Accucraft 'Dora'

[IrishPeter]

Does anyone have one of these? How does it perform? I am fancying one as the basis of a "Backertje" to go with the Henschel I am working on now. I mentioned the price to Valdemarsdottir(the wife) and she did not threaten instant death, or give me a long list of domestic projects needing funding.

Cheers,
Peter in AZ

[pauly]

Ferrysteam has one and Iv seen it run

Here's a video
http://youtu.be/-jX0o-9Wb6c

I reckon you can't go wrong with them, excellent runners if a little excitable with lots of personality

[tuppenced]

Does anyone have one of these?  How does it perform?

Yes, I do, Peter.

I've not unpacked it yet - too much Real Life going on at once - but when I do I shall Blog it some way or other.

There's an initial description and assessment in Steam In the Garden #129magazine, summarised as:
- up to pressure in 8 minutes
- runs for 10 minutes
- gas control tricky
- all metal means wear gloves for handling

Marc Horowitz is doing a series on mods, starting in the same issue with shortening the incredibly long throttle stalk.

David

[Busted Bricks]

Now you've had the Dora for some time, would you care to share your experience with it?

I remains high on the list of things I would like. I was supposed to get one in exchange for laser cutting work but it never materialised.