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Manning Wardle 'H' Class. Or a Pug Bash. Part 1


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Last year in the August edition of Hornby Magazine Phil Parker converted an Hornby Lancashire and Yorkshire 'Pug' into a resemblance of a Manning Wardle 'H' Class. I thought this would be a nice little conversion to undertake that I could use on my layout Juniper Hill based on a Northamptonshire ironstone line. It could also be used on my proposed Teign Valley project as well.

 

Here's the link to Phil's website with plans and pictures of his completed model:

 

http://pagenumberone.co.uk/downloads/H%20Class.pdf

 

I've been meaning to start this conversion for a while and actually saw Phil's 'H' guesting on Chris Nevard's Polbrook Gurney at Railex in Aylesbury earlier this year and was really impressed with his version. Obviously there are many faults with this build by using the 'Pug'. Mainly the lack of spoked wheels and the covered valve gear. What I want to achieve is something that represents an 'H' and is a quick project.

 

Today I made a start on this conversion. Here's the fruits of my labours. I've got the main sub assemblies together.

 

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The 'Pug' saddle tank was removed with a razor saw and the footplate cleaned up. I've added some Manning Wardle buffers from the excellent RT Models range and modified the rear of the buffer beams and cab foot steps to better represent the prototype.

 

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The cab, saddle tank and smoke box are made up from various sizes of Plasticard. The water filler and chimney are also from RT Models and are beautifully crisp castings. These along with the buffers have been blackened with Birchwood Casey gun blue. The spectacle plates are from the same source.

 

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The cab obviously is not glued together and is held in place with Blu-tac.

 

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The smoke box door was made up from two discs cut out using a Compass Cutter.

 

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As you can see the saddle tank is resting on two wheel balance weights. I think the height is about right but would value your opinion. Once this is confirmed I'll make up the boiler under the saddle tank and add leaf springs to the foot plate. Then it's a case of making up the roof, sand boxes and adding the handrails and other detail.

 

I'm going to get Steve from Narrow Planet to make up a set of Manning Wardle works plates and a pair of nameplates for this model.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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I'll go and take some measurements from my Ixion O gauge engines and check the tank heights for you.

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I'll go and take some measurements from my Ixion O gauge engines and check the tank heights for you.

 

Thanks Dave ;)

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The height from running plate to bottom of tank is 9.25mm and the overall height of tank (excluding filler) from running plate to top is 35mm. I'll leave you to scale it from 1:43.5 to 1:76 (or whatever 4mm is) cos I've been up since 5am and done 12 hours at work so my brain hurts too much.

 

Nice project by the way.

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Thanks for doing that Dave.

 

I'll get my fingers, thumbs and toes ready for some arithmetic ;)

 

Thanks for the comment too.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Looks interesting. I have found that the valve gear covers on the Hornby pug actually pop off with a little persuasion leaving two slidebars (no crosshead though - just a rivet between them to guide the connecting rod). They weren't glued on at all - simply lever the bottom of one of the covers down with a screwdriver or thumbnail. 

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Looks interesting. I have found that the valve gear covers on the Hornby pug actually pop off with a little persuasion leaving two slidebars (no crosshead though - just a rivet between them to guide the connecting rod). They weren't glued on at all - simply lever the bottom of one of the covers down with a screwdriver or thumbnail. 

 

Thanks for that Skinny.  Those covers do pop off really easily and if I was of the mechanical mind I could probably rustle up a few cross heads.  This time around we'll leave the covers as a field modification .

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Looking good so far, speaking of the smokebox door, I have made these available now but for some reason much like some other bits I havnt added these to the website but had to the price list, my job for next week on my day off which is tuesday!

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Looking good so far, speaking of the smokebox door, I have made these available now but for some reason much like some other bits I havnt added these to the website but had to the price list, my job for next week on my day off which is tuesday!

 

Thanks Robert for those kind words.

 

As for the smokebox door-Now you tell me! ;)

 

Hopefully, all being well and the micro-strip goes to plan I should be ok.  However, watch out for the SOS call! :D

 

By the sounds of things I think you need to give up the day job! :D  It's good news that your busy and new products are becoming available.  I'm looking forwards to the post-war Sentinel when it comes out. No pressure! ;)

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Thanks to Ruston's measurements I've done my arithmetic and the saddle take height isn't too far out.  I'll cut a piece of tube to represent the boiler this morn.

 

I managed to make up the sandboxes last night as well.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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yes, always sods law!

 

i'm sure your be fine with your scratch built door mark, certainly is round which is the main thing.

 

I made a smokebox door for my GWR 14xx out of plastic card years ago but didnt have a rotary cutter so a lot of work went into it and that was just before the mainly trains detailing bits!

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