I have posted a classified for a Box (oil) headlihgt in 1:24 from an Accucraft 4-4-0 either in live steam or sparky version. If you kow of one please contact me.
Thanks
Noel
Before they changed the web site, the Accucraft store had several headlights for sale including the one you want. Contact Cliff Luscher at: [email protected] or (510)324-3399.
Thanks all.
Caboose Hobbies does not have any in stock nor does Cliff. May have to scratch one.....The Trackside version is too small ( 1:22). Hartlands is just right but in plastic. Not good for live steam.
Noel
I am confused by your math [do you still dispense drugs for a living?] You asked for a 1:24 scale headlight, and then post that a Trackside Details light in 1:22 is too small. A 1:22 THING is about 9 percent LARGER than the same THING in 1:24. So me thinks that the 1:22 Trackside part should work fine. As Jason reported, I ddon't have the part you need.
Jim Trackside lists their headlight as 1:20.3 or 1:22. It bamfoozeled me. Fuzzy math. Thing is still too small. Anyhow thanks for pointing that out. Hartland has the perfect headlight but it is in Plastic....not good for a live steam smokebox eh? May have to scratch one.
N
Thaks to all for the hints and replies.
I am converting a live steam Accucraft DRG #278 C-16 to a DSP&P or DL&G engine circa 1890. The Accucraft 1:20 headlight is way too large and the trackside details is too small. Do not know what made me think a 1:24 would work. It would be smaller still. Brain bubble. The headlight that the UP installed on these engines when the controlled the railroad were unique. I have found that the Hartland light is the closest to the size I need but it is plastic. Not good for live steam. Need to find me a metal caster who would cast one up in brass. I no longer have access to the dental labs where I cast things. Rats! I could make a master in styrene and have Precision or mabey Trackside do it for me. Don't know the cost but it would be siginificant I bet. Maybe I can someone locally.
N
I bookmarked this web page a while back about making brass parts from plastic using the "lost wax" method but with the plastic original part taking the place of the wax...
Using plastic parts for lost-wax castings can be successful but some of the fillers in some plastics are inert and will not burn out , so some method of removing them before pouring is advisable. I have had this problem with several Airfix kits that I have used in this way. Vacuum cleaner might work !
Last year I made several headight castings for John Hudak , he may have some left ! I am sure he won't mind me posting his email: [email protected]
Noel,
Why don't you scratch what you need? Some brass sheet and shapes and your soldering ability should yield just what you're looking for.
Have fun,
Tom
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