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#21 ·
Andrew,

Thank you. I know you and Hans have provided parts for numerous Frank's, including mine - it is amazing Aster can still support these engines more than 15 years after they were built.

The parts I have been making are not stock, but attempts to make it more like what Aster would have built if LGB wasn't involved. My main focus has been re-designing the Walschaerts so the reversing lever works as intended, and the piston reverser can be removed. The Nikki and Frank S are some of my favorite locomotives and I can't help trying to make the Aster Frank S more like the prototype.

Now there is an idea for you - Aster could re-introduce the Frank S, either as a starter engine, or re-designed as a fine scale highly detailed engine. So many engines, so little time...
 
#22 ·
BTW - for all you fans of this prototype....(all are posted as links since they are not mine):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nekOhgvtUYo - great video of Nikki+Frank S on a winter run
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/HF_110_C_Frank_S_Jagsttalbahn_19830723.jpg - German Wikipedia photo of Frank S, under the HF 110 C Locomotive entry (Frank S is a HF 110 C)
http://www.dampfkleinbahn.de/Loks/Lok 4_1.jpg - great photo of Nikki (another famous HF 110 C) from the website dampfkleinbahn.de
http://www.buntbahn.de/modellbau/viewtopic.php?t=2448&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=260 - a scratch build thread of a HF 110 C from the German site buntbahn.de

BTW - I don't read German, but Google does an OK job.
 
#23 ·
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Now there is an idea for you - Aster could re-introduce the Frank S, either as a starter engine, or re-designed as a fine scale highly detailed engine. So many engines, so little time...
Mark, I hate to disillusion you but this will not happen. Consider Mr Reppingen instead, Zubi http://www.reppingen.de/dmrlokserien/oebb89801/index.html
 
#25 ·
How to remove dried oil from metal.

I read a tip years back that Hoppe's No 9, sold to clean guns, removed old dried oil from tools.

I have used it for years to remove dried oil from my machine tools and steam engines. It works great.

A bottle will last a long time.

Gerald Pierce
 
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