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her are some update photos,the first is the outsid eof the boiler the hole on the left is the water pipe and the pipe on the left is steam.the shot of the inside shows the monotube.its really going to be quite basic.the stack is 3/4in pipe and is a little long now but will be trimmed shortly.and...

absolutley beautiful engines nutbar! i also didnt know that the CN had U.S designed locos!--josh

ill be very interested to see how you incorporate scales with forced perspesctive and scenery.but form what i can tell this will be a great looking layout :thumb: --josh

great pics so far guys :thumb: and ver nice BRINKS bash josh.--josh

man,i bet the cost to model that would be astronomical in cost for track,let alone switches :eek: --josh

im buying some brass scarps form a local machine shop and was wondering,how hard do you think it would be to make my own round burner? i mean i've seen burners for sale and the butane wouldnt burn hot enough to damage the brass,and all the burner really is is a chunk of brass with a TINY hole in...

GREAT PICS david :thumb: the old coaling tower is cool,and the wisconsin central unit sure is perty!and great "in-cab" shot thanks for sharing :D --josh

i found if you google "scratchbuilding HO log cars" the freerails site will come up for there scratchin and bashin forum,there youll find a GREAT 3 part series on building an HO skeleton car.and theres also a tutorial for wood log cars on the 2guyz site.--josh

those little steam engines are cool but way to much for my tadstes even on ebay.--josh

update,i have bought a bunch of 3/16 and 1/4 copper tubing,as im going to use a monotube boiler,and have made the brass mounts for the gearing and motor.and if i have enough tubing and brass left over,im building a second TRUE steam engine from scratch out of nothing but copper plumbing parts...

the progress looks great! cant wait to see'er painted and weathered up :thumb: --josh

the propane tank is approx. 1/16 in thick and i belieive will hold the needed 40-60 PSI.the burner wil be the small kind off the side of a grill,but if that doesnt work ill try to buy one commercially.--josh

well,its too late now...its already been soldered too and cut up to turn it into a steam engine.although i do have 2 more of the same kind.which because of what you told me ill probably just leave as is or sell to a model rebuilder of some sort.i never though of an old gas engine being rare,ill...

very nice looking boat ya got there! i wish i could do that (although i did chose MRRing not boat building :mrgreen:) --josh

thats a very sweet looking tractor! i might just have to build one for my logging layout!--josh

oh and i forgot to mention,the boiler is going to be vertical (similar to a donkey engine in overall design).--josh

well gus,the cox engine is similar to the second to last engine on this website in "early engines" COX Engines.i removed the glow plug portion and replaced the head with a new 2 piece brass one with a small bearing in the center of the two pieces,i then soldered a copper pin to the piston to...

thanks for the link TG,it helped alot,my boiler will be semi-scale so the tea kettle would work for this but would not look right.im trying to model a small industrial engine on a trailer,like what was used on a farm to run small machinery.thanks.--josh

i wasnt sure where to post this so ill just do it here. i've taken a small detour from my logging layout as i need to have track laid before i can do anything else.so i've started building a small stationary steam engine out of nothing but scraps.it will be approz. 1/8 scale and will run a...

gosh wayne,your kit bashing skills just plain amaze me!!!!!!!! the engine looks fabulous,and a great narration of how you did it as well.just plain amazing.--josh