Glad you liked the videos. You can get the drawings from Reeves 2000. The wheel castings came from Walsall Model Industries. Everything else was scratch built.
Can you change the sort order of this playlist so that one video continues to the next? Right now, it’s in reverse order I think, so you have to manually pick the following video
Brilliant job, Dave. Thanks for taking me along for the ride. I can't believe that in the time you've done that I'm still sitting on my butt contemplating an Ellie.
Thank you, there will eventually be a video once the weather improves and I can repair the winter damage to my track. I may have it at the start of the next series.
Well done, dave - fantastic work. I've followed your build on and off and it's just amazing. I know you designed this yourself (or at least I think you did!) but how much more work is a loco like this compared to a Project or Dee?
Many thanks glad you’ve enjoyed the series. I guess I have redesigned about half of it. As the original drawings left a lot to be desired. I did not like their design for the boiler or the spirit burner. There were some other parts that were not manufacturable as they had been drawn. The problem with the drawings was not what they did say, more like what they didn’t say. I applied experience from the Project and from my other builds. I don’t know what the build difficulty is with Dee, but I would say this build was more complex than the Project.
Always great videos from you very informative thank you brings us along the journey be a logn time coming so nice to see it in steam after watching from day 1
Thoroughly enjoyed this entire series! Not many are willing to go into as much detail as you have. With your help I'm finally connecting some of the missing pieces to the puzzle and want to start my own loco. Hopefully it wont be too much of a disaster thanks to you sir!
Always look forward to a new video. Currently designing my first Gauge 1 loco (Hunslet Courage). It will be electric. I eventually want to build live steam but will need to build up my tool collection (recently made an RSU to solder the photoetch on my first loco).
Many thanks for your kind comments, back into it now we are in the winter months which is when I have more free time. I tend to be out running the other engines and doing other out door things during spring and summer months. Almost at the end of this series of vids, with probably just one more to come.
As many of my subscribers unfortunately always see, the problem for me is often that I finish a project when I know that it works. I think it depends on whether you're someone who knows what you're doing and wants to build a locomotive, or whether you're someone like me who's learning and wants to know if you can do it... great project! Can't wait to see it finished painting!
Many thanks, For me its a journey from nothing to something that is the challenge. Making them can be far more interesting than running them for me. Probably why I would never buy a commercial ready to run model or a kit, and this one is almost there. And once completed I know from past experiences there will be much tweaking, fiddling, and tuning it to get working properly. It could take a while. As with all my previous projects. It will need to do a couple of dozen laps round the track pulling a set of freight wagons. Only then will it have passed the final test. If it doesn’t I’ve failed!
No, it will run on live steam or compressed air. Its loosely based on a model that could be seen at The London Science Museum. The full sized engine was installed in a frigate HMS Gorgon built around 1836. It represents one of the Royal Navy’s earliest experimentations with steam propulsion in their naval fleet. Once I finished it. It was run on both live steam and compressed air at around 5 psi. Since 2009 it has been on static display.
Been watching your expertly build loco builds, very pleasing to watch. Seen your dilemma with the wood bending, and maybe a wall paper steamer to steam the wood panels, then use two pieces of PVC housing water guttering, half circular shaped. You could try clamping one on a plank of wood using 2 "L" shaped exscrewsion to help with the diameter size, the another to sandwich the relaxed wood, then just leave it in a warm place to dry out to the shape for 48 hours. Or even just use the PVC guttering instead. I've been thinking of making something like a model train layout but can't decide on the scale.
@GroveDave Thinking about it, you're probably right, I was thinking how they made furniture, that's probably why they laminate it, perhaps it would work using 2 sheets of wood steamed and glued before jigging up.
@@PeckhamHall For this project I only needed a small quantity of panels. If the quantity was big enough it would have been worth making a proper steam container using steam from something like a wall paper steamer. Also the three carriage roofs where originally made from wood and then formed. But once dry they took on a banana shape over their length. Re-steaming did not help, making them unusable.
@@stevenaegele5228 I got some G1 drawings from Reeves 2000. Although they are very basic. There are lot's of gaps in the detail that you have to figure out for yourself.
Another great video David. I have made a similar video a few months ago on my youtube channel making a spirit tank for a tender but your tank engine looks more challenging with less space to work with. Looking forward to seeing your next video.
Many thanks, it certainly is a squeeze building a tank locomotive. I have mentioned a couple of times during these videos. The original drawings I have contain very little fine detailed information. Not enough to build a finished loco. So since the very first couple of videos I have been relying on details and adapting from previous designs from my other loco builds.
