Show us your Pugbashes, Nellieboshes, Desmondifications, Jintysteins

[Halvarras]

On 08/12/2023 at 02:52, SteelAndSoot said:

Hello all, I do believe this will be the first time I have posted since the great fire of RMweb.

have been kept very busy modelling small locos of whimsy, many I will likely share later.

 

However, one such creation was finished just this morning.

The unceremonious bodge of a Bachmann junior and Tyco plymouth into a rather ungainly, well-running, loco.

I have had the chassis and body sitting in a drawer for many years now and figured that now would be the time to attempt to make something of it.

 

 

 

 

It remains a rather unattractive and implausible on account of its wheel size, however, I believe it will look right at home amongst my fleet of 60s and 70s industrials

 

 

 

Let's say "functional" instead of "unattractive"! Just need to find a plausible reason for those "implausibly" large wheels........🤔 (I don't think 'occasional use on passenger workings' would be......um........plausible though!)

 

Looks like you had some fun putting that together......!

[Neil]

Take one Hornby 06 body, chop and reassemble, plonk onto a Kato mechanism disguised as a six coupled example and voilà, a beefy narrow gauge diesel. Plenty of room for weight in this beastie.

 

[Hacksworth_Sidings]

On 09/12/2023 at 06:46, The Johnster said:

 

Graphite, from a graphite stick or a soft pencil at a push, is ideal for lubricating plastic bearings.  Tip from an Airfix Magazine circa 1962!  Presumably graphite grease works as well…

Unsure of how to go about adding such, considering the chassis had already been built when I got it, and I don’t really like the thought of stripping it apart. I presume you’d just draw the graphite onto the moving components/bearing surfaces before assembly? Either way, the pug rolls nicely, definitely worth adding the extra weight.

 

 

 

[John Besley]

On 09/12/2023 at 08:36, MrWolf said:

You might find that graphite grease is too heavy for such small, light components that are not driven. It may also degrade plastic.

Graphite stick or a silicon electrical lubricant is a safer bet.

I have used Kadee graphite from their applicator brought over 40 years ago and blown into axleboxes with the puffer and pencil lead sanded to a fine point and used to burnish the axle holes in axleboxes

[Dunsignalling]

Another possibility is GT85, but not sprayed direct from the aerosol can, as I was apprehensive about overspray or possible reactions involving the propellant.

 

GT85 contains PTFE (Teflon), and I have used it as an axle lubricant by spraying it into the lid and applying it with a paintbrush.

 

With the wheelsets out of the vehicle, I painted it onto the pinpoints, allowing it to dry before reinstalling them.

 

Seems to make for freer running but my treated wagons haven't yet covered enough distance to judge if it is a one-off solution or it will need periodic reapplication.

Edited December 10, 2023 by Dunsignalling

[DKGL]

On 08/12/2023 at 00:06, cp409067 said:

 

 

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As a modeller working in "O9" I have twice made use of a Fleischmann No 7000 chassis. I have also built in "OO9" a "Pugbash" loco using a MiniTrix Dock Tank chassis.

 

From this perspective, and clearly understanding that this is a freelance locomotive, I politely ask a simple question.

 

How in reality would the saddle tank have been filled with water?

 

 

CP

 

Now I know why it wouldn't move. No water = no steam = no move. Anyway, back to the works, and all OK.just arriving at Lr.Brislington.

[Nick Lawson]

On 10/12/2023 at 08:03, Hacksworth_Sidings said:

the pug rolls nicely

Even at Warp 8! Respect!

[SteelAndSoot]

Begun throwing together another little bash

 

Not much planning is going into this so I have no idea where this will go

 

Chassis is a Mantua 0-4-0st for those wondering

 

 

[AlfaZagato]

Chunky little dock tank, methinks.  Could be something Northeastern?

[Barclay]

Looks a fair bit like one of those Great Eastern tanks (LNER Y4). Great work!

[Hacksworth_Sidings]

3 hours ago, SteelAndSoot said:

Begun throwing together another little bash

 

Not much planning is going into this so I have no idea where this will go

 

Chassis is a Mantua 0-4-0st for those wondering

 

 

If you don’t mind, I’m just going to yoink that idea… :)

[SteveyDee68]

3 hours ago, SteelAndSoot said:

Begun throwing together another little bash

 

Not much planning is going into this so I have no idea where this will go

 

Chassis is a Mantua 0-4-0st for those wondering

 

 

How is that in terms of loading gauge? Have to say that I really like it! It looks … right! 
 

Steve S

(self confessed shunting loco addict)

[33C]

3 hours ago, SteelAndSoot said:

Begun throwing together another little bash

 

Not much planning is going into this so I have no idea where this will go

 

Chassis is a Mantua 0-4-0st for those wondering

 

 

Got that "GRRRRRR!" look about it!

[Northmoor]

4 hours ago, SteelAndSoot said:

Begun throwing together another little bash

 

Not much planning is going into this so I have no idea where this will go

 

Chassis is a Mantua 0-4-0st for those wondering

 

 

Oooh oooh I've actually got the Mantua (or possibly Model Power) loco and a Dowlais tank body in the spares box....  Looks slightly tail heavy (firebox CofG is behind the rear axle) but you've definitely created something believable there.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

4 hours ago, SteelAndSoot said:

Begun throwing together another little bash

 

Not much planning is going into this so I have no idea where this will go

 

Chassis is a Mantua 0-4-0st for those wondering

 

 

That looks superb, I’ve got a couple of bashes in mind for that. A lengthened 0-8-0 (the Z class we have at home) and an 0-6-0 on some sort of BR80 chassis.

[Gilwell Park]

Here is a similar modification to LNER Y4 Stratford departmental 33 on a Rivarrossi chassis.

[SteelAndSoot]

one splash of paint later

 

 

 

[Jake]

Making a start - inspired by this thread and inspired by this advertisement. 

 

The chassis is a model power US outline locomotive I had from my childhood - which always outperformed all my british models! I've fitted lights and wire mesh to the radiators. 

 

Obviously the body is two triang dock shunters spliced together and elongated to fit the chassis. 

 

The idea is to make a plausible steelworks type locomotive - similar to those that worked at scunthorpe and Port Talbot

Edited December 20, 2023 by Jake

[Ruston]

5 hours ago, Jake said:

Making a start - inspired by this thread and inspired by this advertisement. 

 

The chassis is a model power US outline locomotive I had from my childhood - which always outperformed all my british models! I've fitted lights and wire mesh to the radiators. 

 

Obviously the body is two triang dock shunters spliced together and elongated to fit the chassis. 

 

The idea is to make a plausible steelworks type locomotive - similar to those that worked at scunthorpe and Port Talbot

I wouldn't rely on that advert as an example of plausibility. The 8-wheeled one was a Yorkshire Engine Company proposal that I'm sure was never built. The 4-wheeled one is implausible as it stands - a 4-wheeled bogie loco! Spinning on the bogie pivot it would have its own built-in turntable. 😁

Edited December 20, 2023 by Ruston

[AlfaZagato]

Could ostensibly be built without the pivot.   Basic principle behind certain 'catalogue' tram types.

[Jake]

Thanks for the info. If they were never built that explains why I can't find a photo of one! 

 

Given it's a quick freelance project, it doesn't really bother me that they weren't actually built! Rule #1 applies 

[TonyMay]

I think it needs something on the underframe between the bogies to make it look right.

[NZRedBaron]

1 hour ago, TonyMay said:

I think it needs something on the underframe between the bogies to make it look right.

Yeah, like an under-slung fuel tank, or at least an approximation thereof.

[John Besley]

On 18/12/2023 at 12:30, SteelAndSoot said:

Begun throwing together another little bash

 

Not much planning is going into this so I have no idea where this will go

 

Chassis is a Mantua 0-4-0st for those wondering

 

 

 

I need one of those chassis for a 7/8ths Tich... I like it

[Gilwell Park]

Many years ago before models of obscure prototypes became so common I converted Triang / Hornby Jinties into some of those fascinating Swindon rebuilds of Welsh pre-grouping types.

UI have recently recovered them from storage so here are a couple of Rhymney railway S or S1 shunters. The front one is a later style Jinty with a mainline 2252 boiler, the further on is a very old Jinty with a cut down Triang 3F tender loco boiler. The more recent one still works & is used occasionally for coal empties but the other has very coarse wheels and has sacrificed it's motor to something else.