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Bodmer's balanced locomotive in 4mm scale (or "Thank God that's over")!

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I've finally completed my scratch built Bodmer single no.124 of the London & Brighton Railway. It's taken a year of blood sweat and tears, trying to be too clever and paying the price!

 

Details of the project have been promised to the HMRS in the form of an article for their Journal, so rather than spoil that I'll just deposit a couple of images here in the meantime.

 

Further details of this project can be found on a previous blog entry entitled 'Build a Bodmer Competition - not!', or a more comprehensive write up should be in the next HMRS Journal out this summer.

 

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Bodmer at BA 02.jpg

 

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Dave John
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That has worked out very well, the timber lagged boiler and firebox have a most realistic finish. Wonderfull livery too, with the polished metalwork setting it all off. 

 

Well worth all the effort you put into building it. 

 

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Thank you. I’m quite glad it’s done. I can move on to something else equally challenging! :wacko:

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Mikkel
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Shouldn't the leading wheels have one more spoke?

 

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No, this is an extraordinary feat. A year is not long for something so unique, in my view. You've not only built something to entertain yourself, but allowed us all to enjoy a piece of history. An HMRS article seems very appropriate.

 

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48 minutes ago, Mikkel said:

Shouldn't the leading wheels have one more spoke?

 

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Yes. In fact wheels really bother me when I’m building early locos. Gibson, Sharman, Romford etc are all very well but so chunky and often have the wrong spoke count too. I have made my own in the past but it’s a lot of work and they can be a little too delicate.

 Thanks for your generous comments too.

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Sorry Chris, I was only pulling your leg about the spokes. I hadn't noticed anything amiss at all.

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