mike hughes Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 11/10/2019 at 11:17, Scale7JB said: Well the etches have arrived. Unfortunately the etchers have missed some artwork, so will need I wait for a new sheet to arrive before I can crack on with a test build. JB. When I first started doing drawings for etching, I used a blue roughly same colour as you only to be told it needed to be much lighter (Cyan) as they couldn't pick it up Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Very interesting Michael, in theory so long as one is using layers, it shouldn't matter what colours you use, as the etchers concert it all to black and white in the final process. JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 The bit I've been waiting for.. JB. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Well, the bogie went together better than I could have expected, absolute joy to build. There is a lot of detail missing from this spurring from the rear etch problem on this sheet, but needs to be built to check other clearances. JB. 8 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted October 17, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2019 A work of art Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 39 minutes ago, Bucoops said: A work of art Thankyou..! It's only years of building lots of kits and working out how I would design things better though. JB. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AdeMoore Posted October 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2019 Agree with Rich work of art. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 14 hours ago, AdeMoore said: Agree with Rich work of art. Thanks Ade!! JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 Well, plenty going on with the loco... This is still a speed build rather than a beauty pageant. Shown in the pictures is the ashpan, smokebox, boiler barrel and firebox wrapper. Also I have put together one of the lead driving wheel splashers. JB. 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 One of my pet hates with buffer beams is sometimes having to guess where they need to be in relation to valances, especially when they don't reach all the way to the edges of the footplate like those on the D16. Tack them down, check, add heat to remove because they're not quite centre, solder spreads, even more to clean up before you can reattach and try again. These are self locating! JB. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Not sure I ever showed the ashpan assembly.. JB. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 I'm going to come clean, and I show this with the massive caveat that this is still the faulty etch with a through etch rather than rear etch, so I got the curves as close as I could without having something to truly form against, hence the wonky footplate in the shot of the cab. The foot plate is too long by around 3.5mm which puts everything out of kilter, though I have found the error easy to fix). Also the shelf that the smokebox sits on is too low. Took me a while to find out why, but looks like the frames aren't deep enough around that area, and that has passed through into affecting one or two other areas (this may take a little longer as I need to keep an eye out for a knock-on effect). JB. 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Well its been a while, and an awful lot longer than i'd hoped, but i really wanted to make sure version 2.0 is as correct as I can make it. I hope there isn't a need for a version 3.0! Probably 60-70 adjustments/modifications/improvements in all. It will be a much better kit now. Artwork sent off today, and so I hope to have a built, though not necessarily running loco for placement on the Love Lane layout at the Bristol O Gauge Group show in a couple of weeks time. I have decided I will need to draw up the tender for the D16 as no one has yet designed the particular version required. JB. Edited January 9, 2020 by Scale7JB Bad punctuation. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Etch V2.0 has arrived and looking much better. Building starts in earnest to get it together before the Bristol O Gauge show in a weeks time. Just need to find my work bench underneath all the bits of Etch V1.0.. JB. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Well thankfully the footplate is now the correct length. As mentioned previously this was bad housekeeping whilst I was still working in TurboCad Mac Pro, a hateful program. Found some of that Finney7 solder. Think it may run out tomorrow though.. I tried to find a way to make curving the footplate easier, mostly by putting half etch markings on the underside of the footplate to tell the builder where to start and stop the curves in relation to the curves on the valance. I think it certainly helped a bit but not sure how much in relation to the dimples that have resulted in the top edge of the footplate. I'll find out if they're still visible after painting. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbler Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Looks a beaut. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, gobbler said: Looks a beaut. Thanks!! so far this morning.. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Plenty of progress today.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 As of last night. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 My favourite part of the kit. Bogie Mk2. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Been concentrating on the bogie which should be finished tomorrow, but tonight thought inwouldnlooknat something different. Possibly the most difficult part of the kit - Cab side and front sheets. Over the moon with how it worked out. The splasher is not soldered on to the footplate just yet. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Progress.. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2020 Wow! The detail is amazing 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Bogie progressed far enough for a test build. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AdeMoore Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 Brilliant that, the whole thing is looking stonkingly good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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