RMweb Gold Corbs Posted July 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2020 Maybe some Percy Pigs 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Alex TM said: Possibly add a sedative (strong drink)? If it was me, it'd more likely be snacks. Say a box of pretzels or some Doritos and salsa. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Hi all, I suggest large amounts of Vodka. If it gets to look really bleary to you after a few you will not know quite what a monster you have built. You might even get some sleep as it stalks it's way round you railway causing fear and mayhem to you other engines.... 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackRoomBoffin Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Corbs said: Maybe some Percy Pigs Ooh, no. Brown ale and baklava, round here. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackRoomBoffin Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 hours ago, cypherman said: Hi all, I suggest large amounts of Vodka. If it gets to look really bleary to you after a few you will not know quite what a monster you have built. You might even get some sleep as it stalks it's way round you railway causing fear and mayhem to you other engines.... I'm thinking it will be more of an 'ancient thing from the crypt' (my pen has been considering the work of Craven, Conner, Bromley, England, various Leeds manufactories, several Scottish brothers and that bloke who liked orange). Don't watch this space. I work slow and budget is such that necessary acquisitions will be veeeryyyy caaaarefulllyyyy spaaaaaced. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 hours ago, cypherman said: You might even get some sleep as it stalks it's way round you railway causing fear and mayhem to you other engines. Sounds like one of my designs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 If you have a shop like a Wilkinson, B & M Bargains or Pound-Shop or even a traditional small hardware shop, or the craft and tool section of Boyes. Maybe one of the big retail park like Screwfix, Wicks Builder Centre and B &Q. Look for a Junior hack saw, small files, set of drill bits with small sizes. super-glues and glues for plastic although you can do everything with super-glue, craft knife the extendable snap off blade type is good. Cutting mat or a sheet of cardboard or ply wood to protect the work table. Yogurt pots and hard plastic food packaging provides some useful materials. All good stuff at bargain prices, before you send him make sure Igor is well trained. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I find the flat files sold for sharpening chainsaws perfect for modelling and quite cheap, a small vice was another thing I did without for years and now wonder why. Thick superglue like THIS has proved very useful too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Here is PECOs answer to a tool kit, they also do a separate track layers tool kit. This was in the £26 to £36 cost range. So there is a comparison for you. They have included a metal ruler I forgot that in my list, not sure if you need the side cutters, an ordinary pair of general purpose pliers would be more useful perhaps. the blue back ground is a cutting mat, the printed grid is always useful when glueing stuff together squarly like the four sides of a wagon or house kit. Lidl and Aldi supermarkets often do useful tool sets, not bad quality at a good price. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 4 hours ago, relaxinghobby said: Here is PECOs answer to a tool kit, they also do a separate track layers tool kit. This was in the £26 to £36 cost range. So there is a comparison for you. They have included a metal ruler I forgot that in my list, not sure if you need the side cutters, an ordinary pair of general purpose pliers would be more useful perhaps. the blue back ground is a cutting mat, the printed grid is always useful when glueing stuff together squarly like the four sides of a wagon or house kit. Lidl and Aldi supermarkets often do useful tool sets, not bad quality at a good price. Hi all, I think that is rather expensive for what you get. I can get everything they show there for less than £20.00 at my local hardware/sells everything shop. Only thing you would not get would be the handy guide. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Handy Guide, what happened to all the summer annuals and specials that came out this time of year to cover the holiday period. They would be full of how-to-do advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 been waiting for her to be finished before posting another image of Bealie. I posted an image of her in early stages of development months ago, well this is her finished 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post relaxinghobby Posted August 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2020 A Nellie bash, well on the way. It gets less Nellie towards the front. Bachmann USA 4-4-0 tender loco provides the underpinnings. 30 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 Ooh I like that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 That is very pretty! I wonder if you could incline the cylinders further for a Beyer Peacock sort of a look too? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 very Lynn & Fakenham 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Hi all. Big fanfare to introduce the new and imaginary improved 2-10-0 Stanierstien..... lol 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 A monster hump shunter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 23 hours ago, relaxinghobby said: A Nellie bash, well on the way. It gets less Nellie towards the front. Bachmann USA 4-4-0 tender loco provides the underpinnings. Cute. Looks like one of the Highland Railway tanks. 2 hours ago, cypherman said: Hi all. Big fanfare to introduce the new and imaginary improved 2-10-0 Stanierstien..... lol That looks really natural and really cool actually. Like something Stanier would actually design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 19 hours ago, sir douglas said: very Lynn & Fakenham 19 hours ago, Ben B said: That is very pretty! I wonder if you could incline the cylinders further for a Beyer Peacock sort of a look too? How to modify cylinder angle maybe? The area between the two dotted lines is a plastic saddle that holds the two cylinders. Above and below are two metal chassis extensions, coming forward from the main chassis and it's all held together by a vertical screw indicated by the arrow. The cylinder saddle could I suppose be filed to an angle and packed out with washers or a wedge shaped piece of plasticard and securely held in with that screw. A mechanical modification that some may be confident to try to get that inclined cylinder Metro tank Beyer Peacock look. Although the chassis is a bit small for one of those? My inspiration is this MGNR tank, is this a Lynn and Fakenham engine. The donor engine is one of these an H0 Baldwin 4-4-0 by Bachmann from a second hand stall back when exhibitions happened. Which provides a modern chassis with two stage gearing and lots of brake detail and those yummy cylinders and valve gear. H0 stuff is surprisingly small compared to 00, I though this loco could be made into a small UK type branch line 4-4-0 tender engine, but back home I found in practice with it's 18mm wheels and 25mm wheel base it is small enough to fit inside a Polly/Nellie body shell. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 minute ago, relaxinghobby said: How to modify cylinder angle maybe? The area between the two dotted lines is a plastic saddle that holds the two cylinders. Above and below are two metal chassis extensions, coming forward from the main chassis and it's all held together by a vertical screw indicated by the arrow. The cylinder saddle could I suppose be filed to an angle and packed out with washers or a wedge shaped piece of plasticard and securely held in with that screw. A mechanical modification that some may be confident to try to get that inclined cylinder Metro tank Beyer Peacock look. Although the chassis is a bit small for one of those? My inspiration is this MGNR tank, is this a Lynn and Fakenham engine. Oh, God. How did I not notice a local (to me) engine? Derp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, cypherman said: Hi all. Big fanfare to introduce the new and imaginary improved 2-10-0 Stanierstien..... lol Stanier? How did you pass up the opportunity to call it the Big Riddler? Edited August 10, 2020 by Corbs 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 10/08/2020 at 16:58, RedGemAlchemist said: Oh, God. How did I not notice a local (to me) engine? Derp. These little loco's and their owners the Lynn and Fakenham where quickly absorbed by larger and larger railways and ended up in the Midland and Great Northern Railway and survived into the 1930s. There were seven of these, the one in the photo with the old Pullman coach had been lent to the Midland Railway for trial push pull trains. You can try and unpick the complexity here https://www.lner.info/co/MGN/locomotives.php A loco like this would be realistic on any imaginary light railway or industrial network. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pugbash Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 i've had a bit of a think, come up with 2 things that would be pugbashable. A killin pug, can be easily made from a nellie cab and a normal Hornby smokey joe pug An 0-6-0 L&Y pug, which can be easily made from 2 pug kits (heck will probably build one myself soon) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Could almost get another axle under that stretch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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