As a mechanic I find this fascinating. Steam locomotives are marvelous machines from a time long gone. Glad to see that these scale models enable people to still run these beautiful engines.
My grandfather is heavily into the live steam hobby and has loads of accucraft engines, he has one of the first few built of the green engine shown and a few of the other ones, its great to see this niche hobby covered on a big channel like tested
Thank you guys so much for the model railroading videos you've been doing! I now wish I had some of these, but I just don't have the money. I'm considering build my own for HO scale, or 1:87 scale.
Model Railroader ran a scratchbuild your own brass steamer a number of years ago. I think you should look for that one - for example build the tender first. Definitely: look for a brass wagoon model and build that first using solder and fluss so that you learn that type of work. Ruining a beginniing tender or locomotive work is depressing.
It's so nice that the mechanically inclined let our weekend hobbies become practice in making parts with greater precision and making functional systems smaller.
Accucraft builds some very nice trains, not only live steam but electric too. Nice to see live steam and large scale model railroading getting some good publicity.
6:10 Shows parts manufactured by Accucrafts main competitor Roundhouse Engineering Co. Ltd. If you've been tempted by this video into Live Steam go read the reviews and forums comparing the two first. You may just be grateful you did.
Amazing detail, but sadly well beyond my price range for their Gauge Ones line. So beautifully crafted. I visited the website linked in the description, and let me tell you their knowledge and dedication to the history of their locomotives is an attention to detail most modeling companies lack.
You know, the cost would go down if they mass produced these things. A case in point is O.S. Live Steam's big 7.5" gauge Baldwin Mogul. Most companies that build 7.5" gauge live steamers build one-off, custom to-order models, and a Baldwin Mogul from one of these companies would go for in upwards of $50,000 or more. But O.S. Live Steam's Moguls go for around $20,000 (converted from ¥2,250,000 in Japanese Yen and rounded to the nearest 10,000), simply because they keep them in production. Doesn't even have to be extremely high levels of mass production. I'm just talking about making, say, 10,000 of them instead of 1,000, for example.
What's needed are 'roller bases' like the ones Lionel has made for some of their scale models. How many people have the means and the property to build a layout for these to run on?
G scale doesn't take as much space as you'd think, sure it's big but if you've got any kind of back yard it's not a problem... the real problem is money
I would love Accucraft Trains to do a Project on UP 844 (rebuilt with out Mars Light), UP 3985 "Challenger", and UP 4014 Big Boy (Rebuilt & Restored), and many other steam locomotives like ATSF #3751, Milwaukee Road #261
@@colinanderson6421 Yeah it would be amazing if we get a live steam 4-8-2 mountain class locomotives from Southern Pacific, Great Northern, Union Pacific, New York Central, Burlington Route, and the Western Pacific.
I'm not sure how popular these videos are in terms of views, but its such a cool series! It's so interesting to hear people talk about something they are passionate about, even if I personally didn't have an interest in it. But I think I will check it out this hobby in the future! I would love to have one of these sets in my home, It's really cool!
Accucraft are very good, but their engines are mostly made in China, and sometimes have some running issues as a consequence. If you want a good quality engine, buy from roundhouse.
The guy mentioned a Big Boy model. I would have loved to see one of those under steam. I guess I'll have to wait until the real one is through restoration. (The Union Pacific steam shop would be another fun place to send a Tested person to interview, by the way.)
Me too! I wonder if it requires any special treatment or skill to get it running smoothly? (I was into trains as a kid, the Big Boy was my favourite). I still remember it was a 4-8-8-4 (that's the limit of my train knowledge).
I've been wondering if there has been an increase in the popularity of trains due to the older generation leaving the rc plane hobby, because of all the FAA crap going on?
Disagree, Adam is great but he is like a hyperactive kid and there's only so much of him screaming "WOW! I would have never thought of that!" at random makers when they explain a fairly basic concept that I can handle per week.
@@scribblargh I think it really depends on what topic it is. I agree that all of us can only handle a little bit of Adam (he is a hyperactive man baby).
Norm is better at longer detailed interviews like these and letting people talk about their thing. Adams energy is more suited for hands-on experiences.
Anywhere from $500 for a base-model G-scale 45mm gauge Ruby to $18,000 for a 7.5" gauge Forney that you can actually ride, sticking specifically to Accucraft's catalog.
Crap from Wuhu in Anhui. Not quite as terrible as BoWanDe though. Still don't expect quality from the city that gave the world the car company Chery (a play on Chevy since Chinese struggle with writing V/r, and that company actually copied the bottom end Daewoo which shows you how low the place is).
This particular video is focused entirely on live steam locomotives. Accucraft also makes a modern GP59, but it's outside the focus of this specific video.
If you guys like engineering content and quality craftsmanship I strongly advise checking 'clickspring' here on TH-cam. Thank me after you watch one video, then another, then another.
Tested is definitely on the right “track” with these train videos! ;)
This is amazing. Glad Tested covered this. Awesome way to bring science into a hobby.
I've never gotten into train modeling, but I have to say I've always found it fascinating. Thanks for covering this topic! I'm enjoying this.
As a mechanic I find this fascinating. Steam locomotives are marvelous machines from a time long gone. Glad to see that these scale models enable people to still run these beautiful engines.
My grandfather is heavily into the live steam hobby and has loads of accucraft engines, he has one of the first few built of the green engine shown and a few of the other ones, its great to see this niche hobby covered on a big channel like tested
I have a C-25 from Accucraft, and I love it! The attention to detail and the craftsmanship are outstanding. Mine is butane fired.
What a great series of shows. So glad you recognize the beauty of the art and engineering if things of small scale such as this. Kudos to Tested!
True craftsmanship, beautiful engines.
Thank you guys so much for the model railroading videos you've been doing! I now wish I had some of these, but I just don't have the money. I'm considering build my own for HO scale, or 1:87 scale.
Tyson'sTrains have you ever scratch built a brass loco in brass???
@@YeOldeGeezer no, I have not, surprisingly enough. I've scratch built and even kit-bashed many HO plastic locomotive and freight car kits though.
Model Railroader ran a scratchbuild your own brass steamer a number of years ago.
I think you should look for that one - for example build the tender first.
Definitely: look for a brass wagoon model and build that first using solder and fluss so that you learn that type of work. Ruining a beginniing tender or locomotive work is depressing.
If you can afford HO, you can afford live steam in G or O. You might consider getting a Ruby kit and a loop of track and going on from there.
This is *_art_*
Yes it is.
It's so nice that the mechanically inclined let our weekend hobbies become practice in making parts with greater precision and making functional systems smaller.
Accucraft builds some very nice trains, not only live steam but electric too. Nice to see live steam and large scale model railroading getting some good publicity.
glad i see other than star wars and star trek . do more content like this
6:10 Shows parts manufactured by Accucrafts main competitor Roundhouse Engineering Co. Ltd. If you've been tempted by this video into Live Steam go read the reviews and forums comparing the two first. You may just be grateful you did.
Loved this series.Thanks!
These are so cool! Thanks for bringing coverage from this event to us
Nerds/Makers come from all different walks of life. awesome interviews.
It is my dream to own one of these beautiful locomotives.
Amazing detail, but sadly well beyond my price range for their Gauge Ones line. So beautifully crafted. I visited the website linked in the description, and let me tell you their knowledge and dedication to the history of their locomotives is an attention to detail most modeling companies lack.
Wow that is superb craftsmanship, dedication and just very very awesome! Thanks for covering this!
I have gotten several On30 Accucraft models and can verify that they are excellent.
Please keep up with the Railroad coverage. Love all of your work but it's fantastic to see my go to hobby represented!!!
Bravo...brilliant products. Thankyou. I own a Baldwin 4-4-0 narrow gage. Very reliable.
You know, the cost would go down if they mass produced these things. A case in point is O.S. Live Steam's big 7.5" gauge Baldwin Mogul. Most companies that build 7.5" gauge live steamers build one-off, custom to-order models, and a Baldwin Mogul from one of these companies would go for in upwards of $50,000 or more. But O.S. Live Steam's Moguls go for around $20,000 (converted from ¥2,250,000 in Japanese Yen and rounded to the nearest 10,000), simply because they keep them in production.
Doesn't even have to be extremely high levels of mass production. I'm just talking about making, say, 10,000 of them instead of 1,000, for example.
Loving the coverage of live steam model railroading, maybe you should look into model engineering a bit as well
Again another amazing video.
Oh man I hope they buy a kit from this guy I would love to see a one day build with these beautiful trains especially with adams sauce on it.
Seriously cool! Truly works of art!
Norm just found a new hobby. It looks to me, he has been bitten by the model steam locomotive bug big time!
What's needed are 'roller bases' like the ones Lionel has made for some of their scale models. How many people have the means and the property to build a layout for these to run on?
G scale doesn't take as much space as you'd think, sure it's big but if you've got any kind of back yard it's not a problem... the real problem is money
So econcise bit stunning....totally stunning...
Man, I really wish the GS-4 in the foreground was the Daylight livery
odelburnett I think that’s a GS-6
Actually no I just saw the 4449 whoops
Really enjoyed the live steam videos. I'd love to see some more model railroading videos again, maybe more typical HO scale stuff.
Such a beautiful train.
If they have a union Pacific big boy ready to run, I need it.
Got a spare $8000?
Pretty sure they had one at one point, but it's currently not in production.
for the price of a G scale big boy you could build a 1/8 scale 2-8-0 or similarly sized loco, way better choice imo
Awesome video
You guys should look at 1/8th scale live steam. They're big enough to ride
I’d like to hear more about how some of these bespoke companies are started.
Interesting. They may be shown on TH-cam but where do you buy them?
It would be awesome if they showed the building process of the locomotive from start to finish
Fascinating hobby and a cool meet up, where and when does it take place?
These are fantastic😊
Excellent!
Lovely stuff!
I would love Accucraft Trains to do a Project on UP 844 (rebuilt with out Mars Light), UP 3985 "Challenger", and UP 4014 Big Boy (Rebuilt & Restored), and many other steam locomotives like ATSF #3751, Milwaukee Road #261
Don't forget Great Northern 4-8-4 Northerns and 4-8-2 Mountains
@@colinanderson6421 Yeah it would be amazing if we get a live steam 4-8-2 mountain class locomotives from Southern Pacific, Great Northern, Union Pacific, New York Central, Burlington Route, and the Western Pacific.
I didn't know Western Pacific had 4-8-2s,did they bought them new or from another railroad.
@@colinanderson6421 Yes, they bought some Mountain class locomotives from the Southern Pacific had them repainted in Western Pacific colors
I'm not sure how popular these videos are in terms of views, but its such a cool series! It's so interesting to hear people talk about something they are passionate about, even if I personally didn't have an interest in it. But I think I will check it out this hobby in the future! I would love to have one of these sets in my home, It's really cool!
Super cool, very pricey.
Just to let you know its not steam trains its a steam locomotive it is only when they are pulling a train then you can call it a steam train.
and pls note me what material they use to make steam engine all the detail
is this audio recorded via tin can and string?
Mind blown...Rolls Royce of model trains
there are two knobs... gas and throttle? How does the throttle work?
Accucraft are very good, but their engines are mostly made in China, and sometimes have some running issues as a consequence. If you want a good quality engine, buy from roundhouse.
Where can we buy the parts or the train from
Really good interviewer
Bing seems really cool
I have one of these engines and a video is on my channel. Very cool engines.
What pressures are the boilers running at
Want one soooooo bad
Accucraft trains should make a live steam locomotive NYC 999 option to run on coal
The guy mentioned a Big Boy model. I would have loved to see one of those under steam. I guess I'll have to wait until the real one is through restoration. (The Union Pacific steam shop would be another fun place to send a Tested person to interview, by the way.)
Me too! I wonder if it requires any special treatment or skill to get it running smoothly? (I was into trains as a kid, the Big Boy was my favourite). I still remember it was a 4-8-8-4 (that's the limit of my train knowledge).
It only needs to remake the boiler (you know how much scald was in those water tubes), remachine the pistons and valves and rework the tires.
Husbands Grandpa made a lot of custom trains from kits that he modified. Some of his trains sold for 10k
my dad runs g scale engines, and for almost 15 years ive been wanting a live steamer for such a long time, can any one on the east coast help me out?
I want a alcohol powered 3 truck shay but you don't have them anymore😢.
They're really nice, but expensive. The C25 is like $5,000.
My old Ida brought me here. Want a Shay.
All metal model locomotives. In a world of mass production plastic injection, this is true art.
Not into trains but that looks pretty darn cool.
A clip of one working would of been nice
I've been wondering if there has been an increase in the popularity of trains due to the older generation leaving the rc plane hobby, because of all the FAA crap going on?
Wait, you cover TRAINS!!!!!!!!!
Are ye going to make trains
can we buy this train
They need to add superheaters to all of their engines.
SHELDON!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!?
Nice.
Trains trains trains!!!
you ever heard live steam
How can l buy it..???
Direct from Accucraft's website.
Arwsome.Richard Courtney Adelaide south Australia
Nothing against norm. But these kind of episodes would be waaaay better with adam.! Just the way adam would react
I agree completely.
Adam's enthusiasm changes everything I think.
Disagree, Adam is great but he is like a hyperactive kid and there's only so much of him screaming "WOW! I would have never thought of that!" at random makers when they explain a fairly basic concept that I can handle per week.
@@scribblargh I think it really depends on what topic it is. I agree that all of us can only handle a little bit of Adam (he is a hyperactive man baby).
Norm is better at longer detailed interviews like these and letting people talk about their thing. Adams energy is more suited for hands-on experiences.
Like it.
Is this is a model train channel now?
I hope so
hi!
How much for the engine model
Anywhere from $500 for a base-model G-scale 45mm gauge Ruby to $18,000 for a 7.5" gauge Forney that you can actually ride, sticking specifically to Accucraft's catalog.
Hi from turkey
excelente;
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*Thomas the Tank engine music ENGAGE*
*Loads up the Biggie Smalls lyrics*
No not everything train related is Thomas related
YES IT IS
@@ktrainBFS dont be miserable
No it fucking isn't the Thomas people turn our interest in trains into a childish thing
Some of those locos cost more than my car.
Unless you have a particularly cheap car I would assume you're talking about the big 7.5" gauge models?
Crap from Wuhu in Anhui. Not quite as terrible as BoWanDe though. Still don't expect quality from the city that gave the world the car company Chery (a play on Chevy since Chinese struggle with writing V/r, and that company actually copied the bottom end Daewoo which shows you how low the place is).
好精细
Take my money now oh I don't have any
Cool
NO DIESELS ENGINES AT ALL THIS IS SAD
This particular video is focused entirely on live steam locomotives. Accucraft also makes a modern GP59, but it's outside the focus of this specific video.
thanks for letting your dad on the show norm! really liked the trains
Is this proof that Bing works?
If you guys like engineering content and quality craftsmanship I strongly advise checking 'clickspring' here on TH-cam.
Thank me after you watch one video, then another, then another.
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