Victoria BC: Mamod Brunel Tutorial NOTE: Mamod have improved Brunel, see Description (plz sub/share)

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Terry’s Live Steam, O, G, Real Trains, & Cobi!

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Pencross Railway of Vancouver Island and my detailed operating tutorial, including tips and tricks. This will be very useful for current owners before the recent changes to this engine by Mamod. However, in general, this video will provide useful tips and advice even for those with Brunels that have the latest improvements.
Mamod informs me that they have increased the size of the primary vents so raising the boiler a little on a brand new engine is not necessary. They also lengthened the steam regulator. This will help with how hot it gets.
My Mamod Brunel is an engine that is easy to modify. I love it for that. I also love geared locomotives. This engine is gauge-adjustable, meaning I can set the wheels to run on my 45 mm gauge track or my 32 mm gauge track.
The railcars seen in the video are Swift Sixteen (plus one old Mamod). They are excellent. A link is below.
Swift Sixteen: www.swiftsixteen.co.uk
Buildings in the video include and Aristo-Raft station and PIKO goods shed. The church is of unknown origin. My Mamod Minor 1 stationary engine can also be seen.
Glimpses of COBI products include:
2972 Mark I
2973 Renault FT-17
2987 Sopwith Camel F.1 biplane
2975 Sopwith Camel F.1 biplane
2977 Avro 504K biplane
2981 155mm Field Howitzer 1917
COBI brick models are under-scale for my trains but still look ‘right’ in creating an atmosphere to place the trains in. I love WWII and Great War COBI brick models. They are made in Poland with quality bricks that are compatible with Lego. This is why I often use COBI with my large scale 45 and 32 mm dual gauge live steam locomotives on my elevated deck loop and on my Garden Railway Planter.
Happy steaming!
Terry

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@stevesoscaletrainchannel.1901 Жыл бұрын

Terry, I really enjoyed your video, great work! I have miniature stationary steam engines, but no trains. Thank you for explaining and sharing.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

Ohhh well I have a couple of stationary engines. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6iIZpem35axpGQ.html

@fabrizioviscardi40 Жыл бұрын

Brunel Mmod is a very cute locomotive, you ad a lot of interesting devices! Cheers Fabrizio

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

Thanks Fabrizio. I really like adding things and changing my engines.

@fabrizioviscardi40 Жыл бұрын

@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Ever great job my dear friends!

@huntercoleman460 Ай бұрын

Amazing model Terry.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Ай бұрын

Thanks Hunter! 😊

@associatedblacksheepandmisfits Жыл бұрын

Great explanation 👌

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@davidwhite1864 Жыл бұрын

Well Terry Ive now watched all four of your new videos.What a treat and thanks for showing how to heat up the cylinder on the brunel to get her started. Bertie is running better and better. All so entertaining and great to see Terry Marie and felix getting talking parts.Hopefully Saddle will get a barking part soon.🤣

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! And thanks for lending your voice. Saddle did bark in the great turnip caper. When I first had my Brunel I had to spin that wheel lots and lots to get the loco going, as I am sure is the case with everyone. Then one day I decided to hold the wheel just so and let some hot steam come through. It helped a little.

@davidwhite1864 Жыл бұрын

Like cylinder drain cocks in a full size locomotive.

@watchfordpilot Жыл бұрын

That must be the 'Haynes workshop Manual' of running the Brunel (for those unfamiliar outside the UK, Haynes produce workshop manuals for cars as well as host of other stuff. I've got one for a Spitfire! Tips, tricks and mods, got the lot 😀.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

Lol. Yes indeed! And we have Haynes manuals here too for every kind of car and truck.

@stevenj9414 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your advice. I had bought a Mamod Brunel last year with the cladding and roof. I had issues with the burner and loosing pressure. Some of it was my fault, I added a Mamod whistle to it. Anyhow I sealed the piston gland with teflon tape like you suggested. I also raised the boiler with washers and it does run a lot better. I had tried moving the burner by drilling holes to make the burner more center, the boiler needed to be lifted. Do not move the burner more center, the heat will escape out of the stack. The ceramic on my burner became loose at one point. I had to use ultra high temp RTV to reseal it which did work thankfully. Now it runs great. I just need to buy die set for m3.5 so I can make an exhaust pipe.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

This is wonderful news! I’m so glad you shared this with me. It’s made my day. 😊

@stevenj9414 Жыл бұрын

@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi You're welcome and I mean it really did. I bought it last October of 2022. It was well built but not running right. Only suggestion I tried that you didn't mention is to put a larger Mamod flywheel on it like a SP4. That flywheel is a little over 2 inches wide I believe. I bought one from the UK and it was $50 shipped or so. It did add more mass and centrifugal force to help it run slow. It needed to stick out half an inch about further out than the stock flywheel which I believe is the same as their steam car. I put like four to six brass washers behind it so it could clear the frame and side rods. The small improvement wasn't worth it. To make it work well I'd have to remove the side rods and use gears and chains to connect the two drive wheels together.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

@@stevenj9414 gears and chains is an interesting idea, as is the larger flywheel. Mine is running well enough that I am not sure I’ll make more changes. But the flywheel idea is niggling at me… Mine ran ok out of the box on a light load but stopped as if panting for breath now and then. I immediately packed the glands after the very first run and that helped a lot. Then after raising the boiler a little it was better again. Mine had a wobbly wheel which after a while just bothered me and Mamod sent new wheels and axels right away. I wish Mamods ran better out of the box. But they were less expensive than the closest budget engines. My Mk 3 had wheels so out of gauge that I had to tap them in. One side’s flanges ride on the middle of the rail. It may have been pressure tested but not placed on track. Yet, it is the best of the cheapest budget engines. My new Roundhouse Bertie was more expensive of course, but also ran completely flawlessly and like a dream out of the box. My Mamod Mk 3 and Brunel run that way now after some work. But again, less expensive. For people with limited means the Mk 3 or Brunel are great. If they go the very cheap (for live steam that is) MSS engine they may just be disappointed.

@stevenj9414 Жыл бұрын

@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi I owned a stationary engine Mamod and a steam car. I couldn't get the steam car to run well enough to move on its own. The MM1 I think it was that I owned that ran well. I ran it at a trade show and a gentlemen there wanted it more than me so I sold it to him. This was my first experience with their new locomotives. That's crazy what you went through with wobbly wheels. I didn't have that issue at all however mine is a MKIII. Mine has a spiraling copper tube in the center flue. I know the later revisions were made better. Yup I remember watching your Bertie videos. The basic series is great. I got a Sammy which runs great, just can't get a pump bottle strong enough to push water in through the check valve. Tried clipping the spring. I did have a early 2000s Roundhouse Katie that as out of gauge I bought used. Probably the previous owner fault, it had some body damage bought used. I fixed the body damage and put it back in gauge anyhow.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

@@stevenj9414 I have to press and hold the pipe to the check valve very tight to get water into Bertie. My Brunel does not have the spiral copper pipe you mention. I have a Mamod Minor 1 in my videos. It runs like a snap. I love it. ☺️

@dimitrilensflareabrams2893 3 ай бұрын

Hi Terry. Great video! I recently ran my own Brunel based off of your instructions and she ran beautifully! I was wondering if youve ever run your Brunel (and indeed other mamod models) on tubular o scale track. I was curious as to how well mamod locomotives track on the tubular track vs flat topped stuff.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi 3 ай бұрын

Awesome!! I have run my Brunel, Mamod Mk.3, and Accucraft Sabrina on old Lionel tubular track and it ran just fine. I didn’t notice a difference.

@dimitrilensflareabrams2893 3 ай бұрын

@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Sweetness because I have a lot of tubular track and would hate for it to go to waste.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi 3 ай бұрын

@@dimitrilensflareabrams2893 proof!: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZ2CndRjr8uspX0.htmlsi=Fur_PFvtEu0B1voX

@associatedblacksheepandmisfits Жыл бұрын

I really hadn't realised it was a valve engine, thought it was an oscillator...oops.😅😅😅

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

Happily a valve engine. Easy to maintain slip eccentric gear.

@TheModellersMess Жыл бұрын

Terry, I was wondering if you could do a video on how you regauge the Brussels engine please. Nice video and very helpful, thank you.

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

I can do a short. Regauging is simple.

@TheModellersMess Жыл бұрын

@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi thanks that would be a great help

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

@@TheModellersMess I may have time to post something around about Sunday.

@TheModellersMess Жыл бұрын

@@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi thank you, take your time as I know you probably have other affairs in you life, I’m still struggling to find that balance

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi Жыл бұрын

@@TheModellersMess lol. I always struggle with that balance.