Mamodman123
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"Rosa" the no longer troublesome SL1
There we go, finally working perfectly!!! it runs for what seems an eternity and does many circuits around my track 
It can only get better with the oil in the lubricator I did a short video, light was fading so I apologise for the poor quality
I'm a happy bunny though I'll add a couple of stills a little later 
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MooseMan
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Wow, look at that baby go....that's one sweet running loco! I was waiting for it to jump the tracks, but that looks rock solid.
I can understand why you're pleased!
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MTA
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at last success! 
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Sandman
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Well done MM.
Bet you're well chuffed. And rightly so.
Great to see. 
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Lewis
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It goes all that work has finally payed off glad to see it works now mm
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Mamodman123
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Cheers guys its been a while but ive finally got her going! I'm going to try to get it to pull something tomorrow . Can't believe it finally runs after all the trouble
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MTA
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it certainly has been awhile, I thought it was always suspicious that Foz didnt appear online after he sold it to you 
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Lewis
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a black loco would look best with frieght wagons mm IMHO
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | | it certainly has been awhile, I thought it was always suspicious that Foz didnt appear online after he sold it to you |
Oh it had problems MTA!
Regulator was leaky as crap! Steam dome was turning in the boiler. The steam pipe was loose in the boiler. No sight glass. Crappy gas burner . List is endless
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Steve_S
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Thats great MM! Glad you've finally got it sorted. It must seem all the more satisfying since you've had to fix so many things... but it certainly goes like the clappers now!
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Mamodman123
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| Steve_S wrote: | | Thats great MM! Glad you've finally got it sorted. It must seem all the more satisfying since you've had to fix so many things... but it certainly goes like the clappers now! |
Thanks Steve
You name it, it has gone wrong with it the relief and joy once it was working was unmeasurable!
So happy, at one point I considered selling but i'm so glad I stuck at it! 
It's a lesson to anyone! PERSIST!
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Steely
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Great one MM, you now have two working locos from the grave.
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Mamodman123
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| steely wrote: | | Great one MM, you now have two working locos from the grave. |
Thats too true Steely! You don't know how close I was to selling her
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Steely
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | | steely wrote: | | Great one MM, you now have two working locos from the grave. |
Thats too true Steely! You don't know how close I was to selling her |
Just need two ovals of track now so you can have races.
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Mamodman123
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| steely wrote: | | Mamodman123 wrote: | | steely wrote: | | Great one MM, you now have two working locos from the grave. |
Thats too true Steely! You don't know how close I was to selling her |
Just need two ovals of track now so you can have races. |
Or a tug of War
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Sandman
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Or how about both engines pulling a load of carriages.
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Mamodman123
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| Sandman wrote: | | Or how about both engines pulling a load of carriages. |
Not tried to pull anything yet SM  , well I did once with a leaky piston
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Sandman
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | | Sandman wrote: | | Or how about both engines pulling a load of carriages. |
Not tried to pull anything yet SM , well I did once with a leaky piston |
Don't worry about it MM. They tell me a lot of men have that.
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Mamodman123
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OH dear SM... get your coat....
Again
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Sandman
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LOL
Got to go once again MM.
Speak tomorrow mate.
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Mamodman123
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| Sandman wrote: | LOL
Got to go once again MM.
Speak tomorrow mate. |
Yep will do!
Speak laterz SM
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Wallace
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Re: "Rosa" the no longer troublesome SL1 | Mamodman123 wrote: |
There we go, finally working perfectly!!! it runs for what seems an eternity and does many circuits around my track
It can only get better with the oil in the lubricator I did a short video, light was fading so I apologise for the poor quality
I'm a happy bunny though I'll add a couple of stills a little later |
Great stuff MM. Runs great. Can't beleive it's been resurected so well.
Restoration awards (note the "S" for other jobs) goes to MM
Well done mate.
Just out of interest, work out the scale speed of that thing. Or I should say real speed. My guess, 150kph?
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tmuir
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Wow!
That thing moves.
Guessing its' doing a bit above it's scale speed.
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Mamodman123
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Yes I was suprised at how fast it went! That was only a little bit of throttle, imagine how fast it would be going on full . How would I work that out Wallace?
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tmuir
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | | Yes I was suprised at how fast it went! That was only a little bit of throttle, imagine how fast it would be going on full . How would I work that out Wallace? |
To work out the speed measure the size of your track in meters.
Mark a start position.
Once the train is up to speed time it to do one lap of your track.
Then convert that to Km per hour by using this formula.
3600 divided by time took to do one lap in seconds.
Times above answer by size of your track then dived by 1000
This will give you actual speed of your train. in km per hour
I'm not sure of the scale of Mamod locos.
If it is 16mm thats 1:19
Times your actual speed by the scale of the Loco to give scale speed.
Let us know when you work it out
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Wallace
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | | Yes I was suprised at how fast it went! That was only a little bit of throttle, imagine how fast it would be going on full . How would I work that out Wallace? |
Exactly what tmuir said
I was going to say how to do it, but I had no idea on scale size, and or how big real railway stuff is
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Mamodman123
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I think the mamod locos were built on a guage 1 scale but used 0 guage wheels
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Wallace
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | | I think the mamod locos were built on a guage 1 scale but used 0 guage wheels |
Ahh, ok.
Well what I'd do is measure width between rails on your track, then measure width between rails on a real track. Just watch out for trains
That should help somewhat, or just use tmuirs given figures would be easiest
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Mamodman123
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| Wallace wrote: | | Mamodman123 wrote: | | I think the mamod locos were built on a guage 1 scale but used 0 guage wheels |
Ahh, ok.
Well what I'd do is measure width between rails on your track, then measure width between rails on a real track. Just watch out for trains
That should help somewhat, or just use tmuirs given figures would be easiest |
Think i got it wrong, it was built to naroow gauge style
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tmuir
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Don't use track size to work out scale as the same size track can be used for standard or narrow guage trains by having the trains built to different scale.
They would certainly by no bigger than 1:19 as thats the scale of my Roundhouse loco and its about 30cm long. I would guess Mamod would actually be around 1:24, but I could be wrong.
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Mamodman123
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Pulling my coaches today
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Lewis
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nice mm
dizzy
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Sandman
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Thats better MM.
Plenty of pulling power now.
Worth all the work to see it perform the way it should.
Well done.
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Mamodman123
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| Sandman wrote: | Thats better MM.
Plenty of pulling power now.
Worth all the work to see it perform the way it should.
Well done. |
Cheers SM ive got another video aswell . Seems to be a lot better now! Although Ive run out of wick
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buzz
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Looks very nice makes me want one might save up
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Mamodman123
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| buzzbuzz312 wrote: | | Looks very nice makes me want one might save up |
they're worth it buzzbuzz if trains are your thing
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buzz
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I would love one but dont have anywhere to run it 
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Mamodman123
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| buzzbuzz312 wrote: | | I would love one but dont have anywhere to run it |
You can run it in a garage, or on a patio like I do
You could even build a layout on a wooden board and run it on your lawn. The possibilities are endless
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col
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Is that the size of your back yard MM?,it looks about the same size as mine,im waiting to win the lotto and move into a house with a nice big garden and do what mark founds did (think thats his second name)who did that garden railway series a while ago on discovery i was glued to it,didnt miss em,great stuff,your loco looks very good too .
col
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buzz
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My garage is full of junk
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Mamodman123
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| col wrote: | Is that the size of your back yard MM?,it looks about the same size as mine,im waiting to win the lotto and move into a house with a nice big garden and do what mark founds did (think thats his second name)who did that garden railway series a while ago on discovery i was glued to it,didnt miss em,great stuff,your loco looks very good too .
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Thanks Col, it's only a little concrete patch at the back of my garage, we have a lawn and the rest of the garden too! with a shed which is filled with a load of useless rubbish
Garden railways are nice! but ideally, you need it 100% flat, and using a Mamod loco isn't a great idea it doesn't like hills as I discovered
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MTA
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| buzzbuzz312 wrote: | | My garage is full of junk |
whose isn't Once mine is cleared out, work will commence on a 4.5" sentinel
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buzz
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| MTA wrote: | | buzzbuzz312 wrote: | | My garage is full of junk |
whose isn't Once mine is cleared out, work will commence on a 4.5" sentinel |
Some people have cars in them
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | | buzzbuzz312 wrote: | | My garage is full of junk |
whose isn't Once mine is cleared out, work will commence on a 4.5" sentinel |
Couldn't fit anything other than a car in our garage when cleared out . It's a long garage but not that wide . Then If it does get cleared out, I might be able to run my loco inside there with no wind
In the video the throttle is just barely open, still quite tricky to get it right as one small slip and it shoots off like a bullet and you have to run after it before it reaches the corners
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col
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Being terraced,my yard is the width of the house and just over our cars length in depth,a concrete square,i knocked the back wall down and made double gates becouse the parking is bad round the streets,so once i have the car in there s no room for running anything i even toyed with the idea of shelves round the walls to run something on,but never got round to it(again)
col
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Mamodman123
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| col wrote: | Being terraced,my yard is the width of the house and just over our cars length in depth,a concrete square,i knocked the back wall down and made double gates becouse the parking is bad round the streets,so once i have the car in there s no room for running anything i even toyed with the idea of shelves round the walls to run something on,but never got round to it(again)
col |
You would have to keep the car on the road somewhere while you lay the track and have a go with a loco.
Worth getting, but not if you haven't got anywhere to run it thankfully I just about have enough space which is flat enough
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col
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yes it does seem inpractical MM,i think this was the begginning of my idea to do a layout in the attic with hornby some time ago,never know i might get round to it??
col
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Sandman
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| Mamodman123 wrote: | | Sandman wrote: | Thats better MM.
Plenty of pulling power now.
Worth all the work to see it perform the way it should.
Well done. |
Cheers SM ive got another video aswell . Seems to be a lot better now! Although Ive run out of wick |
If you're looking for Wick MM, you'll find it in the far north of Scotland.
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Mamodman123
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| Sandman wrote: | | Mamodman123 wrote: | | Sandman wrote: | Thats better MM.
Plenty of pulling power now.
Worth all the work to see it perform the way it should.
Well done. |
Cheers SM ive got another video aswell . Seems to be a lot better now! Although Ive run out of wick |
If you're looking for Wick MM, you'll find it in the far north of Scotland.
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Always good to know Sandman 
Might pop my head round the corner one day
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