locomotive kits 30368's Workbench SR Loco's with a bit of LNER

[Mallard60022]

31901 it is Richard.

[Mallard60022]

Here it is again to remind folk what a beast this is. Saves them going back several pages too.

P

[30368]

AWS components now complete together with more detail. I will leave the smoke deflectors off until after painting.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[Mallard60022]

What a Beast eh?

Second Photo shows it's German Army. First World War era heritage (Dome).

Looking brilliant Richard.

Thank you.

Phil

[DLT]

Very nice job Richard, and well done with the cab.  Those Maunsell wrapover designs can be a pig to model, and get the curves looking right.

 

Also the smokebox, a rivited overlay is always a big improvement on the whitemetal.  I've regularly found that they can be misshapen.  Not a problem with the rest of the boiler, but obvious from the front of the smokebox.  Once you've filed it to shape you need the overlay to restore the finish.  I've had some smokeboxes that have been trumpet/horn shaped.

Riveting a piece if thin brass is much easier than fiddling with those ultra-fragile rivet transfers.

[30368]

2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

Second Photo shows it's German Army. First World War era heritage (Dome).

 

I must file off that spike on the dome. The front end looks a bit like a WW1 British tank with all those rivets.

I rather like this model and the prototype since it falls into that ugly but oddly appealing, rather like Mr Thompson's various pacifics.

 

I have changed my mind about the deflectors, loads of room to get a paint brush behind them if area is missed by paint spray. Beading soldered to cab crew cut out. It needs some filler and cleaning up.

 

 

It may not look it but loads more detail added over and above what is supplied in kit. Can't find any lamp brackets fortunately I have plenty of etches.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

Edited January 16 by 30368

[Mallard60022]

Classic look.

Additional details noted. 

As it will be pretty dirty there's no real fuss about how you get the Black on!

I'll be very happy to let it run around Basingstoke for as long as you wish. It won't need a Depot transfer for quite some time. 

All the best.

Phil

 

[30368]

A quick update - loco almost complete now. Just handrails, injectors and then fit out the cab.

 

Sorry out of focus - handrail holes in wrong position on smokebox this side.

 

Kind regards,

 

30368

[Mallard60022]

Excellent.

Got Laptop problems Richard. Having to plug into TV to get a screen. Laptop Screen has died!

Thus I shall be off line for a while as I can't type on the LT and look at the TV screen at the same time! Doh!.

Thanks 

Phil

[30368]

As far as I can see, and following final snagging, the loco is complete. I am sure I will have missed something. I have given the underframe a repaint although it will need a further coat or two. So final images before undercoats and top coat(s).

 

Handrails on boiler side not absolutely strait but then they were often not so in service.

 

Phil, a Hornby dummy coupling on the front. I will do the same for the tender unless you tell me otherwise.

 

Boiler backplate, reverser and drivers brake valve.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[Mallard60022]

Brilliant Richard. Don't bother with rear Coupling as Loco will always be on a Train and moving forward (says he hopefully!) It's going to look like a real U Boat when it's all Black!

Phil

[Blandford1969]

Where did you get the brake valve from it does not look like DJH.

[30368]

1 hour ago, Blandford1969 said:

Where did you get the brake valve from it does not look like DJH.

HI,

 

Brake valve casting is from Branchlines and very good they are too.

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

 

[Blandford1969]

21 hours ago, 30368 said:

HI,

 

Brake valve casting is from Branchlines and very good they are too.

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

 

Cheers, I will look that out. 

[30368]

Well Phil, 31901 is complete now apart from careful and extensive weathering, oh, and a tender. One thought I had concerned the overhead line flashes, which by 1962/3, many loco's had. As far as I can tell 30901 did not, at least during the summer of 1962.

 

 

 

KInd regards,

 

Richard B

[Mallard60022]

It's a Beast! Thank you so much for what you have battled with so far.

The Cab you so carefully made up and the concealing of the Flywheel seems fine doesn't it?

I hope the Tender is correct for this Engine?

All the best.

Phil 

[30368]

18 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

I hope the Tender is correct for this Engine?

Phil,

 

Yes it is, it has the "step up" frame as does the kit - detail check later. Loco is now weathered - pictures later - looks much as it would have looked in 1962 - pretty mucky.

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[30368]

31901 now weathered. My poor images don't do the thing justice, it looks much better in the metal. Tricky build Phil but we got there in the end. Hope it is to your liking and now on to the tender....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[Mallard60022]

I love the way you intimate that 'we' have git there with this build! (The Royal 'we').

Yup, I sat on my arse at home whilst you singed and sweated and fettled and cursed and produced the Beast! I might add Lamps when I get it! Tough job that but I can do it.

I've just thought that I never knowingly heard a U1 working so have no idea what it sounded like. I shall have to think up some sort of Sounds in my noggin, as it 'climbs' Seaton Bank with 10 on. 

Lovely job again dear heart.

Phil

[30368]

Tender is going together nicely. It is all, apart from a few white metal castings, brass and is very well designed.

 

Wheelsets retained by a keeper plate so easy to paint and to maintain as required.

 

Simple pick-up on trailing wheelsets, wheels protrude into what will be the tender tank, just the right amount for simple wiper pick-up.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[30368]

Tender coming along well, due largely to good kit design.

 

I decided not to use the etch provided for the tender beading and instead used 0.45mm wire which looks good. The beading is one continuous legnth of wire which I progressively soldered in place from the back of the tender tank side and then bent the wire to suit as I progressed.

 

The tender valance is designed to be fitted to slots in the tender tank base and then soldered from the inside. This would have resulted in the slots for soldering the tank to the base being partially covered so I have not done so. I think I should be able to solder the valances from this side.

 

I could be wrong, and often are, but no attempt has been made to model the coal space on the tender tank top so a full load of mini coal will be required!

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

[Mallard60022]

57 minutes ago, 30368 said:

Tender coming along well, due largely to good kit design.

 

I decided not to use the etch provided for the tender beading and instead used 0.45mm wire which looks good. The beading is one continuous legnth of wire which I progressively soldered in place from the back of the tender tank side and then bent the wire to suit as I progressed.

 

The tender valance is designed to be fitted to slots in the tender tank base and then soldered from the inside. This would have resulted in the slots for soldering the tank to the base being partially covered so I have not done so. I think I should be able to solder the valances from this side.

 

I could be wrong, and often are, but no attempt has been made to model the coal space on the tender tank top so a full load of mini coal will be required!

Kind regards,

Richard B

Good job it would be going North then as it only Started from Sidmouth Junction as far as I know. 2.6.2 Tanks would have brought the two sections up from Exmouth and Sidmouth to the Junction.

Thus a full Tender would be fine.

Looking very smart and has the stepped front end as required.

P

[30368]

Tender is now complete and has been painted. Lining and a few bits and bobs to do.

Whilst the tender is drying I started to review the many pictures I have of the loco's I have built over the years and I could see how my work has improved over the years due to experience and all the great advice I have received. I also gave some thought to which build I was most proud of. That is a tricky question to answer since I tend the admire my latest build as the best so far, not absolutely true I know. With one or two recent builds I have struggled a bit.

Having said all that, my provisional answer to the to the question posed above is:

 

 

The reason's for my decision are:

 

1. This is a ACE Models "kit" that was very difficult to build and led to some amicable if contested discussion with the supplier.

2. The N15X rebuilds of the Brighton Baltic Tanks is a somewhat obscure prototype and that is always an incentive to the loco builder - having something that is not available RTR is great.

3. They are a well balanced design although a bit of a "sheep in wolfs clothing".

4. My layout is a version of Basingstoke Engine Shed (70D) intended to have an example of every type of engine ever shedded there (and many never shedded at 70D!) during BR days.

5. All the N15X 4-6-0s (seven of them) were alloocated to 70D and finished there working lives their in the 1950s. Therefore I HAD to have an example or fail with my objective so lots of pressure.

 

No doubt a manufacturere is even now planning a run of N15X loco's RTR.........

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

 

Edited January 31 by 30368
Correction

[Mallard60022]

1 hour ago, 30368 said:

Tender is now complete and has been painted. Lining and a few bits and bobs to do.

Whilst the tender is drying I started to review the many pictures I have of the loco's I have built over the years and I could see how my work has improved over the years due to experience and all the great advice I have received. I also gave some thought to which build I was most proud of. That is a tricky question to answer since I tend the admire my latest build as the best so far, not absolutely true I know. With one or two recent builds I have struggled a bit.

Having said all that, my provisional answer to the to the question posed above is:

 

 

The reason's for my decision are:

 

1. This is a London Road Models "kit" that was very difficult to build and led to some amicable if contested discussion with the supplier.

2. The N15X rebuilds of the Brighton Baltic Tanks is a somewhat obscure prototype and that is always an incentive to the loco builder - having something that is not available RTR is great.

3. They are a well balanced design although a bit of a "sheep in wolfs clothing".

4. My layout is a version of Basingstoke Engine Shed (70D) intended to have an example of every type of engine ever shedded there (and many never shedded at 70D!) during BR days.

5. All the N15X 4-6-0s (seven of them) were alloocated to 70D and finished there working lives their in the 1950s. Therefore I HAD to have an example or fail with my objective so lots of pressure.

 

No doubt a manufacturere is even now planning a run of N15X loco's RTR.........

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

Nice one Richard.

Phil

[Pebbles]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

Nice one Richard.

Phil

Is this not an Ace Models kit?