what did it weigh in gms or ilbs who do you make sure the two powered powered bogies move at the same speed was wheel slippage a problem great model has given me an idea for a supetr duper garrett 4--6--6--6--4 + 4--6--6--6--4 as soon as I work out how to get it round curves ha ha
Hey Tom, hope you're doing fine... What happened to our informal club's Clenet Corner website? I went to show a buddy of mine some of the cars there, and my #48 listed there, but can't find it on google now, and if I remember right, you are or were a club member.... Cheers, Rob in MT
Well done project, have always contemplated an American Beyer Garrett and yours was well done. Suggestions: smoke deflectors on either side of the smokestack would balance the narrow boiler, if you get tired of the shark nose you could consider the streamlined water tank of the Rhodesian Garretts. Hope I dont come off as supercriical as I am jealous about your skill, enjoy your beautiful handiwork.
@@tompanvids I thought it might be difficult to put one together since you would need a longer drive rod since the cylinders are moved forward to make room for the last of the guide wheels.
Special thanks to my dad Ray Kinney for the job when time is of the essence. I spent many hours on the work put into this wonderful automobile. Will live in my memory for ever. Some day I would love to travel to see this one more time. Perhaps be able to make it road ready once again for the now King. Thank You Again Dad I Love You !!!
Hi Tom. Glad to see you are still active in model railroads. Was worried about your status, health etc! I am just starting again at 57 yr age after scratch-building some loco's and rolling stock in S Scale as a youngster. Realized its the most satisfying hobby i did all my life. "Power Pushers" made me think of the concept of making a small mine cart wagon being pushed by a human (with moving legs and all!). I have details of that concept being done in the 1970's somewhere on my Hard-drive (Have many Gigabytes of Model Rail Stuff on the PC!) I am from South Africa, planning to do Americas outline Narrow gauge modelling this round (HOn30 scale). Love your attitude to modelling and freelance stuff. You prove this hobby keep the interest for ever! Well aware of John Allen "Gorre & Daphetid Railroad" here in South Africa and very interested in the original prototype "scratch-builders" of USA outline brass locos from Japan. They started something.
I am scratchbuilding a brass Baldwin DR6-4-2000 diesel locomotive. I wish this Pufferbilly will be offered again as a kit. Precision Scale Model bought Kemtron years ago, I was told.
I'm incredibly conflicted about these videos. I LOVE the creativity and craftsmanship, but as someone with a RR the is hard to find plastic steam for it hurts to see people bash already hard to find brass into other things. I mean they are his models so what does my opinion matter lol, but my soul still flinches every time. Wonderful work though!
A nice rendition of a would be American Garratt. What you referred to as a shield for the steam pipes is in reality the deep ash pan of the Garratt. Garratts would have wider and deeper fireboxes than possible on rigid locomotives as there were no wheels under the firebox. For this reason it would have been more prototypical to construct a boiler with a very large diameter, and a firebox with a vertical front plate and reaching deep. Because of the width of the firebox, often almost the loading gauge, steam pipes could only be run underneath the ash pan, there is a cutout along the centerline to accommodate these pipes. The place of the air pump high on the running board at the boiler side is prototypical for a Garratt, you could have left the power reverser on the other side as well, many Garratts had them in this same spot with actuator bars going to the front and aft units. These were articulated at the point where the loco was articulated. The Pennsy style bath tub water tank on the front unit is very elegant looking, and forms a unique feature. And indeed, for American railroading practice having the rear bunker almost completely for coal and have an auxiliary water tank like on these South African GMAM locomotives could be the best option, the water tanker could be a centipede tender but with water space only. To counter the problem of reduced adhesion with low stores an axle configuration like 4-8-0+0-8-4 or 2-10-0+0-10-2 would be a logical choice, as relatively more boiler cradle weight is on the drivers then, and less weight change on these driver by percentage when coal and water is used. But the addition of trailing trucks on the inside was very convenient for you to motorize the model, I assume the original drives were in the wrong place.
I'm not sure what the song is called but I can tell you it wasn't by Pink Floyd. What's up with that? I guess you wanted me to click and I did. Congratulations!
