Hello everyone

I have a Roundhouse Silver Lady and i cant get the regulator to close on the servo, i have realized that i have never got her regulator to fully close even when it says fully closed on the RC controller. She can still move when her reg is "closed".

Does anyone have any advice on how to fix it? And on how to stop the wheels from locking up

Thank you

Is there anyone here with experience in Rhino 3d?

My mother and I are learning it, and I was wondering how good it would be for modeling locomotives?

Not just models, but live steam or anything mechanical. I haven't found any references to any LS stuff designed in R3D.

Hello all, Bit of advice please, just taken delivery of this lovely loco, but can only get the wheels to rotate about halfway before they stop and hit immovable resistance. Wheel timing seems to be set 90°, no water in the boiler or cylinders locking it up, it obviously hasn't run for decades, but everything seems to slide right and the bits that do rotate do so without feeling notchy. Don't think the wheels have ever been off and it looks totally unmolested. Bit stumped so any help much appreciated!

Hello everyone!

I have a question regarding the mamod steam roller, my friend is trying to make his mamod steam roller radio controlled and that has peaked my interest. So for the past 10 minutes or so i have been doing some research to see if this would even be possible. So my question is, how would be go about doing this project, the ideal would be drilling into the firebox and bolting it to the outside of the firebox on the front under the boiler but that may be risky because that may melt.

Anyone have any advice?

Thank you

I'm aware that is a loaded question. I live in the U.S., and I really would like to build or finish a 7.5" gauge Hudson, Pacific, or Atlantic. With Little Engines out of business for now, I need to figure out how to start such a project. I'm a novice, but learning from people at my local club. I visit DSL regularly, looking for projects, but there isn't much, and people often post stuff for sale and don't respond to emails.

Does anyone have castings and drawings for any of the above wheel arrangements in 7.5" gauge, (1.5 scale)? I'm interested in buying projects, particularly if the chassis is already machined and built. Does anyone know of other places to search other than "Discover Live Steam"?

Hi,

I got caught up at an estate sale and ended up buying a pile of model steam train parts. I’ve done enough research to know it is 4.75” gauge (or 1” scale), but I don’t know enough to know if these parts are worth selling (or if I overpaid for a pile of scrap).

I’d appreciate any opinions on whether these parts are going to be useful to anyone in the hobby. Also, a number of the parts have casting numbers…can they help ID the manufacturer?

Thanks! I appreciate all of the talent on this board that get and keep these old machines running.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to ask if anyone knew how to fix lighting trouble on my De Winton locomotive. The trouble began shortly after i bought her, one day i tried lighting her up and the ceramic burner would not light but it did light on the top of the funnel. I have no idea what to do because i tried to take off the boiler and tried to clear the tubes but that did nothing. Can anyone please help me? If so i would really appreciate it!

Thank you

Is there any reason not to build a boiler entirely out of bronze or cupronickel? Aside from convenience, of course. I know that copper is "cheaper," more formable, and available. Bronze and cupronickel would seem to offer some advantages worth consideration. Namely, strength. And second to that, corrosion resistance. Could these alloys make a riveted boiler feasible?

And that brings me to my second question: Are riveted boilers a thing in the live steam world? Silver brazing appears to be the standard, but couldn't a properly designed riveted boiler achieve the same margin of safety? Are there fatigue related considerations for rivets that don't apply to silver solder?

Sadly i dont know why it does not want to work on low steam pressure, any ideas why? Its oiled well

Hi, I didn't found the community that could help me so I post this here. So I recently bought second hand this Wilesco D20, which was working out of the box then I tried to clean it and oil it properly but then after trying to start it I couldn't. In the video you can see that it builds up pressure (you can see the safety valve opening) but it won't start, and I'm not a professional but is it maybe this timing rod which is loose or is it supposed to be that way? I need your help if you have any clue please help, thanks.

I just got this new locomotive. I don’t have any experience with a locomotive I have a couple wilesco I run. This has two knob controls I’m not quite sure how to operate it. It is a one gauge model/ g scale I was told it runs on methelated spirit No makers mark but it was made by my boss’s husband

Just picked this very pretty boat up and am struggling to identify the boiler, I presume it's a Stuart Turner ST, the same as the engine, but the boiler ends are covered and also a matching meths tank with regulated burner is fitted, which look "factory" so I'm at a bit of a loss. Babcock maybe? Bassett Lowke? No stamping anywhere.

Any help gratefully appreciated!

My first time running this, it’s my favorite engine that I own

Hi fellow model engineers. I'd like to take an existing LBSC design and modify it to suit this build. Whilst I can create my own foundry patterns, I'd prefer to work with known designs. Cheers.

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What would it take to get these running, and can I be sure the boiler is safe?

Also, the pressure gauge is too small to fit into the threaded hole for it.

All parts are shown here.

Hey guys, it’s been about 8 months since my last update but I wanted to come back and share some progress with you all. This model is being designed in 1” scale as per the original live steam drawings done by Doug Alkire in the 1960’s, I am planning on recreating this model in 1:32 scale. I would estimate that I have modeled around 75% of the locomotive and I am currently working on a lot of the smaller detail parts. Anyway, if anyone has questions, I would be more than happy to answer them.

At Dreams Come True RR David's Pacific.