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Last night I decided to tackle the upgrade of our SL1K. the parts had arived from dream steam.
we have also decided on a name for the little loco she is called Gwawr. any one guessing what it means.

here are some pics of the completed loco.



she is missing the clip to hold the back on it wasnt there when we bought it so if anyone has one spare to donate to a good cause we would be greatful.

Looking smart. Gwawr is Welsh for rising of the sun or dawn, I don't need to guess I know .

top marks will

here is a quick vid of it running on the bench

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running nicely!

another boring vid
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They're running in tandem nicely there Graham .

SillyBilly wrote:They're running in tandem nicely there Graham .

seconded

Brilliant Graham!

Great to see another SL1K back in steam although somewhat modified.

By the way, is the loco actually named after the Welsh Solar Powered vehicle entered in the Trans-Australia October 2007 race GWAWR - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image ... ehicle.jpg

Sorry I've no spare cab roof springs Graham, but they are available from Dream Steam, PPS or Chasteam.

This SL1K is running well now, so I guess it was another one with faulty cylinders or that dodgy reverser/regulator valve. Did you drill out the steam holes in the chassis frames?

By the way it looks like you could do with some deflectors on your meths burner. Although you will not melt a sight glass plastic with that boiler I'm sure the heat being let out the back into the cab would be better deflected up to the boiler. The combustion chamber rear face is cut to allow the solid fuel burner tray to be slide in under the boiler on top of the frames. So there is a gap in these Mamod/MSS locos that needs filling. On the IP Jane/PPS Janet with these boilers the rear face is extended so you do not have this problem.

I have deflectors on the burner mate but probly not big enough.
and I chose Gwawr as that was the only welsh name I knew. is the name of a good friend of ours not sure if she will like me usuing it for a loco lol

Great video Graham

ITS NOT BORING!

They are chuffing nicely, and you have a nice layout there, now that i look properly

cheers Andy