0395 and D15 frenzy but mostly 0395 and a Bulleid Spam Can for good measure

[Guest Jack Benson]

On 27/10/2020 at 13:21, hayfield said:

 

 

Jack

 

Just bought an old DJH CR 439 class 0-4-4T body (Seller thought it was a M7) and the paintwork has suffered a bit, thought I would try the Dettol method, sorry for the stupid question but I assume its used neat?  in any old plastic tub ?

 

Thanks

 

Neat Dettol, not a supermarket 'own' brand, leave overnight for best results.

 

Random ice cream container - Kelly's Cornish

 

The method did not work on the brass D15, maybe a different paint?

 

Cheers and Stay Safe

[hayfield]

2 hours ago, Jack Benson said:

 

Neat Dettol, not a supermarket 'own' brand, leave overnight for best results.

 

Random ice cream container - Kelly's Cornish

 

The method did not work on the brass D15, maybe a different paint?

 

Cheers and Stay Safe

 

 

Jack

 

Thank you for the details, I have an old DJH kit to strip. Off to buy some

[Guest Jack Benson]

After almost a month, something arrived from Colin at Alan Gibson

 

A set of milled frames for a T9 but with axle holes not hornblock cutouts.

 

Just need some coupling rods or maybe the existing ones will fit?

 

 

 

[hayfield]

You can order either cutouts or axle holes with these frames, I guess if you have not specified which you have a 50% chance of getting the ones you want.

 

I guess its easier for the modeller to cut slots rather than try and adapt to axle holes

[pete_mcfarlane]

I hadn't realised those Gibson frames could be had with axle holes instead of cutouts. 

[DLT]

The Captain has done a really nice job on the 0395, and D15s have now been passed to the DLT Workshop for renovation/resurrection/rejuvenation, and the job(s) will be described over there.

Cheers, Dave.

[Guest Jack Benson]

4 hours ago, hayfield said:

You can order either cutouts or axle holes with these frames, I guess if you have not specified which you have a 50% chance of getting the ones you want.

 

I guess its easier for the modeller to cut slots rather than try and adapt to axle holes

Axle holes were specified

[Guest Jack Benson]

Building the 0395 has been a constant quest for missing details, thankfully Martin Finney's T3 and 0415 share many common features. Finding an image of the whistle manifold was a sticking point, the Finney PDF instructions were studied and it was evident that there was some form of manifold supporting the whistle and connecting steam feeds from either side of the boiler.

 

A plea for help resulted in a thumbnail image of a 7mm Finney T3 in build and the riddle was solved.

 

 

Meanwhile, Brassmasters came up trumps with a sprue of very useful details.

 

A chance discovery of Caley Jim's lovely lost wax backhead will fill the cab nicely

We are very grateful to everyone involved.

 

Stay Safe and Stay Indoors

[Guest Jack Benson]

The arrival of an etch and castings from Brassmasters has resulted in considerable progress on the tender body.

 

 

 

 

30566, a rare image of the cab Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0 Courtesy Mike Morant

[hayfield]

Jack

 

The tender is looking very good

 

 

[Guest Jack Benson]

18 minutes ago, hayfield said:

Jack

 

The tender is looking very good

 

 

Finding information has been very hit and miss, the detective work was done by Martin Finney and Brassmaster's assistance in providing downloads of his excellent instructions cannot be underestimated.

For a rather humble 0-6-0 it has been an adventure in discovery.

 

Cheers

 

 

[Guest Jack Benson]

Adams 0395 in 4mm - 9 Up and running

The 0395 is finally running on Beaminster Road, it is about 80% complete but that last 20% will take at least 80% of the effort.

 

and the cab interior is coming on a treat

 

 

This will be a superdetailed 0395

Thanks to everyone

 

Cheers and Stay Safe

[Guest Jack Benson]

I almost forgot, did I mention this?

 

 

This PDK D15 arrived for my birthday, it needed a new motordrive and it received a High Level Roadrunner and a venerable Mashima 1224 is doing the business. It might loose it SR number but it is correct for the  '49-52 continuum that seems to exist in West Dorset.

 

Stay Safe

Edited February 3, 2021 by Jack Benson
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[Guest Jack Benson]

An unopened Amercom Winston Churchill has pitched up, its Triang origins are obvious but at less than a tenner it represents a bargain compared to 'collectable' Triang bits.

 

Thanks to David Smith's excelllent description of motorising the Amercon model, Pete McFarlane's build of an Airfix BoB and Tim Shackleton's masterful account of bullying an ancient Triang model into an early BLP.

The finished model should be a BLP at the start of the '50s, original cab, unfaired chimney, safety valves in the original location and all the usual pedant pick-up points. But the first major task will be finding a better chassis, that is going to be fun........

[KalKat]

Comet (Wizard) do one or there is Kemilway perhaps?

 

Emma

[Guest Jack Benson]

6 hours ago, KalKat said:

Comet (Wizard) do one or there is Kemilway perhaps?

 

Emma

As proved by our Hornby Torrington, their chassis is perfectly adequate and the conversion as described by David Smith is a tad cheaper and easier.

Thanks

Edited February 26, 2021 by Jack Benson

[Guest Jack Benson]

Well

 

Finally, broke into the Amercom model, it was more robust than expected but the Triang ancestry is obvious. Not bad for less than a tenner and the tender isn't much worse/better.

 

 

 

Next job is to discover what needs to be removed to allow it to fit onto a Chinese BLP chassis after which the fun of upgrading it.

 

Thank you to Peter McFarlane

 

StaySafe

 

 

[Guest Jack Benson]

 

One feature of (not all) the 0395 are the injectors, positioned between the second and third axles, similar to the T9 (below). they differ from the T3 on which the injectors are fitted behind the cab footsteps.

 

Unfortunately not available as a spare from Hornby, thankfully Brassmasters offer a sprue for their T9 which contains one injector (top right on the sprue)