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This week on the channel +21K views this week

Sewing pins give myfordboy's Quarry Hunslet its rivets

The latest locomotive build adds humidifier mist, a flickering LED fire and remote control from an old smartphone.

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Smoke, Fire and Power. Quarry Hunslet. 3d and Machined Loco . Part 2.Smoke, Fire and Power. Quarry Hunslet. 3d and Machined Loco . Part 2.

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  1. 0:00A humidifier module supplies the smoke effect, with access through a magnetic smokebox door.
  2. 2:18Red and yellow LEDs create a flickering coal-fire effect inside the firebox.
  3. 4:11A LocoRemote controller connects the motor and battery pack for control through an old smartphone.
  4. 7:03Plasticard cladding gives the printed saddle tank a smoother outer surface.
  5. 8:35Sewing pin heads become rivets, with brass fittings added for the handrails.

Mrs Myfordboy's sewing pins have found a new occupation: impersonating rivets on a miniature locomotive. The builder cuts and fits their heads into a carefully drilled saddle tank, giving a partly 3D-printed Quarry Hunslet the detail that helps it look less like plastic.

That was the finishing task in myfordboy's only new upload, "Smoke, Fire and Power. Quarry Hunslet. 3d and Machined Loco . Part 2." The project began as a way to try a new printer, before machined metal replacement parts became part of the plan. This instalment makes the little engine move and supplies its theatrical effects, too.

The apparent smoke comes from a water-fed humidifier module behind a magnetic smokebox door. Red and yellow LEDs imitate glowing coal, while a LocoRemote controller lets an old smartphone take charge of the motor. By the middle of the video, the chassis is rolling across the workbench with mist rising from its chimney.

The upload has reached about 6,000 views and is comfortably the channel's busiest video each day. Part 1, which introduced the locomotive last month, is the next most active. Viewers are already thinking like workshop collaborators: several suggest ways to make the mist pulse with the wheels, using a shutter, pistons or bellows.

Across the channel, daily views are nearly three times their usual level, although subscribers remained unchanged over the week. Its weekly audience was close to TAOW's, while nearby model-engineering peer Keith Rucker had a substantially larger week. Here, the most absorbing detail is smaller: patiently turning household sewing supplies into convincing locomotive metalwork.

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What viewers say

  • It looks really good.
    Everything fits together nicely, another well done project.
    Thanks for sharing, I enjoy your vids.
    I was wondering if a shutter could be fitted in the chimney and linked to the motor to "puff" the smoke in sync with speed. Maybe that doesn't belong with this sort of model.
    @inspector1794See it on YouTube
  • Ingenious model David. I love the smoke effect. Drilling and fitting the pins as rivets was a real labour of love. Will you be showing your new 3D printer at some point?
    Cheers Nobby
    @nobbysworkshopSee it on YouTube
  • Oh, this is great! Personally I would probably have put pistons or small bellows in the cylinders, pumping air in and out of the smokebox. Then the "smoke" would be even more realistic, puffing out with every rotation of the wheels. Greetings from Norway! 🙂
    @yngveamundsen5184See it on YouTube
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  • Coming along nicely 👍👍 I do like all the electronics effects 👍👍 Cheers, Alan.
    @RetroSteamTechSee it on YouTube
  • Very clever and looks good - Cheers Jim
    @SteamEnginesJimSee it on YouTube
  • I would add a charger/BMS to the battery so you dont have to remove them for charging
    @curtisnewton895See it on YouTube

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The facts
Channel
myfordboy
Subscribers
266,000
Channel views, last 7 days
20,851
Videos published this week
1
Video published
November 7, 2026
Video views so far
6,018
Views on its first day
4,320

The numbers

Here is how myfordboy's week looked in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Davey Struggle
1,269,032
Acres Lawn Care
681,374
Blooms&Greens by Chloe
315,498
Keith Rucker - VintageMac…
199,007
XO, MaCenna Vlogs
188,067
Programming Electronics A…
45,616
myfordboy
20,851
TAOW
19,969
mjlorton
9,721
subscribers
266,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
81,841,431
views per day
7,769
typical day: 2,819
first-day views of each video posted this week
Smoke, Fire and Power. Quarry Hunslet. …
4,320
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Programming Electronics A…
286,000
Davey Struggle
273,000
Keith Rucker - VintageMac…
272,000
myfordboy
266,000
mjlorton
266,000
XO, MaCenna Vlogs
265,000
TAOW
264,000
Blooms&Greens by Chloe
262,000
Acres Lawn Care
255,000
As of November 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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