Waterloo Boy

[Farmer DaveParticipant @farmerdave]

[Farmer DaveParticipant @farmerdave]

Hello All I thought I would take this opportunity to thank you all for you help and suggestion over the last year. I thought you might like to see some photos and a video of my completed model.

It is a lookalike of the Waterloo Boy which was built in US around 1914/20. It was the forerunner of the John Deere tractors that are so common today.

My model is a 2 cylinder 4 stroke petrol engine with one forward and 1 reverse gear as was the original. however my one was all built entirely from bar stock, I also cheated a bit with the ignition using modern electronics As an afterthought I fitted it with RC operating the Steering, Clutch/ Brake , Gear change & throttle. Some of you will remember I asked for advice about cutting internal tooth gears for the drive wheels as were correct on the model N, but as this was beyond my capabilities I used external toothed gears which were correct for the earlier model R.

Thanks again Farmer Dave

here is a link for a video **LINK**

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Very nice and well done you.

(I have to ask now you're hooked… what's next ?)

[Donald MitchellParticipant @donaldmitchell68891]

Congratulations to you on completing another fine build, it's a credit to you and it was a real pleasure for me to see it running at your home this afternoon.

Keep up the good work.

Donald Mitchell

[“Bill Hancox”Participant @billhancox]

Dave

Very Well Done!

Undoubtedly any John Deere collectors would just love to add your Waterloo Boy to his collection.

Cheers

Bill

[Stewart HartParticipant @stewarthart90345]

Wow Dave that's a great model, what scale have you built it to just to give us some idea of its size.

Stew

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Very nice indeed, any chance of some close up photos so we can appreciate the detail.

J

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Brilliant! It will never win NASCAR, but brilliant . It sounds great too

My only comment is that I would add a driver, then the illusion would be complete

Neil

[OuBallieParticipant @ouballie]

Ditto Neil's opening comment!

What size/type of motor?

Didnt see any smoke, so it must be pretty good.

It's a real buzz when you see a miniature you have built actually working, so you must be on a high with yours.

I remember the first stationery steam engine I built, and how chuffed I was seeing that oscillating engine spinning.

The fact that the ST meths boiler nearly fumigated me didn't matter.

Curly's description of using meths to fire a boiler certainly was apt.

Geoff – Busy making another SkyHook.

[Farmer DaveParticipant @farmerdave]

Hello all

Answers to your questions.

Andy, at the moment I am revisiting a 4cylinder 4 stroke I built last year making a fee mods.

Stewart, Its around 1/8 scale 400mm x 220mm rear wheels 200mm dia.

Jason, you will need to wait till tomorrow for your photos Its raining cats & bogs at the moment.

Neil , showing my ignorance what is NASCAR, I built it for my own satisfaction just to see if I could . I started with a photograph of the full size tractor and worked from there with the help of a fag packet and some head scratching.

Olballie, Its a 2 cylinder 4 stroke of my own design, 24mm bore x 25mm stroke ,Ill leave it to you to calculate the C.C., water cooled petrol engine, with Rexel electronic ignition through a distributer, and drip lubrication to the crankshaft .

I thought a driver would make it look more like a toy than a model. just my opinion.

Thank you for all your comments. Dave

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