A New Acquisition---1984 Roundhouse Dylan

[Paul H]

After a long and tense 9 days, my newly acquired 1984 vintage Rouundhouse Dylan arrive home from Diamondhead, Mississippi, home of the International Small Scale Steamup. I was really pleased to find it available for sale in the flea market at what I thought was a reasonable price. Without further ado...

[Spule 4]

Well done, an object of desire of my younger days!

I liked your Old Colonial posted over on FB as well.

[Paul H]

Garrett,
I got lucky with the Dylan. The Old Colonial took a fair bit of work to get back up to scratch cosmetically. Dylan appears to have done limited running and the original paint is in good shape. I need to sort out a bit of timing, but I am really looking forward to relaxed running with the meths fired Roundhouse pair.

Paul

[JMORG]

Well done!
Deffinatly a model Roundhouse should redo (I remember seeing a Gas fired and Walshaerts Dylan)!

[MDLR]

Well done!
Deffinatly a model Roundhouse should redo (I remember seeing a Gas fired and Walshaerts Dylan)!

............... and all Roundhouse need to do is to modify the body etch to fit the Silver Lady mechanicals - the two were always the same in that regard.

[Chris Bird]

Fine looking loco Paul! My 1983 Lady Anne runs very well still, and my 1985 Pooter does too - after a "little" work
Enjoy!
Cheers
Chris

[Paul H]

Chris,
Both of your vintage models are an inspiration. Dylan's packings seem a little in the hard side and will probably end up being replaced. I did the valve glands on my 1985 Old Colonial last year during its restoration, and I think I should do the same on Dylan. Fortunately, there is no appreciable wear on the valve gear components, so a bushing job is not in the offing.

Paul