Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company # 1 Old Betsy

[Ray Dunakin]

That tiny Heisler is amazing. I didn't know they ever made any that small. Also, is it fireless? I don't see a smokestack.

[marc_reusser]

Rick:
Which image are you referring to in regards to the British looking one? Is it the one above the image noted as "Champion Mills - Sierra LCo"?...if so, I believe that they are bot the same loco.  I believe there was a sim one used on another operation in the Sierres (or maybe an earlier owner/version of SVLCo.)...but at the moment the name escapes me.   I don't have any more info on the SVLCo loco that I know of off-hand (I have always sucked in retaining/remembering any info in the area of locomotive data/buillders/owners).

Ray:  I didn't catch that little detail    Upon closer inspection of the image it looks like the stack might be out the top of the cab...but I don't know how that would be done (zero knowledge of boiler systems...other than fire, water, hot, and steam  )


Marc

[NORCALLOGGER]

Hi Marc,
Yes both pictures seem to be of he same loco.  I just said English looking because of the round cab front windows.  I have seen pictures of quite a number of loco's on/from the SLC at Lyonsville but don't recall that one.  The picture caption on the second image identifies it as being from that location, and picture captions are always correct .

Are these some of the disconnects you were talking about earlier? (picture attached)

Later
Rick Marty

[marc_reusser]

Yes, those are them. I think they are really cool. The timber subrail sytem in the image is great as well. Was the whole operation set up with timber subrails, or just the cribbed/elevated portions?

Heavens...captions can be wrong?!!  


MR

[Scratchman]

Marc, Thanks for the great images. Ray, the stack is on the very back of the boiler just like the Oregon Pony. Look right  below the whistle for the top. The stack look like it has a high-base and a top. That is a great little loco. Love to have a set of drawings for it.

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[Scratchman]

Here are two images of of my latest work on these two locos . These two models are my eleventh and twelfth 1:16 scale steam loco. The first two were built in the early 70s and the last ten since 2001. On the two early models and these last two I scratched all the pipe fittings. On the others I used some castings from Trackside Detail.





Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[jacq01]

 


super...this is modeling at it's finest..

Jacq

[finescalerr]

Gordon, I really enjoy seeing your models come together. Just beautiful work. -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

Beautiful plumbing! You are lucky to be able to scratch that stuff as nice fitting in that size are few and far between.

[Ken Hamilton]

Same here, Gordon.  "Beautiful work" is an understatement.
I like the un-painted photos, which clearly show how you
break down and scratchbuild each component.
Thanks for sharing that info.

[lab-dad]

Gordon, stunning as usual!
I would love to see some of the pieces that make up the fitting to see how you are building these.
May be an exploded view of the parts?
-Marty

[David King]

I can only echo the compliments shared by others Gordon.  What I love about your scratchbuilding style is the way you tackle complexity by breaking it down to simple steps.  We all understand that concept but you seem to have mastered it. I'm also amazed at anybody that can pull off a scratchbuilt steam locomotive. All those pipes and fittings are a maze.  It must take a lot of research to figure out where that all go and what they all do.

David

[Ray Dunakin]

Awesome! I'm with Ken, I like seeing these details unpainted. Makes it so much easier to understand how you built up the various fittings.

[Scratchman]

Thanks guys for your comments. Marty I will do a little (How-To) on the pipe work and post it here in the next day or so.

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[SandiaPaul]

As a live steamer I am pretty familiar with all the piping! I look forward to the upcoming "how to".

30 years ago(wow can it really be THAT long?) the NGSLG ran a good series on piping with what I thought at the time was a catchy title.
I have some of those issues and they were very well done. Why doesn't the Gazette run articles like this anymore?

http://index.mrmag.com/tm.exe?opt=G&cmdtext=straight+talk+about+bent+pipes&MAG=ANY

Paul