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being an occasional diary of a less than committed modeller with the attention span of a peanut

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More progress

A quick update on this project, which has not been one of my happiest. It has fought me all the way, the latest being that the Mashima motor seems to have died. I'm going to do what I usually do, which is exactly what I promised not to do, that is to leave it for a bit and do something else. I have to do this before the hammer comes out. It's a shame because I can see the potential in it. As the photo shows the rods are finished, the slide bars / motion plate assembly is straightened out and the

PhilH

PhilH

Back to square one - nearly.

I manage to straighten out the slide bar / motion plate etch and the whitemetal piston rods, I drilled the holes in the crossheads for the 12BA bolts and was hoping to get the chassis / wheels/ motion assembled. On close inspection of the chassis though it was obvious that the paintwork was flaking away, it has been applied without any sort of primer, so I decided to disassemble the chassis and strip the paint. I'm glad I did as it became also obvious that the paint was literally holding some of

PhilH

PhilH

Barclay rods done. Much swearing and breaking of tiny drills.

I finally completed the coupling and connecting rods for the 7mm Barclay tank which I am attempting to complete. The history of this loco was that it was purchased on this forum as part of a job lot which comprised of the Barclay, some Peco track, a Marcway point, two Slaters wagons and a Connoisseur NE 4 wheel brake (all 7mm). The kits have all been started, but I think that the person in question (no longer on this forum I believe) perhaps decided that it was all a bit much for him and gave up

PhilH

PhilH

No modelling this week - the reason why - my new grandson

Not a lot done this week as my first grandchild, Joshua Harding, made his way into this uncertain world. He's a little belter, much Thomas stuff will be bought soon. Now the excitement has died down, the connecting rods will be milled, the coupling rods are done. I will be posting pictures (when able) of the scale of the problem and the completed rods. The scale of the problem has grown after Winchester Railway Modellers' clear out, I have acquired the basis of my proposed O gauge plank, this be

PhilH

PhilH

First setback

Well, I've spent a few hours trying to mill up some connecting and coupling rods for the O gauge Barclay, which I'm determined is going to be the first finished article from the newly focussed Hedge End works. But it was basically a cock up - I thought that I would make them somewhat finer than the etched ones supplied with the kit (but which were mostly missing from my acquired part built example) , but impatience coupled with problems setting up on machinery more geared to bigger things led me

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PhilH

The scale of the problem

A blog by Phil Harding aged 60 1/6.   As the title of this blog suggests I have over the years started lots of different projects and finished none. I hope by committing to a blog to change that - even if nobody bothers to look at it I hope that by giving myself the task of making regular posts I can actually achieve something to post with. The first entries over the next few days will simply be pictures of the various projects I have on the go. Subsequent posts would hopefully involve me actu

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PhilH

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