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Small scale live steam is completely unlike operating electric or battery powered models. The main draw back is that small scale models (anything below 7"1/2 gauge) are almost impossible to control and are too hot to handle while operating. Detailing of the 0-6-0 would have to be in metal & heat resistant paint otherwise you will end up with scorched paintwork and melted plastic.

 

Even in LGB or Gauge1 live steam is difficult to control which is the main reason I have kept to battery RC and DCC control

 

For the money involved a Gauge O or Gauge 1 Mamod https://www.mamod.co.uk/ or basic Roundhouse http://www.roundhouse-eng.com/models.htm#basic or Accucraft "Ruby" http://www.accucraft.com/modelc/AC77-010-C.htm would be a far safer investment than something on line from China. For modellers with deep pockets John Armstrong has produced custom models of a number of 3' gauge classes

 

The garden railway suppliers in the UK will provide essential after sales service, but forget about anything looking like a scale model of an Irish standard gauge loco unless you have several thousand Eu to invest.

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Small scale live steam is completely unlike operating electric or battery powered models. The main draw back is that small scale models (anything below 7"1/2 gauge) are almost impossible to control and are too hot to handle while operating. Detailing of the 0-6-0 would have to be in metal & heat resistant paint otherwise you will end up with scorched paintwork and melted plastic.

 

Even in LGB or Gauge1 live steam is difficult to control which is the main reason I have kept to battery RC and DCC control

 

For the money involved a Gauge O or Gauge 1 Mamod https://www.mamod.co.uk/ or basic Roundhouse http://www.roundhouse-eng.com/models.htm#basic or Accucraft "Ruby" http://www.accucraft.com/modelc/AC77-010-C.htm would be a far safer investment than something on line from China. For modellers with deep pockets John Armstrong has produced custom models of a number of 3' gauge classes

 

The garden railway suppliers in the UK will provide essential after sales service, but forget about anything looking like a scale model of an Irish standard gauge loco unless you have several thousand Eu to invest.

 

Cheers for that. Love the idea of live steam stinking out the house!

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'We' had a couple of the electrically-powered Hornby OO live steam ones. They were much harder to control than electric-motored versions, obviously, but the one that was second-hand was much easier than the new one - possibly as a result of 'running-in'.

 

The smell was very evocative.

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'We' had a couple of the electrically-powered Hornby OO live steam ones. They were much harder to control than electric-motored versions, obviously, but the one that was second-hand was much easier than the new one - possibly as a result of 'running-in'.

 

The smell was very evocative.

 

 

Was on a the Sauschwaenzlebahn in Germany a few years ago during a blistering summer. Quite enjoyed the smell and the panic to close the windows every time the train approached a tunnel

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'We' had a couple of the electrically-powered Hornby OO live steam ones. They were much harder to control than electric-motored versions, obviously, but the one that was second-hand was much easier than the new one - possibly as a result of 'running-in'.

 

The smell was very evocative.

 

They go for big money on EBay these days. Don't think many were produced.

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