[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] RE: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
- From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:24:55 +0100
David,
Thankyou for this. It is encouraging when someone who has built a loco can
recommend it.
I have read a good few of LBSC's Words & Music, e.g. Molly, Doris, Netta,
Maisie. He is very readable and particularly interesting when he deals with
practical ways of making things, e.g. taper collets.
I have seen a few Maisies running, and they are impressive. We had a talk
earlier this month at the Canvey club, on LBSC and his Locomotives, and the
speaker reckoned that there wasn't a club without a Maisie!
Best wishes,
Jem
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Everett" <deverett2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:44 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re:
[modeleng] RE: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
> Jem
>
> Although I am an advocate of larger gauges, Maisie was my first loco.
>
> I decided on that design before joining the local society because of the
> original words and music
> that I managed to get hold of, even though it was out of print at the time
> and also because there
> was a full size version up at York, albeit in those days not on public
> view and I had to get
> special permission to go across the road and photograph it.
>
> Fun started when trying to make some of the scale fittings fit LBSC's
> drawings. You will have
> that problem with any of his locos if you want to get anywhere near 'true'
> scale. The basic
> designs of LBSC will work even if left as is - that's the beauty of them.
>
> It was, as Alan said, a good workhorse and relatively easy for a novice to
> make up.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave
> Saudi-Arabia-On-Sea
>
>
>
>
> --- Jem Harrison <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Alan,
>>
>> I have been impressed by Maisies I have seen in steam. Although
>> Atlantics
>> do not appeal to me, I can see why this has been such a succesful model
>> engineering design: LBSC's practical approach (Inspector Meticulious has
>> to
>> play second fiddle to Curly Gottowork); a big boiler with plenty of
>> steaming
>> capacity; a wide firebox to overcome the confines of 3½-inch mainframes
>> and
>> maximise heat production; a Spartan cab that facilitates access to the
>> controls.
>>
>> I have read the book. Maisie has to be up there with Doris as a design
>> for
>> serious consideration.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Jem
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:20 PM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] RE: [modeleng] 3½
>> versus 5
>>
>>
>> > If you are considering a loco of that size and scale, you might also
>> > consider Maisie.
>> > A very easy loco to build, and amazingly powerful for its size.
>> > Also, like the original, very easy to drive. Just shove in coal and
>> > water
>> > and it will keep going for ages.
>> > Alan
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:00 AM
>> > Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] RE: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks Pendragon,
>> >
>> > Doris is near the top of my list of possibilities.
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Jem
>> >
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