Nyeti's 7mm narrow gauge

[Nyeti]

Hello denizens!  I thought it's about time I started posting here after a while lurking in the background.

 

Like many modellers I started out as a schoolboy building an OO gauge roundy-roundy (a GWR branch line of course) with my dad.  Time passed, family crises happened, I went to college and university, and after a few years found myself working on the big railway as a design engineer.

Old instincts stirred and I felt the urge to get back into modelling.  With the OO stock out of reach I might as well start completely from scratch and decided on O9 for heft, charm, detail, freedom to scratch- and kit-build, and minimum use of space.  I was living in a one-bed flat after all.

 

What started with an Arnold starter set and a secondhand Amstrad computer case turned into my first micro, Townshend Gardens.  It's a pleasure railway set somewhere in an English town circa 2000, a compact tribute to my love of the Ratty, BVR, and MVR, and named after my friend Jess.

 

The entire layout.  Fully functional and scenicked, but I've not yet added much detail... just to keep it portable, honest.

 

"Peridot", an MG Models body on an Arnold chassis, and "Pumpkin", an A1 Models body on a Tomytec chassis, sit at the platform with their simple scratchbuilt trains.

 

A new addition to the O9 loco roster is "Connie", an Egger-Bahn steam loco modified with a mostly 3D printed cab and bunkers.  More on that later 

 

[Dava]

Delightful. 
 

Look forward to seeing more.

 

[Nyeti]

Thank you @Dava!

 

As time went on - and encouraged by the 7mmNGA and the low cost of mechanisms - I decided to branch out into O16.5.

 

My first locomotive: "Eleine", a Smallbrook Odin on a slightly modified Hornby chassis.  I'm rather satisfied with the motion covers as a way of hiding the chassis' deficiencies.

 

Work in progress: "Falconer", an chimaera of Lima Plymouth bonnet, Smallbrook cab, and a lot of plasticard and wire built to fit on a stock Hornby chassis.  It's still awaiting a driver and roof.

 

Here's the most recent finished loco, "Wind Rose", a scale resin print of a China Coal CTY8/7 running on yet another Hornby chassis.  I researched, designed, and printed this model as a solo project.

(And yes, I have fixed the glazing since taking this photo!)

[Nyeti]

My current work in progress for O-16.5 is "Leah", a Springside Fowey shown here with the roof balanced in place on a dry run.  It's a lovely little kit and the weight of whitemetal is rather satisfying.

Edited June 1, 2021 by Nyeti
Wrong manufacturer name

[Mike Bellamy]

9 hours ago, Nyeti said:

My current work in progress for O-16.5 is "Leah", a Smallbrook Fowey shown here with the roof balanced in place on a dry run.  It's a lovely little kit and the weight of whitemetal is rather satisfying.

 

Just a small correction - that's a Springside kit - Smallbrook produce resin bodies to fit ready to run chassis . . . . . . . . 

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[Nyeti]

On 28/05/2021 at 22:52, Mike Bellamy said:

that's a Springside kit

Well spotted Mike!  That was a slip of the fingers on my part; the Smallbrook kit is further up the thread.

[Nyeti]

My laptop has died - a motherboard fault that put it beyond economic repair - so I've not been able to do any new 3D prints.  Fortunately I have other things to distract me!

(yes, I know I haven't finished the Springside kit; this is just how I work.)

 

I've started building a brake saloon and luggage van from a pack of 422 Models seconds I had lying around.  The chassis are Hornby with new metal wheels fitted.