great central Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) On 13/10/2020 at 07:12, Enterprisingwestern said: Sorry duplicate post Edited November 8, 2020 by great central Add last sentence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 On 13/10/2020 at 07:12, Enterprisingwestern said: Due to the crazy way the current railway operates, 9T79 nowadays is likely to a WCML Pendolino working or some such! Mike A bit of thread swerve, 9T79 today is the 14.32 Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5. Promise I won't make a habit of this. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2020 30 minutes ago, great central said: A bit of thread swerve, 9T79 today is the 14.32 Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5. 29 minutes ago, great central said: A bit of thread swerve, 9T79 today is the 14.32 Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5. Promise I won't make a habit of this. 1 minute ago, great central said: A bit of thread swerve, 9T79 today is the 14.32 Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 5. Promise I won't make a habit of this. Seriously????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: Seriously????? Sorry about the duplicate posts, when I pressed save reply it came back with wait for 17 seconds, so I did but it didn't then let me see the post, so I tried again, and again! Arrgghhh 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted November 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2020 More work on the 1361 this week. It looks better with the tank on. The tank wrapper is etched with overlays for the top plates, three wires peg it to the cab front, the front will rest on brackets from the boiler. Saddle tanks are not rested directly on the boile cladding although they are often fixed to the smokebox - they couldn't be fixed at both ends or the boiler wouldn't be free to expand lengthways. The cab is finished now, this one has the original roof, next job will be to fit the injectors and tank support brackets to the boiler - might all be finished next week. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted November 18, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2020 I put this on the Judith Edge kits thread but it might be worth repeating it here. Etch for the LMS high sided tender I built for 40936 - only one available (I have two but one already booked by Blandford on here) and it won't be repeated, price is £32 + £1.50 postage. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted November 20, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2020 The tender has now gone - didn't take long! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Michael Edge Posted November 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2020 1361 now finished, ready to go to Ian Rathbone for painting. The tanks and balance pipe are just rested in place for now, when it's painted the tank is pegged to the cab front with three short wires and the front end will be glued to the support brackets from the boiler. The balance pipe locates in holes under the tank. Frames and wheels painted now in my usual way, the slidebars pegged through the cylinders and soldered to the bracket and front cylinder ends. The front cylinder cover is not intended to be left bright, although some painters seem to think this, it's just that they go on after painting. The crosshead vacuum pump is added last since it's now impossible to get the RH connecting rod and crosshead off the loco. There was very little clearance for the coupling rod behind the crosshead and I had to make some thin nuts to retain it. The leading sandboxes had to be fixed under the footplate which is why they aren't painted, the sandpipes are soldered to the cylinder covers and just locate in the boxes when assembled. As usual the first run under power was at this stage - and it runs perfectly. This is one of two, another to be built next year with the later tall chimney - the original one here looks a bit odd being noticeably lower than the dome, presumably it was just a standard one stuck on and later replaced. 17 1 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted December 6, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2020 latest test track view The 1361 is still here, Q4 has moved on a bit now and the etch for the 05 controls has arrived so that will be moving this week. Steelman frames are part of some experiments to replace the Bullant drive it was designed around. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted December 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, Michael Edge said: latest test track view The 1361 is still here, Q4 has moved on a bit now and the etch for the 05 controls has arrived so that will be moving this week. Steelman frames are part of some experiments to replace the Bullant drive it was designed around. Is that an O4 at the left Mike? Is it an existing kit or a home brew? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted December 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2020 A J94 with outside cylinders and valve gear at the back??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted December 6, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2020 2 hours ago, t-b-g said: Is that an O4 at the left Mike? Is it an existing kit or a home brew? I mentioned the O4 a while back somewhere, I acquired it as a running frame years ago - possibly built by Peter Everton. It's now got a new gearbox and motor and I've started building the rest of it as an O4/5. There are some of my etched parts in there and I might yet replace the motion - but at the moment it runs very well so I'll build the rest of it first and I now have two tenders to build. Building the same tender over and over again is one of the really boring parts of modelling the GC and CLC. The outside cylinder J94 must remain a mystery for now but I'm sure you'll hear about on here eventually..... 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Michael Edge Posted December 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2020 Another job started this week. This is a Little Engines D10 kit, not bad so far and quite accurate dimensionally. Seen here buffered up to mine built from our etch. It has needed quite a lot of filling and cleaning up in places, bogie wheels are the ones that came in the kit and will be replaced in due course. The kit came to me with a DS10 motor and fiarly basic gearbox but this wasn't going too be man enough for the very heavy cast body so it was replaced by a high Level Roadrunner+ and a Mabuchi motor. This fits quite nicely in the firebox and boiler. The machined spacers were designed for 1/16" thick frames but washers each side pack the etched frames out to a more reasonable width. The big screw heads will be covered by the leading sandboxes. The third photo shows the modification to put in some compensation to share out all that weight. I used the frames to jig drill two compensating beams which connect the driving axles, pivot pins can be seen between the drivers. The bogie sits directly under the frames with no springing to form one leg of the three, the other two being the beam pivots. The Q4 is now finished, just waiting for a tender - that's three almost identical ones to build now. The buffers aren't fitted yet, they will go in after it has been washed and grit blasted. The motor in this one is an n30 on a High Level gearbox which might be a bit underpowered, unless it improves with running in but I might have to be careful about how much weight goes in it. It will only be used for the colliery trip on Wentworth Junction though and that only involves getting about 15-20 empty wagons out of the fiddle yard - on the way back with the fulls it will have a banker as well. 20 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted December 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 06/12/2020 at 14:20, Michael Edge said: snip< The outside cylinder J94 must remain a mystery for now but I'm sure you'll hear about on here eventually..... hmm! The big end is somewhat familiar..... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted December 14, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2020 More on the Little Engines D10 today. The loco compares quite well with our etched version but the tender is bit of a mish mash. The tank comes out slightly narrower than the normal 4000 gallon tender but the detail castings fro the front end are from the wider self trimming variety so it will need a new bunker front, The coal space is more like the self trimming one but not as wide as it should be for that - it will do for this one but will need plenty of coal in it. The designer obviously didn't realise he was looking at two different tenders - possibly the drawings for the one he wanted and photos of Butler Henderson. Mostly details now, all the big bits are done. 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Richard_A Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 If you don't need the ds10 Mike, would you be interested in selling it as I have a few alexander models diesel kits which could use it. Best regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, rka said: If you don't need the ds10 Mike, would you be interested in selling it as I have a few alexander models diesel kits which could use it. Best regards Richard If you can find them, Mashimas fit well 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Richard_A Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 43 minutes ago, Bucoops said: If you can find them, Mashimas fit well cheers, which type is that? best regards Richard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, rka said: cheers, which type is that? best regards Richard. Found it - 1015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted December 17, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2020 The DS10 is available from Branchlines as a Hanozono 10x24. I think the one I have may have had its shaft cut short at one end - for motor bogies like that I use Mitsumi motors but double ended ones can be hard to find sometimes. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 40 minutes ago, Michael Edge said: The DS10 is available from Branchlines as a Hanozono 10x24. I think the one I have may have had its shaft cut short at one end - for motor bogies like that I use Mitsumi motors but double ended ones can be hard to find sometimes. Are those your 76 or the centre cab banker bogies? I have a brass Tommy to build, it came from Ebay with motor bogies. Yours look one hell of a lot simpler. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 14/12/2020 at 18:05, Michael Edge said: More on the Little Engines D10 today. The loco compares quite well with our etched version but the tender is bit of a mish mash. The tank comes out slightly narrower than the normal 4000 gallon tender but the detail castings fro the front end are from the wider self trimming variety so it will need a new bunker front, The coal space is more like the self trimming one but not as wide as it should be for that - it will do for this one but will need plenty of coal in it. The designer obviously didn't realise he was looking at two different tenders - possibly the drawings for the one he wanted and photos of Butler Henderson. Mostly details now, all the big bits are done. The Dorman Sentinel is still there. Just letting you know I'm still in the market for at least one. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Sandhole said: The Dorman Sentinel is still there. Just letting you know I'm still in the market for at least one. You and me both. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Michael Edge said: .... I use Mitsumi motors but double ended ones can be hard to find sometimes. When all else fails - I have ample stocks of double-shafted Mitsumi motors. John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. https://www.cctrans.org.uk/products.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted December 18, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Sandhole said: Are those your 76 or the centre cab banker bogies? I have a brass Tommy to build, it came from Ebay with motor bogies. Yours look one hell of a lot simpler. These are for an EF1 so same as 26510. I have done a similar arrangement for the EM1 but it isn't in production yet. Good to know there are plenty of the double ended motors available, they are just about ideal for these locos in terms of power and speed range. The DL Sentinel will move on at some point, it's waiting for sandbox and boiler patterns to be made but there's another test etch to be built as well before it goes into production. Meanwhile there's a long queue of other test etches in 4mm and 7mm scales, the D10 is the last job in line for finishing before Christmas though. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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