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Detailing Diddy Diesels

2mm Andy

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I've made a bit of progress on the '02', although it doesn't look vastly different from the last set of photos I took!

 

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The bonnet and cab roof have been soldered in place (which has the advantage of making the body much stronger) and a start made on adding all the little details.

 

Buffers (from Nick Tilston at 'N Brass Loco') have been soldered into place, and the engine cover door handles have been added from bits of bent 0.3mm wire. The handrails on the front footsteps have been added (more 0.3mm wire), and the fuel tank filler caps added from some 2mm crankpin washers out of the bits box. The radiator front and sides have been filled to try and reproduce the smooth curve (the grey primer paint is to help me see where more filler is needed). There are more handrails to add to the engine covers, cab and the big handrail at the very back of the loco, plus the loco lights, engine exhaust, etc.

 

Aside from the 02, I've started looking at the next likely loco project. I bought a Farish 04 not long after they were released, and sent the wheels away for turning down to 2mm standards. Because of the tight clearances behind the footsteps, I asked the wheel turner to thin the wheels down (accepting that some of the spoke detail would be lost in the process) to minimise the risk of the coupling rods and crankpins clouting the steps. The body was also detailed with bufferbeam overlays from 5 thou plasticard and some light weathering applied. It has never run very well, and a while ago I decided to bite the bullet and make a replacement chassis. The frames will be from the Worsley Works etch for the 04, with pcb frame spacers and a Nigel Lawton motor. Apart from removing the frames from the etch, I haven't done much yet - pretty much the first job will be to design the gearbox in AutoCAD and get an order in to the 2mm shop for the necessary gears.

 

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And just to prove the Jinty hasn't been forgotten, one last photo. On my way home from the Narrow Gauge North exhibition, I called in at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and the Vintage Carriage Trust museum to buy some magazine back issues. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the loco in service was 47279. I couldn't miss the opportunity to get some useful photos of the tank tops and boiler fittings from the footbridge high up alongside the loco! Hopefully I'll get back to working on this project soon.

 

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Andy

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You may have a problem with gears. My order turned up with the spur gears but the worm wheel 21: and 30:1 sets were TOS apparently there will be an update from Jim in the MAG.

Don

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2mm Andy

Hi Chaps,

 

Kris - I tend to have a few projects on the go and flit between them as the mood takes me. I find it helps me keep my enthusiasm levels up.

 

Don - I sent an email to Shop 3 at the weekend - the 30:1 gearsets are out of stock (with a quoted delivery time from Ultrascale of 5 months), but Ray has some of the 21:1 gearsets now. I have a couple of kits that will need the 30:1 so will have to put these on hold. The 04 will use the 21:1 gears and some pinions (sizes to be determined). Having said that, I understand that a chassis kit for the 04 is at the second stage of test-etches, so I may delay things and see what happens!

 

Andy

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...the 30:1 gearsets are out of stock (with a quoted delivery time from Ultrascale of 5 months) ...

 

Sorry to jump slightly off-topic here, but I got a two of the 30:1 gearsets from Ultrascale a month or so ago. Although I saw the quoted turn-around timescale was 5 months, it would appear that this is normal for custom, or out of stock items; a quick email to David Rogers identified that he had several of these gearsets in stock and they were delivered in a couple of days :) They came in packaging exactly the same as previously available from shop 3, but they were slightly more expensive, and the P&P was, (dare I say) rather high :(

 

Andy,

 

This is looking very nice; your soldering is setting an example for us to follow here. I've got one of these (one of Alan D's seconds) purely as a practice for soldering, but the more I see of it, the more I rather want to have it running properly. After much digging, I've found the copy of the chassis that Missy did (I thought I'd deleted accidentally several months ago :unsure: ) and so its now on the list of projects. Just as a matter of interest, how are you planning to mount the NL MidiMotor - I could do with some alternative ideas for the 57xx.

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2mm Andy

 

Sorry to jump slightly off-topic here, but I got a two of the 30:1 gearsets from Ultrascale a month or so ago. Although I saw the quoted turn-around timescale was 5 months, it would appear that this is normal for custom, or out of stock items; a quick email to David Rogers identified that he had several of these gearsets in stock and they were delivered in a couple of days. They came in packaging exactly the same as previously available from shop 3, but they were slightly more expensive, and the P&P was, (dare I say) rather high.

 

Just as a matter of interest, how are you planning to mount the NL MidiMotor - I could do with some alternative ideas for the 57xx.

 

Hi Steve,

 

I was aware the 30:1 gears were available from Ultrascale, but I wasn't aware of the rather high postage. I thought the 2mm gears were made 'in-house' now - Ultrascale stopped supplying the Association some time ago, but continued to make them available to private customers.

 

You're getting ahead of me with the motor mounting! ;) - I have an idea for a motor mount/spacer that I intend trying out one evening this week. Watch out for more details soon (assuming it works!). Although I didn't mention it in my blog posting, the frames and wheels are now in primer ready for a top coat of paint and assembly.

 

Andy :)

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Hello Missy - thanks for the prompt! :P

 

I'm afraid you're going to have to wait a couple of days more though for an update. I had a great day yesterday on the 2mm Scale Association stand at the Nottingham exhibition (where the 02 attracted quite a lot of interest, especially the motor and gears) and where I cleaned the paint from the wheel treads, fitted 3 crankpins (if anyone found the 4th one after it pinged across the exhibition hall, I'd like it back please!) and then had a go at building some wagons.

 

I haven't had much time for modelling today, but I'm hoping to get a couple of evenings modelling this week, so you may see some progress soon.

 

Andy

 

PS> Nice to see your NG diesel chassis article over on the Showcase.

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