hello, my name is Gary chase I came across your channel as a good friend of Paul pool the founder of Plum cove. he was a great friend of 30 years. when he moved to Florida i have his entire train and his first engine. i hope you have a great time with yours. i have been in the live steam hobby for 40 years and was the president of Florida live steamers and i still love it it is a great hobby to be in.
These are great little workhorses. I bought the first commercially available Generic Electric from Plum Cove Studios, later bought another to mu together on the Montana Eastern Railroad. They still run great, and I think my first one number 8004 is nearly 20 years old. Also have enjoyed my 3 phinneas pflats.
Ok - I see them now, they are a direct driven cog system (look like mobility scooter motors). 24 volt I also suspect - same as most mobility scooter motors. Cool - as the way you have the axle ends set up - this allows for slight twist problems to be overcome when travelling on the track. Must see if I can locate some old mobility scooters with good motors as we can't get Plum Cove here in New Zealand (well not cheaply enough for me anyways)
Do you think it was worth the kit? I am looking to get into 7.5" since I live on an acre in the desert. And apparently I have a money tree... just kidding. I have done plenty of HO scale but nothing this size. Great video. is the aluminum rail worth it or is groovy track and other substitutes better?
Hi! Please remember that we are beginners and we’ve been in our own bubble thus far. If I could change one thing, I would have liked to have visited a club and do a lot of seeing and questioning in real time! But here’s my answers to your questions in my opinion: Yes. I think the kit is worth it as a person with little machining skills and tools. There’s still plenty of personal touches we’ve put in/on this little guy after the base of the kit. As far as track, keep your radius turns as wide as possible. Our aluminum rail is getting chewed up with the sharp turns. But anyway, I’d have no problem recommending Accu-Tie’s ties with the molded base plates essentially making each tie it’s own gauge guide. I hope this helps! Good luck and most importantly, have fun!!
When I get settled in Montana Ill be buying a cnc plasma metal cutter and if you send me demotions and a picture we can make one for you that you can bolt to your power train.
Very cool! Yeah, even though we’ll be throwing the shell together with wood this time around, we’re already thinking how we could make a metallic shell in the future! Thanks, man! …P.S. We got our batteries today! 😬🤞
I love how you keep your son involved. How long did it take you to assemble that locomotive gear section? I really appreciate how you are keeping us involved in your progress.
hello, my name is Gary chase I came across your channel as a good friend of Paul pool the founder of Plum cove. he was a great friend of 30 years. when he moved to Florida i have his entire train and his first engine. i hope you have a great time with yours. i have been in the live steam hobby for 40 years and was the president of Florida live steamers and i still love it it is a great hobby to be in.
Hey, Gary! Nice to meet you and thanks for the background! Very cool!
These are great little workhorses. I bought the first commercially available Generic Electric from Plum Cove Studios, later bought another to mu together on the Montana Eastern Railroad. They still run great, and I think my first one number 8004 is nearly 20 years old. Also have enjoyed my 3 phinneas pflats.
Nice to see some cars on the track.
Ooooooooo, this is getting very exciting. When I saw the motors on the workbench, I thought, here we go. Awesome. See ya.
Fun! Should pull nicely!
Very nice, you are very close to running a train, bet your excited. We are lol
awesome! tons of those out there, will have no trouble pulling your train, looking forward to more of the loco build
Nice
Ahhhh......motive power at last !!! It'll be interesting to see what "superstructure" you choose to erect on the running gear.
Ok - I see them now, they are a direct driven cog system (look like mobility scooter motors).
24 volt I also suspect - same as most mobility scooter motors.
Cool - as the way you have the axle ends set up - this allows for slight twist problems to be overcome when travelling on the track.
Must see if I can locate some old mobility scooters with good motors as we can't get Plum Cove here in New Zealand (well not cheaply enough for me anyways)
Do you think it was worth the kit? I am looking to get into 7.5" since I live on an acre in the desert. And apparently I have a money tree... just kidding. I have done plenty of HO scale but nothing this size. Great video. is the aluminum rail worth it or is groovy track and other substitutes better?
Hi! Please remember that we are beginners and we’ve been in our own bubble thus far. If I could change one thing, I would have liked to have visited a club and do a lot of seeing and questioning in real time! But here’s my answers to your questions in my opinion: Yes. I think the kit is worth it as a person with little machining skills and tools. There’s still plenty of personal touches we’ve put in/on this little guy after the base of the kit. As far as track, keep your radius turns as wide as possible. Our aluminum rail is getting chewed up with the sharp turns. But anyway, I’d have no problem recommending Accu-Tie’s ties with the molded base plates essentially making each tie it’s own gauge guide. I hope this helps! Good luck and most importantly, have fun!!
Nice 👍👌
Can't wait to see it running, I hope you can make a bigger body locomotive to make it look cool Instead of a square body.
Yeah, we hope to make it a bit cooler. It’ll still be a bit out of sorts but pretty cool!
your link redirects to target for kids toys? looks lik a nice kit though!
The owner’s in the middle of a move and website needs some work or something. Hopefully he’s up and running again soon 👍
Yea.. motive power.
Possibly use interchangeable shells? BN one day, Thomas (Toby) on the others 🤔.
Looks great
That’s a fantastic idea! We’ll have to keep that in mind as we build the shell maybe making templates as we go for ease when making more!
When I get settled in Montana Ill be buying a cnc plasma metal cutter and if you send me demotions and a picture we can make one for you that you can bolt to your power train.
Very cool! Yeah, even though we’ll be throwing the shell together with wood this time around, we’re already thinking how we could make a metallic shell in the future! Thanks, man! …P.S. We got our batteries today! 😬🤞
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Greeting! …There’s no engine label on this engine. But here’s their website: www.plumcovestudios.com/
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I love how you keep your son involved. How long did it take you to assemble that locomotive gear section? I really appreciate how you are keeping us involved in your progress.
We took our sweet time putting this together so I’d guess a couple of hours. As far as the powered axels/wheels, they came to us fully assembled.