Re: Steamlines partialy assembled SHAY kit on eBay
On 14/3/02 at 9:07 pm, Geoff Spenceley said: The Matterhorn is a little low on pressure-(I could fix the >burner--like a radiant one!) , however with RC, Ray Smith made some burners that were a big improvement on Merlins original. They used three rows of holes rather than the slots and my mayflower hods pressure alot better nowadays. One can also modify a Roundhouse burner to fit -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: Steamlines partialy assembled SHAY kit on eBay
On 13/3/02 at 7:37 am, Gary Broeder said: >Mike, and other inquiring minds of the list, > >Sharp eyes Mike. I noticed that Tom's (or maybe it was Colin's) line drawing >also shows them the wrong way round too! > >Is Tom still tinkering around over there? > > >GaryB > > Not really Gary. he does turn up at the llanfair show but he is really looking quite ill and uncared for. I know that many people have strong ideas about TC but this man introduced me and many others to the joys of live steam garden railways. I still think that "Steamlines" was an excellent and much enjoyed magazine which unfortunately never could actually get out on time but whiched was full of enthusiasm. Tom Cooper kickstarted live steam narrow gauge into the mainstream and in process provided much pleasure for many people. I know of course that Tom made many mistakes and some of the locomotives were certainly not "as sure as sunrise", but it should be remembered that he and the other pioneers of affordable live steam were going into uncharted waters. I don't know what Colin is doing today. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: A.B.C. Automatic Boiler Control
On 27/2/02 at 3:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Cheddar Models have a fascinating electronic system for >managing a boiler without operator intervention. It's >designed for boats that may be out of range, but I see >no reason why it couldn't be applied to a locomotive. > Nor do Cheddar! I think this is a case of "watch this space" -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: New Accucraft Locos
On 16/2/02 at 1:10 am, Jeffrey Williams said: >The Accucraft website was just updated and shows the following live >steam locos "under development" > >Superior 2-6-0 Live Steam (Classic Series, 1:20.3) > I have just completed a review of Superior for publication in 'Railway Modeller' in the UK. I ended up purchasing this loco which is an absolute pleasure to run. If interested I can send you a draft of this article "off list" plus a couple of web type pics of the loco in action. > > -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: Porter/Maxwell Hemmens
On 12/2/02 at 10:16 pm, Mike Chaney said: >Tag, are you sure this is what you mean? > >> John Hemmens is now not legally able to run >> a business in the UK. > >..or is he barred from being a Company director? > >Mike > > > Sorry Mike sloppy writing. Doing 4 things at once. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: Porter/Maxwell Hemmens
On 11/2/02 at 3:39 am, Harry Wade said: >At 04:56 PM 2/11/02 -0800, you wrote: >>Hi Harry and Tag, >>In defence of the recent comments regarding the Maxwell Hemmens > >Tony, > I have no need to hang John Hemmens "by a sour apple tree" >necessarily, I have never met the man, and it may very well be that the US >perception of Hemmens business reliability stems directly from the >conditions you describe. But as encouraging as you're experience and >"facts" are this does not explain away the fact that for whatever reasons >he has a less than brilliant reputation on both sides of the Atlantic. > Have spoken to a boiler supplier to maxwell hemmens who had to go to the high court to obtain payment. John Hemmens is now not legally able to run a business in the UK. Sons now no longer associated with father. Financial affairs are less than savoury. Purchase at own risk. Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: Porter/Maxwell Hemmens
On 11/2/02 at 3:39 am, Harry Wade said: >At 04:56 PM 2/11/02 -0800, you wrote: >>Hi Harry and Tag, >>In defence of the recent comments regarding the Maxwell Hemmens This may possibly be correct. Nevertheless I have known several people who are very unhappy about their dealings with this organisation. Rmours of trouble with VAT payments etc. Mik Roe from the Isle of Wight never recieved the locomotive he paid for and received wisdom is that, while these machines are good quality it is best to purchase from a third party such as Brandbright and not deal direct. I would repeat that a vanishingly small number of these locomtives are purchased in the country of origin but will provide hard information to this list later tonight. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
RE: Porter
On 9/2/02 at 10:46 pm, Harry Wade said: >At 03:56 PM 2/9/02 -0500, you wrote: >>Do they mean 2002 or did this project never get off the ground? >>I see a very distinct resemblance to the Hemmens Porter > >This is in every visible way (except the paint) a Maxwell Hemmens >Porter. (I have one on my desk in front of me). It's a well done little >locomotive. It's also a shame, as Tag partly says, It did get through then Harry!! I sent this post via my current ISP smtp but an subscribed via my Unisonfree account on this list. I don't get a list copy of my own post :-) -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: Porter
On 9/2/02 at 9:32 pm, Gary said: >http://www.yesteryeartoys.com/cgi-local/toycatalog.pl?view=Porter Yes. this looks like a Maxwell Hemmings locomotive that incorporates a large well in the tender to put a small commercial butane cylinder in. You should know that Maxwell Hemmings (USA) cesed to trade with the parent Company in the UK and almost certainly with good reason. I am not even sure they are still made but certainly they do not sell in the UK.. The locomotives themselves were actualy quite good but I understand business ethics were not. I have no hard information though. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: Sludge
On 11/6/01 at 10:27 pm, Don Baker said: >Anybody else get a rather sad sludge posting from a hardcore porn site >yesterday? I usually get 3 or 4 >spam mails a day and have learnt to live with it, and have got used to >hitting the Delete button, but this >one was in a different category. Didn't receive it here in UK Don. I did once click on a link for G-scale model buildings and found myself in a sad sack site for those of the onasist persuasion - but don't usually get landed with this sort of stuff. File it under s*d it :-) -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: Bear? [was: Re: Sludge]
On 10/6/01 at 3:08 am, Ferdinand Mels said: >The steam whistle is a great idea, except these guys are'nt afraid >of humans, as our neighbours found out. >Steam powered gattling gun is sounding better. They were back this >evening And I complain about my neighbours cat -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Trematon Office Cornwall
Re: New to the list
on 20/2/00 6:11 pm, Charles W. Walters at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Until today, I have > been an 'electric fan' but am now purchasing my first 'live steamer'. I am > getting a new Roundhouse 'Fowler'. I joined the list to gather as much info > as possible, meet you all and mostly to have a lot of fun in a new branch of > the hobby. Look forward to corresponding with you fine folks. > Many congratulations on your soon to be acquired Roundhouse Fowler Chuck! I had one of these excellent beasts (named Lord Elpus by my wife after she saw the price) for several years. They are a delight to drive and the only reason I moved it on is that it (for obvious reasons) did not fit in to my little Cornish narrow gauge backwater. Now i know that when one buys a steamer for the first time, the last thing one wants to do is to start modifying it. I would like to make the suggestion however that maybe you would like to fit the drop link, combination lever and larger crosshead set supplied by Roundhouse - but not advertised. I obviously don't know about your level of knowlege, so feel free to swipe me round the head if I am teaching you to suck eggs - but if you look at the most expensive Roundhouse locos, for instance the Sandy River and Rangely Lakes loco, you will see that it would appear to have FULL Walschaerts valve gear rather than the semi version fitted to most locos. In fact this set fitted to the more expensive locos is actually a dummy, but it is available from Roundhouse (and should be from your US agent) at only around 14uk pounds!! The fitting is simplicity itself. Remove the hex head crank pin holding the crosshead in place and discard small crosshead. Remove hex headed short crank pin from valve rod. Screw new crosshead and linkage into place using original crosshead crank pin and hook up linkage to the valve rod using the new long crank pin supplied. This job takes less than five minutes for both sides and improves the look of your running gear no end. Take a look in the catalogue at the different locos and you will see what I mean. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office Saltash Cornwall iMac + Amiga
Re: New Pearse loco?
on 3/4/39 9:55 pm, Gary Broeder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Group, > > My latest issue of GardenRail mag from the UK shows a photo of a 75% complete > Consolidation that was > shown on the Pearse Engineering stand at the annual Live Steam Model Railway > Show at the Kew Museum in > London. Perhaps our UK fellows have more information? > This locomotive should be complete 'in-the-brass' at the 16mm AGM Gary. I expect to have one for review this summer. No idea yet on pricing - design of detail parts is still continuing. This promises to be a pride of the line 'Road' locomotive. Will provide more information as I have it to hand -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office iMac + Amiga
Re: Valve Gear and Bio
on 7/2/00 7:43 am, Mike Chaney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mick Chaney introduced himself with:- > >> Hello, >> >> First the bio. My name is Mick. .. > > Lest there be any confusion, he is not me. > > Mike Chaney > > http://www.mikechaney.fsnet.co.uk > > > > It certainly had me scratching my head - you mean there is two of 'em :-) -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office iMac + Amiga
Re: Best first live steamer: Opinions solicited
on 22/1/00 12:27 am, Carlo Spirito at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jim - I'd buy a used Cricket in a millisecond, if I could find one for $300 > +/-. Where did you see that offered? I can't find ANY for sale at ANY price. > > Carlo > +++ > Jim Curry wrote: > I think jim slater's cricket may be available. nothing wrong with it but Jim's increasing deafness makes it very difficult for him to fire up. Will check with him if you like Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office iMac + Amiga
Re: Ruby exhaust pipe mods
on 18/1/00 6:40 am, VR Bass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BUT it doesn't do anything to help the steam plume. One of the > other Ruby owners (sorry, I can't remember which one) used the > Devine-Gorton method and crimped the end of the tube completely > shut, then drilled a couple of crosswise holes in the tube to let the > steam escape and blow around the smokebox a bit before exiting > the stack. His plume was thick and gorgeous. > > Now, what we need to try is getting the plume _and_ the loud chuff. > I think a closed-end tube with holes drilled at exactly the center level > of the smokebox might do it, and I'll experiment some with that > when I get time to tweak Ruby next. > Hi Vance Try crimping the top of the tube (or even better silver soldering a flat cap) and instead of sticking a couple of holes in the pipe try filing an 'organ pipe' slot to cut about half way across the diameter. Allow about 3/4 to an inch of pipe above the slot and make sure the top of the 'chuff pipe' is almost level with the top of the chimney (stack) :-) This will give a nice steam plume and, if you file a nice sharp edge (good qual needle file) on the organ slot you should get a nice fierce 'chuff' as well. I have to say that different engines require slightly different pipes for optimum results and george mckie and myself have a collection of chuff pipes that we have made to slip over the exhaust pipe stubs to get the best results. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office iMac + Amiga
Re: New steam loco - Sammie
on 9/12/99 2:09 am, Mike Gray at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Roundhouse has just annouced the second in their "Basic Series" of > locomotives. > This one is a 0-4-0 modeled after a U.S. Porter or Baldwin. Two close up > photos > now posted at their web site. Chassis is similar to the Millie but the > wheelbase > is shorter. Per Roundhouse, Sammie should be available in Jan/Feb 2000. No > info on > pricing. Take a look at: > http://www.roundhouse-eng.com > > Mike Gray > > > The Sammie is slightly different from Millie in as much as this loco has an internally fired rather than a 'pot' boiler. Despite Roundhouse engineering and logistical backup this is still a 'budget' loco, and the price point will be impressive. I am very much looking forward to getting my mitts on one soon and will then be able to answer questions and provide more info. unlike Ruby, Sammie will be also available in the slimmer gauge (or should I say 'the true path' John! Heh...heh:-) ) -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office iMac + Amiga
Re: Bantam
on 25/11/99 4:03 pm, Z.R. Struzik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> Forgive the ignorance of a novice, but what is a Goodall valve? My bantam >> arrived 6 days ago, already has had R/C added and a 4-wheel tender to store >> the radio gear, also i cast a lead front buffer beam to counteract the >> tail-heaviness. It runs like a clock but not for long enough so I'd love to >> know of a way to top the boiler whilst under pressure. > > Being another novice I will second this question. Actually, I have > already heard and read about this valve many times but I have never > seen it... From what I understood people put it on the steam dome in > case of Frank S. What does it look like?? I am not sure I want to have > anything sticking out from the steam dome.. > >They ARE tail heavy are they not! i am glad someone else has noticed!! A goodall valve is very much like an old fashioned bicycle tire valve in which air (or in our case water) is forced in against the pressure. Usual way of achieving this is to use one of those little garden sprays. i don't have a bantam to hand but i don't think they have a spare steamway on the backhead to fit such an item. Hopefully someone will tell me I am wrong. certainly there is not currently one available to fit this loco and one would have to b e made up!! -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office iMac + Amiga
New Member
Hi My name is Tag Gorton and I model to 16mm scale on 32mm track to basic knife and fork standard. All but one of my locomotives are live steam and mostly R/C. All of them are modified to greater or lesser extent and I enjoy repairing steam locomotives. This is something that took up rather too much of my modelling time however and while I have a couple to complete I hope to go back to just doing my own modelling soon. i do have a particular interest in old Merlins and here in Cornwall we can source 'most any part for these little locos. These parts are locally made (not by me) and to a far higher standard than the original. -- Yours Aye Tag Gorton Longlands & Western Railway Co Trematon Office Cornwall (next to England) iMac + Amiga >
