It looks like you published this video 3 years to the day. It's a very nice steam engine. Great job on repairing it. Great modifications. Loved to watch it turn. It looks like you have a really big collection there. Incredible. Keep up the good work.
Great job, thanks for posting. Never been a particular Wilesco fan myself. I have 2, a D16 and a D455. After seeing your video though i might keep an eye out for a D32. 👍🙂
I’ve no videos of it on here but if you jump onto Facebook if you use it and search for my group “Stacksteads Miniature Steam Collection” you will find it on there with all my other engines
Where do the exhaust gasses escape? I mean the d24 uses the chimney for that but this model seems to use that for steam as it was electrically heated before.
I did think of removing the condensate catcher in the D32's chimney when I did the modification, but thought I'd test it first as is. I've put around 15 hours run time now on the D32 and the burnt gases have enough spaces to disperse and there has been no burn mark or discolouration to the faux pattern brickwork.
I get how annoying the condensate drawer might be, but why bother with making a condensate cup? Why not route the stack-condensate back to the main cold-water feed tank? That way then, the stack-condensate is recycled, with no need to monitor or empty.
I dragged a (simpler) version of this to Indonesia in the 70s and had fun with it. Yours in fact is the most complex version that I have ever seen. With gear levers, wow! The company is still alive today btw.
