You're welcome. I'm glad you like the video. I can’t recall the owner of the Spam Can pulling 12 coaches. The Spam Can which can be seen from 02:15 is a coal fired one, made by John Barrett (not an Aster). Ian T was running it very competently. I only ran the King Arthur that weekend.
@@LiveSteamFreak Thanks very much for your reply, I eagerly await some detail regarding your pop valve design, it appears to be a masterful advance. Regards Paul; Gough.
I would be satisfied if they would just reseat reliably. I have one engine that I must tap the valve to get it to close. If I don’t do it soon enough, she will slow and sometimes stop until steam is rebuilt. Very frustrating. Appreciate your work on this. Please publish your results and let us know your source(s) for springs and etc.
Thanks, Tyfude. Our indoor layout is about 130 feet long and the curve radii are all 11.5 feet or larger. The layout has been able to handle every loco (including Challenger and Big Boys) so far.
Yes, the engine was completely dismantled for painting. The model was designed from very beginning like an Aster model, completely dismantable, with hidden screws wherever possible. The complex painting would be almost impossible to apply without this. Especially the lining, which was masterfully executed by Liz Marsden.
Hello tyfude. At one point in my Gauge 1 passion, I became interested not only in locomotives, but entire trains. These coaches were marketed many years ago by "The Finescale Locomotive Company" / Mr Neil Rose.
@@LiveSteamFreak thanks for the tip. The coaches really set off the locomotives. I wish it was a bit easier to find excellent coaches these days although I do see they come up once in a while. If you ever have any leads, let me know ;-) I have an Aster King Arthur. I’m always looking for some Southern Railway coaches. Cheers!
My father, born 1907 Leicester called them 'Johnson Spinners' though, living near the GN at Humberstone, he retired to bed at 6pm to the sound of Stirling Singles, put 'out to grass' on his line. He loved the Midland though.
Hi John, glad you like the model and that it brings back happy memories. It is indeed difficult not to succumb to the charm of the Midland Spinners. Samuel Waite Johnson was deservedly called the 'Midland Railway Locomotive Engineer Artist'.
I too have a Topaz but sans whistle. Now I want to add a whistle so mine can converse with yours! Where should I buy it? Read my comment on your King Arthur video.
I've produced my whistle from scratch, using a (sligthly modified) valve made by Jin. Plans can be found on the Internet if you shouldn't already have some.
Thanks for offering, I already own a Jumbo. You can see it running here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pVVLaPe7xZc.html Good luck finding out which one is mine... 🙂
The whistle was installed because of you Raphael. Your ongoing encouragements in your videos made me installing one, too. And children love playing with the whistle..!
I do iI like to do it to relax - there's nothing better than spending a few hours by the pond and having a beer afterwards. And keeps my mind balanced in these times.
@@LiveSteamFreak I have managed to get my modded 5MT valves to pop about 0.4bar hysteresis but was really hoping the springs would not be too critical. Sounds like you have found that further improvements can only come with a better spring which I was afraid of. Gordon Smith also believed springs were crucial to getting them right. I absolutely cannot wait to see your findings as I’ve been working on these for months and have tried a lot of differing types. I have a drawing done for one which combines a few features from different people. One thing one most keen to eliminate is the high pitch scream as it sounds terrible when recording the locos 😂
@@davidmorgan-kirby9669 yes, I thought so too. But which one. Could be bypass valve or axlebody or check valve. I am waiting on a new axlepump body. Hopefully that will remedy it. Do you have any other tips or tricks?
Try pumping hot water throught the axle pump/clack arrangement using the hand pump. If this doesn't help, then give the pump or clack a gentle tap using a brass pin and a small hammer. The impulse usually unlocks stuck valves. Changing the pump body will help but is not required if it has initially worked for while.
No, so far no record attempts have been made. As a well-to-do middle-aged male adult, I try to adhere to the applicable speed limits. I prefer to leave the record attempts to the specialists who are better at it. Duck and away.... The challenge with gauge 1 steam locomotives is to keep them running smoothly at speeds similar to the prototype.
A real model railway! A miniature masterpiece. People say its an old man's hobby, but it shows ingenuity and skill to buld things like that. A skill sadly younger generations don't appreciate or skills that have been lost.
If anyone knows what produces a nice and loud stack talk, then please let us all know. Most of the recent Asters are disapointingly silent in operation. Some observers at shows do not even realize that these are live steam powered models.
I have no idea what Aster used to paint their early models with, but I hardly every see any of their models with ruined paintwork (except for non-black Smithies boilered engines..)
Beautiful engine. Well done! Sorry to be pedantic, but the large boilered Atlantics were C2 under Great Northern and the klondykes, i.e., the small boilered Atlantics were C1. The LNER changed them around when they classified all locos that came into their possession.
Glad you liked the video and the model. Hmm, interesting statement regarding the classification. Are you sure about your comment? My references say this: during Great Northern times, there were small ("Klondikes") and large boilered C1 Atlantics. Both shared the same classification. Later on, during LNER times, the large boilered Atlantics retained their C1 classification, whereas the small boilered Atlantics were reclassified as C2 by the LNER. Anyway, just a detail...
Models like this are not uncommon in the Gauge 1 scene. G1 may sometimes be considered more coarse than 0 Gauge, especially live steam models. But there are some builders in G1MRA which model on a high level. The merits belong to Barrett Steam Services which designed the flat-pack-kit along time ago. I just bent and shaped their etchings. Well, and some painting had to be done, too.
C'est un modèle merveilleux, et il ressemble à la vraie chose. Cela valait la peine d'être vu. Je me suis abonné à votre chaîne. J'attends avec impatience la prochaine fois. Du Japon
