Sandhole Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Prototype for 00 gauge? I'll get my hat and coat... The Box Tank is Wrong!! But it is georgeous! A pity we can't see the wheelbase in clear detail! Worth a go though. Box tank and is that a Haycock Firebox? Joyous!!!! C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) The Box Tank is Wrong!! But it is georgeous! A pity we can't see the wheelbase in clear detail! Worth a go though. Box tank and is that a Haycock Firebox? Joyous!!!! C. Fortunately Miner was remarkably well photographedElectrotren chassis would do for this... Edited May 8, 2018 by Killian keane 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Having grown up in that part of the world, I highly recommend walking the parts of the railway converted to footpaths around Saundersfoot, Wiseman's Bridge and Stepaside, especially the tunnel through the cliff. In my youth I cycled the farm track from above Kilgetty towards Bonville's Court colliery. The mud in the lane (50 years after closure of the railway) was so abrasive with coal dust, my speedo drive wheel was worn smooth and unusable afterwards. Soon another (short) section of the trackbed will be walkable as a footpath is currently being installed on the section between Saundersfoot station and Fan Road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Fortunately Miner was remarkably well photographed Electrotren chassis would do for this... Thanks for posting that. C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 The latest with my Rivarossi Bash. The initial, very rough incarnation was, to all intents and purposes, a K1 stuffed on a compact 2-8-0 chassis. It looked, too much like a K1!!! I cleaned up the boiler and what part of the footplate I was using and made sure it sat down better on the chassis. looked a lot better, but that cab?!!! Enter the origional Italian cab. It looked far more primitive than that comfy Eastern cab!! It also works with the big boiler. At least I think it does! This is where it stands at the moment. There is still a lot of detail work to, is she left or right hand drive? mechanical or steam reverser? The front footplate needs sorting out. Do I keep the lights on the bufferbeam? Then comes 'Yer Mans' idea about tender drive with a cardan shaft!!! The picture of the naked chassis makes it clear that I could remove the motor and use the final drive as is!! I'm staying in the North East with my mate Coachbogie a week on Friday,for the Middlesborough Modex, I'll endeavour to get a message to Chris from High Level about drives!! The problem is, what started as an experiment has become a monster!!! A really great monster but a monster nontheless!!!! The tender will be only slightly mucked about with! Unless it ends up with a motor in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And because I have been bitten by this Hack Them Up And See bug!!! How about this 45 year old Fleishmann chassis? The shot with the Barclay and the Beast' gives a size comparison. Right, it is 16-00, I've got Butterflied Mackrell salad and 'tates to cook for tea. I'm in work at 05-00 on the airport tomorrow so I'm gone! Chris!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 IMG_20180510_150825.jpg IMG_20180510_150924.jpg IMG_20180510_150959.jpg IMG_20180510_151747.jpg IMG_20180510_151809.jpgThe latest with my Rivarossi Bash. The initial, very rough incarnation was, to all intents and purposes, a K1 stuffed on a compact 2-8-0 chassis. It looked, too much like a K1!!! I cleaned up the boiler and what part of the footplate I was using and made sure it sat down better on the chassis. looked a lot better, but that cab?!!! Enter the origional Italian cab. It looked far more primitive than that comfy Eastern cab!! It also works with the big boiler. At least I think it does! This is where it stands at the moment. There is still a lot of detail work to, is she left or right hand drive? mechanical or steam reverser? The front footplate needs sorting out. Do I keep the lights on the bufferbeam? Then comes 'Yer Mans' idea about tender drive with a cardan shaft!!! The picture of the naked chassis makes it clear that I could remove the motor and use the final drive as is!! I'm staying in the North East with my mate Coachbogie a week on Friday,for the Middlesborough Modex, I'll endeavour to get a message to Chris from High Level about drives!! The problem is, what started as an experiment has become a monster!!! A really great monster but a monster nontheless!!!! The tender will be only slightly mucked about with! Unless it ends up with a motor in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And because I have been bitten by this Hack Them Up And See bug!!! How about this 45 year old Fleishmann chassis? The shot with the Barclay and the Beast' gives a size comparison. Right, it is 16-00, I've got Butterflied Mackrell salad and 'tates to cook for tea. I'm in work at 05-00 on the airport tomorrow so I'm gone! Chris!! Wow, that is a real beast isn't it? Makes me somewhat proud that I helped inspire it. Love the proportions of it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynraven Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 This is Joan, who's nameplates have just arrived from Narrow Planet. Clearly a a pugbash and subject of my first post on this forum. Joan has a chimney and buffers from the lamented Mainly Trains. Other parts like the whistle and safety valves were from the parts box or plasticard. Her livery is a bit ornate for the National Coal Board but she is a "pet" loco. She needs a DCC Chip, replacement couplings and the nameplates fitting. She's seen here outside the screens of Gwynraven Colliery on some (deliberately) badly laid track. To cope with this, I am going to try and fit 4 extra sliding pick-ups under the cylinders and cab steps to help overcome stalling. I saw this on a 2mm scale forum but if it fails,a second set of pick-ups in a permanently attached wagon will do. Sorry about the random wires in the pic! She'll be shedded at Gwynraven Colliery's NCB Shed with much larger motive power and I hope to be sharing more of my South Wales layout through these pages soon. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullygrainey Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 IMG_9224.JPG This is Joan, who's nameplates have just arrived from Narrow Planet. Clearly a a pugbash and subject of my first post on this forum. Joan has a chimney and buffers from the lamented Mainly Trains. Other parts like the whistle and safety valves were from the parts box or plasticard. Her livery is a bit ornate for the National Coal Board but she is a "pet" loco. She needs a DCC Chip, replacement couplings and the nameplates fitting. She's seen here outside the screens of Gwynraven Colliery on some (deliberately) badly laid track. To cope with this, I am going to try and fit 4 extra sliding pick-ups under the cylinders and cab steps to help overcome stalling. I saw this on a 2mm scale forum but if it fails,a second set of pick-ups in a permanently attached wagon will do. Sorry about the random wires in the pic! She'll be shedded at Gwynraven Colliery's NCB Shed with much larger motive power and I hope to be sharing more of my South Wales layout through these pages soon. Very fine! Lovely attention to detail in the livery. How was the lining done? Look forward to hearing how you get on with adding the extra pickups. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 seen here outside the screens of Gwynraven Colliery on some (deliberately) badly laid track. To cope with this, I am going to try and fit 4 extra sliding pick-ups under the cylinders and cab steps to help overcome stalling. I saw this on a 2mm scale forum but if it fails,a second set of pick-ups in a permanently attached wagon will do. Sorry about the random wires in the pic! An ideal environment...and, an ideal candidate. for radio control, and rechargeable battery power, perhaps? No pickup worries with RC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 IMG_9224.JPG This is Joan, who's nameplates have just arrived from Narrow Planet. Clearly a a pugbash and subject of my first post on this forum. Joan has a chimney and buffers from the lamented Mainly Trains. Other parts like the whistle and safety valves were from the parts box or plasticard. Her livery is a bit ornate for the National Coal Board but she is a "pet" loco. She needs a DCC Chip, replacement couplings and the nameplates fitting. She's seen here outside the screens of Gwynraven Colliery on some (deliberately) badly laid track. To cope with this, I am going to try and fit 4 extra sliding pick-ups under the cylinders and cab steps to help overcome stalling. I saw this on a 2mm scale forum but if it fails,a second set of pick-ups in a permanently attached wagon will do. Sorry about the random wires in the pic! She'll be shedded at Gwynraven Colliery's NCB Shed with much larger motive power and I hope to be sharing more of my South Wales layout through these pages soon. Beautiful little Peckett there! Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynraven Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Very fine! Lovely attention to detail in the livery. How was the lining done? Look forward to hearing how you get on with adding the extra pickups. Alan Lining is always tricky isn't it! I did Joan with HMRS Pressfix GWR lining and a large scotch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynraven Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 An ideal environment...and, an ideal candidate. for radio control, and rechargeable battery power, perhaps? No pickup worries with RC. Not sure where I'd put the battery and if it had to go in a wagon, I'd be just as well using the wagon as extra pickups...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynraven Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 So I finally found my way to the back of the storage unit and pulled out my South Wales Stock.So here is the official portrait of Joan, a freelance 0-4-0 pugbash in the style of a Peckett. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 So I finally found my way to the back of the storage unit and pulled out my South Wales Stock.So here is the official portrait of Joan, a freelance 0-4-0 pugbash in the style of a Peckett. IMG_9744.JPG IMG_9745.JPG Still beautiful, though she does show her age a bit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynraven Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Still beautiful, though she does show her age a bit. At a third of the cost of a Hornby Peckett,she is cheap too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 At a third of the cost of a Hornby Peckett,she is cheap too! Cheap compared to an RTR Pug too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringfingerling Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Here's my "Kerr Stuart ish" 0-4-0 again. It's my first attempt at building a loco from bits. It sits on a much chopped up Hornby "Percy" chassis which runs amazingly well with tweaking and ballast (old redundant lead type). The saddle tank is cut down from a Hornby "Smokey Joe" body, the chassis of which now runs around under my Grandson's "Percy". I purloined the "Percy" chassis as the Chinese chassis seems to be much better than the Margate one. The rear body work and the additions at the front are either brass sheet or nickel silver scrap etch. The glazing is courtesy of Krystal Kleer. The rather over-sized slide bars are Hornby 28xx spares, and the cylinders are from an abandoned NG kit. The camera is a cruel teller of truths but I'm very fond of this little engine and I'm looking forward to building some slate wagons for it to pull around. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 IMG_20180510_150825.jpgIMG_20180510_150924.jpgIMG_20180510_150959.jpgIMG_20180510_151747.jpgIMG_20180510_151809.jpgThe latest with my Rivarossi Bash. The initial, very rough incarnation was, to all intents and purposes, a K1 stuffed on a compact 2-8-0 chassis. It looked, too much like a K1!!! I cleaned up the boiler and what part of the footplate I was using and made sure it sat down better on the chassis. looked a lot better, but that cab?!!! Enter the origional Italian cab. It looked far more primitive than that comfy Eastern cab!! It also works with the big boiler. At least I think it does! This is where it stands at the moment. There is still a lot of detail work to, is she left or right hand drive? mechanical or steam reverser? The front footplate needs sorting out. Do I keep the lights on the bufferbeam? Then comes 'Yer Mans' idea about tender drive with a cardan shaft!!! The picture of the naked chassis makes it clear that I could remove the motor and use the final drive as is!! I'm staying in the North East with my mate Coachbogie a week on Friday,for the Middlesborough Modex, I'll endeavour to get a message to Chris from High Level about drives!! The problem is, what started as an experiment has become a monster!!! A really great monster but a monster nontheless!!!! The tender will be only slightly mucked about with! Unless it ends up with a motor in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And because I have been bitten by this Hack Them Up And See bug!!! How about this 45 year old Fleishmann chassis? The shot with the Barclay and the Beast' gives a size comparison. Right, it is 16-00, I've got Butterflied Mackrell salad and 'tates to cook for tea. I'm in work at 05-00 on the airport tomorrow so I'm gone! Chris!! Gosh! I love that Rivarossi 2-8-0 Consolidation. It's like a freelance 2-8-0 brought to life! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Gosh! I love that Rivarossi 2-8-0 Consolidation. It's like a freelance 2-8-0 brought to life! Because it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard 5374 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 A OO9 0-6-0 of no real origin. Dapol Pug Footplate and saddle tank, Hornby 700 chimney, Bachmann J72 cab and a Bachmann USA 0-8-0 chassis.Big, brutish, horrible and probably not something that would work in real life. Doesn't mean I don't like it however. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderforge Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I wanted to post my little work in progress, but it’s all scratch built so wouldn’t count... and then I remembered, the wheels are from an old Smokey Joe! Project is stalled for a moment while I’m waiting for a disc cutter to arrive. This is an awesome thread by the way, very inspiring and clever conversions in here. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 A OO9 0-6-0 of no real origin. Dapol Pug Footplate and saddle tank, Hornby 700 chimney, Bachmann J72 cab and a Bachmann USA 0-8-0 chassis. Big, brutish, horrible and probably not something that would work in real life. Doesn't mean I don't like it however. looks just like the Hudswell 0-8-0 in Riga 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Look at that bunker in the video, propped up on brackets sticking out over the knuckle coupling/buffer. It must be an add-on? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullygrainey Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) I love the variety in this thread. And the imagination which drives it. Here's my attempt at a suggestion of slidebar/crosshead on the Hornby 0-4-0 chassis. Mostly brass wire, tube and scrap etch. The cylinders are cut from the barrel of a disposable propelling pencil. Not too accurate but it works Edited December 14, 2022 by Tullygrainey 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderforge Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Nice! Is that a cut down funnel or replacement? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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