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A lovely job, but for those without the drawing ability etc Laurie Griffin does 3 chimneys for the Ivatt 2MT

All the best

Terry

A lovely job, but for those without the drawing ability etc Laurie Griffin does 3 chimneys for the Ivatt 2MT

All the best

 

 

He does indeed. I bought 6-15, the one marked 'tall', but it still didn't match the tall & skinny Darlington one, being too short and much too wide, and really wasn't really that different from the original. I'll see if I can find it and I'll show it against a spare printed one.

Seriously nice, it captures perfectly the look of these engines.

Really beautiful modelling Adrian.

 

Captures the look of the class nicely and the chimney looks just right.  Glad to have been of assistance.  Would it be possible to produce these in 4mm scale in light of the non-availability of the Comet white metal versions?

 

Like you say it's a shame Bachmann stopped making these locos.  A brilliant way of getting a decent sized 7mm loco that can be used in a multitude of settings.

 

One day perhaps I might treat myself. 

 

Thanks once again.

 

Mark

 

PS: MIDAS has a lovely version of one models finished as 46444 believe it or not.  

Absolute class as usual, Adrian.

I can't say that I've ever liked these handsome little locos with the Darlington chimney but, ho-hum, the customer is always right!

 

David

Sheer quality, Adrian. What was the surface of the print like? Have you done much filling or smoothing to get it to this state?

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

 

 

Captures the look of the class nicely and the chimney looks just right.  Glad to have been of assistance.  Would it be possible to produce these in 4mm scale in light of the non-availability of the Comet white metal versions?

 

 

Yes Mark, I think so. Next time I see John I'll see if the artwork will sustain a straight drop to 4mm, or if there'll need some strengthening in key areas so they're not too fragile.

 

 

PS: MIDAS has a lovely version of one models finished as 46444 believe it or not.  

 

Yes, I've seen it in the Lapston gallery, and very nice it is too, MiDAS!

 

There's an interesting comment on over on Western Thunder:

 

My understanding of the 2MT chimney story was that when BR selected the class to be built for other regions than its native LMS an example (46413) was sent to Swindon for testing where it performed unfavourably against a Dean goods that it was supposed to replace. Experiments with draughting were undertaken and a taller narrower chimney was found to markedly increase the locos performance. Darlington had already commenced building them and the first batch at least 46465-46482 were fitted with the new chimney. It was later decided that it marred the engines' aesthetics so a chimney that more closely resembled the original was made with the same internal dimensions as the narrow one

 

 

The later replacement chimney may be Laurie Griffin's 'tall' one cat. no. 6-15.

 

 

What was the surface of the print like? Have you done much filling or smoothing to get it to this state?

 

The surface was very good. It's the Shapeways FUD plastic, and the surface is frosted and feels 'etched' if you know what I mean - not glassy smooth, but no ridges, bumps or unsightly stuff. No filling, smoothing required, all I did was give it a wash, a spray with Halfords grey primer and then Halfords satin black on top. I was very pleased with it (understatement!)

That some lovely q=weathering there mate. Truly inspirational.

nice work there, a nicely balanced weathering job. I'm intrigued though......... was any progress ever made on re-scaling the chimney down to 4mm? There are limited supplies of the comet version apparently so these are only leaving with their full kits so are unavailable as an individual part at the moment.