Kit engine up and running

[Anonymous]

Well, there she is. My first engine kit. Had it running last week but it took another week to tweak everything. Runs smooth as glass now. Anyway, time for breaking in, then details and paint. Havent decided whether to keep it pensy or change it to Southcross and Western. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Who makes it?

[mikebonellisr]

Great feeling,is'nt it?Take your time,after you detail it and paint,it will become one of your favorites.

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jwaldo

Who makes it?

My guess would be Bowser.

[Anonymous]

Nice job Joe.
I would say it's an MDC #14L-2

[orsonroy]

That's the Rundhouse Pennsy ten wheeler. The Bowser kits comes with a different cylinder block, full valve gear, and NO plastic parts. Personally, I prefer the Roundhouse kits over the Bowser ones, which are really old Penn Line. The best of both worlds is to use the Roundhouse kit with the Bowser cylinders and valve gear.

[twhite]

Neat loco--I'd keep it Pennsy. How do you like the running characteristics? I've got several Roundhouse Harriman locos on my Yuba River Sub, and they're pretty good runners (a little noisy with the open-frame motors, but the built-in reduction gear makes for nice slow speed running). They're really fun to put together, aren't they?
Tom[^][^]

[Anonymous]

Yes it is a roundhouse. This one has the newer can motor in it. I have another toundhouse kit im going to start soon that has the old motor. Once you get the sidrods tweaked and everything lubed it runs like a dream. Havent pulled anything with it yet but it must wiegh at least a pound. im interested to see how much it will pull. It was a little tricky to isolate everything for DCC, But that is part of the fun in my opinion. Still need to put lights in it though...