Chris-GNR Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Evening.... Here is the Q1 laid out in its current sub assemblies. Both the smoke box & boiler have a turned slug of mild steel to act as ballast for the loco. To even out the balance of weight over the four axles the tender will be weighted & hang on the drawbar of the loco. The firebox is currently just a shell but once I trial fit the motor & gear box assembly i'll be able to see what if any available space there is in there for some more ballast. The smokebox, 2x discs (that give the step down from smokebox to boiler) boiler & firebox all bolt to one another through their end profile formers using 10BA bolts into captive 10BA nuts in the corresponding part. This assembly then bolts to the to the front cab sheet again using two 10BA bolts & captain nuts with a thin half etch sheet giving the rivet detail around the cab sheet/firebox joint (this component will for final assembly be soldered to the front cab sheet). The other fixing is the underside of the smokebox another captive 10BA nut to accept a bolt through the chassis & running plate. In my last session at the bench i was able to cure a tight spot in the chassis. I had been putting this down to having not fully quartered the wheels but after spending an un-reasonable amount of time trying to rectify the tight spot via altering the quartering & getting nowhere I decided to go back to basics. I reamed out all the horn blocks/bearings with an 1/8' reamer & polished up all the bearing faces & ensured a good fit on all the horn blocks & horn guides. The rods, crank pins & bushes had already received this treatment during 'Quartering Gate' earlier that evening. I'm happy to report that after this the chassis is running very sweetly with no tight spot to speak of. Other things that has been done is the brake cylinders & the arrangements between them & the pull rods (since taking the photo the soldering has been cleaned up). Regards actual progress on the Q1 the back head assembly is where i'm up to. Nine layers of nickel silver stacked on to one another with alignment rods of 0.5mm wire in place & a couple of clips holding it all together generous amounts of solder was applied around the edges sweating he whole thing together. The lower layers have various cuts outs to allow for the bolt heads fixing the firebox to the cab front. Cheers for now... Chris 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Afternoon all... Not sure if this is considered bad form but here is a link to a few bits I’ve listed on eBay that might be of interest to some. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/chris.diy/m.html?item=232672254943&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 These are all things I either have duplicates of or in reality I’m never going to build. If anyone is unhappy I’ll remove the link. Cheers Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Afternoon all... Not sure if this is considered bad form but here is a link to a few bits I’ve listed on eBay that might be of interest to some. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/chris.diy/m.html?item=232672254943&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 These are all things I either have duplicates of or in reality I’m never going to build. If anyone is unhappy I’ll remove the link. Cheers Chris Looks like you'll be rich. Don't you just love it when people bid more for an item than they would have to pay for a brand new one (LNWR Carriage truck). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Looks like you'll be rich. Don't you just love it when people bid more for an item than they would have to pay for a brand new one (LNWR Carriage truck). I guess so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Evening As ever apologies for the lack of updates & all that. Here are a few pics of the Q1 as it currently stands. All work regards proving that the etches are correct is now complete & the few minor things that cropped up have been rectified in the art work & instuctions by Frank. As I understand it the kit is due to be released in September at EM North through London Road Models. Not a lot left to do on it now before the loco is complete. It needs a safety valve cover which I plan to get from London Road Models at Scalefour North at the weekend, fit shorting strips to the wheels & axles on one side of the loco for the ‘American Pickup’ system that’s being used on this build & I’m planning to turn my own smoke box door the cast w/m one I have isn’t bad but I’ve had success in making one on a previous build so I want to give it another bash for the Q1. Oh yeah & a tender. I have that already it just needs building. I’m sure there will be a load of other little jobs left to do before paint but the above are the main things I can think of right now. Cheers for now. Chris 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffer Davies Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Evening As ever apologies for the lack of updates & all that. Here are a few pics of the Q1 as it currently stands. 92C2BC71-4BB1-44ED-A105-0C183F61C4A8.jpeg 896ED6DC-0C1E-40B9-B47C-9DFDAE60388F.jpeg 588E6203-15B3-4B2E-B149-D4EB458CFE62.jpeg 4F0D7460-245D-4946-8466-845F1E438DA0.jpeg All work regards proving that the etches are correct is now complete & the few minor things that cropped up have been rectified in the art work & instuctions by Frank. As I understand it the kit is due to be released in September at EM North through London Road Models. Not a lot left to do on it now before the loco is complete. It needs a safety valve cover which I plan to get from London Road Models at Scalefour North at the weekend, fit shorting strips to the wheels & axles on one side of the loco for the ‘American Pickup’ system that’s being used on this build & I’m planning to turn my own smoke box door the cast w/m one I have isn’t bad but I’ve had success in making one on a previous build so I want to give it another bash for the Q1. Oh yeah & a tender. I have that already it just needs building. I’m sure there will be a load of other little jobs left to do before paint but the above are the main things I can think of right now. Cheers for now. Chris Many thanks to you Chris for undertaking the test build of the Q1 etches for me. You have done a brilliant job of it and I hope you have enjoyed the build despite the challenges I unintentionally threw at you from time to time. I look forward to seeing it completed in due course and running but in the meantime I can work with John Redrup to get this into production. Can you send me those pictures please? Which day will you be at Scaleforum? Regards, Frank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 Many thanks to you Chris for undertaking the test build of the Q1 etches for me. You have done a brilliant job of it and I hope you have enjoyed the build despite the challenges I unintentionally threw at you from time to time. I look forward to seeing it completed in due course and running but in the meantime I can work with John Redrup to get this into production. Can you send me those pictures please? Which day will you be at Scaleforum? Regards, Frank Thank you Frank, to kind to kind. The build has been very enjoyable with only a few very minor head scratching moments all soon rectified with a quick chat with Frank & the offending component then tweeked accordingly. Truth be told I feel honoured you asked me to carry out the test build. Totally forgot about scanning those pics & sending them over. I’ll do it after work tomorrow if that’s ok. Planning to be at Scalefour North on Saturday morning. Cheers Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted April 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 That looks superb! Hats off to you Frank for a lovely loco and to Chris for a really good build. I've no doubt there'll be one on the roster when it comes out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted April 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2018 Evening As ever apologies for the lack of updates & all that. Here are a few pics of the Q1 as it currently stands. 92C2BC71-4BB1-44ED-A105-0C183F61C4A8.jpeg 896ED6DC-0C1E-40B9-B47C-9DFDAE60388F.jpeg 588E6203-15B3-4B2E-B149-D4EB458CFE62.jpeg 4F0D7460-245D-4946-8466-845F1E438DA0.jpeg All work regards proving that the etches are correct is now complete & the few minor things that cropped up have been rectified in the art work & instuctions by Frank. As I understand it the kit is due to be released in September at EM North through London Road Models. Not a lot left to do on it now before the loco is complete. It needs a safety valve cover which I plan to get from London Road Models at Scalefour North at the weekend, fit shorting strips to the wheels & axles on one side of the loco for the ‘American Pickup’ system that’s being used on this build & I’m planning to turn my own smoke box door the cast w/m one I have isn’t bad but I’ve had success in making one on a previous build so I want to give it another bash for the Q1. Oh yeah & a tender. I have that already it just needs building. I’m sure there will be a load of other little jobs left to do before paint but the above are the main things I can think of right now. Cheers for now. Chris Doesn't need a tender Chris, it's electric, I can see the extension lead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Doesn't need a tender Chris, it's electric, I can see the extension lead Its going to be a Hybrid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Its going to be a Hybrid G'Day Folks Going to add the Solar panels to the tender???? manna PS, Great looking loco, like GN 0-8-0's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chris-GNR Posted November 11, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2018 Evening all. I just thought I’d share this afternoons efforts with you. A couple of LNWR opens built from Ratio kits. Nothing particularly special about those I here you all cry.... Well if I was to tell you there were built by my 9 year old son Arthur (with some input from Dad but not to much) I hope you’d agree that they are rather good. The five plank was started by my other son Wylder who is 7 but sadly only got as far as attaching the ends & sides to the floor before losing interest & going to play in the garden. So Arthur completed both of them. He really enjoyed making them & has already said we need to build a brake van for them now. Here he is cutting the running gear out Attaching the springs & axle boxes Brakes fitted nearly done We even went as far as to ‘future proof’ them by setting the brakes so that a set of EM wheels can be dropped in at a later date so they can be run on ‘dads track’. Cheers Chris 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Evening... Looking for a little help identifying what prototype this open wagon is. I think it’s either a D&S or ABS kit. Cheers Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 ABS GW O24. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-GNR Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 Morning chaps Apologies for this not being an update of substantial modelling activity. Instead it’s shameless plug for some bits I’ve listed on eBay. There are 19 listing in total so have a look at my ‘other items’. I’ve shared a link of few to pique interest. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233710565286&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111 http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233710546945&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111 http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=233710325826&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111 Cheers guys. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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