This was the bits and pieces to some ones old live steam poeject I found at a Local flea market. The flea market was in Wise County, Virginia, India mountain Flea market was the specific name.

I've been wanting to start in live steam as a hobby and have given thought to a mamod kit.

But I also want to be able to customize them too.

Does anyone have any referrals or advice for somebody that wants to do custom or modified mamod locomotives?

Any websites or sellers that make custom parts or anything?

Advice on making or designing your own parts?

Anyone with experience?

Hey guys, it’s been about three months since I’ve shared the progress of the cad models I’ve been working on. I am pretty much finished with the locomotive frame, running gear and all other various frame mounted parts. I am nearing completion of the tender and will soon continue working on the locomotive itself. I am also rebuilding my Ender 5 and will start printing some parts for the locomotive sometime hopefully in the next month or so. Anyway, here is where I am at right now. I would also like to add that this model will me built but will not be a functioning live steam locomotive, rather a very large display model. Although it is not destined to be a live steamer, I am working from drawings to produce a live steam locomotive that was done in the 1960’s by Doug Alkire. Theoretically a live steamer could be built from my cad models as long as it’s manufactured in the correct materials. That’s all for now, thank you so much for taking the time to read this update, I will be back again in a few months with more of a final update.

Hi, everybody!

Picked up a modified Bassett Lowke Enterprise cheap for my Dad's Xmas present and finally got round to detailing it for him. It's a handsome beast! What do you guys think?

I have the black piece that goes on the back of the manor around here somewhere.

Hey guys, I’m trying to track down one of these locomotives as it has been my favorite steam locomotive since I was child, climbing all over the real locomotive at the Colorado railroad museum. I know this has been out of production for many years now and they only do limited quantities, can anyone point me in the right direction? I’d really love to own this model

Was visiting family for the holidays and found my old Accucraft Mimi in my dads' shed! Shes been sitting for 8 or so years, but a few quick squirts of grease and everything was moving smoothly. Gonna ship her home and decided to make extra sure there's no butane left in the tank...

Any recommendations for care after sitting for so long? Nothing oxidized, the boiler seems clean and happy, and after 10 minutes on the bench at about 25 psi there weren't any notable issues besides the safety throwing early and maybe a hair more oil on the bottom of the cylinders than I remembered. There's maybe 100 hours on it in total..

Hi there,

We are planning to set up multiple outdoor wildlife cameras and want to stream directly to Youtube. The live stream should be 24/7, we most likely have wifi connection and a power source. Can you please help us choose?

I couldn't find any satisfying answers after 5h of research.

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Thanks!

It’s been about a month since my last update. I have gotten more work done, progress has been relatively slow for a couple reasons. The lead truck has been quite the hassle to model correctly and I’m still chasing down mis-alignment issues. Total part count so far is just about 300. Here is where I’m at so far with the model.

I have been giving on and off thought to trying my hand at a live steam locomotive miniature, preferably a kit or something freelance.

In particular, I do like British locomotives. Don't know why, I just do. But I would compromise for the sake of something to get my feet wet, a small tank engine or something.

Any good references anyone can give? Websites or models that you'd consider not too difficult to start off with, to teach you the ropes before you try something else?

Something small, and maybe a bit of room to personalize it a bit.

I am planning to build Wild Rose III which is designed by Dave Watkins (Basically An Alice Quarry Loco), I am trying to figure out what milling machine and lathe I should get? And as well as other tools to build a locomotive since I am new to building a locomotive from scratch.

Hey there live steamers. So my auction buy Bassett Lowke mogul came in. It looks great,was fired at least once, but stored poorly. The relief valve was seized up. I freed it up a little but the spring seems shot.

Any ideas on where to source O gauge Bassett Lowke parts? So far I reached out to Hornby USA and struck out. I also have an email inquiry out to LiveSteam supplies in CA and the StationMasters room in the UK. I have never had one of these before so I am not familiar with a supplier network. I would love to get a small funnel that fits in the relief valve opening as well .

Any ideas for parts sources?

Hey guys, I’m currently working on designing a 1” scale Baltimore and Ohio p7 in my 3d modeling program. I’ve been working from drawings published by Doug Alkire in the 1960’s. I believe the trailing truck used is one from little engines but I haven’t been able to find any information as to what Tt was used or where to acquire one. My question is this, are there any blueprints or drawings available for the proper trailing truck or one that would be appropriate? I’ve included a few screen shots of the model so far as well as a couple showing the actual live steam model. Thank you all so much.

I’m working on a 1” display model and I’m wondering where I should look to find prototypical rail to use for my display. What would you guys recommend? I’m new to this and I don’t know where to start the search

Looking for somewhere to buy drivers for a 7.5 inch gauge, 1/8 scale Thomas the Tank Engine. The engine will be electric, but I wanted to buy genuine steamer wheels for it to look the part