Nothing else for it, the lining had to be started. Ease myself in, do the boiler bands first
After this the problems started. I had forgotten that the HMRS/PC Models sheet 22 was originally drawn for LNWR locos not BR standards. The shapes really do not match the later locos. To compound this I'd used most of the useful bits off the two spare sheets I had on the last loco, which would have been the 2-8-2 Neverwazza. An order in is with Wizard Models for a couple more she
So another stay in hospital gave me the time to get the lining finished on the 9MT so here's the right hand side completed.
Only thing left is weathering, glazing and real coal added to the bunker.
Loco is now back together and sitting in a modified Triang 9F box for safe keeping until I can find the time to fire up the airbrush.
Things have moved on a bit since the last update. The body fabrication has been completed and the base coat of satin black applied. Buffer beams repainted (which are Hornby class 31 for info) and the body fittings replaced. Nothing left now other than tackle the lining
The chassis has also had black paint applied to the fabricated bits and so I could do an (almost) final assembly the cylinders had their red lining applied and satin varnished. Just need to get a Zimo sound decoder an
I know it's been a while, but the weather has been good so gardening and mucking about with my car took priority.
Finally I have made the extended tank tops and filed them down to fit. First photo shows the tops glued together and a card template I made to help with the fitting to the much wider 9F boiler.
A large file was used to knock them down to size - not one of those tiny little things that we modellers mostly prefer. Here's a shot of the body
Well, I've finally managed to get Pete Harvey's excellent etches soldered together and fitted to the Sentinel, and mighty fine they look too!
Just need to do some final fettling with a glass fibre pencil and then it's primer time. Should have it in satin black for the Member's Day.
I had a conversation with Pete Harvey of PH Designs at the Derby Show about getting some brake gear sorted for my Warren Shephard Sentinel. Well, yesterday this dropped through the door
It all goes together like this:
Superb quality as ever from Pete, going to make the rest of the kit look a bit basic
Soldering iron at the ready .........
Ok, the plan to use ndm/pacer couplings on the dev coach was a non starter. They were too long by about 5mm to give a consistent distance with the other cars. Here’s the dev coach to ndm compared with the tgf…..
So the tgf couplings received a 2.5mm hole drilled as close to the blade end as possible
and then shaped to approximate the ends. Here’s an untouched one and one I’ve attacked next to it. A lot shorter
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It’s all built. Will do the painting etc later in the year when I’m feeling better. I’ve also got a TS and a TF to build too, so makes sense to do all the paintwork at the same time
So seeing as folks will be getting their new Hornby versions in their 7 car packs next week I thought it high time I made one to go with my 1980 set
looking at the tgs it seemed that with a few cuts the under frame could be fabricated from two examples, kinda like this
so out came the razor saw
and they go together like this
The body shell was used to hold the under frame in place and
OK, the decision seems to have been made. The Airfix kit and Bachmann tender appeared yesterday and last night I offered up various bits of kit to the chassis and boiler.
There is a difference in mould quality, I had hoped that by using an original airfix kit the plastic might be crisper than the Dapol kit, oh well.
A few issues to consider:
The motor is wider than the outside dimensions of the firebox lower/ashpan
The nice painted backhead does not fit the airfix footplate - and t
OK, I admit it, I played with the 2-8-2 for a lot of the day at Trains4U and it behaved itself quite well. Stuggled over the "hump" that appeared at one baseboard joint and proved that 14 wheel pickup isn't necessarily enough
Lots of questions from customers about what/why etc it has been modelled. Anyway here's a few pics
So now it's on with the bodyshell detailing. I bought some brass tube to fabricate the counterbalance spring for the RHS weighshaft bracket and some
Heard from Model Rail yesterday that the 2-8-2 will feature in the next issue!
Can't wait now until next month, there's also going to be a superb pic of it taken by Chris N on Catcott Burtle too
Those who made it to the Member's Day will have seen the 2-8-2 quietly simmering away on Summat Colliery.
For those who didn't here's a couple of shots showing off Roomey's "2 weeks into service" weathering that sets it off perfectly 🙂
Now, must get that article finished for Model Rail .....
Thought I'd check the tender to loco coupling as the extra 4mm length at the back was concerning me. Glad I did before going any further. For those who do not know, the current spec Brit chassis connects to the tender via a pin under the cab fixed to the chassis not the pony as in earlier variants.
Here's the result on the widest setting of the drawbar
and this one shows how it all connects
Fine if I don't expect the loco to go round curves!
The plan is to lose the c
I've had a few requests to see the 2-8-2 in unlined "as built" black, so in homage to Hornby's latest Britannia offering here's 91000 before lining out and naming
Keen eyes will observe the digitally removed cylinder lining and the fact that the return crank is not actually soldered to the crankpin
