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| calypso |
Going loco .....I never thought I would be posting in the Locomotives section.So far, I have been a very much a stationary engine man, but I have always fancied having a live steam train. I saw some gauge 1 engines for sale, but they are much too large and would need to be out in the garden. To cut a long story short, I am now looking at HO live steam, and in particular, a little shunter made by Lutz Heilscher. I have lots of old HO track (Marklin) so she'll have plenty of room to run. Anyone else running HO live steam? This is the one I'm thinking of getting. Not cheap, but a lovely little engine. 
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| Roly Williams |
Mmm, nice.
Is it electricly heated like the Hornby ones or is it real fire? |
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| DavidB |
live steam gauge?So far most of the HO and smaller gauge live steam locomotives I've seen haven't been really good runners(compared to o gauge), that is until Hornby came up with their present offerings, from what I have heard, on balance more praise than dissent. Just a bit larger, in o gauge is a surprising selection of good running locomotives. These can be used indoor/outdoor. A real good runner and they don't break the bank is the Bowman 300 tank locomotive which can run on tight 31"curves/standard lionel track which is cheap, and can be in rusty condition(cheaper)...it doesn't matter. o gauge Hornby carriages are same/very close in scale, most lionel freight cars are in same/close enough to look right scale. Mamod locomotives are great runners, but with a different burner....getting scale rolling stock...is easier to scratch build than find. If you have room for 72" curves then locomotives with tenders such as Bowman 234, Bassett Lowke's, and many others will run fine. Mamods have such a following that there are many modification parts available to convert them into...what lights your fire...double Fairlies, Mallards, Pit Loco's, Mallets, Garrett's and Meyers(there are drop in parts to assist a scratch build /BIY project)Just something to consider, hope it helps Cheers DavidB Bowman 300 
Mamod Tank type 
Mamod Garrett type 
Mamod Mallett type 
Mamod Shea type 
Mamod MSR Baldwin type 
The mamod list goes on forever!...it seems |
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| calypso |
It has a tiny meths burner Roly. Completely self-contained so no electrics involved. |
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| bessytractor |
I play with OO scale live steam. Short answer is if you have little patience don't bother as they need a lot of work! | ||||
| calypso |
Yes, I can imagine they could be very fiddly because of their small size. Is that what you are referring to? |
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| bessytractor |
no they break very easily 
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| alan2525 |
Having worked on 16mm / O gauge loco's it always seems to be a battle for space, however large the loco is you always want to cram a bit more in. I imagine in OO gauge it would be an absolute nightmare! | ||||
| bessytractor |
its almost impossible Alan
You set some OO gauge slip eccentrics and keep your state of mind, I'm mad already so I got away with it! |
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| Annie |
Re: live steam gauge?
Wow! I am stunned out of my mind over some of those Mamodifications 
The second from the top 2-6-4 tank engine reminds me a lot of a an old but unfortunately incomplete live steamer homebulid I have that looks like it used Mamod or similar parts to make it go. |
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| johnreid |
That is a beauty. I thought it over too, even considered the Hornby, but decided that with the tight turning radius of the Mamod, O ( 32mm ) is the gauge for me now |
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| dampfmaschinenjoe 1967 |
Hi there ,
watch out the website of Lutz Hielscher where he has a video section and there he shows the HO gauge locos running : They are nice and meth fired but for me they are too small! The smallest locos I prefer are the gauge 1 engines or bigger ones. Take a look on them here: http://www.hielscher-dampfmodelle.de cheers Joe |
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| calypso |
Thanks Joe. If you see my original post, You'll see that these small locos are the ones I've been looking at. I ordered the little docks shunter and am waiting for it to arrive. I am also a watch freak and do small repairs, so I am used to working on small mechanisms. I'll post some pictures when I receive the engine. |
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| MooseMan |
I am sorely tempted by one of those....I love the idea of being able to run a live steam loco on my kitchen table, and the Hornby sets just don't do it for me.... | ||||
| calypso |
Me too Moose. The Hornby system is fine when it works, but a little too big and too complex for my liking.
I too find the simple water and meths setup very attractive. I'll let you know how I get on with my shunter when it arrives. 
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| steamyjim |
These are quite a bit of fun.
It's made by Lutz Heisler aswell. The boiler is made of some form of glass so you can see the water boiling inside. After a bit of running in it will do a few laps of the circular track I have layed out here. They are available here... http://www.forest-classics.co.uk/Ministeam%20minatures.htm This video is REALY old and complete with squeky voice Jim!!
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| Graham-Jilly |
nice little engine you have there jim
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| Les |
I like that, is it running on standard HO/OO track?? | ||||
| steamyjim |
Yup, just bog standard Hornby track
Thanks Graham! |
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| dampfmaschinenjoe 1967 |
It is the easiest form of live steam rail vehicle Lutz Hielscher offers for people who want to run live steam on HO gauge rails!
cheers Joe PS : The same "thing" is available in gauge 1 too |
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| alan2525 |
These little live steam loco's look brilliant!
Just found some videos of them on you tube on the Lutz Hielscher channel. |
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| johnreid |
I like that, but my eyes are never going to be good enough to mess with one that small. I hope you post pictures and videos once get one going. | ||||
| MooseMan |
Just noticed Forest sell them......oh dear.....I must resist! | ||||
| Titan |
My goodness! He even does radio controlled steam in HO!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOBn0wWPMwI&NR=1 That is awesome! |