Scratch built mikado

[pickleford75]

Just wanted to post some pictures of a long term project I've been working on. 5 years of weekends and some late nights.
It is a 1/32 scale live steam mikado 1/2 inch bore with a 7/8 inch stroke. Burns denatured alcohol. No prints were used and the castings were made in my home foundry.

 

[ozzie46]

Quite impressive!! A testament to your dedication.

Ron

 

[Herbiev]

Wow. Great looking machine. Any chance of a video?

 

[pickleford75]

Thank you.... it was a fun build and the first time I ran it made it all worth the effort

 

[pickleford75]

Heres a video of the first runs on my still incomplete track [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8ePhso7_0[/ame]

 

[SilverSanJuan]

Nice work! She's a beauty. That's running on standard 45mm garden railroad track?

Todd

 

[pickleford75]

Yes that's Sunset Valley track

 

[Herbiev]

Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for sharing.