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| cheers np,the black one was easy as the previous painter used no primer so it fell off,i only used car sprays but looks ok ken
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Posted - May 31 2012 : 7:15:06 PM
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I didn't know you have 6 of them! 
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Posted - May 31 2012 : 7:23:10 PM
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on the original picture of the mantua pacific,something went in the hole behind the stack,got to find out what it was
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I think it is just one of the brass valves, just located differently. See the catalog image from HOseeker below:
It might be one of these:
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Posted - June 01 2012 : 10:27:29 AM
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hi Sean like this,and with new smokebox door from yardbird
got a few bits to put on yet so not fully dressed YET
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Posted - June 05 2012 : 11:44:49 PM
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Ken,
What I think would be most appropriate as a detail behind the smoke stack would be a check valve like I have shown below. Given the hoses straddling the boiler in your photo, I think this is the intent anyway.
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Posted - June 06 2012 : 06:27:57 AM
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Sean ; That check valve drawing shows it to be a part of a Feedwater heating system. The G-1 didn't have it.
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Posted - June 06 2012 : 07:30:04 AM
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quote:Sean ; That check valve drawing shows it to be a part of a Feedwater heating system. The G-1 didn't have it.
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Frank,
I have seen them in applications where a feedwater system was not used, such as on the Savannah & Atlanta #750 locomotive here which is at the Southern Museum:
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Posted - June 06 2012 : 07:31:01 AM
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| thanks sean and frank,so i wonder if it was poetic licence on the mantua one ken
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Posted - June 06 2012 : 08:04:13 AM
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Frank, Ken
I have only ever seen examples of generators directly in front of the cab somewhere or right in front of the smoke stack, near the headlight. I do not recall ever seeing any behind the smoke stack (not to say it is not possible.)
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Posted - June 06 2012 : 08:08:10 AM
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hi sean that looks just like it,so where did mantua get there idea if reading did not have them,if the loco was sold as a reading or plain mantua ken
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Posted - June 06 2012 : 11:46:57 AM
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quote:so where did mantua get there idea if reading did not have them
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Maybe from this Reading Pacific:
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Posted - June 06 2012 : 12:06:59 PM
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wow Sean i think you got the very loco cheers ken
one mantua i found on auction site
see detail,front pilot and check valve just like your photo
as far as i can go at the moment on this one
at moment replacing handrails on tender,plus making boiler supports
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Posted - June 10 2012 : 03:44:30 AM
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Nice project Ken!  - Erich
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Posted - June 21 2012 : 11:20:17 AM
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replacement handrails,posts fitted just need 0.02 inch brass wire to arrive as one made is template,and home made train tender connector with original parts fitted to it,bottom is the original just need the parts to complete this one,ken
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Posted - June 21 2012 : 5:19:20 PM
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Looking GREAT Ken! I can't wait to see what he'll look like when done! 
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Posted - July 03 2012 : 12:21:14 PM
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tender almost there,complete handrail replacement,ken
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Posted - July 03 2012 : 4:09:06 PM
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Ken ; Very nice job of making it look new. Not bad for 60 years old.
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Posted - July 03 2012 : 4:11:41 PM
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thanks frank,doing my best,ken
parts still needed
valve rear
headlamp
coupler pin (loco to tender)
2 x small walkways
on the pilot there is a hole in between the boiler supports anyone got ideas
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Posted - July 03 2012 : 11:00:32 PM
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Nice job, Ken. You're turning into a brass & cast mechanic.
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Posted - July 04 2012 : 10:52:03 AM
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Ken you asked : on the pilot there is a hole in between the boiler supports anyone got ideas
* That hole is for the screw coming up from below that holds the front pilot on.
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Posted - July 04 2012 : 10:56:01 AM
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feel a bit like homer Simpson, ken
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 12:05:52 PM
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The Reading infulenced most things done on the CNJ . Both had simillar G-1 class pacifics. Mine is done for the CNJ.
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