Graham-Jilly
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Charly arived from the US of ACharly our newest import arived from the USA today jilly fell in love with him he looks good next to Old Lizzie.
so I set out the 16 peices of track and put a fire in his belly only had mamod solid fuel it ran for a short while but was a wonderful site seing him steam along hasnt enough to power to pull the carriages tho. It doesnt look as tho he has everbeen fired so may need a bit of a run in.
good thing I have ordered a new SV and meths burner for him
have taken a vid and will put it up tomorrow sometime.
Cheers Graham - Jilly
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tmuir
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Your getting nearly as bad as me for Locos. 
I only have one Mamod loco but have two Bowman 234s (One of which I may be selling soon  ) My Lady Anne and now my 'Project' loco.
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Graham-Jilly
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We only have 2 Tony and now jilly wants more LOL
missed out on the Princes of wales one last night cry chassteam out bid me 
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tmuir
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Depending on how much I need to spend to get my Project loco going I may list my Bowman on ebay OZ or may except an offer on it prior to listing it.
I'm deciding whether to sell it as is or restore it and which one to sell.
Of course being a greedy type of person I don't want to sell either but a new baby arriving in a bit over 4 weeks tends to eat up most of your free cash.
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James
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| tmuir wrote: | Your getting nearly as bad as me for Locos.
I only have one Mamod loco but have two Bowman 234s (One of which I may be selling soon :wink: ) My Lady Anne and now my 'Project' loco. |
How much? 
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tmuir
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| James wrote: | | tmuir wrote: | Your getting nearly as bad as me for Locos.
I only have one Mamod loco but have two Bowman 234s (One of which I may be selling soon :wink: ) My Lady Anne and now my 'Project' loco. |
How much? |
Not sure yet Del Boy 
Depends on whether I buy the missing bits and build a burner for it but postage back to the UK would be a killer for you as it cost me 50 pounds to get the two posted to me.
You would probably be better off watching ebay UK.
Besides I can sell it for more in OZ as I've never seen one on ebay OZ.
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SPOKESMAN
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Need some pics GJ!
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Mamodman123
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Glad it arrived well G+J
Pictures please
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SPOKESMAN
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ll sort some pics soon . . . . 
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Graham-Jilly
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Well here it is the VIDEO
Sorry bout the sound track dogs were wining and the tv was on in the background
cheers Graham Jilly
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Mamodman123
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They can trundle around quite nicely on their own 
You've got an advantage over me, it's inside and level ground.
Should be able to pull rolling stock, might be a small leak around the gaskets at the front, or the forward reverse block. Quite common.
Meths and uprated valves will help with some more power, but a standard stock loco can potentially pull 11 open wagons  just ask Mr Wilesco for details 
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Chris
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Good stuff. Cute dogs too.
I found mine runs better if I pull the cylinders away from the port face slightly and drop a few drops of oil down there and then run the wheels back and forth a bit to suck it into the cylinders.
I also found that before I got meths and upgraded safety valve it would go along the straights quick and slow down a lot on the bends. You might find that you are suffering from just having bends. (My track was new, and some of that might have been to having fairly thick paint on the track that has now started to wear off a bit).
Just had a look to see if I had some video clips to demonstrate but I don't, sorry.
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Mamodman123
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| Chris wrote: | Good stuff. Cute dogs too.
I found mine runs better if I pull the cylinders away from the port face slightly and drop a few drops of oil down there and then run the wheels back and forth a bit to suck it into the cylinders.
I also found that before I got meths and upgraded safety valve it would go along the straights quick and slow down a lot on the bends. You might find that you are suffering from just having bends. (My track was new, and some of that might have been to having fairly thick paint on the track that has now started to wear off a bit).
Just had a look to see if I had some video clips to demonstrate but I don't, sorry. |
You do need a good oiling Chris! the steam oil is ideal for it. Get some on the piston rod and that should do the trick . And oil everything that moves
They do slow a little on curves... but not too much
You get some good (Dougie) you get some bad (Rosa, well not anymore) it's a pot luck really.
Dougie is total stock including solid fuel and it performs extremly well. The pistons are so well run in they just drop into the cylinder when you have them out.
You may just need to run it on blocks a load of times.... but it's a rare set, just over 1000 made
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IndianaRog
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Enjoyed the dogs AND the loco...nice stuff. I was just waiting for one of the dogs to try and take a bite only to get a big surprise.
Handsome engine...glad all was well on a US>Oz shipment...that is a long trek!!
cheers,
Roger
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SPOKESMAN
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Loco threatened by dog . . . .
Runs sweet.
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Graham-Jilly
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Thanks for the comments -- we were really pleased with it's first run. We did oil it well. We ewre not sure how to use the solid fuel tablets so broke on in half and just poked those inside the feul tray. It probably needed more than that. Cheers Jilly-Graham
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James
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Looks real good!
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Mamodman123
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| Graham-Jilly wrote: | | Thanks for the comments -- we were really pleased with it's first run. We did oil it well. We ewre not sure how to use the solid fuel tablets so broke on in half and just poked those inside the feul tray. It probably needed more than that. Cheers Jilly-Graham |
You need 1 tablet, half it and it slots in two places
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steamyman
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G and J
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oldstuff
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That video was fantasic, G-J. You could tell the dogs were getting bit by
the steam bug. We'll have to create a special section for them on the forum.
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tmuir
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For an engine not run in that went quiet well.
After I fitted the new cylinders to mine for the first couple of runs it would only run for about 30 or 40 seconds before stopping but now its ran init will go as long as there is fire and water.
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Mamodman123
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Mine went straight away with the new cylinders
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