The Model Engineers - Mini Documentary 

Thanks Andrew, Much appreciated!

I completely agree. And I’m working on something to that end!

A very talented bunch of people indeed!

Yes I admire their skills too.. and nerves! BR, Basse

Many thanks for your kind words Colin!

Much appreciated!

Why did you tell us this ?

Brilliant Johnny, great effort! Must have been a great feeling taking it out for the first time!

@@pufango4059 I wanted to demonstrate the commitment required to complete a model engineering project.

@@pufango4059 Because it's directly relevant to the content of the film.

My father built a 4/6/0 locomotive, it took him over 20 years.

This is WAY more detailed than what we have were I live, this is like beyond detail

The locos we have that are steam burn gas(fuel) instead of coal.

Thanks Gary, glad you enjoyed!

You'll have to pop over to Britain. Model Engineering Clubs are WIDESPREAD & have been for Decades. Virtually EVERY medium to large size town in Central & Southern England has a club, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at weekends or Sundays at least, for MINIATURE STEAM TRAIN RIDES !!

Appreciate it James!

Model Engineering Clubs are WIDESPREAD & have been for Decades. Virtually EVERY medium to large size town in Central & Southern England has a club, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at weekends or Sundays at least, for MINIATURE STEAM TRAIN RIDES !!

Model Engineering Clubs are WIDESPREAD IN BRITAIN & have been for Decades. Virtually EVERY medium to large size town in Central & Southern England has a club, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at weekends or Sundays at least, for MINIATURE STEAM TRAIN RIDES !!

Thanks Daniel, appreciated and thanks for taking the time to speak with me! Cheers! Kris.

Of the real thing

Model Engineering Clubs are WIDESPREAD IN BRITAIN & have been for Decades. Virtually EVERY medium to large size town in Central & Southern England has a club, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at weekends or Sundays at least, for MINIATURE STEAM TRAIN RIDES !!

Model Engineering Clubs are WIDESPREAD & have been for Decades. Virtually EVERY medium to large size town in Central & Southern England has a club, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at weekends or Sundays at least, for MINIATURE STEAM TRAIN RIDES !!

@@JamesSmith-mv9fp It’s incredible! But I really want to point out your filmography skills, which are absolutely stellar!

Many thanks for all your help Andrew!

I admire your skills.. and even more your nerves!! BR, Basse the Finn

Cheers Robin, Don't think I'd have the skills to drive one never mind build one of those 😄

@@scotdocs1794 well your vid done them justice. 😁 👍🏻

Cheers Eric, much appreciated!

Check out the clubs in the West Midlands 😮

That's great to hear Peter, I'm really glad it has! I know the effort you and others put in to building these is enormous but the end results are really spectacular.

Would that be a 25NC, Peter?

@@cricciethcastle5077 I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "25NC"? This loco was designed by Henry Greenly! He designed a Hudson 4-6-4, which is identical to my Northern Pacific. The main difference was driver diameter. The length over the 3 or 4 axles were both 24 inches. Quite clever really. I have a steel Briggs boiler (I'm in Oz) 103/4" od. While I've followed HG's plans fairly closely, as I've learnt new things, I put them into the project. I've been at this for 42 years. A bit ashamed of that number but I've never lost my desire to finish it and run the big girl.

@@peterpocock9062 The 25NC is a South African Railways 4-8-4, running on 3'6" gauge. The NC is short for non-condensing. A large number were also built as condensers for the dry terrain - class 25C. Nearly all were converted to non-condensers as electrification was rolled out. I know that a model engineer in the UK is building one, and I think he can supply castings. It would be a massive loco in 7 1/4". HG's book "Model Steam Locomotives" compares the loading gauges (p9). There are lots of youtube videos of them in service, especially on the Kimberley to De Aar "racetrack". Good luck with your project - it will be wonderful to get her out on the "main line"!!

@@cricciethcastle5077 Thanks for the clarification. A friend of mine in South Australia built a South African n.g. 4-8-4 in 2" scale, 7.25 inch gauge. It is bigger than mine by a bit, (mine is 1.5 inch scale). It was a great loco to drive and boy it can sure pull!

Absolutely correct, good spot Carl 👍

Model Engineering Clubs are WIDESPREAD & have been for Decades. Virtually EVERY medium to large size town in Central & Southern England has a club, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at weekends or Sundays at least, for MINIATURE STEAM TRAIN RIDES !!

Thanks Jim! You're correct, I was hoping this would give people outside the world if model engineering a taste for what it's all about. Appreciate the comment!

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Model Engineering Clubs are WIDESPREAD & have been for Decades. Virtually EVERY medium to large size town in Central & Southern England has a club, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at weekends or Sundays at least, for MINIATURE STEAM TRAIN RIDES !!

@@JamesSmith-mv9fp That's good, but not on the scale of this one. I live in Southern England and there's no need to shout, this isn't the Daily Mail ;-)

I graded it myself, it's one of my favourite parts of the process. Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated!

Any chance of this comment in English ?

3.5 inch gauge is not that common anymore, as it's a bit on the small side to haul people around on. Most British Clubs (& there are dozens all over Britain). Use 5 inch gauge, 7.25 inch gauge & less frequently 10.25 inch gauge.

Indeed there was, by the well known (but now deceased) Bob Symes, who did all sorts of programmes on Model railways including outdoor Model Engineering, for the BBC for over 30 years !!!!

How do you come to that conclusion ?

@@pufango4059 With the exception of say a rack locomotive or a logging engine locomotives tend not to have gears. A traction engines boiler forms the chassis so everything is fastened to it. Lining up a cylinder on a curve with a weigh shaft bracket and the the gearbox comes with its own troubles. Then the boiler expands and your timing is out so compensation is made for that. Ploughing engines have their own issues of their own and a compound engine has a lot of workings in a small space. A locomotive on the other hand has a set of frames that everything else is fastened to. So small sub assemblies. The traction engine also has splined shafts to be cut of the solid and a set of bevel gears to machine. Wheels on a traction engine are riveted together and in a heavy haulage engine are a task in itself.

@@pufango4059 From experience.

​@@cricciethcastle5077Yes, having built both.

No, it's all built by the club members and volunteers, quite impressive!

The only payment was getting to spend time with this great bunch of folks and a wee film I'm proud of 🙂

You could always use BBQ charcoal. The public would never allow the politicians to ban that!

@@cricciethcastle5077 There a lot of things the general public don’t want to see ban but if we continue down the current climate path they will ban anything that produces emissions

There is good steam loco coal in Britain, as it is needed for the HUNDREDS of full size real preserved steam locos in Britain !!! (Most but not all Coal mines were closed decades ago).