hayfield Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 I built one several years ago as per the kit, I think it would be far better with a decent chassis and a modern motor. Would be nice if an interior could be added, but would a micro motor be powerful enough to move it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) Gary Knowing your area of interest as Lbscr/Secr you may be interested to know that the original contractors locos that built the SER were large Samsons similar to lion, named Ghost, Ghoul, Poltergeist etc so theres premise for having it on your layout, best of luck mate looking forward to seeing it done Killian Edited February 18, 2019 by Killian keane 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted February 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2019 Killian, That's great info thanks!! I had no idea any had been anywhere near local!! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EHertsGER Posted February 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Alas there is no separate pages for ‘what have you done with your Wills kit?’ so, while I make excuses for not getting anywhere near a recognisable form in building the K’s Pannier, I presume to share with you my latest effort. Keeping as closely to my philosophy in building these old kits I have kept to the ‘straight out of the box’ approach with this one. No details, no scale anything extra and so on and running on an old Triang-Hornby ‘Jinty’ chassis. I even used the split pins and wire from the kit. I am quite pleased at how well it has turned out. Best, Marcus Edited February 19, 2019 by EHertsGER 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 88C Posted April 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2019 Some years ago I bought a rather tatty K's pannier body at a show with the intention of using it for a model of a rebuilt Barry F class saddle tank loco. Well I finally got round to it and this is the result. The chassis, footplate and cab are from a Redcraft kit with modifications to the cab windows and with a little bodging at the base of the smokebox it all went together quite nicely. Like many Barry engines this one went on to industrial use after being sold by the GWR, in this case it was at Ashington Colliery and was finally scrapped in 1960. Brian 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Saddle Tank? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 88C Posted May 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2019 Hi Jeff, The Barry Railway had a good number of the 0-6-0 saddle tanks which were mainly used for shunting in the docks. After the grouping these engines were now part of the GWR and several were fitted with GWR boilers and the saddle tanks were replaced with panniers. There are some pictures of the saddle tank version on my Llanforen thread in layout topics. I hope that clears things up. Brian. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony Cane Posted May 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2019 Here is my attempt at a Titfield Thunderbolt. Tony 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Complete with Bishop / Fireman! Lovely! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I've just unpacked my bubble-pack K's 63xx. It will have a Comet chassis, Gibson P4 wheels and a Branchlines motor and gearbox. I've separated the parts into two piles - those to be used, and those to go into the 'spares' box (quite a big pile actually but may be usable for O-16.5 ). The motor went in the bin as it barely turned and got very hot very quickly..... Doing this made me appreciate just how complete and for the most part well thought out the kits were. Apart from the motor the only other obvious problem was there was only one long crank-pin wheel and five short! now where do I direct my complaints?....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Jeff Many of us cut our teeth with K's kits, which in fact made whitemetal kits affordable in a time when the country were coming out of world war 2 austerity. With the other kits around by the time you bought wheels motor and gears they ended up being twice the price They were also innovators and were prime movers introducing plastic injection mouldings, early kits came with transfers and pre-assembled wheel sets etc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted May 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2019 Finally started work on my K's Lion last weekend on my weekly YouTube livestream. It was just as awkward as I had been warned it would be, with none of the parts fitting, but that's half the fun!! I am trying to build the kit as intended by K's including the K's motorisation kit, although the motor may get swapped out in the future as my viewers want me to try DCC fitting it!! Looking forward to getting on with it again, despite the issues! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 On 01/05/2019 at 11:46, Tony Cane said: Here is my attempt at a Titfield Thunderbolt. Tony I suggest you look out for a K's Mataro coach to convert to Dan's coach. Mike Wiltshire 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cane Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Hi Mike Thanks for the "Heads up". I will see if I can source one at a reasonable price. Regards Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted July 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2019 My K's Lion, built as Thunderbolt, using the K's motorisation kit, but with DCC fitted via a LaisDCC 6 pin decoder in the tender, there is even space for a stay alive to be added at some point in the future! Just need to get Dan's coach to go behind it now, I already have a TOAD ready. 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Farrell Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 I don't have it in front of me so I cannot check so does anyone know what type of boiler was represented in the K's model of the ubiquitous Dean Goods. I have 2 K's Dean Goods and a Mallard models one in my metal pile. So was thinking of using one of the K's as the basis for something else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassey Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 IIRC the K's has a standard Belpaire boiler (as does the Mallard). I have dismantled mine but think the smokebox is a separate casting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, Brassey said: IIRC the K's has a standard Belpaire boiler (as does the Mallard). I have dismantled mine but think the smokebox is a separate casting. I can confirm the firebox is made up from 3 castings main castings plus a back head and a front to attach to the 2 piece boiler/smoke box casting. sorry no instructions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Farrell Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 That is very helpful. I wonder if I could turn a Dean Goods into a 3521 4-4-0? I really do not need 3 Dean Goods. (Turns out I also have a Comet underframe to go with one of them as well. It is amazing what you find when you go through things you purchased years ago 'for when you have time.' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) On 27/07/2019 at 16:59, BlueLightning said: My K's Lion, built as Thunderbolt, using the K's motorisation kit, but with DCC fitted via a LaisDCC 6 pin decoder in the tender, there is even space for a stay alive to be added at some point in the future! Just need to get Dan's coach to go behind it now, I already have a TOAD ready. For dan's coach I'm thinking a Hornby rocket coach cut off its chassis on a suitable low loader Edited August 1, 2019 by rovex Typing errors 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted August 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, rovex said: For dan's coach in thinking a Hornby rocket coach cut off its chassis in a suitable low loader Thanks, I have a couple of ideas for Dan's coach, I will report back here once I have had a play with a couple and come up with something (including a rocket coach, I think I have a couple of the GBL magazine replicas) Gary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Well, after a decade of unsuccessful bidding [who would spend £25 on one?], I finally acquired one of K's 40-ton GWR loco coal bogie wagons. Tightly shrunk onto its card with, oddly, just one bogie side frame missing, it came with an unopened pack of K's GWR plate bogies for just £8. A bargain, I think. Am I correct in thinking that the relative scarcity of this item is due to it having been produced towards the end of Keyser's activity in model railways, and so possibly having been knocked out in limited numbers? The missing side frame is neither here nor there as I shall be fitting Cambrian Models' substitutes, with Jackson wheels. I did miss out, just, on a Coral A however, so the quest continues..... Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 They are to be found, so not exactly rare but as you infer not as common as some other K's wagons. £8 is a good price for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) I wouldn’t call them rare (although the seller did): I have been looking regularly on-line (only, I admit) for a long time though and ‘relatively scarce’ doesn't feel an exaggeration. But, as you suggested, they do crop up from time-to-time. I have certainly seen the GWR Tri-Compo and various LNWR coaches advertised more frequently. Anyway, I’ve bagged one and you’re correct, a good price. It will be interesting to see how it compares with the Cambrian one, once built. But, perhaps an odd prototype for K’s to have chosen originally? Not exactly ubiquitous in service. I do rather like building odd or unusual stock though, so I’m not complaining! Tony Edited October 4, 2019 by Prometheus puntuation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 If you are after an accurate model of the 40T, the K's bogies are not the right ones for the wagon. When the K's kit came out, the trick was to swop the bogies for the BSL/Hobbytime Mink F bogies. Mike Wiltshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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