Falk Locomotive build

[gnatshop]

Now this is the definition of "a glutten for punishment" !!!! 
Bet the new ones don't fail, though!! 

[bparrish]

So the holidays are sort of behind us and I got some time on some small detail stuff.

I built the clean outs for the water tank.  They used a cantilever system very much like a wine cask.

Then I added two water fillers on the top of the tank with a hand grab cap.

see ya
Bob

[ACL1504]

Fantastic work Bob. Just wonderful stuff.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Bob


All I can say is you really get it! It's all about the details - great work!

[gnatshop]

Bob - if you're waitin' for me to say sumthin' else nice, here ya go:
"Just keep on doin' that faincee machinin' chit and keep on a'waitin' "

Everybody needs at least ONE tacky-a** friend!!
And riff-raff are entitled to a REALLY tacky one !! 

[bparrish]

OK... I'm getting down to the last parts on this thing.  It is exactly a year ago that I started on this.  I must confess that it is a bigger project than I first considered.......... but..... much of it is a self inflicted wound.  As I went along I though of more things that I could make work.  This is one of them.

On any steam locomotive there are a series of blow down valves on the bottoms of the cylinders.  These are what you see when a locomotive starts where there is a lot of steam blowing off at the front of the locomotive.  They are necessary as the cylinders are relatively cold and much of the steam being admitted condenses quickly to water and must be exhausted to prevent a hydraulic lock in the cylinder.  This is also an issue when starting LARGE Diesel locomotive engines.  It is accomplished quite differently however..

I decided to make these blow down valves, also known as Cylinder Cocks or cyl cocks, operate from the cab.

The first photo shows the hand lever on the front wall of the cab.  I have the larger cab removed for construction. Also visible is the control rod that goes out along the boiler to the lever that drops to the cyl cocks.  On the front wall at the top of the manual lever is a barrel nut that I used for an adjuster.  I have a bunch of tubing that threads to 00-90 so they were easy to make up. Don't tell anyone.

The second two photos show the cyl cock rail in its two positions, opened and closed.  It is hard to tell the difference as in scale the travel is only an inch and a half........ about .060" of an inch.

The last photo shows a better shot of how I got this done.

[bparrish]

OK....

So here are the last of the construction photos...........  I finished the exhaust pipe for the gypsy engine that leaves the front of the cab and out over the roof.

The last three are the bell bracket and bell.  I got carried away and the clapper thingy in the bell works too.

These are the last of the parts that needed to be made up.

see ya
Bob

[gnatshop]

Workin' 'clapper thingy's' cannot be over-appreciated, even it they sometimes just swing in the wind!! 

[coors2u]

Spectacular Bob.

[S&S RR]

Bob


This has been the best scratch build thread "ever".  As my Grandson would say. Please take some final finished photographs. So are you thinking about your next project?

[GPdemayo]

Wow!

[bparrish]

So here are the final photos that were requested.

I'm off to Portland for a week to tell my grand daughter all the rotten crap her mother did..........

Isn't that part of grandparents spoiling the little ones?

When I get back I'll tear it all back apart to do small punch list sorts of stuff and prep for paint.

So here you have it.......

It is EXACTLY a year ago that I started this monster project.

see ya
Bob

[Zephyrus52246]

Incredible work, Bob.  Can't wait to see it at the Portland NMRA convention this summer.

Jeff

[S&S RR]

So here are the final photos that were requested.

I'm off to Portland for a week to tell my grand daughter all the rotten crap her mother did..........

Isn't that part of grandparents spoiling the little ones?

When I get back I'll tear it all back apart to do small punch list sorts of stuff and prep for paint.

So here you have it.......

It is EXACTLY a year ago that I started this monster project.

see ya
Bob

Thanks for sharing the build with us Bob - I really enjoyed following along. It looks great!

[Janbouli]

One of the best threads ever here , thank you Bob for sharing this beauty with us.