sleeper Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Well done B, it's looking good, congratulations. Best of luck with the show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatty 139 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 D9 had three outings on the main line over the weekend at the Warley show. She finished the running for the show and had almost every wagon we had that was age appropriate and she handled them with ease and just a little slipping on what by the end of the day was a very oily track following two days of steam running. Lots of jobs still to do and shes a long way from finished, but she ran well for a first real outing so should only get better. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted November 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2014 That just looks brilliant. I wish I could have been there to see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted May 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hi there, an old thread, but I've found a really good photo of the pony truck in the Engineer and I thought I'd add it to here as it's not often you see a photo like this. Also they were sat on tracks of various gauges. Also, on Ebay I also saw an N scale body shell in resin for sale http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Parkwood-Models-Armstrong-Whitworth-Universal-diesel-body-shell-/172214291409?hash=item2818c58bd1:g:FL4AAOSwEOxXP~Cp , which I think was built by someone on this forum. It looks to have been snapped up pretty quickly. cheers Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 The multiple gauges are not surprising since a lot were exported to overseas countries where the broader gauges were the norm. In the other direction they also built for narrow gauges, certainly from 2 foot upwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted August 25, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2016 Not the universal unfortunately, but someone might find this of interest: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CONFIDENTIAL-ARMSTRONG-SULZER-DIESEL-ELECTRIC-RAIL-CAR-DETAILS-SENT-TO-LNER-1928-/371714531830?hash=item568be9a1f6:g:hrkAAOSwZVlXqGGo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted January 23, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Another update. I was on eBay the other day and won a photo of the Universal Loco. I don't have the A-W book to hand, but I can't say I've ever seen this one before, so in the spirit of friendliness and such I thought I'd upload it here. I see it's missing an axle. The writing on it apparently says it's a view of the loco when it was brand new. Edited January 23, 2017 by JCL 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin2 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Wow,just found this thread,it looks stunning,I'm currently preparing 7mm scale drawings for this loco,to build it in nickel silver,really impressed hope mine looks as good! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted July 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2020 Hi Martin. It’s a good model to do. I hope you let us know how you get on. cheers Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) I can't leave this loco alone. I've decided to put my experience of 3D printing into building another version of the D9. I've made a start and got some of the more difficult parts done - radiator, louvres, and provisionally the roof. I'll have to tweak the roof to make the edges right. I'm putting more work in to the area between the radiators - partly because you would be able to see it below the fan, and it also helps strengthen the sides. I'm also going to see if there is any value to doing the ponies properly per the photo further up. A fair bit of this will be educated guesses at dimensions, but when it is finished, I'll bung it on the 3D model library called Thingiverse for people to download, and I'll put it on Shapeways if anyone is interested. It's early stages, and will take a while, but I'll update this thread when I've done enough modelling on it. There's a lot wrong with it at the moment, but later, if possible, it'll be good to get some critique to make sure I'm not going off at a tangent. cheers Jason Edited October 20, 2020 by JCL English. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagonmaster Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Great thread JCL! Only just discovered it but you've produced a great looking model. Hopefully you will complete your 3D printed version and I very definitely will be after one when ready! Keep up the good work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) Thank you Wagpnmaster. I managed to get a bit more in this evening. Redid the roof and added various strips. The tall thin ones (which will have bolts on them) are just behind the fan enclosure and then at the other end. I've guessed at the second after looking again at the photo of the engine being hoisted out. Also tidied up the bonnet, added some windows, and started rivets (fully counted!). I think detailing the two ends will be next. Edited October 20, 2020 by JCL 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 24, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) I'm looking at the isothermos axleboxes at the moment, and I'm a bit stumped. I have photos of the front, but not of the engineering that takes place behind it. I've a poor (pixelated with high compression) photo of the side of the loco. Which I've started recreating below. The springs need replacing, but should the main box in white be cylindrical to echo the front cap? Here's the same axlebox in black. Am I over thinking this? Edited October 24, 2020 by JCL 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) A quick update. I've been self isolating for the last couple of weeks as I've had to fly over from the UK. I've used the time to learn more about the 3D program Blender, so hopefully it looks a bit more realistic than before, and gives a better idea of a painted model. On top of that, more details have been added. In the end I went for cylinders behind the axleboxes, done some buffers (which will be detatched from the model so that third party buffers can be added - I'll take mine from the plasticard version I did. Mainly to see if it'll print, I've also recreated the A-W plate on the side. The nose is almost done (I've just noticed some lifting lugs), and windows are starting to be carved out of the end doors. Once that's done, I'll do more on the chassis. Thanks for looking. Edited October 28, 2020 by JCL Added second photo 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 24/10/2020 at 18:37, JCL said: Am I over thinking this? Wouldn't be the first time.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 You're not wrong there. I decided I was. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 Looking good, I'm just not sure it will fit in the Wainfleet loco shed.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2020 There's a circular cover over the roller bearing but the bearing itself has to move up and down in the horns so your white bit has to be rectangular - I think you may have drawn this part too small though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagonmaster Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Looking good JCL. Just one very minor point. I would probably get an etched brass 'Armstrong Whitworth' plate made up by Narrow Planet, so would just end up filing off your printed version. You mentioned buffers. I would tend to leave those off and fit some Alan Gibson sprung ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 Thanks Michael, thanks for your comment, I'll change it back and make it bigger Hi Wagpnmaster, the buffers won't be attached to the loco. What I tend to do is remove them at the end and put them on a 2mm sprue. Then I "drill" holes in the beams to take them - or whatever you would like to put in there. I'll be reusing my old ones. With regards to the plate, it can easily be removed. cheers Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagonmaster Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 That's great Jason, thanks for that. Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) I thought I'd give it a go - I actually prefer it! I wonder is the real reason why the LNER wouldn't entertain one wasn't because they didn't care for diesels, but because they didn't know how to line it. Edited October 28, 2020 by JCL 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted October 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 D9.....that's a Peak....ok it's about the size of 1 peak bogie. Where's the full yellow end.....or should it be in 2 tone green.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2020 That's true, although, this loco was also given the D9 identity by A-W. Interestingly, they pushed the idea of these running in pairs like Cl 20s, but only the one was built in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted October 29, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2020 It looks like I'm in the pound for another day; I'm allowed out tomorrow. I did the following overnight: the fan, which is located inside the ducting. I'm thinking that the fan will have a small hole in the bottom, with a corresponding one in the ducting, so it can be easily mounted centrally on a rod - could even be powered I suppose, the roof. 99% done, the exhaust cowl was a massive pain as each point had to be moved by hand. I've some squinting still to do on the blunt end, redid the beading. Although close, the original wasn't of a uniform thickness, so it all came off and was replaced. Also included beading on the ends either side of the doors, finished the blunt end. I've only really got one good photo of that end (the dark one with the man standing next to the loco that I uploaded a couple of years ago), but it does seem to show a lot more detail. Still a fair bit to do though. My idea is that the exhaust ducting will be printed separately, so the mesh over the opening can be added before sliding it up. cheers Jason 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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