richard i Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Great work, I would be happy with that standard in 4mm. richard 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2020 Will you be glazing the cab windows, or putting a line around the holes? The cab front looks a touch undressed at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Smith Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, Regularity said: Will you be glazing the cab windows, or putting a line around the holes? The cab front looks a touch undressed at the moment. Simon, I'll be turning up some little brass spectacle rims when I make the whistles. Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Ian Smith said: Today, I've tackled one side of the tender, and offer the following pair of photos as evidence to the jury. The verdict is a unanimous 'Guilty! - of very high class workmanship as always'. Puts us mere mortals to shame. Jim 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2020 Superb job Ian, where did you get the giant 5p piece from that tender cannot be that small can it? I will be very pleased if my 7mm one turns out as good. Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2020 I think you should do a Dean Single, now you have got your eye in... Tim 3 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Smith Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 3 hours ago, CF MRC said: I think you should do a Dean Single, now you have got your eye in... Tim Tempted as I might be, the next one will be a Duke (assuming that I can get a motor in a little 2000 gallon tender) If Andy Carlson had his way I’d probably be making a broad gauge Rover next 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted June 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2020 Great work Ian, I like the brownish shade on the frames. Show and tell sessions on Zoom, now there's a nice idea. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drduncan Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Brilliant work DrDuncan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Ian Smith said: Tempted as I might be, the next one will be a Duke (assuming that I can get a motor in a little 2000 gallon tender) If Andy Carlson had his way I’d probably be making a broad gauge Rover next OooooH! Do the broad gauge thing. I have always been tempted by that stuff. J. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Brilliant 5 pence piece model Ian, the Dean Goods ain’t half bad either ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 18 hours ago, Donw said: Superb job Ian, where did you get the giant 5p piece from that tender cannot be that small can it? I will be very pleased if my 7mm one turns out as good. Don They used to be available from the 2mm SA shop for people actively posting on internet forums to promote the small scale. They were often on backorder and the listing eventually got removed. Tbh. it was quite difficult to find in the listings unless you knew where to look since they were only ever available in Shop 5. Ian must've had his for quite a while. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted June 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2020 3 hours ago, richbrummitt said: quite difficult to find in the listings unless you knew where to look since they were only ever available in Shop 5. Ian must've had his for quite a while. With the Round Tuits, Sky Hooks, Long Weights, left-handed screw drivers, tarten paint, etc. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted June 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2020 I look forward to seeing the Duke. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 5 hours ago, richbrummitt said: They used to be available from the 2mm SA shop for people actively posting on internet forums to promote the small scale. They were often on backorder and the listing eventually got removed. Tbh. it was quite difficult to find in the listings unless you knew where to look since they were only ever available in Shop 5. Ian must've had his for quite a while. Other coins are available: Though generally only in Christmas puddings! Jim 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Caley Jim said: Other coins are available: Though generally only in Christmas puddings! Must be a Scottish thing: I can find loads down the back of the sofa. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Just now, Regularity said: Must be a Scottish thing: It was traditional to have a 'Clootie* Dumplin' ' at Christmas which had silver thre'p'nys wrapped in grease-proof paper mixed through it. Jim * so called because it was boiled wrapped in a cloth, or 'cloot', in Scots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Caley Jim said: Other coins are available: That looks to be the usual size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Smith Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 17 hours ago, Mikkel said: Great work Ian, I like the brownish shade on the frames. Show and tell sessions on Zoom, now there's a nice idea. Mikkel, The brownish shade is Precision Paints Indian Red, I can’t remember whether they do different shades for different periods as they do with their greens, I quite like it but it is definitely more brown than red. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Caley Jim said: It was traditional to have a 'Clootie* Dumplin' ' at Christmas which had silver thre'p'nys wrapped in grease-proof paper mixed through it. Jim * so called because it was boiled wrapped in a cloth, or 'cloot', in Scots Silver sixpence in the plum duff down here, but is that the only time you can find coins in a Scotsman’s house? (Or hoose?) On 24/06/2020 at 16:37, Ian Smith said: Simon, I'll be turning up some little brass spectacle rims when I make the whistles. Ian Back to the topic in hand. Barry Norman has had success with turning Perspex rod (carefully!) in the lathe and then polishing it for spectacle glasses. It is very effective. I used to think it wasn’t worth glazing cab windows, but I have changed my mind since I started adding it myself. Had only moderate success with PVA-type stuff, although gloss varnish does help. Will you be attempting glazing? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassey Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 24/06/2020 at 23:24, Ian Smith said: Tempted as I might be, the next one will be a Duke (assuming that I can get a motor in a little 2000 gallon tender) If Andy Carlson had his way I’d probably be making a broad gauge Rover next Some of the later Dukes came out with 2500 gal tenders according to RCTS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ian Smith Posted June 30, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2020 The lining on the Dean Goods has now been completed, and brass spectacle rims have been turned up and fitted (secured with satin varnish). The cab side lining was a bit of a pig to do - The straight sections and curved corners were done with Fox transfers, but the curved sections above the splashers and around the cab side openings were what caused the problems (as I expected really!). I initially tried to do both with a bow compass, and to be honest made a complete mess. It was therefore necessary to strip it all back off, which meant re-applying the green too. I decided to do this by brush painting a couple of thinned coats rather than trying to mask everything back up and re-spray. With the transfers re-applied, the curved sections that caused such problems were tackled by brush painting. The orange was applied first, and neatened as best I could by use of a thinners moistened brush to lift off the paint to give as good an edge as I could. Once fully dry, a fine black line was brushed on down the middle of the orange, again a moistened brush was deployed to try to get it as neat as I could. Whilst by no means perfect, I think it's as good as I can make it, and doesn't look too bad under normal viewing (if you squint and look out of the corner of your eye ). Seriously though, I'm pretty happy even though the digital camera is quite unkind! Below are a couple of photos of the current state of affairs. She now needs to be boxed up and salted safely away pending a house move in the next couple of weeks. There is still quite a bit to do to get her finished - tool boxes and coal in the tender, brake gear, whistles and cab interior on the engine. Of course she needs her number plates too, which have been ordered from Narrow Planet, but I'm not expecting them anytime soon. For me she is a bit of a milestone. Partly because she is my first tender engine, but mainly because before I gave up trying to model in 2mm scale in the late 80's early 90's I had tried to build a Dean Goods (albeit in 1930's guise), but had failed because I couldn't get the chassis to run. Thanks for looking Ian 16 1 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2020 Superb piece of work Ian. Will she be on goods trains or pasenger duties? Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2020 That looks superb Ian and I bet she runs as well as she looks. Good luck with the move, Best wishes, Alastair M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2020 Wonderful. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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