No new pics of video yet, doing some running in on my bench. First run on the rolling road yielded several stalls needing a nudge to the motion to get her going again. Second run on just blocks went better. Very stiff, just as Marc said she was. I really opened up the oiler, way to much in fact, on the second run and all oil was consumed by the time the water dropped to the bottom of the glass. So I closed it down and reopened 3/4 of a turn and will try that. These adjustable Regner oilers are a bit trial and error getting the feed rate spot on. After cooling down, I made up a chuff pipe to fit over the stock pipe that liked to shoot oily water straight up the chimney. That should help keep things a bit cleaner. I also added painted the trim rings on the lanterns gold and silvered the reflectors. I will order some items from Regner soon as they have the correct size, heat resistant lamps for this model in thier webstore. The front lantern gets quite hot, so I will just use what they have already set up to deal with the heat. The engine is about the same size as the Roundhouse Billy, but much higher level of detail with the cab and frame of cast brass, along with the boiler. Some do not care for brass boiler. However Regner, along with WYKO and Reppengen all use stablized brass for thier boilers. And all of those are well respected builders and model prices rival many Asters. What brass doesnt tollerate well is being run dry as well as a copper one can. So, as you will notice, all Regners have a sight glass including the lower end Easy Line models. Boilers should be drained and allowed to dry on long term storage models. I run on a regular basis and know to watch the sight glass when running, so no worries here. I should have some new pics of her and a short video today. My new Konrad that replaced my Roundhouse Bertie will be here today, so more fun today! Mike the Aspie
