Hey all,
I am in the process of rebuilding my Uncle's 1951 Royal Blue. I have a can motor and an electronic e unit. The e unit is working fine, but the can motor is real loud and rough. It is a SNS trains motor and the worm gear doesnt look right.
I have a Timko motor with a flywheel that runs a lot better, but the flywheel rubs against the horizontal brace in the cab. Would a Timko without a flywheel be better?
I also got a new chassis, drilled a hole in the boiler for smoke and then drilled a new hole in the smoke unit a bit further back so the holes would match up. Smoke unit works great with no change in performance.
Ill get to posting some photos a bit later.
Thanks,
RM
Sounds like a great project. Both Krylon and Valspar make a bue that is dead on match.
Is the paint called Royal Blue? I found a Royal Blue by Rustoleum, but it doesnt look dark enough.
I'll look to see if I can find the name
Jim
Here are a few pictures so far...
I found the paint I used. Valspar Gloss Blue # 64007
great job!
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
Sturgeon-Phish I found the paint I used. Valspar Gloss Blue # 64007 Jim Do you know where I can get it? Cant find any so far....
Do you know where I can get it? Cant find any so far....
I got it at Lowes a few years back
Our Lowes does not have it, so I'll look around at other places. If I cant find it, I can get a good repro color from Portlines, but its 22 bucks a can.
You may want to go to Walmart Lowes or other places that sell paint in rattle cans and see what gets close enough. I'll check to see if the paint is still good and if it is you can have what is left in the can I have.
Well, I have it painted now. I went ahead and spent the cash for the paint from Portlines. I must say it is very nice paint. I probably spent as much trying other paints that said they were Royal Blue, but were not. I used a prewar tender shell because I thought it looked better. Got a nice connector for the smoke and light to run directly from the tender trucks.
Looking good
Finished the decals and installed the trucks and e-unit on the tender chassis.
Well, I am pretty much finished. I was having trouble getting the rivets for the valve gear to set properly, so I used a couple of small brass machine screws. I am going to fillin the slits and paint the heads blue.
Here's a video:
Great Job!
Thinking about the next project?
that turned out great!
Sturgeon-Phish Great Job! Thinking about the next project? Jim
I think you've got the eccentric crank set wrong. The picture seems to me to show that it's only about 45 degrees from the main crank and that it is even below the railhead. It should be 90 degrees from the main crank.
Bob Nelson
Thanks for catching that. I thought it looked a bit weird. Funny thing is that I did the other side correct.
If you know someone who has a metal lathe, he or she could turn down the diameter of the flywhees and reduce the thickness if necessary to clear the cab.
I ground down a bit off the horizontal brace on the shell to fit. Figured that would be a lot easier.
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