James Harrison Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 All you need to do is ask! No.16 full.jpg Beautiful. There are some neverwazzas that just look inherently right and convincing. This is one of them in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu4472ke Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Thanks Brings the KLR's count of functioning locomotives up to a nice 7 out of an intended but non-final number of 16 at this moment. An 8th is of course in the works then it's back to trying to work out what's next... I remember we talked about a large tank engine, something like A 0-8-0 or 0-10-0, perhaps you could work on that next? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Got a bit of a minor issue: (Using the old phone again as new phone is out of commission at the moment for various reasons. Sorry about the picture quality.)I've shortened the running plate of Gremlin but now the bit of metal behind the smokebox interferes with the worm screw. Also the body is too low for the boiler to fit so it may need a bit of a rework. EDIT: And now the running plate has fallen in half as the glue isn't strong enough to hold that weight of metal and I can't fix it back together. D*mn it. I'll have to think of something else entirely. I remember we talked about a large tank engine, something like A 0-8-0 or 0-10-0, perhaps you could work on that next? I did mention that yes. Issue is finding an appropriate chassis and making a workable body shell. I'd wanted to make Mastodon but because of its dimensions it ended up as an 0-6-0T. I'd like an 0-8-0 or 0-10-0 goods loco but I don't know quite how to go about it or whether it'd make sense running something that size in the middle of a tiny railway in the Fens. Edited April 21, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) My total rework of Gremlin was a total success. The only remaining Caley Pug parts are now the running plate, the chassis and the cab. The boiler and tanks are cut from a Triang Jinty, and the smokebox, as one can probably tell, is from a spare Nellie. The body is full of a ton of filler to help keep the thing together and the result of that is it's stupidly heavy. Seriously, the body is almost as heavy as the entire of Mastodon. I'm worried the body will either not fit or that the modified Caley Pug chassis won't be able to carry the weight.Gremlin has ended up as definitely a strange little beast. The inspiration I took from relaxinghobby's creation from the Pugbash thread is plainly visible. Edited April 22, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Good afternoon from a thundery Manchester, Looking at your Ed Bradliegh put a crazy idea into my head. Could I use my Rivarossi 2-8-0 chassis and stick a modified K1 body on it? Don't know, but I am going to try!! I've had a day of watching endurance motorcycling, Le Mans 24hrs, Liege Bastogne Liege cycle race and now some GT endurance, the Blaincpain stuff. So I'll check it out later. Trust me, I will!!! If it does work I haven't got a clue what I'll do with it!!!! This freelance stuff gets to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work! Chris. PS, As a fellow Anime fan, what is your opinion of the Ghost In The Shell Movie? Wrong place to ask!!! I just thought I would!! Chris. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Good afternoon from a thundery Manchester, Looking at your Ed Bradliegh put a crazy idea into my head. Could I use my Rivarossi 2-8-0 chassis and stick a modified K1 body on it? Don't know, but I am going to try!! I've had a day of watching endurance motorcycling, Le Mans 24hrs, Liege Bastogne Liege cycle race and now some GT endurance, the Blaincpain stuff. So I'll check it out later. Trust me, I will!!! If it does work I haven't got a clue what I'll do with it!!!! This freelance stuff gets to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work! Chris. Hmm. Never tried, so can't say if I know. I'd say go for it Chris. Could be interesting to see the result. And thanks for the praise as ever. Should have a picture of the finished Gremlin soon. As a fellow Anime fan, what is your opinion of the Ghost In The Shell Movie? Wrong place to ask!!! I just thought I would!! Chris. Not at all the wrong place to ask. I don't mind this thread going a little off topic so long as it gets back eventually. I felt the movie was OK. What they tried to do in doing a live-action Ghost in the Shell was ambitious, and the whole whitewashing backlash, while not unfounded, was extremely unfair. The movie itself is far from perfect, but not unwatchable, and far from the level of brilliance of the original animated version. Scarlett Johansson is very attractive though. It does have that in its favour 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) "And then there were eight..." Gremlin is complete, with just the usual silver detailing to add. What started off as a project I had no idea how to finish has produced a rather sweet little 0-4-0 tank engine - one of now three the KLR has. Quite what it'll do on the KLR remains to be decided. Edited April 22, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hmm. Never tried, so can't say if I know. I'd say go for it Chris. Could be interesting to see the result. And thanks for the praise as ever. Should have a picture of the finished Gremlin soon. Not at all the wrong place to ask. I don't mind this thread going a little off topic so long as it gets back eventually. I felt the movie was OK. What they tried to do in doing a live-action Ghost in the Shell was ambitious, and the whole whitewashing backlash, while not unfounded, was extremely unfair. The movie itself is far from perfect, but not unwatchable, and far from the level of brilliance of the original animated version. Scarlett Johansson is very attractive though. It does have that in its favour Thanks for the first bit. I will continue with the idea. The second part, I agree totally with your opinion. I have watched the film umpteen times now. I can't stop!!! As a combination of the later anime origin story, I , like you, don't think it is too bad. Spot on about Scarlett Johanson, she is georgous!!! I will now get my coat!!! Chris. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Thanks for the first bit. I will continue with the idea. The second part, I agree totally with your opinion. I have watched the film umpteen times now. I can't stop!!! As a combination of the later anime origin story, I , like you, don't think it is too bad. Spot on about Scarlett Johanson, she is georgous!!! I will now get my coat!!! Chris. No need to grab your coat. I like having someone to discuss my interests with even if it does take the thread off topic for a while. If Edwardian can get away with it so can I! Look forward to seeing the outcome of it. Might give me some inspiration for my own potential freight loco plans. Also some more loco lore. No.7 "Gremlin" Many of the KLR's locomotives were constructed within the railway's workshops at Berkham in some respect. But all of those were locomotives before, and were modified into their current forms which sometimes are unrecognisable. There are, however, three which were built in their entirety at Berkham. Gremlin was the second of these. Completed in 1979 and constructed from spare parts from Bulldog along with parts from several unsalvageable locomotives, Gremlin is an odd beast. This small open-cab 0-4-0 tank engine is very squat, with a short wheelbase and tall tanks that almost encase the locomotive's entire boiler and firebox. The design for this little tank engine was one of Emily Bradleigh's first design works for the KLR, and her technical genius really shines through here. Gremlin really should not work. Much of its engineering is what would be considered wrong. But those wrong things are so well engineered around that it works. However, it created a small shunter that while effective and powerful does have some noticeable issues with reliability. It generally works as the pilot at Alnerwick station, keeping the large mid-line station as clean as possible between having to be checked over. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) Bulldog - Avonside industrial 0-4-0 side tank - Triang Nellie refurb Wild Rover - GER S69 4-6-0 rebuilt into an 0-6-0 - Triang LNER B12 bashed into an 0-6-0 Peter - Beyer Peacock industrial 0-4-0 saddle tank - Slightly modified Dapol L&YR Pug Mastodon - Hudswell Clarke industrial 0-6-0 side tank - Modified Hornby Dublo 0-4-0 starter tank on modified Triang Jinty chassis Geoffrey Lake - North British Locomotive Company 0-6-0 side tank - Modified Hornby Thomas on Triang Jinty chassis Wanderer - GWR 14xx 0-4-2 side tank - Airfix GWR 14xx Gremlin - Industrial 0-4-0 new build - Hornby Caley Pug/Triang Jinty/Triang Nellie bash As yet unnamed - Modified LMS 4P 2-6-4 - Unbuilt at time of writing Undecided Undecided Tom Hickathrift - Modified BR Standard 5MT 4-6-0 with GNR H4 tender - Unbuilt at time of writing Undecided Undecided Renegade - BR Class 04 0-6-0 diesel shunter - Unbuilt at time of writing Undecided Edward Bradleigh I - LNER pattern 2-6-0 new build - Bachmann K3/Triang B12 combo with Lima Fowler tender Lady Genevieve - Hudswell Clarke 0-10-0 tender engine built on commission - Unbuilt at time of writing As yet unnamed - GER B74 0-4-0 tram replica - Unbuilt at time of writing Nice little update on the KLR's roster for you. Thanks Sem for the 4P! Edited April 29, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 The 4P will be winging its way towards you shortly! As may another loco... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 The 4P will be winging its way towards you shortly! As may another loco... Cool! I look forward to it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Morning Red, I have the white metal tender for the K1 I'm attacking, slowly!! for my 2-8-0. Is it of any use to you? If it is, give me a shout and I'll endeavour to send the bits to you. I am going to use the Rivarossi tender for my locomotive and have no use for it. Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Morning Red, I have the white metal tender for the K1 I'm attacking, slowly!! for my 2-8-0. Is it of any use to you? If it is, give me a shout and I'll endeavour to send the bits to you. I am going to use the Rivarossi tender for my locomotive and have no use for it. Chris. Awesome Chris! Definitely a thought, thanks for the heads up. I'll think about it, definitely. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 May provide an LNER tender for a loco that's on its way to you! (Or will be soon...) I know that a 4-6-2 is of little use on the KLR, but you could trim it down a bit to a 2-6-2, 4-6-0, 2-6-0, whatever! You have LNER Cabs to put on it, then an LNER tender would help! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted May 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4, 2018 Gosh that's a blast from the past. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 May provide an LNER tender for a loco that's on its way to you! (Or will be soon...) I know that a 4-6-2 is of little use on the KLR, but you could trim it down a bit to a 2-6-2, 4-6-0, 2-6-0, whatever! You have LNER Cabs to put on it, then an LNER tender would help! You're sending me one of the Princesses? Alright then. Chris, send it over! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Yes! One of them... the other one is in pristine condition and is boxed, so I will be selling it properly rather than giving it away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I also included a Stanier tender, and a tender chassis, so you could perhaps use the Triang Chassis (And couplings) with the whitemetal body to cut down on weight and provide free running. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 You're sending me one of the Princesses? Alright then. Chris, send it over! Right. I've just got back from Chorlton, but I'll get it in the post asap, work and chemo permitting!! Personally, I'd have a crack at a 2-6-2. Don't know what chassis to use mind. The 4P I'd do a 2-8-2, on the lines of the big tanks doing the push and pull trains into the Gare du Nord or the 1-4-1 TA tanks in the Auvergne region of the SNCF. The Paris tanks were awesome! Small wheels, fast acceleration, strange valve gear, heavy trains and Big!! Chris. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I was thinking Red could use the original chassis with bits removed, on the princess. It may be best to leave the 4P for now... just saying, as it has got a very nice chassis. The body will be modified though, as I understand it... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) I also included a Stanier tender, and a tender chassis, so you could perhaps use the Triang Chassis (And couplings) with the whitemetal body to cut down on weight and provide free running. Thanks man. Look forward to seeing what else you included in your parcel. Don't spoil it all now Right. I've just got back from Chorlton, but I'll get it in the post asap, work and chemo permitting!! Personally, I'd have a crack at a 2-6-2. Don't know what chassis to use mind. The 4P I'd do a 2-8-2, on the lines of the big tanks doing the push and pull trains into the Gare du Nord or the 1-4-1 TA tanks in the Auvergne region of the SNCF. The Paris tanks were awesome! Small wheels, fast acceleration, strange valve gear, heavy trains and Big!! Chris. Yeah. Was actually planning to keep it the same and do aesthetic external changes only ("Easternisation" mainly). I do like the big Adriatic tanks, though the practicality of a tank engine that size on the KLR is something of a point of contention. But on the tender front, of course chemo is more important. One's health should always come first. I can wait if you don't get the time. Edited May 4, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I did wonder about a big tank on the KLR!! Nice to dream though! The tender WILL be on its way to you next week! Oh Yes, I had better ask you for your address!! DURRR!!!!! Chris. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 I did wonder about a big tank on the KLR!! Nice to dream though! The tender WILL be on its way to you next week! Oh Yes, I had better ask you for your address!! DURRR!!!!! Chris. That's true. I've sent it to you on a PM as I'm not a fan of the idea of broadcasting my address to everyone on the site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 My address is: A. Bigot 10c, Downing St Westminster London SW1A 2AA Under the doorstep, fifth mousehole on the right, towards the spiders web... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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