Show us your Pugbashes, Nellieboshes, Desmondifications, Jintysteins

[Ben B]

10 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I think that if you do that you could pass it off as ex Barry or Rhymney Railway.

 

 

A little bit of work, might be able to make it look like Taff Vale 85, now on the KWVR. Narrow the cab, round-off the tank tops... dammit, where's my razor-saw :)

[Halvarras]

3 minutes ago, Ben B said:

 

 

A little bit of work, might be able to make it look like Taff Vale 85, now on the KWVR. Narrow the cab, round-off the tank tops... dammit, where's my razor-saw :)

 

That lining looks classy on the black too!

[Talltim]

A Sm (1:64 scale metre gauge) narrow gauge parcels brake with influences from the South Australia Railways 8300 class. Built from a cheap Chinese AliExpress coach

The primer coat has highlighted some bits that need tidying up, then it needs a nice 1970s refurb style paint scheme

 

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 2023 by Talltim

[009 micro modeller]

1 hour ago, Talltim said:

A Sm (1:64 scale metre gauge) narrow gauge parcels brake with influences from the South Australia Railways 8300 class. Built from a cheap Chinese AliExpress coach

The primer coat has highlighted some bits that need tidying up, then it needs a nice 1970s refurb style paint scheme

 

 

 

 

Very nice. That could almost fit into @33C’s cheapo creative thread as well.

[John Besley]

This is my first 7/8ths loco build used the R1 chassis and HLK Road Runner gearbox and can motor

 

 

[John Besley]

 

And this is No4 .... built on a Lima class 33 chassis remotered with a CD drive conversion, runs beautifully like silk

 

My apologies if its not quite in the keeping of the topics title....

 

There is just one more loco in the pipeline - uses an USA 0-8-0 chassis and tender chassis... if its of intrest I'll post pictures here of it

[Neil]

This thing started off as one of those Bachmann Junior locos which in turn were spawned from their Thomas. I managed to take 2.5mm out of the height of the body which (I think) has improved the proportions of the loco. There's a separate thread here about how it was done.

 

Edited November 12, 2023 by Neil

[relaxinghobby]

Similar to Neil's lowering of the Bachmman Thomass I cut the bottom off the sides but did not manage such a neat joint at the footplate as Neil's.

I also added some slabs of plasticard to the sides to make the tanks wider. Twenty thou or 0.5 mm I think and pressed rivet detail in the outer layer.

added a new chimney and dome and got this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[papagolfjuliet]

A few oldies from my collection. Jinty conversions, an early diesel on a Hornby Ringfield tender chassis, and the humble Tri-ang clockwork tank

 

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by papagolfjuliet

[Ben B]

8 minutes ago, papagolfjuliet said:

A few oldies from my collection. Jinty conversions, an early diesel on a Hornby Ringfield tender chassis, and the humble Tri-ang clockwork tank

 

 

 

Have you got some more shots of the boxcab diesel please, showing the cab fronts? Very interesting conversion! 

 

And that lined-out clockwork tank looks mint, I really like it :)

[papagolfjuliet]

11 hours ago, Ben B said:

 

Have you got some more shots of the boxcab diesel please, showing the cab fronts? Very interesting conversion! 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by papagolfjuliet

[John Besley]

On 17/11/2023 at 07:50, papagolfjuliet said:

 

I do love a Boxcab, I posted a picture a while ago of a MDC Boxcab I rebuilt to a UK outline about 40 years ago

[John Besley]

Meanwhile here is my 0-8-0 rebuild into a 10.1/4" miniture railway engine still a work in progress but even the chickens were intrested...

 

 

[Hacksworth_Sidings]

On 17/11/2023 at 07:39, papagolfjuliet said:

A few oldies from my collection. Jinty conversions, an early diesel on a Hornby Ringfield tender chassis, and the humble Tri-ang clockwork tank

 

 

love the brown livery on that first Jinty, reminds me of Triang’s railway children set, though I much prefer what you’ve done in terms of a brown Jinty.

[papagolfjuliet]

1 minute ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said:

love the brown livery on that first Jinty, reminds me of Triang’s railway children set, though I much prefer what you’ve done in terms of a brown Jinty.

 

It's actually maroon, but the lighting makes it look darker. It was done for me by a friend in (IIRC) 1987 using a Hornby Railway Children Jinty which had been bought very cheaply because one tank had a huge crack in it; that was the year in which Butterley painted 47357 in BR lined maroon and this was done in anticipation; I will say that mine entered service first!

 

 

[cypherman]

1 hour ago, John Besley said:

Meanwhile here is my 0-8-0 rebuild into a 10.1/4" miniture railway engine still a work in progress but even the chickens were intrested...

 

 

Is that Wesley Pegden with the glasses taking a look at your engine. Be worried if he says it's running a bit rough...........😁

[John Besley]

On 19/11/2023 at 10:37, cypherman said:

Is that Wesley Pegden with the glasses taking a look at your engine. Be worried if he says it's running a bit rough...........😁

 

Hmm, I need add some glasses and hair...

[AlfaZagato]

I just picked up a Dapol L&Y Pug.   I haven't opened it yet.   I seem to remember the motor is to the rear and vertical.   Is there a method to laying it forward and horizontal if it is?

[Dunsignalling]

11 minutes ago, AlfaZagato said:

I just picked up a Dapol L&Y Pug.   I haven't opened it yet.   I seem to remember the motor is to the rear and vertical.   Is there a method to laying it forward and horizontal if it is?

A High Level chassis kit is likely to be the easiest and best answer unless you have access a milling machine and know how to use it.

 

Otherwise it'll be a fairly brutal and uncertain process using  drills and files.

[Hacksworth_Sidings]

25 minutes ago, AlfaZagato said:

I just picked up a Dapol L&Y Pug.   I haven't opened it yet.   I seem to remember the motor is to the rear and vertical.   Is there a method to laying it forward and horizontal if it is?

 

Might I recommend Little Wicket’s pug conversion? Involves a 3D printed replacement motor mount which takes a coreless motor, mounted diagonally, though you could likely toss something together out of plasticard.

 

[MrWolf]

That's interesting. Some time ago I started modifying a pug into something representative of an Avonside, I was going to hide the motor (more or less) with weather sheets, but it's a less than ideal solution.

[DCB]

55 minutes ago, AlfaZagato said:

I just picked up a Dapol L&Y Pug.   I haven't opened it yet.   I seem to remember the motor is to the rear and vertical.   Is there a method to laying it forward and horizontal if it is?

The Pug is awkward,  The Kit pug had a motorised chassis with a great big Triang X04 motor from Kemilway or similar which left the cab clear yet the Dapol has a tiny motor stuck up like a sore thumb.   I used a brass chassis with a long CD drive motor 60:1 Romford gears Romford wheels etc under an Airfix pug, never did make the con rods etc work properly  but the kit bodies are not true,  they are out of plumb and it annoys me intensely, so I want a  Dapol RTR body for my brass chassis.    Hence my suggestion would be to get a brass chassis

 

[sir douglas]

Im working on a 7mm Bagnall on a pug with a new motor, cant remember what i got it from (photo from 2 years ago)

Edited November 22, 2023 by sir douglas

[AlfaZagato]

I'll take a look at the options.  It is the RTR Pug.   I was going to try to build a Neilson Box from the chassis.

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, DCB said:

The Pug is awkward,  The Kit pug had a motorised chassis with a great big Triang X04 motor from Kemilway or similar which left the cab clear yet the Dapol has a tiny motor stuck up like a sore thumb.   I used a brass chassis with a long CD drive motor 60:1 Romford gears Romford wheels etc under an Airfix pug, never did make the con rods etc work properly  but the kit bodies are not true,  they are out of plumb and it annoys me intensely, so I want a  Dapol RTR body for my brass chassis.    Hence my suggestion would be to get a brass chassis

 

 

The problem I found is not only is the original motor pretty horrible, the meshing of the gears was maintained by various bits of plasticard shims that look like an afterthought. I would like to replace the motor with something smaller and more reliable, whilst keeping within the spirit of a bitsa model.

 

39 minutes ago, sir douglas said:

Im working on a 7mm Bagnall on a pug with a new motor, cant remember what i got it from (photo from 2 years ago)

 

That looks interesting, do you have any recent photos? I imagine that the motor is hidden in the firebox?