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 Posted - June 04 2015 : 10:06:57 PM
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Ok, so I've actually had it lying around waiting for the past 2 years, but I have managed to fully power a Hommer Climax kit from Ye Olde Huff 'N' Puff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlwi009PwsY
I fit all of the mechanics underneath the floor, so it's all almost completely out of sight from normal viewing. Should be a really cool little engine when it's done!
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 Posted - June 04 2015 : 10:42:52 PM
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| Very nice Darth. Nice clear video. Nice smooth and slow running. Nice engineering. I'm not sure what that is suppose to look like when it's complete, but it would be fun to see another video when it's done.
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Posted - June 04 2015 : 11:18:44 PM
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That's a clever little compact drive. That engine's going to be a honey when it's done. Please keep us posted.
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Posted - June 05 2015 : 01:01:39 AM
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That turned out to be a very nice and realistic runner, I gotta say.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 05 2015 : 11:26:28 AM
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Excellent job Darth. I've been wondering how best to power a trolley motor flat. I looks like you have come up with a great way to do it. Do you have a sense of the minimum radius it will take?
--Thomas
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Posted - June 05 2015 : 6:26:37 PM
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Thanks! I'll be sure to keep everyone up to date.
Barry, it'll basically look like it did in the video, except it'll have a big roof on top.
Redwoods, the universals have to swing quite a bit when the trucks rotate, so it can only take an 18" minimum radius.
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Posted - June 05 2015 : 10:21:51 PM
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The engine would seem to have a lot of potential for interesting detail in the way the fuel is loaded and in the sort of tools, chains, fire hoses, etc. could be added. Having seen your detailing work on your last project, I'm intrigued to see the end result on this one.
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Posted - June 05 2015 : 10:22:33 PM
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this pic is for you Darth
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Posted - June 07 2015 : 5:59:27 PM
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Got it all finished! Here's a gallery.[:D]
And just for fun, here it is with my Shay kits.[:D]
And here's a quick video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA6ki55AaVc
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Posted - June 07 2015 : 6:54:36 PM
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That's really a neat twist on the climax with that flywheel and chain drive. The engine resembles an agricultural steam traction engine. I've seen pictures of an agricultural traction engine mounted to a locomotive, somewhere lately. Small world to see a model of one, so soon. 
Sometime in the next mile or two, you'll need to take on some more firewood.
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Posted - June 07 2015 : 7:10:05 PM
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 A very well done custom, I must say.
-Steve
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Posted - June 09 2015 : 12:17:11 AM
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It is a very unique Climax design! I once found an example of how the gearing on the real one would've worked, but haven't been able to find it again for a while. Basically, the gear transmission was sideways from the normal Class A design and towards the front instead of the middle, and that drove a 90 degree bevel gear transmission close to the middle of the frame which then became a standard Climax drive system.
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Edited by - Darth Santa Fe on June 09 2015 12:18:10 AM
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Posted - June 09 2015 : 10:47:29 AM
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| Nice work Darth. Nice video; appears to be a powerful little locomotive.
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Posted - July 15 2017 : 9:33:35 PM
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Reposting the photos thanks to Photobucket.
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