AlpineCMR Wrote:
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. . . where could I obtain suitable valve gear
> parts, or would I need to make them myself?
C&Ssteamer Wrote:
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> I used the Walschearts valve gear parts off of HO
> scale Mantua locomotives for the conversion.
> These parts were pretty common at one time.
'At one time' was back in the 1950's, when I was still in high school -
The Mantua valve gear parts were sold separately as an add-on kit. I remember seeing a Mantua 'Little Six' with the external valve gear added. It was pretty simple, though — just some flat, stamped parts and a few rivets.
If you want a more realistic valve gear, you'll probably have to make the parts yourself
; sheet and strip brass is pretty easy to work with, and solders easily. If a bozo like Roosso can do it, anyone can (see [
ngdiscussion.net]).
- Sincerely,
Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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