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I had not seen or talked to Dave Hottmann for some time so I contacted Dave and he agreed it was time for us to boil some water.
Naturally I had to bring my Aristo-Craft Live Steam Mikado since it gets so little use.
While looking over the Mikado Dave got to thinking about feeding steam into the tender to heat the butane.
To make a long story short, Dave's mind and hands went to work and before long my Mikado was spouting a brand new fuel heating system fed by the loco's water drain.
Anyway, it works great and we ran the Mikado without ever needing to add hot water to the tender.
I'll leave it to Dave to fill in the details and I'll post some photos later.
When I asked, Dave said that he would be willing to do the modification for others for $20 per hour. I think it is a bargain.
Many thanks Dave,
Jerry
Naturally I had to bring my Aristo-Craft Live Steam Mikado since it gets so little use.
While looking over the Mikado Dave got to thinking about feeding steam into the tender to heat the butane.
To make a long story short, Dave's mind and hands went to work and before long my Mikado was spouting a brand new fuel heating system fed by the loco's water drain.
Anyway, it works great and we ran the Mikado without ever needing to add hot water to the tender.
I'll leave it to Dave to fill in the details and I'll post some photos later.
When I asked, Dave said that he would be willing to do the modification for others for $20 per hour. I think it is a bargain.
Many thanks Dave,
Jerry