USRA MIKADO 2-8-2
USRA MIKADO 2-8-2
Aster Hobby and Accucraft Trains are proud to officially announce two new gauge one locomotive kits coming out this year.
Coming this August 2018, we will be releasing an improved version of Aster’s USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2. The original Aster Light Mikado was produced in 1999 and was offered in a basic version with available upgrades. See the list of new features below that have been added to this new updated design. Production quantity will be limited to 60 units.
Directly following the Light Mikado, we will introduce the brand new Aster USRA Heavy Mikado 2-8-2, with delivery planned for November 2018. This model will share many of the same improved features as the Light Mikado but with the larger boiler casing, larger smokebox and cab of the Heavy Mikado. Production quantity limited to 160 units.
- Two safety valves
- Water gauge
- Pressure gauge
- Throttle
- Blower valves
- By-pass valve
- Blow-down valve
- Walschaert’s valve gear (lever type reverse)
- Roscoe displacement lubricator
- 400 cc water capacity at 70% full
- 500 cc water tank capacity
- 300 cc fuel capacity at 80% full
- Axle driven pump
- Cast-Iron Driver Wheels
- Fully equalized chassis
- Stainless steel machined driving rods
- Axle pump with additional 20% capacity from previous option
- Washout plug for the water gauge
- Newly designed tender
- Kingston valve in water tank
- Increased water capacity (450cc)
- Increased fuel capacity (300cc)
- Detachable fuel tank
- Detachable roof
- Many newly designed aesthetic details added around smokebox, front buffer, and boiler case
- Scale/Gauge: 1:32 / 45 mm
- Construction: Brass & stainless steel
- Mini. Radius: 2 M
- Length: 30.32 in (Engine 454 mm + Tender 304 mm)
- Width: 4.02 in (102 mm)
- Height: 6.49 in (164.8 mm)
- Weight: 16.53 lbs (Engine 5.5 kg + Tender 2 kg)
- Driving Wheel: 1.97 in (50 mm)
- Pilot and Trailer Truck Wheel: 1.02 in 1.34 in (26 mm 34 mm)
- Tender Truck wheel: 1.02 in (26 mm)
- Clyinder: 2 Clyinders (Bore 13 mm Stroke 20 mm)
- Boiler Type: Smoke tube type (B type)
- Tender: Hand operation pump (Bore 11 mm Stroke 12 mm), Blow down valve
- Fuel: Methylated alcohol
