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Nonneminstre Models Fowler Resilient - body.


halfwit

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I've had this kit for over twelve years. Its for Resilient class diesel loco, built by John Fowler in the 40's and powered by either a 3 or 4 cylinder Fowler-Sanders diesel engine. Three 2' gauge locos worked at Alpha Cement at Cliffe-at-Hoo two of which still survive, one at Amberly Museum (the loco this kit was based on) and the other at Armley Mills in Leeds. Some were built to 3' gauge, one worked at Marland in North Devon and another at Dinmor on Anglesey. The Dinmor loco still survives and can now be found on the Cavan and Leitrim in Eire.

The kit is OO9 and whitemetal and sits on a Grafar HST power bogie, bought new at the same time the kit was aquired. I'm not going into great detail about the build as its pretty straightforward but let the pictures tell the story.

 

Here's the cab;

 

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The bonnet frame sides being glued in place;

 

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And the radiater/front bufferbeam in place and the power unit fitted;

 

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I prefer to glue whitemetal using 5-minute Araldite. Once I used to solder whitemetal but these days I can't be bothered. Soldering might be quicker though...

 

Paul.

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you can buy super-glue activator in an aerosol can, i use it to glue all my white metal parts together dries in 5 seconds, just make sure you dont have any superglue on your fingers otherwise...ouch.

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Guest Phil

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Thats a very tidy little narrow gauge diesel

 

Nice stuff

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Thanks for the tip Great Northern, although I would still employ epoxy as it allows me to make slight adjustments as it sets. I do use superglue for detail work though.

And thanks for the comment Phil.

 

Paul.

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Just spotted this just as I'm about to start building one. Thanks for the photos they will be useful in showing how it goes together.

 

I will, of course, be soldering mine together :D

 

Mine is somewhat newer but don't think there have been any changes made to the kit.

 

The biggest problem for me is going to be sourcing a chassis as they now seem quite rare.

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Glad you found it usefull Kenton.

 

Apparently Peter Smith, who is Nonneminstre, has fitted a Nigel Lawton chassis to one, it might be worth getting hold of him and asking about it.

 

If you go down the HST chassis route then be aware of the problem with the gears splitting, new ones are available as spares.

 

Paul.

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