Spud's workbench: height restrictions apply!

[dud spud]

So I recently bought a box of spare parts, and had the idea to make an industrial engine using some of my own spare parts as well. I have a few options, as the list of parts contains the following:

• Smokey Joe saddle tank
• Hornby holden 101 smokebox
• Hornby holden 101 bunker
• Hornby 0-4-0 diesel shunter footplate/frames
• GWR city of truro cab
• Smokey Joe cab X2

My idea is the following: an engine with dumb buffers and a low cab to comply with height restrictions, looking like this (piston source recommendations?)

(apologies for the crudeness, I did my best!)

[sir douglas]

by how much the roof is lowered, the footplate should go down by the same

[rope runner]

Not necessarily, plenty of prototypes showing both practices. Several of the locos working for Dorman Long in Teeside never had a lowered footplate but did feature substantially cut down cabs and tank fittings. 

 

Paul A. 

[Hando]

3 hours ago, sir douglas said:

by how much the roof is lowered, the footplate should go down by the same

Is this what you were thinking?

 

[dud spud]

I do not have the skills to make the cut down footplate, so I will stick with the level footplate. I still need a source for the chassis, I used a production image from the Hattons barclay for an example. If anyone could suggest a cheap chassis with actual piston rods, not just a Hornby 0-4-0, that would be much appreciated. Current status of the model is as follows: 

- chassis is yet to be found

- tank is glued to smokebox

- modelling clay to be used for dumb buffers (unless anyone knows of a better solution?)

- bunker is glued to frames, awaiting coal to be added

- cab is waiting to be filed down as it has previously been cut very roughly (looks like it was ripped apart and covered with glue, I think I have the same glue)

Edited April 12, 2020 by dud spud

[maridunian]

For dumb buffers, use wood. Small offcuts of timber or even laminated coffee stirrers. Some dumb buffers had steel faceplates. 10 thou Plastic card for that? 

 

Mike

[dud spud]

15 hours ago, maridunian said:

For dumb buffers, use wood. Small offcuts of timber or even laminated coffee stirrers. Some dumb buffers had steel faceplates. 10 thou Plastic card for that? 

I didn't know they sometimes had steel faceplates, interesting. It would make sense, as it keeps the wood more intact.

Plastic card should be ideal for that.

Thanks!

[Hando]

Are you going for any specific build of loco?

Peckett, Hunslet, Bagnall, Manning Wardle, Hudswell Clarke etc.?

[dud spud]

None in particular, I'm just trying to make a loco that looks industrial using some of the stereotypical industrial features e.g saddle tank, sloped coal bunker, square frames ECT.

[dud spud]

It's been a short while since I posted here, so I wanted to give this topic a bit of a boost. The bunker has been glued to the frames and the smokebox has been glued to the saddle tank.

Will add pictures soon

[dud spud]

I'm curious, why did some engines owned by the NCB have wooden shutters on their cab windows? I've been looking at some pictures and I was confused. Is it to reduce fire risk from smoke in the cab?

[Ruston]

5 hours ago, dud spud said:

I'm curious, why did some engines owned by the NCB have wooden shutters on their cab windows? I've been looking at some pictures and I was confused. Is it to reduce fire risk from smoke in the cab?

It wasn't just NCB engines. Many industrials had home-made shutters fitted to cab sides to keep winter winds out in exposed locations.

Edited February 5, 2020 by Ruston

[dud spud]

Thank you, I was a bit confused.