[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
- From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:52:21 +0100
I have seen Sweet Peas in action and several people have recommended the
design...also the Metre Maid. A member of our local club has just finished
a Sweet Pea, in 3½ months, allegedly!
Best wishes,
Jem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Beaman" <davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:05 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
> Hi Jem,
>
> I would go for a 5" loco, not to big but big enough to pull. A good first
> design, ok it's not a mainline loco, is a Sweet Pea. Many people have
> started out with Sweet Peas and many still have them. The castings are
> readily available from Blackgates, as are the drawings and advice. The
> Sweet
> Pea can be lifted easily by 2 people but I wouldn't advise trying to lift
> it
> on your own. It's all outside motion etc except an axle pump if you choose
> to fit one. All is easy access for maintenance and building, easy to fire,
> easy to drive and I have had mine pulling 4 adults, 5 kids and the driver,
> up a 1;90 bank, ok we didn't break any speed records but we got there.
> If you have the time, it is reckoned you can build a Pea in 12 months,
> such
> is the basic design and I have to admit, I won't be getting rid of mine.
> So there you go, all the advice from around the world. Let us know how you
> go, what your building etc.
>
> Dave.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:16 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
>
>
> Here is another 'new' topic, on which I would appreciate your opinions.
> I am a relative newcomer to model engineering. I have no engineering
> background. In the distant past I have scratchbuilt models in 0 gauge
> (2-rail electric) and some wagons in Gauge 1. I have a Myford ML10 in
> reasonable condition and a small bench pillar drill (rough!). For the
> best
> part of the last three years I have been doing some restoration work on a
> Dore Westbury Mk.1: surgery on the motor, fitting new lead screws and
> nuts,
> devising different ways to attach the handles top the lead screws, making
> a
> drawbar, making a machine vice kit. It has been a long learning exercise!
> I now have some digital read-out bars that I have not succeeded yet in
> fitting....I do wonder if these are really worth the hassle.
>
> I want to get started on a locomotive. Until recently I reckoned that I
> would tackle something in 3½-inch gauge, but the vast majority of the
> received wisdom has advised against this size. So, what I would be
> interested to read on this discussion group is your views for and against
> 3½-inch and 5-inch gauge, oh and while we are about it, we could add
> 2½-inch
> gauge.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jem Harrison
> Basildon
>
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