Large Scale Central

Daddeeeeeeeee, I need heeeeeeeeeeeelp!

General Discussion
#21

Well… it’s gonna be close.

Where I ended yesterday…

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At about half-time (Not really watching the game… more just an excuse for eating hammy sammiches and tater chipz!)

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About as done as it’s gonna get. Except for the parts Aaron sent, and paint. For those who will argue that it doesn’t look exactly like the one at the B&O Museum… That one isn’t a completely accurate recreation, either. It was built from notes and a sketch that Peter Cooper made almost 50 years after the original Tom Thumb had been lost to history…

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Not bad for 3 days. If I had more time, I’d pretty it up a bit and fit it with a 3v motor and a AAA battery

#22

Sweet!..

#23

Looks good Mik.

#24

Nice work Mik! hope the parts show up today so you can finish it!

#25

Looking good. Me thinks that daddy would move mountains for his little girl if he could.

#26

It is as done as it’s gonna get. If it wasn’t for Aaron’s kindness, it wouldn’t even have been possible to get it this far! Thank you again, sir! You are a true gentleman!

I decided to go with the green. It gave it a little contrast.

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Not too bad for an animated flatcar…

I got to wondering what kind of reverse gear it could have had, I’m guessing something based upon a slip eccentric or perhaps a Gab gear see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_valve_gear

Obviously it wasn’t too revolutionary, or Cooper would have attempted to patent it.

#27

That really came out great.

#28

I came across a bit of info on the original yesterday. Seems Cooper’s engine had a 3" bore and a 14" stroke. The replica at the B&O Museum has a 5" bore and a 27" stroke… IF they kept the (roughly) 150% ratio, then the original might have been only 10 feet long – or about the size of a work flat on many horsecar lines. Tom Thumb, indeed!

#29

Very nice work Mik! It came out great! Glad I could help.

#30

Mik said:

It is as done as it’s gonna get. If it wasn’t for Aaron’s kindness, it wouldn’t even have been possible to get it this far! Thank you again, sir! You are a true gentleman!

I decided to go with the green. It gave it a little contrast.

Having said that, I notice that it also seems to match the AVRR’s paint scheme pretty well… wonder if we’ll see the AVRR’s first engine come to light in a future issue of “Steam In The Valley” quarterly… the Allegheny Valley Railway Historical Society’s newsletter?

Just teasing Mik, I had to create the AVRHS in order to tie your AVRR into my AGE, into my Freedom Central. If you are intrigued by the idea, I can drop in the text from my story if you want… or I can email it to you.