RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 29 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 29 30 minutes ago, Sasquatch said: I’m looking for ideas for something a bit out of the ordinary to put in the shed. A model railway? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post boxerbayrailway Posted February 29 Popular Post Share Posted February 29 Super fun visit Shaun. You have built an amazing railway. The expansion plans are very exciting. Thanks for a very pleasant afternoon, much needed. My mojo has been sparked, can't wait for the weekend to get some time to work on some projects. Here's just a couple photos I took. Cheers, Felix P.S. Thanks for the lumber ! I'll be putting it to good use soon. 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRSS Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Glad the mojo has returned, always good to see an update. The farmhouse looks great, like it has been there for years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevel Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 15 hours ago, boxerbayrailway said: Super fun visit Shaun. You have built an amazing railway. The expansion plans are very exciting. Thanks for a very pleasant afternoon, much needed. My mojo has been sparked, can't wait for the weekend to get some time to work on some projects. Here's just a couple photos I took. Cheers, Felix P.S. Thanks for the lumber ! I'll be putting it to good use soon. Nice views👍 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 G'Day Folks Don't know how I missed this update, Hey Ho ! Queensbury, is really taking shape, Wow ! Watching, watching. 🤩 manna 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 2 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2 8 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks Don't know how I missed this update, Hey Ho ! Queensbury, is really taking shape, Wow ! Watching, watching. 🤩 manna We had a big snowstorm which meant the power went out. Freezing cold in the garage, I had to find something else to do. All will be revealed and I know that you in particular will enjoy this. Regards Shaun 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Sasquatch Posted March 5 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 5 It’s time to reveal what Sasquatch has been up to in the snow. (We’ve had 10” in total and two power cuts). Apart from leaving huge footprints 👣 all over the place, all my spare time has gone into this. Something much needed and inspired by Manna. This engine was given up for scrap. The other day I had a go at reviving the chassis with a sophisticated tune up which was mostly a success, it runs quite smoothly but is a bit noisy. It says AIRFIX on the bottom so I really can’t expect to much! No doubt I’m not the first to try this conversion. The big advantage working in my favor is that I have the Little Engines kit to work from. The damaged body had been refinished so I’d raided all the fittings including the roof for other projects. However it will work for this experiment. I began by hacking away all the unwanted body parts with a razor saw and Stanley knife until it looked like this. Next, 10mm was removed from the main weight with my sawzall. Drastic modeling🫣 Now on to the rebuild. Finding a suitable boiler was a challenge, after searching around the workshop I came back to the table with the small hard rubber collar from my bobbin sander and a 1/4” drill bit. This was roughly .060” under size so three wrappings with 10thou. styrene sheet will be close enough. A bit tricky that, I used super glue for this and stuck with that medium throughout the rest of the conversion! A choice of chimneys is provided in the Little Engines kit so I scrounged the taller one. The biggest obstacle then is a dome. The only idea I had was to cast a copy of the white metal one. I poked it into a block of plasticine and poured in some two part casting resin. When dry I wrapped the bobbin and bit with sand paper and sanded it to fit the top of the boiler. The rest of the build was all very straight forward. The tank fronts of the N2 were cut-n-shut removing 10mm to gain the N1 profile. Other differences are a shorter smoke box, different sand boxes,!rear splashers, shorter footplate and of course the GN cab. Boiler bands are from electrical tape. All that I need to do now is rob another N2 of all the embellishments. Hummm. What to do with another incomplete N2. Spose I do need at least 3 N1s for the layout!😁 Squatch. 17 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 G'Day Folks Love it. Queensbury, needs to be smothered in N1's. Congratulations. manna 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 9 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks Love it. Queensbury, needs to be smothered in N1's. Congratulations. manna You’re right there Seeing as passenger trains were timed to arrive at Queensbury 3 at once I Reccon that I need 9… 3 Great Northern… 3 LNER 3 BR 😎 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 G'Day Folks Don't think I've ever seen or heard of a layout with so many N1's. Wonderful. I'm sure I'm going to need at least one more. manna 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, manna said: G'Day Folks Don't think I've ever seen or heard of a layout with so many N1's. Wonderful. I'm sure I'm going to need at least one more. manna Don’t hold your breath… It’s taken 5 years to get around to the first one!😧 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 (edited) Nearly done with all the fine embellishments Managed to scrounge together enough handrail knobs without pinching stuff from my other N2 donor which means all that I need for the next one is a chimney. That’s if I can get the chassis running sweetly, it has a kick to every wheel revolution that I can’t seem to cure. Edited March 7 by Sasquatch Auto correct 11 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 G'Day Folks But you got there, more power to your elbow. manna 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 7 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7 23 hours ago, Sasquatch said: You’re right there Seeing as passenger trains were timed to arrive at Queensbury 3 at once I Reccon that I need 9… 3 Great Northern… 3 LNER 3 BR 😎 That’s wrong Owning up to one’s mistakes is the mature thing to do. During Great Northern days, Queensbury’s passenger services were in the charge of C12s! This however is a model and one GNR green N1 would make a great addition to the collection one day. Besides, apart from the Hattons rake of Genisis 6 wheelers I don’t have any other GNR stock and the layout depicts the post war austerity period. I was looking at the Hornby chassis for the next N1 conversion and think the problem might be too much slop! Further investigation with the fine calipers and a calculator will be carried out this morning. I’m off my feet after shoveling snow for over an hour yesterday and had a bit of an accident chopping firewood🫤 Squatch looking at the price of the Finecast C12 now. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 8 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 8 Number one in primer and with more details. (I was lucky enough to have the sun come out). The primer has revealed a few gaps and blemishes that will be attended to prior to the satin black. This one will be plain black with lion-on-wheel crest. Number 2. Already underway. I’m going to cast another dome and fix it in place with a screw because it’s the wrong sort. That way it can be replaced if ever I manage to source an tall round topped one! This version will be lined out, ex-Stratford works style. I’ve yet to settle on which numbers. Number 1 will possibly be 69443 as appears on page 57 of Bradford Railways in Colour vol. 2. Willow herb publishing. Thank you Alan Whitaker😀 Squatch. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 G'Day Folks He's got the Bug now !!! Batch building is something I enjoy, often have a few loco's on the go at once. manna 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Sasquatch Posted March 11 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 11 I wonder how long it’s been since anyone took a photograph of an N1 on passenger duty at Queensbury. A typical 1950s Halifax to Keighley train, 69443 with a pair of 52’ Thompson suburban coaches😁 I’m not too happy with the paint job (used the wrong rattle can!) As much detail has been included in true Sasquatch style. White cab interior, tiny grab handles, crew etc. The rear spectacle plates have scribed bars. Front coupling is a Bachman long type with the wings cut off, fixed into a hole drilled through the plastic bottom part of the under frame via a suitable length screw! On the whole I’m very pleased with it. Squatch 20 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxerbayrailway Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) Looks superb Shaun, really excellent work. The paint job looks good to my eyes. Lovely photos, I particularly like #3 going over the roadbridge, although #1 at the station is great too. Can't wait until my next visit. I've been thinking I should build up a OO train to bring with me in future visits to Queensbury, I'll have to have a think as to what that should be. I'll have a look around the OO kit selections as I rather enjoy kit building or RTR bashing more then just straight up RTR. Looks like the weather is going to clear up a bit heading into next week. Cheers mate, Felix P.S. here's one more photo I took of your hopper builds. Nice models. Edited March 11 by boxerbayrailway 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 11 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, boxerbayrailway said: Looks superb Shaun, really excellent work. The paint job looks good to my eyes. Lovely photos, I particularly like #3 going over the roadbridge, although #1 at the station is great too. Can't wait until my next visit. I've been thinking I should build up a OO train to bring with me in future visits to Queensbury, I'll have to have a think as to what that should be. I'll have a look around the OO kit selections as I rather enjoy kit building or RTR bashing more then just straight up RTR. Looks like the weather is going to clear up a bit heading into next week. Cheers mate, Felix P.S. here's one more photo I took of your hopper builds. Nice models. The N1 came up too glossy. Maybe I'll tone it down a little with some weathering powders. One thing is for sure. Those tins of paint need marking up! It's not the first time I've done that, coaching stock has been sprayed wagon bauxite before!! About two thirds of my freight stock is kit built. As you saw, the private owner stock mostly isn't being RTR. In the past if you wanted LNER stock you had to build it. Parkside market quite a comprehensive range of LNER and I've been hooked on their kits since I was a teenager. Having made up almost 2 of all those (or more), I started getting into scratch-building which can be very rewarding. Next it will be coaching stock. There's nine 61' Kirk Gresley coaches, a triplet restaurant and a GE quint set in my kits box along with 4 Ratio clerestories. What's more is that Phoenix the paint people are starting to reintroduce the old Kirk range. Trouble for my wallet, I fear. Believe it or not we still have quite a bit of snow! We're both fed up with it already and are looking forward to the warmer weather and seeing it all melt. I did enjoy having you visit the other week you're always welcome (you know that). It's about time I came over to the coast to see Boxer Bay Railway. Regards Shaun Edited March 11 by Sasquatch Number lock not functioning! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 12 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12 (edited) All my spare time today has been spent tinkering with the chassis for the next N1. I must have screwed the bottom plate back on at least 20 times after attending to several probable issues. This was purchased used from Hattons (we can refer to them by name now!). So, I'm not sure if the mass of sticky goo applied to the drive mechanism was factory applied. The tooling for this model dates back to Palitoy/Mainline. The only improvements Hornby have made are to fit a can motor with brass worm and main drive gear. The tooling is showing its age. I cleaned off quite a bit of flash from certain parts of the main chassis and wheel retainer plate. There had been an attempt at a minor repair where the longer main weight screw had been over tightened, this needed redoing as the repair had failed. I installed a longer screw which now screws directly into the under plate. The quartering was a little out and has been corrected. The main weight wasn't true, the fix involved filing the underside flat which in turn straightened out the slight twist to the chassis. The final driver gear had some flash and I carefully trimmed that off. The center wheel set was out of gauge. That too has been corrected. One of the brake shoes was fouling one of the front wheels on curves where the flange edge was catching on it. Interestingly, the Airfix chassis bottom on the one I've just finished had the same problem. Unbelievable that thousands of these have left the factories over the years with the same fault. (I'm certain that this isn't coincidental). I also addressed the wheel slop by filing the axle pockets slightly and inserting .010 plastic card. What's plaguing me now is that after all that I still haven't cured the kick. It's not as bad but very frustrating none-the -less! However, I do have a simple solution! On my way to the garage to get the soldering iron I had the idea of swapping the chassis out for the one in the black N2 which I'm retaining for the Yorkshire pullman services (And because I like N2s also). That way I'll have a real sweet running N1 for the regular services! 😁 I'll take pictures of all the steps on the next body conversion which should make an interesting post having gained experience. If anyone's interested that is? Squatch Edited March 13 by Sasquatch 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 G'Day Folks Well, doesn't the N1 look at home.👍 manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 13 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13 2 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks Well, doesn't the N1 look at home.👍 manna Quite! The glossy look is growing on me. Just rolled the boiler for the next one too😃 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 22 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 (edited) It’s been a while since I posted last, nice weather is to blame! Now that the rain has returned progress on the next N1 conversion is back underway😃 Things ground to a halt after the cut to the main weight went squiffy and only today I made it into town to buy more metal cutting discs for the angle grinder! That done, I had to mend the chassis just the same as the first build, where the screw mounting spigot had broken off. Again, a suitable hole was drilled through the main frame and into the bottom wheel retaining plate and an inch long #3 screw inserted. I’m really looking forward to this one, if the chassis runs as well on the layout as it does on the test track it will be a little gem! Rolling the boiler section was a bit easier than the last one. Three pieces of 10thou. styrene sheet are used, cut over length. The first is taped to the drill bit and bobbin sleeve then rolled down tight, marked and cut, then rolled back up and held in place by tape. This process is repeated twice with the super glue applied tapping each one down and allowing the glue to set. The next step is to fit the new boiler to the body. I used my vernier gauge to get the smoke box the exact length. Same thing with the boiler length checking that the footplate is totally flat!!! Wheel arches were made the same way but with just two layers That’s where I’m at for now. More as it comes together. Squatch Edited March 22 by Sasquatch 8 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted March 23 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23 14 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: Photo 6 is quite creepy! What is it that worries you about a rubber tube and a large drill bit?😂 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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