½ versus 5


> Hallo Harry,
>
> Having gone to a few G1MRA meetings, I thought I ought to join.  All I 
> have
> done in G1 is build four wagons, which were very satisfying to construct.
> Now fellow G1 members pull my leg about building an engine.  As my wagons
> are all SDJR vehciles, the loco has to match, but old SDJR locos were 
> small
> boilered types, and my impression is that live-steamers in G1 tend to be
> more reliable if they have adequate boilers.  I think LBSC was very aware 
> of
> the need for a sizeable boiler & firebox configuration in his design of
> Ayesha and Maisie.  Thus I intend that my SDJR loco in G1 will be
> electrically driven, perhaps with batteries in the tender and controlled 
> by
> a car key fob.  (ducking for cover as a modeleng cruise missile heads my
> way!).
>
> I would rather do coal-fired steam in 3½ or perhaps 5-inch gauge.  I have
> seen some very fine G1 live-steamers: a few Dees, a superb SECR 0-6-0 by
> Frank Norton utilizing the D twin cylinder layout, which he accomodated by
> giving the leading coupled wheels stub axles.  Tom Barrett's locos, with
> single cylinders, are good runners.  John Barrett's Jubilees and Castles
> have impressed as well.  The Asters are very good, but ready built engines
> require owners with deep pockets.
>
> On the other hand, the big stuff doesn't come cheap.  There are the 
> machined
> parts for a 7½ Romulus for sale in our club at £2100.  The seller tells me
> that the castings and other bits alone cost £1900 !  He is also selling a
> Polly 5 for £5000 is anyone is interested.
>
> Back to the drawing.  It is to 10mm (I would rather 1/32, but the first
> wagon I built was from a kit and it was to 10mm, so I have stuck with
> that....besides wheels sets tend to be to 10mm).  The prtotype is an SDJR
> "Scottie" 0-6-0, so nicknamed after the builders of the first batch being
> Neilsons of Glasgow.  They are really tender versions of the Midland
> half-cab, 4ft 6½in wheels (13 spokes).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 1:21 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Now Ga1 was 3½ versus 5
>
>
>> At 09:29 AM 10/4/05 +0100, you wrote:
>>>I am currently drawing the tender for a loco in Gauge 1 (10mm - 1ft) - 
>>>Jem
>>
>> Jem,
>>      Which loco did you choose?  I'm active in Ga1 myself.  There is
>> ongoing friendly discussion amongst G1MRA members of which scale is
>> preferred, 1:32 or 10mm, with no resolution of course,  but there is
>> unanimous opinion that 1:29, the scale which is currently used by 
>> American
>> mfg Aristocraft is NOT preferred.
>>      I'm also relatively active in 7.5"ga, and once upon a time a couple
>> of my fellow club members (Not Mr. Jesse!) had an "You're either with us,
>> or agin' us" attitude and couldn't seem to get past the idea that 
>> dabbling
>> in more than one gauge,or any gauge but 7.5", was like cheating on your
>> wife.  But they seem to have gotten over that.
>>     There is a group of Swiss builders who have done SECR D-class 4-4-0s
>> in 10mm to a simply stunning level of detail.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Harry Wade
>>
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