RMweb Premium Nile Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2020 It's a printed body, looks like this one. https://www.shapeways.com/product/MJV2PPXJW/gwr-shunter-00-gauge?optionId=97632656&li=marketplace 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, Nile said: It's a printed body, looks like this one. https://www.shapeways.com/product/MJV2PPXJW/gwr-shunter-00-gauge?optionId=97632656&li=marketplace Ah OK. Still, looks great though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 What have I got myself into now??? 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Sophia NSE said: What have I got myself into now??? G'day Folks. I see all those R1's and all I see are LNER J3's and J4's................. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 25/02/2020 at 22:21, TangoOscarMike said: I like what you're doing here. My version of this project is way, way better than yours, but (like my charm, wit and dashing good looks) it exists only in my mind. Update on Wendesday evening: Hi Sophia NSE. When I wrote the above I thought I was being funny, but in hindsight it looks a bit disrespectful. I'm sorry if it comes across like that: I really do like this on-going bash. Don't worry, I got the humour from this. The obvious reason yours would be better is my wonky cutting of plasticard isn't in your mind 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Din Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Sophia NSE said: What have I got myself into now??? Ahhh, I see you've gone into the scrap business too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Not so much of a pugbash, but they can be made into reasonable R and R1s if detailed. I've seen people make 0-4-4s out of them too. 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 3 hours ago, TurboSnail said: Not so much of a pugbash, but they can be made into reasonable R and R1s if detailed. I've seen people make 0-4-4s out of them too. I'm planning to keep a couple as R1s with some detailing and also make an 0-4-4. I've seen elsewhere that someone made a reasonable attempt at an H using an Airfix 14xx chassis and a pony truck, which is exactly what I want to do 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted February 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2020 4 hours ago, TurboSnail said: Not so much of a pugbash, but they can be made into reasonable R and R1s if detailed. I've seen people make 0-4-4s out of them too. That’s really nice. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 22 minutes ago, Corbs said: That’s really nice. The tenuous link to pugbashing is that it has a modified Jinty chassis and a plastic tube boiler. Has been fairly heavily bashed but not much pug! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted February 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) I think that the ‘spirit of pugbashing’ is really about taking old, cheap, tired stock and moulds and turning them into something new. Edited February 27, 2020 by Corbs 6 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 A bit of carving out of the insides of the worst of the bodies has it currently sitting on the 14xx chassis at what appears to be the right height although the side tanks do bulge out very slightly. Still, I'm pleased that what I'm intending is possible, also confirmed by what I read last night 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Sophia NSE said: A bit of carving out of the insides of the worst of the bodies has it currently sitting on the 14xx chassis at what appears to be the right height although the side tanks do bulge out very slightly. Still, I'm pleased that what I'm intending is possible, also confirmed by what I read last night Change the chimney and the front spectacle plate and that'll be a very respectable 0-4-2T, Sophia. Good thinking. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, RedGemAlchemist said: Change the chimney and the front spectacle plate and that'll be a very respectable 0-4-2T, Sophia. Good thinking. It will hopefully be my attempt at an SECR H class 0-4-4. The WKR needs a bigger tank engine for the hop pickers specials during the summer. Nellie might gain a leftover pagoda style cab... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 G'day Folks With a little more work, a nice 2-4-2T, could be made. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2020 If going down the freelance route and can get eight wheels under it - extended bunker I presume - then a 0-6-2T would be a good mixed-traffic type. But I think that Stirling's standardisation policy on the SER in the last two decades of the 19th century is overlooked - a true model of economy with just three classes accounting for three-quarters of the line's engines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Agreed. You can do a lot with this concept. Personally I'd shorten the bunker down a bit and make it a 0-4-2T, but that's because I like 0-4-2Ts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Go big or go home? 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinderMonkey Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 If you can shoehorn it/extend the body, go for it! I've thought of doing an 0-6-4 for a while, something in the spirit of a 'Flat Iron'. Will definitly pay keen attention if you follow this route. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2020 SECR Class J? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 26/02/2020 at 21:46, Sophia NSE said: What have I got myself into now??? Maybe you could backdate them into SECR colours? Just a thought. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Compound2632 said: SECR Class J? Ding ding, we have a winner! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 another conversion body, could be of use to somebody https://www.shapeways.com/product/EDCM4S82H/freelance-victorian-side-tank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunningham Loco & Machine Works Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Work continues, albeit very slowly... 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) A propos Percy, the Minitrains Baldwin 0-4-0ST wasn’t much different I couldn’t find a picture of the prototype, but I did find THIS, with its wrap-round 270 degree saddle tank, in the spirit of “a prototype for everything” ... extended saddle tanks reaching the footplate seem to have been an American practice, well established if not universal Edited March 2, 2020 by rockershovel 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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