BernardTPM Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) Playcraft 0-4-0T - clockwork and electric. In 0 the Big Big Train 0-6-0T had a similar look too. Edited April 15, 2021 by BernardTPM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Goat Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 On 15/04/2021 at 06:24, Ben B said: The Triang/Hornby loco looks more Germanic to me, hints of the BR80? I wonder if you'd do better with the Joueff/Playcraft clockwork tank loco, they turn up on ebay very frequently, and have a vaguely USA-tank look about them. The electric versions have masive motors in them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 A bit like this.....? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Or, the Lima version........? Both 0-4-0's but, we're bashin'! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Hi 33C, Lovely engines, But i cannot help but have a preference for the Lima one. Maybe it is the valve gear or the cut of the water tanks. But both well done. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Neither have visible valve gear. The Lima one does have a slidebar though. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted April 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) A fun crane tank pugbash spotted on eBay by Morris Modelling: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-based-OO-Lion-Works-Crane-Loco-0-4-2-ST-Black-Gold-Livery-one-off-Build/265129649561?hash=item3dbaf56599:g:Y8QAAOSwysBgfYdQ Edited April 19, 2021 by Corbs 12 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your neighborhood GWR diesel Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Incredible! I’ve always loved crane tanks... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your neighborhood GWR diesel Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Wow, that van! Maybe it should be put on a motorized chassis like on top gear? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 22/04/2021 at 21:44, ianmacc said: Edit! Sorry just realised this is in the wrong thread guys!! Two eBay items. A lovely veteran locomotive and a ghastly beyond words 3D printed campervan! Don’t know how to link but you can search the listings Which is the thread with eBay abominations please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 22/04/2021 at 21:44, ianmacc said: Edit! Sorry just realised this is in the wrong thread guys!! Two eBay items. A lovely veteran locomotive and a ghastly beyond words 3D printed campervan! Don’t know how to link but you can search the listings Which is the thread with eBay abominations please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted April 24, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2021 2 hours ago, ianmacc said: Which is the thread with eBay abominations please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Corbs said: Ta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 On 17/01/2020 at 11:18, Compound2632 said: A little bit more digging shows that it is a six-wheeler... And it has four-wheeled coaches... but not as we know them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Martin S-C said: And it has four-wheeled coaches... but not as we know them. Is that what this is? http://www.tramz.com/br/rj/vj/vj.html On 23/04/2021 at 15:48, Your neighborhood GWR diesel said: Wow, that van! Maybe it should be put on a motorized chassis like on top gear? Or like this? It's an 009 rail-van - basically a Kato 11-104 with the ends chopped off and then stuffed into the body of a Triang Minix Ford Thames van. It awaits a slightly more detailed and realistic paint job but runs reasonably well. Amazingly the 11-104 wheelbase is the same as the van's wheel arches. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangoOscarMike Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) There are steps at the back of my streamlined tender, and I have some 3D printed knobs for handrails. My first set of knobs were too fragile, and also a little too tall, so I redesigned them. The new ones (a little bit shorter and fatter) are on the right. The new ones are also rather delicate - one was missing from the flat plate "sprue" when they arrived (I had to override Shapways' we-won't-print-this-it's-too-flimsy). Each row of four knobs has holes in a line, the idea being to thread the handrail through the four holes before snapping them of the plate, thus: The handrail in this case is a musical instrument string (a mandolin E string, I think), which is thin enough to go through the holes and suitably springy. The purpose of the string at this point is to stop me from losing the knobs, and to hold them in rough alignment when I fit them into the holes in the tender (after drilling out the holes). This string may or may not actually become the handrail in the finished tender - I might go for the slightly thicker A string. Edited July 26, 2023 by TangoOscarMike Restoring pictures 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 My lil wing tank Bealie (shared her before) kept doing wheelies, so today I gave her a rear wheelset to fix this fits snugly and rolls well, has lots of side play too for tight bends 14 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your neighborhood GWR diesel Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 On 25/04/2021 at 14:54, 009 micro modeller said: Is that what this is? http://www.tramz.com/br/rj/vj/vj.html Or like this? It's an 009 rail-van - basically a Kato 11-104 with the ends chopped off and then stuffed into the body of a Triang Minix Ford Thames van. It awaits a slightly more detailed and realistic paint job but runs reasonably well. Amazingly the 11-104 wheelbase is the same as the van's wheel arches. Beautiful! Kind of looks like the VW bus rail maintenance cars in West Germany. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Your neighborhood GWR diesel said: Beautiful! Kind of looks like the VW bus rail maintenance cars in West Germany. Thank you. I was going to try with a car but you need the space inside the van to fit the Kato chassis in. It helps that the wheelbase is the same. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarry-Steam65 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 10 hours ago, SteelAndSoot said: My lil wing tank Bealie (shared her before) kept doing wheelies, so today I gave her a rear wheelset to fix this fits snugly and rolls well, has lots of side play too for tight bends Can I just say, that’s a fine pair of steam roller wheels? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your neighborhood GWR diesel Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Someday I’m actually going to start my own and not just watch people halfway across the world online... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockalaucher101 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 So I just bought one of those toy story loco's off ebay... And I have a spare set of Black 5 wheels... I think you can see where I'm going with this 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I must have missed that memo sorry Just run it by me again - toy story loco, black 5 wheels? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Dunno, but it sounds very interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Beattie well tank! Sharp Stewart! 02 tank! FAB 1! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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