RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted October 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2022 I’ll show you something tomorrow night that might help explain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickd Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) Final furlong this week. All my 3D printed parts turned up, well almost, and it was on with the bogie mods and details Mick printed some end beams that fitted perfectly over my modified side frames. I added the brake cylinders and some air pipes. The next bit of the job was to fit up all the brake shoes and rigging. Mick made some amazing prints for the shoes and hangers. I scratchbuilt some spring planks with their supports for the rigging. I decided that all the brake system should be soldered/glued to these supports. I scratched my head for a while and made a simple jig to support all the cross beams and allow the brass pull rods to be fitted up. I think that the brake rigging solves the dangly Delrin chain issue....luckily! So here it is, almost finished. I need some air tanks which hang on the inner ends of the bogies and a large auxilliary air (or maybe it's a water tank) between the battery boxes. They've been printed and are in the post as I type. it'll be finished by monday lunch. The total time to build both locos was around 450 hours. This was quite a lot longer than I had imagined. it takes about the same time to build (say) an F7 large tender loco. The pantographs took 3 weeks to make (I work 40 hr weeks) as did the bogies. I took quite a lot of pictures of one of the spare EM2 bogies here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/144381574@N05/albums/72177720302398293 and more pics of the model here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/144381574@N05/ Edited October 14, 2022 by nickd 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted October 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 21:34, Ramrig said: I’ll show you something tomorrow night that might help explain. sorry, family matters got in the way. I’ll post the pictures tomorrow. The locos look excellent by the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted October 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 21:34, Ramrig said: I’ll show you something tomorrow night that might help explain. Better late than never Here are a set of unrestored EM1/class 76 air horns. Still covered in genuine Woodhead Grot. As you can see from the images both horns ae the same. on the reverse they were connected via a 'T' joint to a single pipe through the cab roof. When 27000 was repatriated back in 1986 one of my tasks at the time was to get replacement air horn brackets made for both cab roofs. The society had a collection of horns gathered from the scrap yard when the class 76's met there end. The two in the picture still attached to the badly corroded back plate used to have the connections on the rear, (I think they may now be on the roof of Electra) Some years ago I tested these on an air line at work. These two worked and brought out a fair few people out wondering where the loco was. (I was nowhere near a railway line at the time) They produced a single tone sound that was also very loud!! From the drawings in the societies possession both classes carried identical horn arrangements. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickd Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 Thanks for that. No argument there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickd Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Done! The air tanks have been added to the bogie inner planks and the large air/water tank added between the battery boxes. Thanks to Mick Davies, Iain Mackenzie and Paul Beatty. More pics here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/144381574@N05/with/52434682089/ 14 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bri.dolan Posted October 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2022 Superb work Will there be a woodhead inspired layout to run them on Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Chas Levin Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2022 I have to agree - superb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickd Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Thanks all. Sorry no layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nickd Posted June 2, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Taster. Come and see it at Barnsley tomorrow. 21 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted June 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2023 Well that looks amazing . Well done. Is the other one finished yet or still in the paint shop? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chas Levin Posted June 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2023 Yep, that looks absolutely superb! Very sorry not to be there to see it (them?) in person... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted June 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 3, 2023 I did make the trip to Barnsley today and probably spent more time looking at this loco and the NB Atlantic than anything else. They are both lovely models and truly inspirational. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2023 Now send it to Heljan to try again! Mike. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post nickd Posted November 23, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2023 I have to say these have come out well after paint by Paul Moore and weathering by Neil Podbery. I want one for myself now......... 11 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bri.dolan Posted November 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2023 Absolutely superb Regards Brian 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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