Top performance of the Aster Accucraft heavy Mikado
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Together with my friend Graham we ran this great engine. The train it is pulling is much heavier than it looks, with the result that the stack talk is great I would say. We both had a wonderful morning at the track. What a powerful engine this is and what a performance !!
Very nice run, great sounding loco. I particularly envy the the shed integrated into the layout.
For me the same Csongor, I would love to have such a shed, but first lets build my railway. :)
Bonjour Bram,
What a 141, what a train and what a railway ! This locomotive could pull one person if we could seat behind it.
Amicalement, Raphaël
Bonjour Raphaël, you could be right that this engine would pull a person, glad you liked the video. Kind Regards, Bram
45 min is a long running time even without any cars in tow. Because of these
US freight cars, including the Caboose, they all have 4 axles ea. vs. European cars 2
axles ea. plus the cars r wider and longer, so they adds mo weight (well, mo friction n
mo wt). So dat's (that's) even mo (more) amazing. I hope on ur nxt run like this, u'll
employ a 2nd Fireman to shove the coal! Glad datto track is nice n long. Other-
wise, the snake wld (would) b sniffing (ahhh, let's say it's chasing) its own tail.
Thx 4 the video.
Lovely video Bram , The Loco looks and sounds Great , Best wishes Graham
Thanks Graham for your kind words, I see that you are also running a lot. Best Wishes Bram
I have just built the Heavy Mikado kit version and tested it but have not run it on a track, amazing build!
Good for you and as you can see it is an amazing strong model.
I have been hearing about a few QC issues with post 2016 Aster and some Accucraft. Ya'll are happy with the Mikado? Got any other newer Aster or Accucraft? They run fine?
Once I move to Texas, I'll buy one of these and have my fun with it. Btw, is it a G Gauge loco? Locomotive sounds great and the layout looks amazing.
A good idea but don`t wait to long, before you know they will be sold out. We call this a standard gauge 1 live steam loc with a scale of 1:32 and the track on which it runs is 45 MM. This track is the same one as many other scales are running on like G scale which is 1:22,5. I hope this is of any help to you. For buying one of these you can contact Accucraft USA.
@@MrBramMoos Thank you so much.
Wonderful new version of a previous Mikado build by Aster which were also some of the best running engines.
Do you know if Graham's was a factory built unit or a kit ?
One local person bought the Light Mikado Kit and
he had some mis-sorted parts including wrong wheel size and had to wait for replacement parts.
Graham`s was a factory build one and it run right out of the box, so no problems there. I have heard about some problems but on our side they are solve very quickly. I am very impressed with the pulling power and the sound of this engine.
My entrance into live steam was by assembling the Light Mikado kit. I was pretty worried it would not turn out correctly. In the end I’m extremely proud of how well she runs:
czcams.com/video/qmWOnKKjGg8/video.html
czcams.com/video/dpFZ5hR5_WU/video.html
Now just need to construct a railroad!
P.S. Beautiful railway and train!
Een mooie film Bram van een prachtige loc en trein . Maar is snel opstoken , binnen 4 minuten , niet slecht voor de levensduur van de stoomketel ? Ik stook altijd rustig aan met een gematigde vlam in de vlampijp . Vriendelijke groet Peter .
Hallo Peter, dit kan in dit geval niet anders omdat het een alcohol gestookte loc is dus je kunt de vlam niet regelen. Een opstook tijd van 4 a 5 minuten voor een dergelijke loc is heel gewoon. Ik heb nog geen ervaring dat dit slecht zou zijn voor een ketel. Met Vriendelijke Groet, Bram
To bad you can build a 7 1/2inch gauge for the price of that one. If you know how to do machine work for tha raw castings
On our age gauge 1 is easier to handle don`t you think?