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Building a Scamp |
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By: strang Date: January 8, 2023, 12:40 pm |
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I have posted this on the dog walking and caravanning forum, so |
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some of you may have seen it before, but if not...... |
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Some years ago I was at the 1000 Engine Rally and one of the |
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exhibitors called the Engineers Emporium were selling a kit of a |
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Lister Autotruck (Lister made both rail and road versions of |
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this small locomotive. |
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http://www.theengineersemporium.com/catalogue-pages/locokits.html<br |
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/>- the kits were quite pricey - around 6-8 K from memory. I had |
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a |
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Lister D engine kicking around and this seemed an ideal project, |
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but as I say, too pricey to warrant taking any further. |
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Later on and probably through Facebook, I came across a similar |
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kit built loco called a Stumpy, which again used the Lister D |
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engine as its power source. This was more affordable, but |
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probably above my skill level as it involved welding and other |
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engineering skills. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgeclLHarf4 |
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Anyway, through speaking with Colin Edmondson (a really clever |
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chap who I believe was involved with the design of the Ford |
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Transit) I heard about the Scamp locomotive. This is an even |
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smaller version of the Lister Autotruck, but obviously cheaper |
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and much easier to build. You can purchase them ready assembled |
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- but where is the fun in that! |
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The kit consists of all laser cut steel parts, and then comes |
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with a shopping list of parts you need to buy in order to |
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complete it. To make it cheaper for me, I decided to flog loads |
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of spare parts I had accumulated over the years and used the |
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money to fund the project. |
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The beauty of the Scamp is its simplicity to build, its |
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relatively cheap cost, and the ease of transporting as it breaks |
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down into small parts and easily fits into the back of a car. |
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https://www.miniature-trains.co.uk/product/scamp/ |
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Re: Building a Scamp |
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By: strang Date: January 8, 2023, 12:58 pm |
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http://www.karenslittlerailway.co.uk/resources/SCAMP%20spec%20sheet%20July%2020… |
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Re: Building a Scamp |
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By: strang Date: January 8, 2023, 1:08 pm |
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Unfortunately I don't have any youtube videos of my Scamp |
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running - and I can't upload photos to this forum, so I have |
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added some other Scamps to give you the general idea of what |
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they can do, and what they are like. I use mine on public |
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running duties at Pugneys Light Railway near Wakefield and on |
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open days at my club track near Brighouse. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idN86xi4Wyw |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apRbgZPFzDI |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Ar8GxCG6k |
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Re: Building a Scamp |
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By: strang Date: January 8, 2023, 2:01 pm |
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My Scamp (the red one in front) at Pugneys Light Railway |
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CUivVcmMkWQ/ |
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Re: Building a Scamp |
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By: Stuey Date: January 9, 2023, 3:23 am |
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And there was me getting excited thinking that it was going to |
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be about the Mini based Kit Car :-\ |
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