Farleigh Wallop Railway

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Since I’ve been confined to quarters for the duration, and my O-gauge shunting plank is a bit inaccessible, I’ve been having a go at something a bit... different.

 

Having a bunch of old OO bits, and a supply of lolly sticks, cardboard and glue, I’ve put together a Rowland Emett style loco which sits atop a Hornby 0-4-0 chassis. Then a small diorama to display it.

 

 

Welcome to Chipping Polish, a small halt on the Farleigh Wallop Railway.

 

The wagon is scratch-built too. I currently have four, which is just enough for a simple shunting game.

Plans include making a loco from a radio controlled toy car, just to see if it’s possible.

 

More pictures to follow. 

 

PS thanks to Bob Downes of Tippy Ashwood for the inspiration!

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Loco, tank wagon and brake van.

 

Close up of the tank wagon and work-in-progress van.

 

And here are a couple of photos which hopefully give an idea of the construction. The wheels (Hornby) are held in place by a 5mm length of aluminium channel (1”), the sole-bars are 6mm wood, the floor is a piece of thick grey card.

The buffers are clout nails sitting inside brass eyelets, and the couplings are curtain hooks. 

Oh and the leaf-springs I’m quite proud of, I made one using some bottle plastic and bits of a biro, then cast lots of them in milliput!

 

All the wood is lolly sticks/coffee stirrers, the white stuff is card and the rivets are card punched with a leather belt punch (smallest hole).

 

 

I’m undecided if the van should be grey or Indian red...

[figworthy]

10 hours ago, Thunderforge said:

I’m undecided if the van should be grey or Indian red...

 

Indian red.  Grey seems rather indistinctive for such a vehicle.

 

Adrian

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I bought a small Bluetooth speaker the other day, and built a crate to hide it in. (Shrodinger’s Feline Delivery Co!)

Now I can send sound from my phone to my train. It ain’t quite to DCC standard, but is only twelve quid’s worth!

 

 

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Indian Red it is! (Still a little work to do on it)

 

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A slow day in the goods yard, one order of coal has been loaded, nameplates have been nailed to the tank wagon and someone put the brake van on the turntable. Mostly to show off the stove-pipe.

 

 

 

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This is how I make my wagons. These two are actually going to be carriages, but everything below the platform is the same.

 

Things I need;

Oh, also some clout nails which didn’t make it to the photo!

 

On the aluminium channel I put a dent with a centre-punch to locate the wheels, and force them wider by a few millimetres to get the right fit.

 

Then glue together using superglue on the aluminium and pva on the wood. Mostly lined up by eye before it sets; none of this is very exact, although I’m quite pleased that most of them sit squarely on the rails once finished.

 

 

If they are too wobbly I can always add another centre-punch hole or force the ‘legs’ with pliers.

 

 I’ll let this dry and continue tomorrow!

 

Edit: I wonder how many rivet-counting brass-kit scratch-builders are feeling queasy right now?! 

(Seriously though, much respect for anyone who does it properly!)

 

These bits are for the buffer beams. Apparently I bought oak, so they’re quite tough!

 

Picture hooks for coupling hooks, clout nails for buffers and brass eyelets for buffer mounts. The blue stuff is a mould for the leaf-springs, which are made from milliput.

 

Once the buffer beams are dry I superglue them to each end. The gaps are filled with pva, and the edges are sealed with it too.

 

 

Edited April 23, 2020 by Thunderforge

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The carriage ends are made from 5mm(?) foam-core, with a beam along the top. I’ve added one side (card) because I want to create an interior.

 

 

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Also doodling track plans!

(Now, was that coffee or paint water...?)

 

[DavidB-AU]

On 17/04/2020 at 07:54, Thunderforge said:

I bought a small Bluetooth speaker the other day, and built a crate to hide it in. (Shrodinger’s Feline Delivery Co!)

 

 

 

[TippY AshwooD]

Thank-you Thunder Forge for the "Shout Out".  I have just come across your images, and you have inspired me to Scratch build a little bit more of my Rolling stock.   I have been looking for a way of building chassis, and the aluminum frame is beyond a doubt,  a brilliant idea !  We look like we are both in the same camp.  Keeping the art of Modelmaking going with imagination, and keeping cost's low.  Do you have a U tub or Facebook channel I can follow you along your journey ?

 

Bob Downes