Pugsley Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Don't you mean some Great Western thing alongside a real loco? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Ozzy, any progress on Ivor? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl. H. Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Hello all, just a quick photo of Ivor next to a real loco, just to let you see what size he is. Ivor 1 O.jpg OzzyO. Hi OzzyO, Just come across this and what a pleasant surprise! An interesting read during my morning cuppa. It does take me back to being a nipper watching Ivor on the telly and my Mum and Dad reading Ivor storybooks to me. The stories and illustrations were a big influence. I suppose we have to call you "OzzyO the loco builder" now! Carl http://carlhazeldenart.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/carlhazeldenart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Hello all, as you can see Ivor won. This has been a job that I've not been looking forward to. The wheels, The nearest that you can get from Slater's are 5'2" 16 spoke driving wheels (GWR) 10" throw crank pin in-line.(Slater's Ref. No. 7862W) The spokes that have to be removed, marked, The first lot of spokes removed, it takes a bit of doing to take a saw to a wheel costing approx. £10 and removing just about half of it. All the wheels done, the wheels on the left are just cleaned up with those on the right grit blasted. The grit blasting helps to remove the small plastic rags from where the spokes have been removed, All the wheels grit blasted, I've also cleaned up the seating for the crank-pin bush, the rear of the wheel has been counter sunk for the crank pin screw as well, The wheels painted in a nice quiet colour, bright red! The rims will be painted green, OzzyO. Edit. for Slater's Ref. No. 7862W. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Wow......bright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Wow......bright. Hello all, I've now picked up the paint for Ivor, the colour that I was thinking of using was not in stock at Halford's so I've gone for Rover Tara Green. One of the things about Ivor is that he was not always the same colour green as you will see in these pictures. The red changes as well so for the colours I'm just going for the best that I can. I also picked up some paint for the wheel rims that looks to match the Tara Green (Revell SM 364) [ Humbrol ref. 101], just for a bit of fun for the Games Workshop paint it's Snot Green. For this I've used the Revell paint . I've painted the outer edges of the wheels but can't decide if I should do the rim where the spokes meet it as well? Yes, Wow.... Bright. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted July 3, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3, 2013 Yes the inner rim ought to be green methinks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Looking bat the third and fourth pictures above, Yes - and the rear of the wheels should be green too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Yes the inner rim ought to be green methinks Looking bat the third and fourth pictures above, Yes - and the rear of the wheels should be green too Hello all, that's the reply that I thought that I'd get. Better get the paint brush out!!!!! One of the problems with Ivor is when you look at his wheels the treads are green as well. So if I paint the backs and treads green I may have a bit of a problem with pick-ups. What do you think of the green? I'm thinking about using some short 10mm handrail knobs from Markits for the ones over the smokebox. Any other ideas? OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 green looks like it could do with a second coat. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 green looks like it could do with a second coat. Sorry. On the loco or on the wheels? The inner rim is getting some green. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Now you could always get hold of some of that expensive car paint that changes shade when viewed from different angles! With a nice pearlescent flip. Sorry mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Evening Matey, Slightly off topic, that Hachette Flying Scotsman made £226 . ATB, Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 On the loco or on the wheels? The inner rim is getting some green. OzzyO. On the outer wheel rim, I thought I could see red through it. Red is a terrible colour to cover..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Evening Matey, Slightly off topic, that Hachette Flying Scotsman made £226 . ATB, Martyn. Hello all, Martyn, when have you known my threads keep to the topic! I did paint the inside of the rims green and I do think that it looks better for it, I've also been making the coupling rods up. I've made them a bit thicker than Pete intended by putting a second middle etch in place. When the kit comes out the etches will be a bit thicker so this should not be needed. I've also soldered an 8BA washer over the crank-pin hole on the outside (top in the photo), I may do the same on the inside or I may just put an 8BA washer on the crank-pin. I've been thinking about the motor and gearbox for Ivor, up to now I'm looking at one from Premier Components, the 40:1 & Mashima 1833 motor. This combination should work well with Ivor. I may look at a flywheel with it as well. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hello all, after a few weeks since my last post on Ivor I've made a start on Ivor 2, most of the parts for the "footplate" laid out, The "footplate" assembled, for this build I'm going to turn up the buffers, when the kit comes out the buffers will be supplied, The main parts for the body, on this build I've modified the tank sides by removing approx. 2mm from the sides that will fit against the boiler, The boiler fitted to the front of the cab, I'm going to get some gauge 1 handrail knobs for over the smokebox, Pete has had some transfers made for Ivor and this is what they look like, If anyone wants to know more about them please contact Pete about them. So it now looks like I'm going to have to spend some money and get some bits in for this build and another build that I'm going to be doing in the near future. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Hello all, with a bit of luck I'll have Ivor ready for Telford on the Sat. 7/9/13 and the County, so not that much of a tall order? With some luck both of them will be running on the test track at some part of the day. Ivor does not have much in the way of handrails, so the first one to make is the one over the smokebox. To do this I've used gauge 1 short handrail knobs from Markits, and 1mm brass wire, this is the start of it, But before I can use it (them) I'll have to get the body into one piece. When I did Ivor 1 this is how he looked, I did mention that I was narrowing the tanks by about 2mm per side and this is how he now looks, I did have a problem of where I was going to fit the middle handrail knob. Was it going to be at 45 degs. (you can see the guide hole) or how it looks on most of the drawings? I went for the drawings, just above the tank top, The handrail fitted, along with the short handrail to the tank front. This was fitted by drilling the handrail knob at 90 degs. to the main handrail and fitting a short length of 1mm wire to the tank front, Ivor's steps being folded up. On the left the first two folds, then on the right the last two. Pete has etch two more fold lines to help fit the steps to the footplate, but I decided to keep the footplate flat until all of the body work was in place, as these parts could have been very vulnerable to being bent, The steps after being soldered up, you don't need much solder for this (but you may need asbestos fingers), The camera must have been down at the pawn shop as I didn't take any photos of the buffers before fitting them! In real life the buffers are the same distance from the buffer beam. I've also fitted a coupling hook to the front buffer beam, The same as above but standing on his frames, with the cab handrails and steps in place, From the other side, And from the side, Rear 3/4s just for the folk that always say you can never find the rear shot (I'm one of them), X2! OzzyO. PS. just a bit of work to do on the frames and a good clean up and he should be ready for some paint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Coming on remarkably well Ozzy, is there a lot of room left in the boiler after the motor and chips are fitted? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Hello all, a bit more work on Ivor, the first jobs were to remove some parts of the supports to clear the pick-ups, and drill four new holes for the pick-ups a bit lower down, After a quick clean and grit blast this is what they look like, Then the body got a quick wash and grit blast, then the chimney and filler were tried in position, After these were fitted in position I decided to see where the balance of the body was. This turned out to be about the rear axle. I was not keen on that, so I fitted some lead shot in the smokebox, this brought the balance point to just behind the front axle, much better. Normally when I'm fixing lead shot in place I use polyurethane resin for this job, but as this was only a small job I used some super glue. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Very Nice OzzyO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hello all, Ivor has just seen a ghost, or I've just painted him with white primer, Moving onto the frames, to paint these I've used black acid etch primer, in these photos you can see what I use for masking off the axle holes, the round dots that you can get from stationery shops, With all of the dots removed, Trying out the wheels pick-ups and rods, starting to come together, I must sort out the wheel rims on this side, I think that using white primer was a mistake and I should have used grey, Ivor has become envious, or more correctly I've painted him green. Some of these photos were taken with flash, OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twright Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Bright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Very Nice OzzyO Don't forget to straighten the right hand side step. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Bright. It will get brighter, Very Nice OzzyO Don't forget to straighten the right hand side step. I'll get that sorted, later. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twright Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 It will get brighter, Oh dear - my eyes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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