A shocking admission. After years of surfing the web I only found this site last night! I have missed a lot. From now on I will keep in touch, and it is so nice to see the names of past and present customers in the posts. If anybody wants info on making , running or repairing steam locos drop me a line I am always pleased to share my 30 years of experience. I find it is the quickest way still to learn about the hobby plus keep an eye on how others make live steam engines.
Recently I purchased a Chinese lathe to replace the Myford while it was being re-built. I purchased a Seig C4 with simple DRO on the handwheels. I am sorry to say that in most respects it is better than the restored Myford. Its faults have been simple and cheap to fix, and when you think it cost only what Myford charged me to regrind the bed and saddle…
My current building schedule is Corris Railway No 4, a loco full of character, but a pain to make being only 5 foot 4 inches wide in reality. It looks very interesting having spoked wheels outside the frame, but driven by Hackworth Valve gear. I regret breaking a self imposed rule though; building other than 2 foot prototypes. It is very difficult to lose 3inches (4mm) in this scale. Never again given the time and messing about it has taken to get a nice model out of a bodge. It is much quicker to build exactly to the GA.(The valve gear even works) Regards, Malcolm Wright
Welcome, Malcolm.
Interesting post, though I’m not familiar with all the acronyms and abbreviations you have mentioned.
Do you have a website, or a link to some photos of your work?
Has your work been shown or advertised in any recent Garden Railways issues?
If I have worked the math correctly, the scale/gauge you are working with is 1:19, 32 mm track, 2 foot gauge prototype.
How far do you live from Sir Paul?
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik
Welcome Malcolm, sorry it took so long to find us!!! The Regal
Good to have you here.
Welcome Malcom
Welcome Aboard.
Pleased to meet you, Malcolm! Welcome to the mob.
Hi, Malcolm,
When do you have some pix of your new announcement !? It seems to be very interesting !
cheers Joe
Zubi and I have run one of Mr Wright’s beautiful little locos in the teeth of a gale and peeing down rain on top of a department store in downtown Yokohama - it is a prodigious little steamer in spite of its tiny size. Our Japanese hosts were totally blown away by it…
Welcome, Mr Wright, indeed.
tac
www.ovgrs.org
ANY pix to see how tiny it is ? I really like tiny , little locos (They´ll be able to negotiate my curves : i only have R1 )
Well, Mr Horowitz reviewed another of Mr Wright’s locos - ‘Wren’ - in one of his Sidestreet Bannerworks articles a while back - here - http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco77.html
When Mr Wright notes ‘small’ he means ‘small’ and this is a gas-fired live-steam high-pressure 16mm loco, remember…for those who are too busy to lool it’s just under seven inches long overall, hence the name - ‘Wren’. Sadly unless your R1 curves are 32mm gauge, you’ve had it. Think of the LGB O&K Feldbahn loco for a rough size comparison. Mr Wright’s beautiful live-steam gem is about the same size. Here is the Corris Railway site, in English for those unfortunate among you who do not speak Welsh - http://www.corris.co.uk/
tac
www.ovgrs.org
PS - if anybody offers you a loco called ‘Emu’, pass.
Hi,Terry,
This is a neat little engine ! If only it would be able to run on 45mm rails it would be an engine that fits my needs exactly ! It´s small, made from an industrial/Field railway narrow gauge prototype, has a very unique appearance , can negotiate tight curves, all the things necessary for a small industrial indoor layout that i am planning ! Malcolm Wright did a wonderful job on that engine , but it is a 16mm loco. 
cheers Joe