Highclere - 2mm Finescale

That crane looks fantastic.

I have to say - those GWR railcars look remarkably ahead of their time in terms of styling.

 

It's looking great Missy. Can you remind me what you've done for motorising?

Thanks

 

Can you remind me what you've done for motorising?

 

Its a very much chopped around Tomix chassis. I ended up making a new chassis frame so I could lower the motor (the original sits quite high and would have been noticeable in the seated bit), re-gearing it as I needed to make new bogie side-frames because I wasn't using the pin point bearings anymore, and finally re-wheeled it to 2mmSA standards (using 6mm wagon wheels of all things!)

 

M.

Hi All,

 

Missy showed me Railcar No. 12 at Ally Pally yesterday and all myself and my friend could say was WOW! It is all very well doing railcars in 4mm but to do this in 2mm to this level really is an achievement.

 

Well done Missy!

 

They do look so beyond their time don't they? That particular iteration has a bit of the look of an HST front in a funny sort of way...

 

All the best,

 

Castle

The crane is superb! It almost looks as if it works as well.

P.S. City of Truro and the flying Peckett (why do I hear close harmony singing as I write that?) was coming on nicely too!

 

All the best,

 

Castle

Excellent work as always     always liked the GWR railcars; from my own work this week it must be a bit of theme ( could be something to do with spring ) going back and trying to get stalled projects finished 

Mmmmm.  That rail car is just perfect - sometimes, and when it's done right, 2mm looks better than 4mm!!

 

That crane is a superb bit of engineering as well - can't believe you can get cogs to look that great at this size.  Brilliant stuff.

Sorry the pictures dont really do it any justice but the peeps who have seen it said it looks good!

It does indeed, a real work of art! Has it been weathered since yesterday?

 

Elvis is looking great too

 

Tom.

Thank you again

 

 

 

Hi All,

Missy showed me Railcar No. 12 at Ally Pally yesterday and all myself and my friend could say was WOW! It is all very well doing railcars in 4mm but to do this in 2mm to this level really is an achievement.

Castle

 

Thank you Castle for the comment. I know the photos are a bit rubbish so a comment like that really does help make up for my inability in taking decent photos.

 

P.S. City of Truro and the flying Peckett (why do I hear close harmony singing as I write that?) was coming on nicely too!

 

The Flying Peckett, I like it! My engines do seem to attract nicknames dont they The Peckett chassis sadly is in the need of a rebuild so I am going to take the opportunity to tweak the etches a little to get rid of some of the niggly faults which made the initial build that much harder.

 

It was nice to chat to you again on Saturday too. Dont forget about the coach buffers!

 

 

The crane is superb! It almost looks as if it works as well.

 

Thanks Robbo. No it doesnt work though

 

 

Mmmmm.  That rail car is just perfect - sometimes, and when it's done right, 2mm looks better than 4mm!!

 

Thats a brilliant comment but its far from perfect, trust me. I still struggle a bit when it comes to the quality of a finished model. I can see lots of bits I would love to do better on Elvis but I dont think I have the ability yet to achieve them.

 

M

Thats a brilliant comment but its far from perfect, trust me.

I'm sure the original Elvis would have looked less than perfect with a camera phone that close to his face.

 

Love the crane, it almost needs a tiny 2mm scale instruction manual and a small figure scratching their head taking it all in!

Elvis looks superb but the crane is fantastic. You are your hardest critic Missy the rest of us are just amazed.

Don

Hi Missy, the crane really is amazing. Is the gear from the watchmakers parts that you got on ebay?

Hello Mikkel.

 

Hi Missy, the crane really is amazing. Is the gear from the watchmakers parts that you got on ebay?

 

No, I added them to the etch (as I was getting all the other bits done anyway), although when the watch bits came through the post I did think they would have been a good alternative way of doing the gears.

 

M

Remind me - Why Elvis?

The King, I presume - not that  Costello Fello!

Great to see you back Julia. Quite brilliant and inspiring stuff as usual.

 

Jerry

Thanks again for the comments

 

Remind me - Why Elvis?

The King, I presume - not that  Costello Fello!

 

Not quite, the nickname came from a comment Pugsley made on this Blog entry...

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/220/entry-4233-flying-banana-part-iii/

 

It was something to do with the way I made the roof...

 

 

Great to see you back Julia. Quite brilliant and inspiring stuff as usual.

 

Jerry

 

 

Thanks Jerry  I never really left, its just that it felt like I didnt have anything really worth making a post about.

 

M

....and I thought it was  Devil in Disguise!

All of it. 

 

You don't need a lot of movement to get around sensible corners so I would imagine you'll be fine.

I've discovered The Crane 'out of the blue', learning my way through this website.

 

Meaning, I don't know what it was built from but texts above indicate you had custom etches made?

 

Were there no common parts?

 

And if it was wholly 'etched-to-order' could a repeat order for the etch produce bits....?

 

What I'm doing shouldn't need quite such a fine crane but it sure will need a crane of some sort.

Hello Serious7.

 

Yes, the yard crane was drawn by myself which I got etched. My layout Highclere had this particular type of crane in the goods yard so as nothing already existed it was the only real option. Yes, a repeat order can be easily done but I am currently looking for someone who might be interested in retailing them as its not really something I want to spend time doing.

 

Welcome to the forum though.