LNWR18901910 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 While waiting for paint and transfers to dry I'll start the tale of the next loco. Post war passenger traffic needed more powerful locos. These came in the form of Midland 4-4-0 compounds with some modifications (the Midland was a significant LMWR shareholder). This was achieved using the excellent Bachmann model of the LMS built compound. The good news is that this model is left hand drive, which is what I want. But it needs some modifications to make it more Midland like. What I was aiming for is a left hand drive version of this (public domain image). Midland_Compound_1025_(Boys'_Book_of_Locomotives,_1907).jpg Loco body modifications. 110_1.jpg Left to right, the mods are: New whistle. The Bachmann one is fragile and broke.I found one in the bits box, could be an old Hornby one. Replace safety valves with Ramsbottom type, scratch built from bits and pieces. Sand the dome into a rounder shape. I attached it to a mini-drill and used some sand paper to re-profile it. I replaced the chimney with the one I'd removed from the C class earlier. Moved the upper lamp iron from the smokebox door to the top of the smokebox. Cut away the frame extensions in front of the smokebox saddle. 110_2.jpg With the chassis and boiler removed, you can see where I've cut and filed the frame extensions. I've started re-painting the body into the passenger livery of red oxide with black lining. 110_3.jpg Cleaned up and painted. In the background is the boiler with its new rounded dome. Putting the bits back together, this is what you get. 110_4.jpg Nice locomotive. If I was doing a sort of Midland Compound, I'd stick a 3F tender at the back for some proper old-time feel to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 The next project is a bit simpler, a bit of detailing and a repaint. The starting point is a GBL C class model, the plan is to turn it into a typical goods engine of the West Midland Railway. Here the model has been stripped down to its component parts and the moulded handrails removed. The front and middle splashers have been swapped. C_1.JPG I've repainted it using Reading green, another obscure paint from the US. C_2.JPG That's the same way the conversion from the C Class to the A Class was made. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Then you might just like these photos. I put the three coaches together in a train. 50.JPG 51.JPG 52.JPG I could do with a brake coach to go with them, that will be next. They remind me of the Furness Railway coaching stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 With the handrails and smokebox painted their appropriate colours I sprayed it with matt varnish, apart from the dome which I masked. I kind of like the big shiny brass dome. C_8.JPG Finally a few extra details added - real coal on the tender and reverser linkage on the loco (left hand drive). The coupling rods have been oilified with some Tamiya X-19 Smoke. C_9.JPG C_10.JPG It won't be pulling any trains, but then nor will any of my other OO locos any time soon. It should be possible to motorize it in the future if needed. That looks nice. It looks like a great model. It reminds me of the L&YR Class 25 as I mentioned previously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodbridge Productions Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) Having looked at that T9, I feel very tempted to try and do the same (with the loco that is. I'd need to find a different tender though) Edited October 7, 2017 by Woodbridge Productions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 9, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2017 I agree it would look better with a different tender, maybe someday as I have a few spare tenders now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I don't know how to organise a poll, but who votes for this as Niles' next project.... mgn03.jpg My current work in progress........ 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted November 8, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2017 There goes the warranty... Looking good so far. I'd prefer a smaller tender, but it might look better when painted the same as the loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 My current work in progress........ 23336403_10154731565296652_621416009_o.jpg Well done Sam! I thought it would work and look well. What livery will you be using? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2017 There goes the warranty... Looking good so far. I'd prefer a smaller tender, but it might look better when painted the same as the loco. Something like the tender off Caledonian No. 123? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 The tender I've used is off a Super D. I did look at the shorter B12 tender but it just looked too bulky without major hacking. Will be getting a squirt of primer this weekend so I imagine it'll blend in a bit better. Not over decided on livery yet.......anything except black I think! There goes the warranty... Looking good so far. I'd prefer a smaller tender, but it might look better when painted the same as the loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Looks like a Derby tender, something that might be run behind a 2F Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) 34 E&MR Eastern & Midland Railway livery class A 4-4-0 rebuild-XL.jpg Exactly so. Just need to shorten the cab side-sheet and you're 95% there. Looks like a Derby tender, something that might be run behind a 2F Not at all, Beyer Peacock through and through. Beyer Peacock built the first dozen of the LSWR 415 Class - works Nos. 2167-2178 - in 1882. They built the first batch of 4-4-0s for the Lynn & Fakenham in the same year - works Nos. 2105-2108, i.e. before the 4-4-2Ts. To my mind, this suggests that the 415 Class owed as much to Gorton as Nine Elms, rather than the 4-4-0s ripping off Adams' design. Here's another 4-4-0 built by Beyer Peacock in 1882, for the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway. Edited November 10, 2017 by Compound2632 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Niles? Hey, Niles! Where in the name of F. W. Webb have you been? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted November 16, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2017 I'm mainly doing narrow gauge at the moment. I've still got plenty of things to convert, I just need to find the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I'm mainly doing narrow gauge at the moment. I've still got plenty of things to convert, I just need to find the time. Good luck with that. I did some freelance stuff in my time, once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Suppose there could have been an SECR Experimental Mogul based on the C Class? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 My current work in progress........ 23336403_10154731565296652_621416009_o.jpg That looks like something several smaller railways might have cobbled up circa 1900 when the LSWR were retiring Adams Radials and offering examples for sale. Several railways butchered ex Metropolitan 4-4-0Ts into improbable tender locos around that time. I think a severely hacked B12 tender would look the part better than the LNWR one, thinned and lowered the B12 tender is not unlike the MSWJR 2-4-0 tender.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Sorry if I've missed it, but what is the diameter and pitch of the Radial boiler please. Thinkijg of a possible bodge here perhaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted November 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2017 How about a Kernow Well tank with a little 4whl tender..... Rob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2017 Sorry if I've missed it, but what is the diameter and pitch of the Radial boiler please. Thinkijg of a possible bodge here perhaps. Sorry to go off topic, but curious. Yankee Tank? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted November 23, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2017 Sorry if I've missed it, but what is the diameter and pitch of the Radial boiler please. Thinkijg of a possible bodge here perhaps. diameter = 18.0mm pitch = 29mm (centre line to rail top) as best I can tell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodbridge Productions Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) , Edited May 22, 2023 by Woodbridge Productions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 And finally a complete, if rather short, SECR train. GC_25.jpg Going back a while... but what paint did you use for the brake van? I have one on the go at the moment, and it looks great in this livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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