Waterloo Boy

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**

Very nice and well done you.

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

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

Dave

Very Well Done!

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

Cheers

Bill

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

Stew

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

J

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

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.

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