Dufus Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 In the beginning was the Railway. The Rainhill Trials are generally accepted as the beginning of the mechanised railway. William Huskisson the local Member of Parliament was hit by the Rocket on the first day of the trials and later died of his injury. As a retired cop having spent a lot of my service on traffic dealing with Road Traffic Accidents (RTA), I have decided for this challenge to go for the railway equivalent and model the first Railway Train Accident. Huskisson was taken on a door to a local doctor and died several hours later. I am going to take a bit of poetic license and place him at the scene. To add to the challenge I think I can get a scale 1 Rocket into the 8 inch by 8 inch by 6 inch restriction. At a scale of 1:32 the Rocket and tender should come out at 8 inches long. No wriggle room! The problem will be with the height, using normal rails and thick sleepers it comes in at 6 inches with no room for a base board. I am going to have to make my own track and thin down the sleepers. I have identified some suitable figures, I have the 3D printing files for a 1:32 scale Rocket and Tender. This is going to be an exercise in painting and weathering. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MAP66 Posted April 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2019 Sounds good, by all accounts it was recorded as a pretty gory accident, so I'm guessing plenty of red paint? Hope you can squeeze it all in. All the best Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) Time for bit of an update. I have almost finished but though I would share a few intermediate photos first. First off are some of the parts to make up the tender to the rocket. Straight off the 3D printer. I need to do some work on my photography, especially depth of field! Edited June 21, 2019 by Dufus 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Here is the Rocket put together. The loco and tender are exactly 8 inches long but I need to lose a quarter of an inch in height. I can do that by remaking the rails. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted June 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2019 Pretty impressive cramming it into such a small space! One correction though, Huskisson was killed at the opening of the L&MR a year after the trials. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 So, open passenger carriage removed. Figures more or less in place so I have a plan. Just got to get on and paint it all. The figures are not exactly what I was looking for. I was looking for a top hat. I did think about altering these but now decide that it is a stage too far. Modelers license will come into play here. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, Corbs said: Pretty impressive cramming it into such a small space! One correction though, Huskisson was killed at the opening of the L&MR a year after the trials. Thanks for that. I did wonder why the Prime Minister would be at the trials. It being the opening makes more sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) To be really awkward, the Rocket was modified many times in it's life, and the model you have there is of the Rain hill trials. By a year later at the Opening of the LMR the Rocket's sister, Northumbrian, definately had horizontal (almost) cylinders. It's thought Rocket had been modified like that as well, as in that orginal cylinder poistion she was known to waddle like a duck.. Notice too the Northumbrian has the later smoke box, which Rocket is currently fitted with. This was found to be needed as the old chimney straight off the boiler kept clogging with ash and char.. Huskinson was of course not the first killed on the railways, Many had died in their construction, and in mechanically powered accidents before. But Previous lines were industrial and they were classed as industrial accidents even if they were a passenger. Edited June 21, 2019 by TheQ 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) Oh just a thought, The Duke of Wellingtons carriage was a foot to 2 foot wider than the other carriages, leaving little space between trains, that is why he was knocked over by Northumbrian and run over by the tender and carriages.. He was of course then taken away on a flat bed, that had been used by the band, it was towed away by Northumbrian driven by Stephenson. PS how do I know this..? May I recommend the "Haynes manual for Stephensons Rocket", normal retail around £22 but being flogged off at the moment by "THE WORKS" for £6 Edited June 21, 2019 by TheQ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Great idea for a cakebox challenge, will be watching with great interest. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted June 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2019 (edited) Looking forward to the painting and weathering! Do we get the blood and gore..... ? Sensitively done, of course. ___________ Polly Edited June 27, 2019 by southern42 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 He has an elaborate and wordy memorial in Chichester Cathedral, which, after extolling his virtues, implies he suffered some unfortunate fate but glosses over the fact that he was hit by a train. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted June 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2019 Great idea for your cakebox, hope to see more if this layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just to show it fits in an 8" x 8" x 6" cake box here is a picture in the box with rulers. Unfortunately the boxes used by Mr Bun my local baker are only 3" high 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) Some more images that I did not use in the final entry. This one showing the real coal that came from my sisters that was crushed by hand. Together with a couple of the D&G Models figures. I did try making a top had for the driver but it did not work out so ended up being removed. I liked this little urchin and can just imagine him asking the cop for the MPs boots. There was a slight defect in the 3D print of the top of the chimney. This was covered by the cotton wool smoke. I tried not to be too gruesome with the leg but the kids I have shown this to wanted more blood! Edited July 3, 2019 by Dufus text added 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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