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Summer 2009
Double Fairlie Pandora
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You can see large ones by click on the photos in this page
Building of 1 truck Shay
45mm gauge live steam of free design 1 truck Shay was scratch built. It ran well with mechanical sound as in following movies.
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Building small steam tram
Small steam tram of 45mm gauge live steam was all scratch built from boiler to engine.
1B Tender and Simple Mechanical
1B Tender and Simple Mechanical were completed after painting about that were written in A&B Report in Jan. 2009.
Double Fairlie Pandora
I read old Live Steam magazine, and found the articles of double Fairlie by using Mamod engines and boiler. According to this articles adding original body design and with scratch built boiler, my double Fairlie Pandora was constructed.
This locomotive is 32mm gauge because of using Mamod chassis and drivers. It run very well as in following movie.
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Kit of Lisbon Tram
45mm gauge 1:24 scale tram kit of OcCre was built and it run by using the motor unit by battery.
To Bagnal from Mortimer
This Bagnal locomotive was made from Accucraft Mortimer by cutting upper cab and by repainting.
No.23 loco Simplicity
Old Maxitrak Simplicity came to A&B from Mr. Hoshino and became No.23 loco.
Normal service
Pink Shay waiting on the wood deck, and OS Forte cross over the timber trestle in Spring Openday
Porchside Line
Aileen with vans and Bagnal with wagons in Porchside Line, Stationmaster Pascal watching them
New locomotives
Steam tram and rail bus, both are scratch built 16mm scale 32mm gauge models of free running by battery
Regner's new model Victoria with vertical boiler running in Porchside Line
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Coal fired live steam Casper by Modelbouw in Holland
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Roundhouse's new model Taliesin of single Fairlie 0-4-4
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Vertical boiler Shay built from Regner's kit, Poter saddle tank built from Aster's Old Faithful, and Glaskasten by Aster's kit
Electric signal
First electric signal moving by servo motor was built
Restore of GG1
Standard (54mm) gauge old GG1 was restored by using Tamiya's gear box.
Umekoji Museum in Kyoto
I visited to Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Kyoto.
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