Schooner Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Cor, that's a thing of loveliness! And those don't look like transfers for the lining...? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Schooner said: Cor, that's a thing of loveliness! And those don't look like transfers for the lining...? Thanks! Normal Fox lining transfers, I can assure you! 0.35mm, I think 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Need any contracting done? Quite happy with both these locos, although they're both being moved on to fund other projects (on eBay now if anyone's interested). First up, Manning Wardle Class Q, inspired in part by the Class L locos used by Logan and Hemingwey. Needs some blanking plates under the tank, but the wheel swap worked well - the Hornby Terrier chassis it uses was always a little bit too quick for my liking and the smaller wheels just take the edge off it. And a Fletcher Jennings Class J - 15" version. I didn't have a lot of info to go on when making it, so hopefully it's reasonably accurate, and no doubt more information will now show up since I've finished it. I'd already built another one (see previous posts) and this one was a test to try out a couple of new ideas, but I can't warrant keeping both. Next on the list, some Robert Stephenson locos - an IoW version and the later Haydock guise. Also following the Rapido 16" Hunslet, I've been wanting to make a 12" one as used by the MSC. Choices...! 6 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 3 hours ago, TurboSnail said: Hornby Terrier chassis it uses was always a little bit too quick for my liking and the smaller wheels just take the edge off it. What are the smaller wheels from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 50 minutes ago, Ruston said: What are the smaller wheels from? The Hornby B2. The bushings aren't quite a perfect match, so there's a bit of play in the axles, but the drive gear pitch and position are identical so they drop right in. Conrods and screws fit well too. I had to cut down the screw boss on the driven wheelset as it doesn't have outside cylinders any more. 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 5 hours ago, TurboSnail said: And a Fletcher Jennings Class J - 15" version. I didn't have a lot of info to go on when making it, so hopefully it's reasonably accurate, and no doubt more information will now show up since I've finished it. Very nice and always good to see a standard gauge Fletcher Jennings / Lowca Engineering locomotive. I'm presuming that you've got, or have sight of, Ian Kyle's "Steam from Lowca" (1974) ? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 4 hours ago, CKPR said: Very nice and always good to see a standard gauge Fletcher Jennings / Lowca Engineering locomotive. I'm presuming that you've got, or have sight of, Ian Kyle's "Steam from Lowca" (1974) ? I have not! That may have been handy... I was working mainly from a catalogue engraving that also listed various cylinder, boiler and wheel combinations 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 Some more RTR butchery as an Iron Mink becomes Kent Coal's mobile workshop. Based on the conversions first used by the Pooley weighing machine maintenance crews, later signalling and other departments. Thought the red oxide (it's darker than it looks in photos!) might make a useful difference from the usual grey vans when doing the shunting puzzle. 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 On 19/02/2023 at 15:52, TurboSnail said: Some more RTR butchery as an Iron Mink becomes Kent Coal's mobile workshop. Based on the conversions first used by the Pooley weighing machine maintenance crews, later signalling and other departments. Thought the red oxide (it's darker than it looks in photos!) might make a useful difference from the usual grey vans when doing the shunting puzzle. Clever as always Tom. Might have to make one for the KLR's permanent way train. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 Another day, another project started (without finishing the previous one, obviously) - this time I'm trying to make a Barclay Fireless 0-6-0. Step one was picking up a non-runner Rapido J70, as the wheelbase, wheel diameter and valve gear closely match the 1917 built Gretna fireless locomotives. The running issue was due to some of the valve gear being flipped the wrong way, so that's solved and it runs nicely again now. The bit I'm struggling with is finding drawings. Allen & Civil's book doesn't have one for this type, and I've not found anything in back issues of The Engineer. Anyone know where I might find something? 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Things are quiet on the modelling front at the moment with everything packed up pending a house move. But then some name and works plates turned up, and I couldn't resist sticking them on the FJ! 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 I'm happy your pic loaded for me quick. If I had read that without the pic, I may have thought you had named a Toyota! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 On 04/05/2023 at 14:30, AlfaZagato said: I'm happy your pic loaded for me quick. If I had read that without the pic, I may have thought you had named a Toyota! It's all flat round here, not much land to cruise around! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 12, 2023 Author Share Posted June 12, 2023 The house move has happened, and all my modelling time is being taken up by putting up shelves and cupboards so I can make the place look a bit less like a cardboard Fort Knox... however, I did find a couple of display cases on eBay and managed to put one up. Really happy I can now have these on display rather than languishing in one of many cardboard boxes! Now where did I put that spirit level? 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 Some of the locos I've built on this thread over the last couple of years are now up for sale on eBay - I'd keep them all, but need to clear some space and fund parts for a few "in-progress" builds! Including Manning Wardle H, RS Haydock, RS Ogee 0-6-0ST, Barclay Fireless, DJM Austerity and a freelance tank body. Listings here, ending today, please do take a look if interested! https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ts_modelengineering 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Lovely as ever, but all too late for me, sorry! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 For the first project on the new workbench, this C Class got a repaint into grey - I've done the same repaint before, but sold that loco and then regretted it, hence this! The tooling is starting to show its age a bit, but I still think it's a very nice model 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 I seem to be painting everything grey at the moment - this Rapido 6-wheeler has been repainted (it had the brown post-36 livery) to represent no. 5408, the first of the double-veranda as built vans, fresh out of the works in 1910. I think this livery is right - the earlier vans had the lettering higher up in the middle of the body, but later on it seems to have moved to the lower edge to match the wagons - I'm assuming this change would have happened by 1910. The lettering spacing is not quite right, but I had to work with the transfers I had 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 These are neat vans. I was interested in grabbing a single-veranda, until I discovered they'd all been doubled by my timeframe. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 You may recall I was looking for drawings for the Barclay fireless locos that worked at Gretna Munitions Factory a while ago, I eventually gave up looking for drawings. The solution... drive from Hampshire to Scotland with a notebook and a tape measure! (Ok, I may have been on holiday about an hour's drive away) Thus was had a fun morning, and yes I did drive the train! 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Some time later, the CAD was done - I've not aimed to replicate exactly the Gretna loco, it's closer to other contemporary Barclays in areas like the buffer beams. Now to see if I can get the 3D printer back up and running! 5 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 With the aid of the 3D printer, we have this: the mk2. The mk1 is in the background and had some printing issues as well as minor mechanical problems where I hadn't quite measured it perfectly. Mk2 fits well, so it's on with the painting and details! 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 I've also been working on this thing for a while - a rough approximation of Tottenham Gas Works' Garrett Traction Engine conversion. One of the stranger things I've worked on and hardly the most accomplished model but I do need to remember we model for fun sometimes, and it definitely fitted that brief! 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 That thing is adorable. All print, or is the chassis a donor? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 10 hours ago, AlfaZagato said: That thing is adorable. All print, or is the chassis a donor? The chassis is off a Hornby 48DS. It's even still got the decoder socket! 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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