Show us your Pugbashes, Nellieboshes, Desmondifications, Jintysteins

[GeraldH]

No prizes for guessing the origin of this one, although the height has been reduced somewhat.

 

[LNWR18901910]

No prizes for guessing the origin of this one, although the height has been reduced somewhat.

 

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It's the Hornby Toby the Tram Engine Model.

[Talltim]

It's the Hornby Toby the Tram Engine Model.

No prize for you!

[Tullygrainey]

Excellent bit of modelling. I love the detail and finish.

 

 

Thank you. I have trouble deciding when something is finished. The temptation is always to do a bit more, often to the detriment of the model. It's the same with layouts!

[Corbs]

No prizes for guessing the origin of this one, although the height has been reduced somewhat.

 

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Reducing the height is very effective. Makes it look longer and more squat.

 

 

I discovered this thread only a few days ago and I’ve been browsing it ever since. What a treasure trove of ingenuity and inspiration! Thanks all. I didn’t realise pug-bashing was such a popular pursuit. “Where’s he been?”  I hear you ask. All I can say is that “Where am I?” is a question I often ask myself.

 

As a dabbler in O-16.5, I have taken my razor saw to a few of Hornby’s  0-4-0 variants. Whilst the end products bear only a passing resemblance to anything in the real world, the process is thoroughly satisfying. Here are two of my flights-of-fancy. ‘Meelmore’ started life as a Hornby Caley Pug and ‘No. 15’ was one of those bright red Hornby Bagnall shunters before the surgery.

 

Alan

 

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I would never have guessed the origin of the diesel! Fantastic.

[RedGemAlchemist]

Hi, me again! No.3 Peter, newly finished, ready for your evaluation. I know it's not much of a Pugbash but it counts so here it is:

Repainted, motion cover things removed, actual buffers (from a really old Triang Jinty) added in place of the dumb ones, new chimney (from a Caley Pug) to turn it into an old Beyer Peacock tank.

Edited April 19, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist

[Barclay]

Well if we're looking at only slightly bashed pugs, here's another relic from the 80's - Airfix kit with new handrails and motorised using a Bristol Models chassis kit with Sharman wheels.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Barclay

[RedGemAlchemist]

Well if we're looking at only slightly bashed pugs, here's another relic from the 80's - Airfix kit with new handrails and motorised using a Bristol Models chassis kit with Sharman wheels.

 

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Nice. Mine was more aiming to produce something akin to a late 1890s RSH industrial. 

I really like the little green one on the right. 

[Tullygrainey]

Well if we're looking at only slightly bashed pugs, here's another relic from the 80's - Airfix kit with new handrails and motorised using a Bristol Models chassis kit with Sharman wheels.

 

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Nice modelling all round. Suitably gritty setting!

[Sandhole]

This is also pushing the edge of the envellope  for bashing Pugs.

Here is 51204, the cut down Pug as I saw her crossing the road at Bailey Gate Manchester as a little boy.

This is a 25 year old conversion of an origional Dapol Pug.

Still runs great.

I'm afraid I can't provide as good a background as Barclay, mine is still a work in progress.

My Impetus example is the truly tiny Lewin Engine.

                       Chris.

[RedGemAlchemist]

Another WIP Pugbash from the KLR workshops for you:

[Chris Chewter]

My entry into the pug modification thread.

 

 

I wanted to see if a Hornby LMS pug and a Hornby Caledonian pug could make an Avonside ‘Trojan’

 

The build thread can be found here:

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/96593-avonside-trojan-cut-n-shut/

[RedGemAlchemist]

My entry into the pug modification thread.

 

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I wanted to see if a Hornby LMS pug and a Hornby Caledonian pug could make an Avonside ‘Trojan’

 

The build thread can be found here:

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/96593-avonside-trojan-cut-n-shut/

Ah. You know your thread has been a big inspiration to me. I really wish to do something like this myself... but chickened out at the last second and just made the Beyer Peacock tank on post 357 instead because I really like the L&Y Pug anyway and couldn't bring myself to cut it up. At least not that one.

Edited April 17, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist

[GeraldH]

BNR No 7 is a Lima/Hornby hybrid with a few bits of Wrenn 08 and two large staples for glazing bars.

 

[Barclay]

Further to my recent post I felt quite sad putting my pugbash industrial back in a box. It was, after all, my very first industrial loco.

 

Then I remembered (as you do) that I had a spare 6 coupled chassis etch left over from that Impetus Bagnall build. The loco is about the same length as the Bagnall, and the chassis would fit perfectly if some obstructions under the running plate were ground off. Years ago I wouldn't countenance a 'freelance' like this but it sounds quite good fun and I think the proportions would be about right - it looks a bit like a Hawthorn Leslie apart from the cab. What do you think?

 

 

[rockershovel]

Why not? Companies like Bagnall and Peckett built locos from assemblages of stock parts all the time.

[RedGemAlchemist]

Me yet again, with a bash I think I showed as a WIP earlier on this thread. Directly inspired by relaxinghobby's earlier creation which I liked so much I have built my Kelsby Light Railway's No.7, Gremlin, out of a Nellie, a Caley Pug and a Triang Jinty.

Edited April 22, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist

[Sandhole]

This is not a Pug or Jinty, but a devils brew of Rivarossi 2-8-0, a very old Rivarossi 2-8-0 and the bits of a part built NuCast K1 kit I had in my 'Loft Insulation.'

I had a chat to the Alchemist about doing this, having seen his excellent Edward Bradleigh.

This really is a bits and pieces of a work in progress. Only just begun.

Here are a few shots.

The origonal model.

The chassis, the problem is the huge motor!

The tender with a size comparason with an L&Y A Class.

A sort of dry run with the bits of the kit.

I know it looks a bit like an O1, but I think I can lower it a bit and search my bits collection for a different cab and fittings.

I've got a Giesel ejector somewhere!

I'll post more when I've done more fiddling.

                  Chris.

[RedGemAlchemist]

This is not a Pug or Jinty, but a devils brew of Rivarossi 2-8-0, a very old Rivarossi 2-8-0 and the bits of a part built NuCast K1 kit I had in my 'Loft Insulation.'

I had a chat to the Alchemist about doing this, having seen his excellent Edward Bradleigh.

This really is a bits and pieces of a work in progress. Only just begun.

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The origonal model.

The chassis, the problem is the huge motor!

The tender with a size comparason with an L&Y A Class.

A sort of dry run with the bits of the kit.

I know it looks a bit like an O1, but I think I can lower it a bit and search my bits collection for a different cab and fittings.

I've got a Giesel ejector somewhere!

I'll post more when I've done more fiddling.

                  Chris.

You've taken inspiration from me and actually gone ahead with it? I'm genuinely flattered!

[Sandhole]

You've taken inspiration from me and actually gone ahead with it? I'm genuinely flattered!

You do good work.

Doing this stuff is a great way to combat 'Modellers Block'.

One can get too serious and lose sight of why we started in this hobby.

Keep up the good work.

                     Chris.

[RedGemAlchemist]

You do good work.

Doing this stuff is a great way to combat 'Modellers Block'.

One can get too serious and lose sight of why we started in this hobby.

Keep up the good work.

                     Chris.

Thanks. As someone who relies on RTRbashing to create his loco fleet, that fills me with pride. Especially as I've only been doing this properly since mid-February.

Your 2-8-0 is looking fantastic by the way. Excellent concept. Funny how you can just create such a nice looking loco by just slapping some bits together. Hell, I rely on that mentality to be honest.

Edited April 28, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist

[Stringfingerling]

Does this count?  It's a 7mm scale 0-4-0 based on a chopped up old "Smokey Joe" body.  The shortened saddle tank and the smoke box (which is extended vertically) are raised to resemble Corris Kerr Stuart No4.  The cab is sheet brass and the visible firebox is copper pipe.  It has lots of old lead type in it for ballast, and it runs on a recent Hornby (China) chassis.  The slide bars and piston are Hornby 28xx spares if I remember correctly.  Cylinders are from a kit that I bought and abandoned as a hopeless case.  The lining is done with Adobe Illustrator and printed onto printable decal paper.  More details on this if anyone would like them.

There's more pictures on my RMWeb blog page here:
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1200-stringfingerlings-blog/

Edited May 2, 2018 by Stringfingerling

[RedGemAlchemist]

Does this count? It's a 7mm scale 0-4-0 based on a chopped up old "Smokey Joe" body. The shortened saddle tank and the smoke box (which is extended vertically) are raised to resemble Corris Kerr Stuart No4. The cab is sheet brass and the visible firebox is copper pipe. It has lots of old lead type in it for ballast, and it runs on a recent Hornby (China) chassis. The slide bars and piston are Hornby 28xx spares if I remember correctly. Cylinders are from a kit that I bought and abandoned as a hopeless case. The lining is done with Adobe Illustrator and printed onto printable decal paper. More details on this if anyone would like them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTqS-RVxG1w

 

 

 

There's more pictures on my RMWeb blog page here:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1200-stringfingerlings-blog/

I'd say it most certainly does count!

[Tullygrainey]

Does this count?  It's a 7mm scale 0-4-0 based on a chopped up old "Smokey Joe" body.  The shortened saddle tank and the smoke box (which is extended vertically) are raised to resemble Corris Kerr Stuart No4.  The cab is sheet brass and the visible firebox is copper pipe.  It has lots of old lead type in it for ballast, and it runs on a recent Hornby (China) chassis.  The slide bars and piston are Hornby 28xx spares if I remember correctly.  Cylinders are from a kit that I bought and abandoned as a hopeless case.  The lining is done with Adobe Illustrator and printed onto printable decal paper.  More details on this if anyone would like them.

 

 

 

There's more pictures on my RMWeb blog page here:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1200-stringfingerlings-blog/

 

This is Pug-bashing of a very high order! A brilliant transformation and some very fine modelling. Judging from your videos, it runs pretty well too. 

[Stringfingerling]

This is Pug-bashing of a very high order! A brilliant transformation and some very fine modelling. Judging from your videos, it runs pretty well too. 

Thank you very much; that's very kind . I'm not an experienced loco builder and I'm very conscious that my knowledge of working with brass sheet is limited but I have studied parts of Guy Williams book and I'm learning :-) The loco runs really well and I think it's due to one or two things; firstly I spent a long time adjusting the wheels so that they were accurately quartered and making sure that the pickups were constantly in contact with all wheels. Secondly there is a lot of lead in the loco now in every available space. Thirdly I'm using an old ECM Compspeed CF controller which I bought in 1983 and which gives very good fine control . it's not on the level of DCC but it does show that these little Hornby motors can be made to work well . I remember reading an article by Gordon Gravett about his first narrow gauge layout in railway modeller back in the 80s and he described the Hornby 0-4-0 chassis as having the running characteristics of a startled rabbit :-)  Perhaps the Chinese ones are better?  If I build another narrow gauge loco I may try to use one of the old Portescap motors I still have from the 80's.  They were wonderfully smooth, and although they were only supposed to be used with specialised feedback controllers such as the Pentroller, I found that they would work very well with the Compspeed on my old EM gauge layout.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Stringfingerling