Re: Steamlines partialy assembled SHAY kit on eBay

2002-03-14 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: Steamlines partialy assembled SHAY kit on eBay

2002-03-14 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: A.B.C. Automatic Boiler Control

2002-02-27 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: New Accucraft Locos

2002-02-16 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: Porter/Maxwell Hemmens

2002-02-12 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: Porter/Maxwell Hemmens

2002-02-12 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: Porter

2002-02-09 Thread T A Gorton
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

RE: Porter

2002-02-09 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: Bear? [was: Re: Sludge]

2001-06-10 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: Sludge

2001-06-10 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: New to the list

2000-02-20 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: Valve Gear and Bio

2000-02-07 Thread T A Gorton
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

Re: New steam loco - Sammie

1999-12-09 Thread T A Gorton
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