Corbs' Cobbling - Is it electric?

[welshway]

corbs going into 009? well this is going to be interesting. Gonna love to see your interpretation of the MSR (and its loco fleet: which im guessing your not going down the awdrys models route). And that rheneas looks so good but cursed at the same time 

[chuffinghell]

009 the lesser know welsh MI6 agent

[Corbs]

On 27/02/2021 at 10:59, BernardTPM said:

Oooh, spooky co-incidence! I created this little old loco idea from Talyllyn back in 2006 for a small layout that never got built:

and later rebuilt a GEM Dolgoch to a saddle tank arrangement:

 

Must get that one painted sometime. It will have the painted name "BRATHAY".

The Atlas trams are a good source of open type coaches, here's one of a pair under construction from the Stubaitalbahn TW1 tram:

 

 

End railings will be from Scale Link etches.

 

 

I love those conversions, and the tram coach looks spot on.

 

I have two of this type of tram car left, and I think I might splice them together to make a longer coach with open ends and railings as you are doing, so all the coaches are different but look like they are from the same builder.

 

 

3 hours ago, Player of trains said:

I have to say I'm really very very fond of this take on Rheneas, using it as a missing link is quite inspired though its the coach conversions for the MSR I particularly like, you've gotten me trawling Ebay for some similar items to bash about. I don't think Rotten Row could have gone to a better person. 

 

Apologies if this comes off as intrusive or rude but do you take commissions for transfers Corbs? You've gotten great results making your own and I'm after a stock of custom lining for several planned locos. 

 

Thanks mate, that means a lot. Hopefully I'll be able to do it justice and show off Pat's work at an exhibition when they begin again.

 

Transfers - sure drop me a private message and I'll see what I can do  not rude at all.

 

3 hours ago, welshway said:

corbs going into 009? well this is going to be interesting. Gonna love to see your interpretation of the MSR (and its loco fleet: which im guessing your not going down the awdrys models route). And that rheneas looks so good but cursed at the same time 

 

Haha thanks, I like how it's turning out too. I think the main locos will be the same but I am looking forward to adding a few from the various eras.

 

Over on the standard gauge, on Saturday I found some scrap steel track and some leftover points. Set up a little inglenook-type thing on the coffee table with some RC-fitted locos and had a play, most delightful!

 

 

[Mikkel]

Great stuff Corbs. That last photo deserves a magazine frontpage. Not to start a long discussion, but a table top arrangements like that seems to me a good way of recruiting people to the hobby (although admittedly they can't fit their Flying Scotsman on there, but maybe it would actually be a relief for people to learn that there are other ways to enter the hobby than through a 4-6-2).

 

Love the Digestive coasters 

 

[Signaller69]

On 01/03/2021 at 23:48, Corbs said:

 

Over on the standard gauge, on Saturday I found some scrap steel track and some leftover points. Set up a little inglenook-type thing on the coffee table with some RC-fitted locos and had a play, most delightful!

 

Adds a whole new meaning to "had the layout up and running in 5 minutes...."!

 

Lovely work Corbs.

 

Do you have further details of the KS "Wren" class and the chassis info? I really do like the look of that!

 

Thanks,

Martyn.

[Corbs]

On 02/03/2021 at 07:45, Mikkel said:

Great stuff Corbs. That last photo deserves a magazine frontpage. Not to start a long discussion, but a table top arrangements like that seems to me a good way of recruiting people to the hobby (although admittedly they can't fit their Flying Scotsman on there, but maybe it would actually be a relief for people to learn that there are other ways to enter the hobby than through a 4-6-2).

 

Love the Digestive coasters 

 

 

Aw thanks Mikkel! I did think if I glued some kadee magnets to the track it might make a fun puzzle at an exhibition as it could be relaid and reconfigured at will. My friend Rae made the coasters on her laser cutter  

 

1 hour ago, Signaller69 said:

 

Adds a whole new meaning to "had the layout up and running in 5 minutes...."!

 

Lovely work Corbs.

 

Do you have further details of the KS "Wren" class and the chassis info? I really do like the look of that!

 

Thanks,

Martyn.

 

Thanks Martyn, here's the loco kit:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/X2FXYYPYK/reduced-009-kerr-stuart-wren-enclosed-cab-4?optionId=59916658&li=marketplace

Chassis here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Mini-Size-Motorized-Chassis-TU-KOPPEL-A-Tsugawa-Yokou-14036-N-scale/363308303793?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20190606150009%26meid%3D3dd00d701c24427c9e6450aa55e7b5e0%26pid%3D101078%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D402574810626%26itm%3D363308303793%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2546172%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2546172.c101078.m1982

 

Bear in mind though that the chassis is 4v (perfect for me on 3.7v RC) but will need a resistor or DCC chip CV settings adjusted to avoid it burning out.

 

In the workshops, I now have a new set of receivers from Micron RC so just waiting on the batteries to arrive before continuing with 'Rheneas'.

 

Some more bogies arrived so I could mount the brake coach up and pair it with its twin (same undergubbins arrangement).

 

 

 

The last two tramcars were chopped up and bonded back together. The remaining pieces might make a nice little luggage or passenger brake van? Or perhaps a saloon?

 

The cut lines went through the class boards so one had a fillet added and the other was filed off.

 

The Peco vans have been attacked with the weathering powders and had their MS lettering added, shown here alongside the ex-WD bogie van.

 

 

 

In Pat's spares boxes I found a part built ex-WD Hunslet. Not 100% sure what to do with it but I did have an idea of having it slightly forlorn outside the works (on the nearest track) either abandoned or perhaps stripped of its motion and in use as a stationary boiler for the works.

 

Whatever happens, it's having a little filler and sanding work done.

 

 

[Corbs]

Spent some time on the Hunslet today, the plan being to make it less like the WD 4-6-0T and more like the 'Eva' 0-4-2T type.

 

The Talyllyn thought about buying one of these before they settled on the Bord na Mona Barclay, but my Skarloey Railway is going to go with the Hunslet option.

 

I'll keep the angled bunker and larger firebox of the WD though. Undecided on whether it will end up as an outside or inside framed example.

 

 

Clearly the tanks need extending. I wanted to retain the curve at the front so the razor saw was deployed.

 

Styrene acts as a brace and araldite is used to bond it together.

 

 

A styrene fillet is glued in to the rough shape.

 

 

A coat of filler will blend the joins and dips as much as possible, but to get the nice curve of the underside of the tank I have glued in a piece of brass strip.

 

 

 

Current state of play. The sandpot and dome will be swapped around to copy the placement on the 'Eva'. Need to do the other side too.

 

 

[HonestTom]

On 01/03/2021 at 20:25, chuffinghell said:

009 the lesser know welsh MI6 agent

"Do you expect me to talk?"

"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to Dai."

[Corbs]

To quote Partridge:

"The name's Bond, Jones the Bond. Licenced to Kill"

[Corbs]

Thanks to Charlie (also working on an Eva) tipping me off that the Liliput HOe 0-4-0 diesel might work as a chassis donor, helpfully one turned up on eBay.

 

I've never seen a loco with so many PCBs before. All but two have been cut off and discarded. The last because they form part of the chassis.

 

Hmm.

The motor is offset to one side but should hopefully be able to fit inside, just!

 

 

The chassis went on a diet.

 

 

Several kilos (well not quite but it felt like it) of whitemetal having been carved out of the body, it fits... Sort of. The motor bracket is annoyingly bulky so I may discard it and glue the motor in from underneath as I did with my Garratt, to save over-carving the body.

Then the body and front bufferbeam will need to be joined together and a rear mount worked out. Also need to put a pony truck on somehow.

 

[BernardTPM]

Nice chassis that. IIRC the wheelbase is just over 17mm, about 4' 4" in 4mm scale or 5 foot in H0. Wheels are a reasonable size too, 1' 10½" in 4mm, or 2' 2" in H0.

[Corbs]

It is a nice little chassis, I just wish the motor was centred as had to remove so much material inside the loco body!

 

The body was a bit distorted and tapered in on one side, I tried a bodge to rectify it by cutting a piece of styrene to the tank shape and gluing on, then filing it on a diagonal. So now the tank lines up with the remaining part of footplate from the diesel.

 

 

This evening I have mostly been putting on some Archers rivet transfers. Used cold water and surprisingly little trouble compared to some of my other attempts!

This is after a blast of white primer. Also shows the new rear bufferbeam to better match the shape of the front one, and the first of the frame extensions. I think a very small pony truck will be possible but it'll have to be mounted quite far back

 

 

 

On the stock front, more updates.

The long bogie coach (spliced from two tram cars) was painted and lettered in the same way as the others, gaining 3 oil lamps. Glazing cut from the original trams and refitted, and the two interiors were similarly sliced and spliced.

 

It gained some larger bogies than the other MSR stock, putting the pivot points under the body. Now it needs pillars and veranda reinforcement, and of course some etched railings.

 

 

Thanks to a sale at Model Railways Direct in Portishead (thanks to Adam for the tip-off) and Charlie of NGRM, I now have the components to build 'before' and 'after' versions of MSR No.2, the hapless Baldwin that in this universe becomes the stationary boiler at Arlesburgh works (borrowing a few elements from the books).

 

 

There were some part built ex-WD open bogie wagons in the bits box.

Both have been weathered and lettered appropriately for MSR work.

 

 

 

[AlfaZagato]

I suppose it would be silly to do so, but will sabotage the Baldwin to reflect the reported poor performance? 

[Corbs]

Funnily enough it's probably the best running loco!

 

Some projects have been crawling closer to a respectable state.

 

'Rheneas' in new saddle tank guise is now operational on RC.

The body is held on to the running board with two pairs of neodymium magnets in the corners of the bunker.

 

Part way through wiring. The battery on this is smaller than that on Skarloey, meaning more cab space. The smaller motor and big saddle tank mean the receiver can sit on top of the boiler (stuck there with some black tack).

The cables going through the footplate go to the charging plug. The switch means the loco is either 'on' or in 'charging' mode and never both at the same time.

 

 

Here's the full lot installed. The battery and receiver are hardwired in to save space. Plugs use a lot of room!

 

 

Here we have it moving alongside its older brother.

 

The mini-Eva 'Ivo Hugh' has had a splash of paint. Still lots more to do, though.

 

 

 

The long bogie coach now has end balcony handrails. These are the Egger-Bahn replacement ones from Light Railway Stores, but rather than using the fold points, I bent them using pliers to fit the balcony shape.

Then some handrail wire was gently soldered on. It's glued on at the base but sits in drilled holes at the top.

Needs steps, bufferbeams and maybe a passenger on the veranda.

 

 

 

[AlfaZagato]

Do the magnets interfere with the RC at all?

[Corbs]

Don’t think so, they’re not right next to it but in any case it’s sat on top of the motor which is magnetic and doesn’t seem to have an effect.

[Moose]

Has the progress on Ben’s shell been continued or left for the time being?

and an interesting take on Rheneas.

[Corbs]

On 28/03/2021 at 02:31, Moose said:

Has the progress on Ben’s shell been continued or left for the time being?

and an interesting take on Rheneas.

I keep pausing it and haven't done anything else on it recently.

 

BUT I finally did some modelling again after a few weeks of inactivity.

On Ivo Hugh the chimney, sandbox, dome, safety valves, ejector and vac pipe and cab steps were all fitted last night.

 

Next I need to fix the motor in and wire it up, then the cylinders and rods. Rheneas just needs some couplings fitted and the cab finished off.

 

After inspecting the vessels at M Shed I rooted around in Pat's paint box and found this rather good russet colour for the deck of the coaster which is in progress.

I'll start re-rigging after it's all painted as will be too fiddly otherwise.

 

 

[Corbs]

I'm procrastinating about fitting the cylinders and motion to the 'Eva' (and wiring it up) so have dug out an unfinished project in the form of this little 0-6-0T.

 

It's a freelance design by Tom of TS Design, destined to work at Barrow Hematite Steel Co. as an elderly survivor, much like the real steelworks employed an ancient ex-Furness 0-4-0ST.

 

It fits the old Hornby Terrier chassis. Painted Vauxhall Burgundy Red with rattle cans, and the signal yellow has been (badly) brushed on.

"Weathering will hide it" he mutters under his breath, like a mantra

 

\\

 

Printed out some simple wasp stripes on the decal printer, then cut them to fit.

 

 

Lots of micro-sol employed to get it to conform to the shapes.

 

Currently looking like this. As with the Drewry I'll go around with the little paintbrush to get the missing bits. Think some hench buffers wouldn't go amiss.

 

 

 

[James.Jenkins]

Are you going to do your own take on James if so what will his name origin be?

[Corbs]

Yes but will be revealed in good time!

[James.Jenkins]

I hope you don't mind but I've been expanding on the 7P class three more 7P's and a Sub class called 7P/2 

the Extra 7P's names are as following 'ShootingStar' follow the name on from Starstrider, the two of them haul the premiere Sleeper train from Tidmouth to King's Cross Via Manchester.

'Sparta'  Nothing really notable with this one other than rescuing a stranded Electric train in 52. Name is from the 1924 winner of the Balladrine Premiere Cup.

'Balladrine Racecourse'  Named after the racecourse in the town west of Killdane, hauled the Race day train named the Racecourse Rambler made of 14 high capacity coaches, Later Requisitioned for Operation: Chariot, modification's included an extra 100 pounds of traction effort  was need to pull the train, and a steam powered sander that use extra steam however slowed it down ,crew's gave the engine the Nickname "The Slugger" due to it's loud exhaust bark when cimbing hills.

 

Just want an opinion on the names I have more names for another six engines. ( These are the 7P/2's)

Edited July 16, 2021 by James.Jenkins
Spelling and some changes.

[Corbs]

On 15/07/2021 at 22:51, James.Jenkins said:

I hope you don't mind but I've been expanding on the 7P class three more 7P's and a Sub class called 7P/2 

the Extra 7P's names are as following 'ShootingStar' follow the name on from Starstrider, the two of them haul the premiere Sleeper train from Tidmouth to King's Cross Via Manchester.

'Sparta'  Nothing really notable with this one other than rescuing a stranded Electric train in 52. Name is from the 1924 winner of the Balladrine Premiere Cup.

'Balladrine Racecourse'  Named after the racecourse in the town west of Killdane, hauled the Race day train named the Racecourse Rambler made of 14 high capacity coaches, Later Requisitioned for Operation: Chariot, modification's included an extra 100 pounds of traction effort  was need to pull the train, and a steam powered sander that use extra steam however slowed it down ,crew's gave the engine the Nickname "The Slugger" due to it's loud exhaust bark when cimbing hills.

 

Just want an opinion on the names I have more names for another six engines. ( These are the 7P/2's)

 

Yeah man fill your boots it's not like I have copyright on the Island of Sodor or anything

 

I went skip diving on Thursday and got some scraps of MDF so cobbled together this rough-as-heck-but-does the job shelf.

The idea behind this is to stop the 'dump' at the back of the workbench where all the junk and bottles etc. accumulate, and to give a nicer backdrop. It also gives a little shelf for bottles etc. and allows the drawers to be opened without having to clear everything out of the way.

 

I made some lettering on the decal printer for the new 0-6-0T. Based it off a photo of a Sentinel that worked at the real Barrow Ironworks.

 

 

The dome and buffers are from RT Models.

The figure is painted by the talented Ania Sakowicz. The weathering is a mix of powder and washes, think it could do with some more work but overall I like the filth.

 

 

 

[Corbs]

The MSC Kitson thankfully has very few handrail knobs. It was sprayed black all over as I wanted to try out designing the TDA livery to fit and then printing it on the laser decal printer.

 

Here it is part way through application. The decals print upside down (laying white down as the top layer) and are flipped over (so the white is the base layer).

 

 

 

Really pleased with it. It's not perfect (the laser prints with dot dithering so it's not solid colour or totally crisp) but certainly easier than assembling the lining piece by piece.

 

Slathered the micro sol and micro set on to encourage the decal to stick and conform to the rivets.

 

[Sandhole]

3 hours ago, Corbs said:

The MSC Kitson thankfully has very few handrail knobs. It was sprayed black all over as I wanted to try out designing the TDA livery to fit and then printing it on the laser decal printer.

 

Here it is part way through application. The decals print upside down (laying white down as the top layer) and are flipped over (so the white is the base layer).

 

 

 

Really pleased with it. It's not perfect (the laser prints with dot dithering so it's not solid colour or totally crisp) but certainly easier than assembling the lining piece by piece.

 

Slathered the micro sol and micro set on to encourage the decal to stick and conform to the rivets.

 

Corbs, who makes the MSC Kitson body, please.
Regards,
Chris.