LH&JC (Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Colliery) Stephenson No.5

[Paul_sterling]

1 hour ago, Tim Hall said:

I was over the road, ICI/ BASF/ Targor.

 

Ah! I served my time as an ICI apprentice, though at Catalco/Belasis. My Dad however, is at Wilton, has been nearly ten years now, buildings maintenance. 

 

Paul. 

[rowanj]

Folk might be interested in my build of No 5. I describe it in my loco build thread.

 

Building kits for Tyneside in the BR era. Lambton Tank No 5 - Page 57 - Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding - RMweb

[Les1952]

I bought one of these, but have yet to start it- the chassis mods are quite frankly beyond me.  I have, however, discovered that a 57xx chassis fits in quite well, and the mod to put a radial wheel on the back would be rather less than the mods to the 56xx.

 

That one above looks lovely.

 

Les

 

[rowanj]

Just for completeness, here is No5 in action. 

[Paul_sterling]

Thanks all. John you've done a magnificent job of that loco, well done.

 

I think it's probably a good time that I cut another chassis, so that I can show a simplified approach, that also minimises the risk to any of the fitted parts. I'll follow up with the steps in due course. 

 

Thanks. 

Paul. 

[rowanj]

Paul. It might be worth a look at the Bachmann spares site- when I was there last they had a fair selection for the 56xx chassis, including a bare chassis block, wheel sets amd motor all as separate bits. 

to be homest, if I was doing this again, I'd look at building a Comet chassis.

Do you have a dodgy 29 tucked away anywhere?

All the best.

John

 

Edited June 19, 2023 by rowanj

[Paul_sterling]

5 minutes ago, rowanj said:

Paul. It might be worth a look at the Bachmann spares site- when I was there last they had a fair selection for the 56xx chassis, including a bare chassis block, wheel sets amd motor all as separate bits. 

to be homest, if I was doing this again, I'd look at building a Comet chassis.

Do you have a dodgy 29 tucked away anywhere?

All the best.

John

 

And reasonably priced too. 

 

I've got a few 56xx already, as I intended to make more than 1 no.5, but a spare block is always handy, especially for mod colour coding. 

 

Thanks!