We are working up an old O scale kit of a gas electric, very similar to our Great Northern gas electric, built in 1925 by EMC. My buddy is looking for some sort of model of an engine/prime mover, maybe even the exact 6-cylinder Winton gas engine it has. Any help would be appreciated in finding a suitable model of a prime mover.
Thanks for your help.
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get one of the reproduction parts of Lionel's motor casting. I looked extensively for a prime mover part for my own Brill project and it was all I could come up with. It's a decent starting point. The piece has the prime mover engine with a generator attached. You can then detail it as you wish.
I don't know about the GN car, but the Brill 660 version also had a small 'exciter' engine to generate enough power to turn over the big Winton. I found a small engine part for that once online.
What year and issue(s) did MR run an article on scratchbuilding a Brill? Luckily, I
don'[t try to put interiors, including engines, in my modeled versions.
over this past year Malcolm scratched the same Brill version. Search on the forum for that thread, which contains info for that edition.
Not sure if this is the same engine, but I did a google search:
https://www.google.com/search?...biw=1152&bih=736
Seaboard used a Winton in their motorcars 2027 and 2028. Here's a photo of the inside of one of the cars, but I think this is the replacement 8 cylinder diesel in 2027:
A good place to look is the old marine engine field, like Sterling, Hall-Scott or Standard Motor, for example. The usual massively overbuilt beasts that folks like us love, hooked up to a generator of some kind. The same type of engine was tried in mechanical drives, with differing success rates, depending on the arrangement. (McKeen cars were one example)
http://www.oldmarineengine.com.../messages/2/1600.jpg
http://www.curbsideclassic.com...l-car-engine-800.jpg
Thanks to all for this information.
get one of the reproduction parts of Lionel's motor casting. I looked extensively for a prime mover part for my own Brill project and it was all I could come up with. It's a decent starting point. The piece has the prime mover engine with a generator attached. You can then detail it as you wish.
I don't know about the GN car, but the Brill 660 version also had a small 'exciter' engine to generate enough power to turn over the big Winton. I found a small engine part for that once online.
this is the part I refer to. the boxlike piece on the right is a separate piece and is not used. most of the reproduction parts sellers will have this piece. they are cast in various color plastic.
with this as a base, you can detail out your prime mover. in most cases, the generator end faced forward.
this is the part I refer to. the boxlike piece on the right is a separate piece and is not used. most of the reproduction parts sellers will have this piece. they are cast in various color plastic.
with this as a base, you can detail out your prime mover. in most cases, the generator end faced forward.
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