Ressaldar Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi all, having enjoyed putting the MOK kit together just over a year ago - see http://www.rmweb.co....php?f=8&t=51002 I jumped at the opportunity to build another. This time I have started with the loco and progress has been steady to the point that I have a free rolling chasis, without any need for fettling and ready for the brakes to be installed. The hornblock keeper plates are held in position by 14BA nuts and bolts, which will be trimmed to length after the chassis is painted. Overall finish will needless to say be dirty with the early BR totem under the dirt, as befitted a 74D Tonbridge loco in the mid-1950s. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 They just have this stark beauty of their own......*sigh* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Hi Horsetan, I totally agree - functionaly fascinating regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 l really must take my hat of to you, everything is so neat and tidy and nicely cleaned up, l have just found your Q1 build in the archive, very impressed, as l would like a Q1 sometime in the future, l will be using your pictures as a guide and with the instructions l should (Hopefully) have a great loco like you have, also l see you are building a West Country, love to see that when its finished...Regards GeorgeT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Hi George, many thanks for the complements, much appreciated at the moment as we have suffered a variety of damage as a result of the gales over the last few days and your comments are something of a fillip. I finished the West Country 34014 Budleigh Salterton, just before Christmas - it was a Diamond Wedding Anniversary present for an Aunt & Uncle (he had been evacuated there during the war) and like all David Andrews kits, went together really well. The Q1 kit is beautiful and a treat to build - you should enjoy making one. I saw on your O2 thread that it was from a Meteor kit, I have built a couple of their Wainwright H 0-4-4t kits, one with and one without the Pull-Push gear (both kits were 'enhanced' with Shedmaster/Lauroe Griffin castings), I was going to post some pictures there, but it might be better on here, hope you approve. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Lovely Mike, You certainly have some little gems in the past construction portfolio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi Rob, many thanks for the response. Oh that they were still with me! regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hello mike, Thanks for posting the photos, l see they are to your very high standards, think you must be a southern man at heart? going to my 02' l thought that the tanks and pipes all over the loco were Push-pull gear for locos on the IOW, but l have been informed that none of the IOW locos had Push-pull, is that correct? if so what are all the bits for? Regards George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted February 9, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hello mike, Thanks for posting the photos, l see they are to your very high standards, think you must be a southern man at heart? going to my 02' l thought that the tanks and pipes all over the loco were Push-pull gear for locos on the IOW, but l have been informed that none of the IOW locos had Push-pull, is that correct? if so what are all the bits for? Regards George I certainly agree they are a very high standard thanks for sharing. With respect to the IOW O2's the tanks and pipework were for the Westinghouse brake equipment and not Pull Push operation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi Graham, many thanks for the comments - and for answering George's question. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 The reputation of the MOK kits are justly deserved and well illustrated by your kit building skill. There is something about that chassis that just looks the part - probably the fine detail. Thanks for sharing the photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi Kenton, glad you like it, it's a joy to build - on hold at the moment as I'm repairing the storm damage in the garden, but hopefully, back to it tomorrow. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_t Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I'm looking forward to their 9F - a steam engine I have a soft spot for! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 Having now cleared up the damage caused by the gales of the past week, I was able to get back into the workshop yesterday afternoon and carried on with the brake system, which was duly completed this morning. As I want to have a motorised chassis to try out at next Saturdays Llanbedsr running session, I also fitted the motor retaining yoke. As I shall be using the American method of pick-up, I made a start on the tender chassis and reached as far as the gimbel arrangement for the rear two axles. Once the tender chassis is 'running' and I have made my usual insulated drawbar arrangement - a paxolin strip, sandwiched between two of the supplied nickel silver drawbars, then cut away the drawbar between the two ends, which are left on for additional strength, I shall return to the loco and complete the chassis next week. righthand side lefthand side close up of motor mounting yoke underside view of brakes tender chassis showing rear axle suspension arrangement, upside down in this view but in line with it's location. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hi all, some progress made over the past few days, the tender is tak ing shape, having the need to prepare for a running session on Saturday at Llanbedr, and as I said, I'm using the American pick-up principle, it is somewhat essential. showing the gimbel arrangement for the tender suspension brakes fitted although the pull rods are loose as they need to be alighned with the yokes on the cylinders when fitted 3/4 right front view 3/4 right rear view general side elevation. The tender body is only resting in it's approximate position and the only solder at present is a tack at the top of each rear stanchion, every thing else is held in position by the tabs, twisted and waiting for final checking tomorrow before everything gets soldered up. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 Hi all, well in the last six weeks I've been able to complete the kit, and the model is now out of the paintshop and ready to go into the weathering booth tomorrow more to come later in the week. regards Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 well in the last six weeks I've been able to complete the kit a little disappointed here - we seemed to have gone from chassis to well beyond completed in one post - I was hoping to see some of the progress in between, was it really that simple? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I guess your camera has been in the pawnbrokers for a couple of weeks . Looks nice. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 Hi Kenton, sorry about that, but it really is a very good kit to build and with the excellent instructions, you just get carried along with the flow. But here is a selection of progress photos, which I hope will andwer your question. I think that they are self explanitary except the last but one which shows the jig that the body is built on, with the front lugs (which can be seen in the smokebox close-up) being replicated on the steam chest and the two 8BA bolts which go under the cab regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 I guess your camera has been in the pawnbrokers for a couple of weeks . Looks nice. OzzyO. and SWMBO would not let me use hers - and I could't afford the hire rates! regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Thanks very much for taking the trouble to post those. The construction of the body around a cage of formers is really different. I can see that everything wrapped round it well and take your word at its ease. The rivet detail on this kit is amazing and must have been wearisome to punch out. It really does look impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 Hi Kenton, glad you liked the photos. Unfortunately, I cannot take any credit for the accuracy of the rivet detail as it is all half etched, which also makes life easier for forming the sheets over the framework, although it is a bit tricky trying to put the tabs at the rear of the sheets into the slots in the frames at the rear and at the same time hooking the slots over the tabs on the front frames. The accuracy of the design and etching ensures that so long as you do not rush anything, it all lines up and vitually holds itself in place. All in all a superb kit and I would certainly not think twice about building anything else in Dave Sharp's range - he does a re-built Merchant Navy and an Arthur and is thinking about a re-built West Country/Battle of Britain and a Schools - it looks as if I might have to re-think my modelling era and remember what I used to see on the mainline through Orpington & Tonbridge in the late 50s and early 60s. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I'm looking forward to their 9F - a steam engine I have a soft spot for! I've asked MOK whether they might consider doing body and tender etches in 4mm scale to go with the Dave Bradwell sprung chassis :P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Hi all, all now completed, save a few more coats of Klear on the tender top for the water overspill. Now to start thinking about the new layout and it's stock. regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Hi Mike, It looks fantastic. What era are you doing the layout in? I mean in terms of stock, are you looking at a mix of steam/diesel or all diesel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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