[modeleng] Re: Morality was Model prices
- From: "Phill Smith" <steam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:43:22 +0800
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.
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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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