Carl Hibbs at 23h06
05
Sep
2010
Skeleton Edrig 2
During the house move I rationalised some of my steam stock but I now find I am in need of more motive power especially with some exhibitions coming up.
Thinking that I have no money to buy desperateley needed new locomotives I realised that I had taken delivery a long while ago of an Edrig power unit that was hidden away from the bailiffs.
During the house move I rationalised some of my steam stock but I now find I am in need of more motive power especially with some exhibitions coming up.
Thinking that I have no money to buy desperateley needed new locomotives I realised that I had taken delivery a long while ago of an Edrig power unit that was hidden away from the bailiffs.
About
This topic belongs to the forum
Free Forum : Continental, French, trains, railways and associated transport modelled in 'garden' scale. A forum for enthusiasts of continental trains in the garden or trains in a continental garden !
- Numbers of topics : 1038
- Numbers of messages : 13487
- Numbers of users : 75
- Numbers of points : 484
Similar topics
I recently bought an Accucraft 'Edrig' power plant on eBay for about £320. List price was £370 but there are none available until at least June.
This is a fully working locomotive chassis and boiler but with no bodywork.
It is quite a good and cheap
Been in bits a few months for a bit of customising.
Fitted handrails around smokebox.
Fitted a globe valve and piping to simulate cylinder drain cocks when blowing down.
Attempts to make a whistle failed but have obtained a Mamod one for which I
Following on from the previous thread - I used Golden Hermetite. No leaks now.
But now I have a BIG problem
I can get the fire going and get a good head of steam but as soon as I open the regulator and apply reverser ( whichever way) it kills the
Has anyone seen the article "Edrig - a colonial conversion" by Peter Cole in July's edition of Garden Rail. Quite a nice conversion . I'll see if Tag will give me permission to download and link to it for you guys if you like.
I thought you might like to follow my efforts at custom building a cab for my new Edrig.
First of all take a fairly new Edrig - in this case already fitted with a DJB steam whistle - essential accessory!!
You'll note that the fitting of the
Forums from same category
North East Land Rover Club
woodworking apps, books, magazines, plans, videos
This forum is random. c:
Free forum : Watch anime, read manga and chat with friends.
An international modeling community: here you find galleries, tips and tricks, work in progress and you can share your modeling experiences with some of the best model builders from around the world.
Buy/swap/discuss Bump Keys in the UK. United Kingdom Bump Keys
Search
Informations
19 Replies For the topic :
"Skeleton Edrig 2"
This topic has been viewed 870 times.
Last message :
05/09/2010 at 23h06 by "Carl Hibbs"






