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My new gauge 1 live steam loco with Joy's valve gear
Zephyrin:
This is my new live steam 1 gauger just completed and being tested on my roller test bench.
She have the general outlines of a GER - LNER tank engine of the beginning of the XXth century, namely a 0-6-2T locomotive, but with round topped boiler. I have made it at 1/32 scale for 45 mm track, based on a model by “LBSC”, “8:35 to the City”, found in a reprint from “Workshop Masters “, a short lived (alas) series of reprints of old British model engineering papers.
I did large changes in her “innards “, as I fit 2 cylinders and slide valves with Joy's radial valve gear inside the frame, and the boiler being internally fired.
It took me a while to draw the valve gear, even with the great help of the Charlie Dockstader valve gear programs !
It’s a pity that most of it is hidden at the end, but it works well and is more protected in case of accident than the more common Walschaert’s valve gear. In addition, I’m not aware of another loco fitted with Joy’s VG in gauge 1, a première I believe !
I also added a tiny axle driven water pump to feed the boiler from the side water tanks, to allow longer runs.
You may consider on the video that the driving requires dwarfed fingers, yes, I have to change a few thing to make notching up or down easier !
I did not realized before the film that my roller bench is so noisy, sorry !
some pictures on the built on my google album
https://goo.gl/photos/dY6fYHntSb5wJUUP9
and on a forum (in french) where I post quite often.
http://www.bloooo.fr/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5485
the first steam test, I'm anxious to test her on the track at the club in a few weeks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTxQ9B17POc
mikemill:
Zephyrin
What a lovely tank engine it certainly performs well, you must have derived great pleasure from scratch building the loco rather than spending £2-3k on a commercial one.
I build G1 electric locos as I find live steam in G1 to messy
Mike
Chipswitheverything:
That's a lovely model, Zephyrin, obviously runs superbly, and it is a very nice looking prototype as well. Like that very much! Dave
b.lindsey:
Beautiful, you must really be proud of that!! Well done :praise2:
Bill
scc:
Love it! I can hardly visualise how my fingers would cope with all that valve gear inside the frames, let alone the backhead fittings :noidea:
A wonderful loco to be proud of ..........Terry
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