Thanks for opening WPF, Kevin. Bummer about the air compressor! Well, all's well that ends well, eh?
A little progress this week. I got this AHM "Genoa" out to run it. I didn't realize I hadn't added any weight to the tender for electrical pickup. So I got busy last night, laminated sheet lead into blocks and put 'em in every space inside the tender I could.
Here's the tender with the original "wood" load, the new wood bunker, made of 1/16 sheet lead with styrene sides. real wood will be added. That flywheel adds some weight as well as momentum. My "DC Keep Alive"!
How much can a plastic bodied AHM ('60s Pocher with all steel chassis, and real brass domes) Genoa be made to weigh? Original weight of engine and tender: 6.76 oz. Ya probably wouldn't believe it if I just stated the new weight...
Over a pound, my target weight. Every space inside the loco is filled with lead, including the cab. I know that's a compromise, but I can live with it for better electrical pickup. Even the smoke stack is full of lead shot. The firebox was "deepened" also, adding yet another ounce. I put a stronger spring in the leading truck to push more weight onto it, but it also helps load the rear axle better. The engine weighs just over 11 oz.
Why am I so hung up on 4-4-0s, when my layout is set in the mid-late '60s? I just love watching them run. Excursions, I suppose... A "Genoa", by the way, was my first model of a steam engine, in the mid 70s, the all plastic chassis one with only a metal cover plate, and plastic domes.
Finally, changing the subject, I ordered this Walthers Truck loading rack for tank trucks, so I can finally work on the fuel oil distributor dealer I plan for this area. I dry slapped the roof and supports on the base just for fitting.
Let's see what ya got! Dan
Hello everyone! The computer problems I was having last week are fixed, and I am able to open the Weekend Photo Fun thread right-on-time for us all.
This week my share is "Weekend Photo No-Fun" from me.
I have had a great little California Air Compressor for a few years, and it has run flawlessly with never any problem. I bought it for airbrushing, but I have used it for filling tires, spraying drywall texture, cleaning shop-vac filters, and everything else you would use an air compressor for.
It has held up like a champion.
Well... A couple of weeks ago I needed to move my workbench to get to the Orbit Sprinkler control timer. In the move I broke the air inlet filter/silencer off of the compressor.
I thought this was no-big deal because I found a new inlet filter at Northern, however. a little bit of the old fitting broke off inside the air compressor. I used an extractor to try to get it out, then I cracked the head assembly!
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
I destroyed an air compressor that had absolutely nothing wrong with it.
My old comressor had a small five gallon tank. The only available similar replacement had an eight gallon tank, and it was $50.00 more expensive than when I bought the old one. Nothing I could do. I ordered it. It arrived in two days.
Fortunately it fits just fine in the location I have for it.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
It seems to work just fine, and is at least as quiet as my old one. I hope I don't break this one.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone's photographs this weekend. Lets have some fun.
-Kevin
Living the dream.