KriegslokBR52
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Thank you. these rounded details are deffinitely challenging and much time is spent just fine tunning them to fit properly.Done an amazing job on this, very well done.
Thank you. these rounded details are deffinitely challenging and much time is spent just fine tunning them to fit properly.Done an amazing job on this, very well done.
Thanks. Just getting back to the swing of things. First I'd like to finish that 2-8-2 and paint it in L&NE colors. Then I'll be on the decapod again. Your avatar...are you a pilot on actual 747?Quite the task, building your own brass locomotive! Good job!
Sweet. One of absolutely most beautiful flying machines ever created by man. My personal favorites-PAN AM with huge letters on the side, I guess they were 747-100 series (?)I am now retired (Chronologically disabled) but was a 747 Captain for 15 years and flew every model except an SP (I also flew all four of Boeings 747 Dreamlifters ).
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I've read that the Jumbo Jet was surprisingly easy to fly and contrary to other jets it did not have the tendency to rotate around it's flight axis.Pan Am flew 200's mostly, a great aircraft. I learned how to fly the 747 from those old Clipper Skippers. A lot of Viet Nam Marine and Navy pilots. I always thought it was a very elegant airplane and certainly very pleasurable to fly. I always hand flew it to altitude, smooth and responsive!
With steam locomotives printing might be a problem in pulling power. In a cab of diesel it's easy to stuff bunch of weight inside. In printed steam that space I barely available. It might be best option to purchase old Varney kit, I run into those quite often. Back in the day Varney used to make 2-8-0 narrow gauge steam kit and I've seen those on train shows here in North East.The 747 400 was much easier to land than the 200 though both were pleasurably stable and responsive. The extra wing span of the 400 cushioned the landings, it had modern GPS based navigation, more power and the carbon brakes were much superior.
I've piddled around in narrow-gauge and converted several Diesels and produced 3D printed shells. I'd like to try a steam loco sometime but for narrow gauge chassis is a problem. 3D printing does allow one to be free of a supply of detail parts.
Cheers: Tom
Really great work, your attention to detail is amazing.Done piping on the left side of G-1, it's starting to become scary to pick the locomotive up so no more.View attachment 174736
This is fragment of a picture of L&NE 503. Soldered the tank out of solid brass rod with brass pipe over it to increase the diameter, then soldered on two straps, which I then soldered up into the walkway. Then came fitting in the "pipe" which probably acts as cooling radiator. After that I soldered two more pieces of "pipe" into both ends of the tank.View attachment 174737View attachment 174738
Last four picks with "pipes" coming out of the tank also:View attachment 174739View attachment 174740View attachment 174741View attachment 174742
All that's left is some extra piping near the front of smoke box, rods with steps (no clue how I'll fit those in), finding the bell for the top of the boiler and wind deflector for the cab roof.