Building a Live Steam LBSC Atlantic in 2½" Gauge 1.1
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Building 1924 Curly Lawrence (revised by Tony Weale circa 2007) 2½" Gauge (aka #Gauge3) Live Steam #LBSCR H2 #Atlantic - Part 1 - The Loco itself.
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This is why CZcams was invented. So looking forward to following this build to a successful conclusion. Good luck 👏👏👍😀
Ah well I hope so, at least if I sod it up then there's always knitting.
Great start to the build,I'm sure a lot of people will like me enjoy following your journey and learning curve.you have some very experienced people watching your channel and I'm sure they will offer advice if needed. Good luck.
Hello William,
A nice overview of the history/background of the small locos...
Take care.
Paul,,
Hi William, fascinating stuff when you go through some of the history, look forward to the build. John
Great bit of History for someone like me, I may be able to make them practically, but well behind on the history, so thanks for sharing, Good Luck with the steep learning curve on making one and rest assured you will get the bug to do a 5" once this is under your belt!!!!
regards
mr f
I'm sure you're right - I'm pleased that this way I can scratch my itch for historical research (which I'll dot around the videos as they go along) and practical machining. Today's my first experiment with gunmetal... wish me luck!
@@williamsworkshopuk Yes i always like to not perhaps wish luck but give encouragement, make sure the tool is really sharp, tool steel is what i use for bronze, if its a casting your cutting, get under the skin if there's plenty to come off i may add or it will blunt the tool rapidly.
see you next time
mr f
A small correction William, the vast majority of G3 locomotives are live steam fired by coal, spirit and gas either free running or radio controlled. There are also electric, battery or stud contact, radio or key fob control.
Of course, Roger - thank you for the clarification! I will ensure to include this in the next video I make. I was trying to paint a very broad picture of coal fired, non-scale passenger hauling miniature railways vs 'modelling' railways - clearly I didn't hit it on the head!
I did not realise that so much information, history and detail was available, thanks for sharing this. This sounds like a very exiting project and something I know nothing about, so be prepared for the silly questions as I follow along. For a starter, are you able to buy plans to do this build or do you have to scale down from pictures of the original?
For this exact locomotive, the plans are available from n25ga.org and they are very detailed. Some other locomotives might be just outline drawings for you to fill in the detail yourself from your experience or the original. This is true for all scales of course, but 2.5" gauge has the benefit of a non-profit association that curates the designs rather than relying on companies to maintain them.