Nick
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My New MarklinEnjoy...
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Bugsy
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Very nice! 
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Dampfmaschine
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Stylish 
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CuriousSteam
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Nice Nick
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Graham-Jilly
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very nice 
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Griffin
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Very nice indeed I wonder where that one used to live 
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johnreid
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Truly a piece of Industrial Art, your collection is really developing into something special.
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IndianaRog
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Very nice Nick...you kind of threw me at the very start! Nice to see that in steam, sounds very smooth indeed.
Enjoy and more pics/videos are on order.
Rog
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Wallace
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I'm with Rog, more vids and pics are in order.
That's an awesome piece of machinery. I really like the engine transition in the vid. What a difference between them, for obvious reasons. I could watch that ticking over for hours.
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Nick
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| IndianaRog wrote: | Very nice Nick...you kind of threw me at the very start! Nice to see that in steam, sounds very smooth indeed.
Enjoy and more pics/videos are on order.
Rog |
That's what I was going for. 
I'm going to have to use a smaller burner; the one that came with it is far too powerful especially when both vents (pipe and filler cap) ignite. 
I emailed ministeam because they were supposed to have their burners in by now (I originally emailed them in mid-January), but now it looks like they won't be there until the end of March or later! Looks like I would have been better off ordering from Forest Classics from the start. 
I also want to set up two lines so the pump has water continuously circulating through it (I've always heard it's hard on pumps to run them dry). Can anyone correct me on this? 
I will probably try my Girth-Fleischmann burner next with one or two holes capped, so I can get a decent video for you guys, along with some better pictures.
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calypso
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| Nick wrote: |
I also want to set up two lines so the pump has water continuously circulating through it (I've always heard it's hard on pumps to run them dry). Can anyone correct me on this? |
Hi Nick. Lovely engines aren't they?
After reading somewhere that the water pump should never be run dry, I have set mine up to do just that and it works very well.
I find that the fastest way to prime the pump is to run the engine quite fast at first, until the water starts to travel from the container to the pump. Then slow the engine down and the water will move quickly to the pump until the circuit is complete.
Very important to ensure that the tube connection to the pump is completely airtight.
P.S. I'm running mine on gas now. Big improvement in my opinion.
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Nick
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| calypso wrote: | | After reading somewhere that the water pump should never be run dry, I have set mine up to do just that and it works very well. |
Did you read somewhere that the pump on this engine should never be run dry? or water pumps in general?
Thanks for the tips!
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calypso
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| Nick wrote: |
Did you read somewhere that the pump on this engine should never be run dry? or water pumps in general?
Thanks for the tips! |
It was referring to the 16051. I'll see if I can dig it out.
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Nick
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Another question, do you add 5% tap water like the directions say? or just use distilled water?
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whistleman
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truly a feast for the senses. thanks 4 showing us.
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Les
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Very nice engine Nick, congratulations.
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calypso
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| Nick wrote: | | Another question, do you add 5% tap water like the directions say? or just use distilled water? |
I use a distiller for my water (don't trust the commercial stuff).
And yes, I do add a very small amount of tap water, just to be on the safe side (dezincification?).
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Atticman
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Ah I was wondering where that one went. Very nice indeed.
So glad you now have sound on your vids as well Nick
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Nick
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I picked up some cork today, so I can cap of one of the two burners. Now I can make a video of it at a decent speed.
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