It sounds as though we both suffer from the same problem - too many interests and not enough time! What sort of materials are you thinking of using for your...
I've got to be honest, I haven't given it any thought! PTFE is ideal if as you say, you get the cold clearance right, to little and you end up bending valve...
At the Brighton show, on the ground floor there was a chap displaying a tender, the ram in the hand pump was plastic, it may have been Nylon or PTFE, I forget,...
Might me nylon, I know you can buy nylon from somewhere supposedly for hand pump rams. PTFE isn't a problem other than getting the cold clearances right, A...
Spent a most enjoyable day at the meeting at Rugby last Sunday. This was my first experience of working 2 1/2" locos and now I can't wait to get one of my own...
John I agree with your comments. It was my first visit to Rugby and was very enjoyable. However there are a couple of errors in your photographs. The pictures...
Hi Ian, Thanks for pointing that out. I'm a bit new to all this and am not that familiar with the different designs out there. She certainly is an impressive...
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Keith Manison, and I think I'm the only live steamer in any gauge in Jamaica. I've been a member of G1MRA for about 10...
Hi Keith, I stumbled across your website some time ago and read with interest your exploits with Dot and the Maxitrack Pearl. I too have been searching for...
Picked up the drawings for Don Youngs 5" gauge Black Five and Horwich Crab the other day. Also the relevant articles in LLAS (Locomotives Large and Small). It...
Progress continues, especially after the visit to Rugby. The front bogie has been entirely replaced and now just needs the wheels and axleboxes refitting. I...
Interesting, this is how you make pistons/bores in small CI engines, I made a 0.3cc as drawn in ME in 1936? Compression was never good enough to start it. I...
Keith Welcome on board, When I first got the internet in about 1997, yours was the first livesteam Site I came across, so in some measure you were a catalyst...
-Hi Keith I to had the problem of having no local 21/2" sites near by. I live in the north east of Scotland so i had to build my own track. I took advice from...
Hi Keith, One of the best sources of info. has got to be Martin Evans book "Outdoor Model Railways", MAP, 1970 (no ISBN in my copy, I'm afraid). To give a...
If I remember, the drawings do specify 3 cylinders at 3/4" or 2 at 13/16". I was going to do 3 at 13/16" as I have re-designed the boiler so am pretty ...
Hi Simon, Yes, I will be using O rings as specified in the construction notes. With regard to the comments made by Ted Benn - unfortunately there are still...
Just came across this website purely by accident whilst searching for 'LBSC'. http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco61.html. It contains some...
The link given wont work as its gained an extra full stop at the end. I'll try again: http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco61.html ... for...
Thanks for the replies. To John and David, Dot and Diana have been sadly neglected and have not got much further. I hope that will change once the new house,...
Well spotted John. I used to have a bookmark for this site before I fitted a new hard drive. There is also a feature on Small Bass, which of course is the...
HI, I am looking for a set of wheels for this loco. I would consider a part built loco as I am just about to start. I only need the engines wheels not the...
A lot of time has been spent on the middle cylinder and its components. The connecting rod seemed to take an eternity to machine and finish especially the...
I posted a message about Southern Maid at the start of the year as they was interest in (several?) people building one. The idea was to get a batch of fames,...
William Im not certain how much interest there is, I certainly am, but I lack the time and skill to do CAD drawings. I have so many other interests that...
Hi David Looks as if it would just be you and me, maybe when (if?) progress is made there might be some interest by others. Do you have the drawings and...
