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My secret's finally out. I've been working on this loco for many months and a friend of mine is having a one built for him that has a modern paint scheme (black/red) and I needed to get mine done first without him knowing I was even building it. I got it done in the nick of time to run it this week at Diamondhead.
When the Saxonian IVK (say 4K) first came out as Regner's Annual model for 2006 is saw it and I felt like I really NEEDED one. It was a little beyond my price range and I could not figure anyway to drum up enough funds. I became very bummed out. I'm not sure what happened over in Germany, high demand or low demand but in 2008 Regner decided to manufacture the "Länderbahn" version of the IVK. Well, I REALLY NEEDED one now. Scrimping and saving, do a few weeks of overtime here and there and suddenly it was within my budget. Time to give Ken Johnson a call. A few weeks later, I got a stack of Regner boxes from Ken. Wow! There was a LOT of parts in those boxes all neatly wrapped in paper, bubble wrap or mini zip lock bags. Building was rather straight forward and I chose to do the translation of the instructions myself. My High school German was not quite up to the task, but I would translate some, then build some. I won't get into the details as this is not a review, simply a celebration of completion. This is my third Regner kit and it was fairly challenging.
Here are a few pics I took along the way:
Setting up the piping for compound / simplex operation.
Mounting the footplate.
Installing the boiler.
Plumbing and details.
Fitting the bodywork.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK5.JPG
Finished product, all detailing complete.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK6.JPG
Rear angle.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK7.JPG
The cab is fairly crowded.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK8.JPG
Front angle.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK9.JPG
Maiden voyage @ Wayne’s house. It ran perfectly in simple and compound, although yet a tad stiff. Runs great on low pressure (1.3 bar)
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK10.JPG
When the Saxonian IVK (say 4K) first came out as Regner's Annual model for 2006 is saw it and I felt like I really NEEDED one. It was a little beyond my price range and I could not figure anyway to drum up enough funds. I became very bummed out. I'm not sure what happened over in Germany, high demand or low demand but in 2008 Regner decided to manufacture the "Länderbahn" version of the IVK. Well, I REALLY NEEDED one now. Scrimping and saving, do a few weeks of overtime here and there and suddenly it was within my budget. Time to give Ken Johnson a call. A few weeks later, I got a stack of Regner boxes from Ken. Wow! There was a LOT of parts in those boxes all neatly wrapped in paper, bubble wrap or mini zip lock bags. Building was rather straight forward and I chose to do the translation of the instructions myself. My High school German was not quite up to the task, but I would translate some, then build some. I won't get into the details as this is not a review, simply a celebration of completion. This is my third Regner kit and it was fairly challenging.
Here are a few pics I took along the way:
Setting up the piping for compound / simplex operation.
Mounting the footplate.
Installing the boiler.
Plumbing and details.
Fitting the bodywork.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK5.JPG
Finished product, all detailing complete.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK6.JPG
Rear angle.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK7.JPG
The cab is fairly crowded.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK8.JPG
Front angle.
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK9.JPG
Maiden voyage @ Wayne’s house. It ran perfectly in simple and compound, although yet a tad stiff. Runs great on low pressure (1.3 bar)
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/seadawg/IVK/IVK10.JPG