Graham Hughes Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 http://Bachmann-collectorsclub.co.uk/featured-products/n-scale-midland-class-4f.html Blimey, that link should have a warning that you need some of those glasses for viewing the eclipse before you click on it. I don't remember the colour plates in the back of George Dow's Midland Style looking like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBS Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Jerry, Yes, shame about the colour and the fat yellow stripes but it looks very pretty. The superstructure looks worthy of a visit with a black rattle can and some new wheels. See you soon, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted March 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21, 2015 That 4F wouldn't look out of place at Henley regatta! (I've got the land train set on order tho'). Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted March 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2015 I quite agree. Very reminiscent of the Nottingham RC blazer IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted March 22, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2015 Jerry, Yes, shame about the colour and the fat yellow stripes but it looks very pretty. The superstructure looks worthy of a visit with a black rattle can and some new wheels. See you soon, John Indeed John, I shall be picking up a couple of black ones. Will give you a bell regarding getting together this week or early next. That 4F wouldn't look out of place at Henley regatta! (I've got the land train set on order tho'). Tim I have one on order as wellTim, probably the only time we are likely to get an accurate MR loco in correct livery RTR. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The brass coaches look well. There is a way of designing etches for clipper-sided MR diners etc. I produced the D1196, the last of the diner designs, and the recessed sides were only soldered in place after the roof had been temporarily clipped in place to keep the panelling in line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted March 31, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2015 The brass coaches look well. There is a way of designing etches for clipper-sided MR diners etc. I produced the D1196, the last of the diner designs, and the recessed sides were only soldered in place after the roof had been temporarily clipped in place to keep the panelling in line. Thanks Larry. These are done using Bill Bedford sides which are scratch aids at best, spare ends from PC reductions, PCB floors and Association bogies. I made up a crude jig from card to keep the various bits of the side aligned and, importantly, the same length. Not the quickest job but I'm only likely to have to build one more dining set for the other Pines rake so it doesn't matter. The price I would have to charge to build another in 2mm means I'm unlikely to be asked by a customer! Jerry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted July 9, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2015 With the first of the intended two Manchester diner rakes edging ever closer to the paint shop I thought it made sense to progress one of the locos that will pull them, the MR 700 class 4-4-0. It will be No. 766 running as an oil burner c. 1921/22. Over the last couple of evenings I have put the basic tender body together and done some further work on the loco. I won't do any more now on the upper works until I'm happy the chassis fits and runs well. Jerry 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBS Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Jerry, Lovely neat work - an etch or scratch built ? Hope to see you at Larkrail on the 18th July. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted July 9, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2015 Jerry, Lovely neat work - an etch or scratch built ? Hope to see you at Larkrail on the 18th July. John Many thanks John. It's a reduction of a George Norton etch which I picked up from Nick Dearnley almost twenty years ago so it's about time it got built really! Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardW1 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 mm I've got one of those in the gloat box- but the 800 2-4-0 will be first out of the workshop. I love the coaches Jerry - will look good on Maxstoke II or whatever I end up calling it. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted July 9, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2015 mm I've got one of those in the gloat box- but the 800 2-4-0 will be first out of the workshop. I love the coaches Jerry - will look good on Maxstoke II or whatever I end up calling it. Richard Thanks Richard. If they ever get a coat of paint I'd be more than happy for them to have a rn out on your new Midland layout. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted July 9, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2015 I roughed out the oil tanks this evening from some brass tube and strip. There are no dimensions for these that I can find and looking at photographs there didn't seem to be any great uniformity in their exact position either, so I've guesstimated. Indeed many I've looked at displayed quite a jaunty angle and looked too big for the coal space they were wedged into! The reason for doing this bit next is that I wanted to see if I could shoe horn a Faulhauber 1219 motor into a Johnson tender and I think I can get away with it - just! Usually nothing smaller than a Deeley/Fowler tender is big enough. The motor is visible in front of the tanks behind the front bulkhead but many of the pictures I've been looking at show a fairly substantial supply of timber here (split, spent sleepers). I've also yet to add the coal rails so I'm confident I can loose it. The 1.5mm rod through the axle box holes also pass through the tender chassis. This holds it and the motor in exactly the right place, crucial when clearances are tight. Jerry 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardW1 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 That looks good Jerry- are to going to build a Oil Well branch for the Colliery? perhaps a motorised 'nodding donkey' in the yard! On a serious note, have you considered dispensing with a separate frame under the tender- a la Greenwood style? It might help drop the motor a bit more. If the main tender body frames are lined with some thin PCB the split frame approach can be maintained. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted July 10, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2015 That looks good Jerry- are to going to build a Oil Well branch for the Colliery? perhaps a motorised 'nodding donkey' in the yard! On a serious note, have you considered dispensing with a separate frame under the tender- a la Greenwood style? It might help drop the motor a bit more. If the main tender body frames are lined with some thin PCB the split frame approach can be maintained. Richard If they had discovered oil in Somerset then I don't think the NSLR finances would have been quite so precarious! I had considered doing the chassis the way John does them but I don't think it would have allowed the motor to drop much. The main reason is that I wanted to transfer some of the weight of the tender onto the rear of the loco which is really useful on a 4-4-0 and difficult to set up using functional axle boxes. The simple answer would have been to use a smaller motor but I have several of these 12/19s and they are a lovely motor. Jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted July 12, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2015 With the test match won and rain pretty much all day I managed to make a fair bit of progress today. The first picture shows the basic bits of the tender. The body and chassis are joined with a single 14BA bolt at the rear through the transverse bar on which it pivots. The front is held at the correct height by resting on the loco footplate and thus transferring some weight. The second picture has the tender put together. The oil tanks have been advanced a bit but are still just balanced. The next two show the pivoted tender. There is a spot on the centre of the leading axle and in the first picture it can be seen that the body slopes back to front by about half a mm or so. In the second picture I'm supporting the front of the tender with a screwdriver. The spot on the axle can be seen centred through the axle hole. I got the loco frames soldered up this afternoon and popped the drivers in temporarily to see how she looked. Typically, with no weight at all she tipped forward so I hade to pop a little square of lead in the cab in order to get this shot. The fact that the tender body is sloping forward is clearly visible, as stated it will rest at the correct height on the rear of the loco. Don't know if I will make any more progress this week but I will be bringing 766 along to Larkrail next weekend so do come and say hello. jerry 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sej Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi Jerry: wonderful inspirational modelling and cat pictures, that's what the internet is for! Thanks for showing the workings of 766, I'm fascinated by the solutions involved in getting the motor and drive into those tiny jewel-like locos. I hope to get to see Tucking Mill sometime soon and saying hello. Cheers Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post queensquare Posted August 5, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) As usual I have been flitting from project to project in the evenings and this week I have returned to another loco that was started some while ago, MR 1F 0-6-0T No. 1676 which was a long standing resident of Bath. The late Reverend Alan Newman recalls a cab ride in her in the Midland yard when he was a lad in the late 1920s and I have a rather grainy picture of her in the same yard in the early 1930s. The basic body has been done for a while but I built the chassis this week and I'm pleased to say it runs very well with its Lawton 8mm motor and 60:1 gearing. It should get even better when I add some weight and I'm encouraged to finish it off. It will then join the growing stud of locos in the queue for the printshop! Jerry Edited to correct number Edited May 16, 2022 by queensquare 29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 It will then join the growing stud of locos in the queue for the printshop! This must be a new technique to avoid paint.Please tell more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted August 6, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2015 This must be a new technique to avoid paint.Please tell more. Predictive text strikes again......... Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nig H Posted August 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2015 That's very nice Jerry. How are you going to do the pipework behind the dome? There is a suggested method in Pete Wright's 'Loco bits' book, I think. Nig H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted August 6, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2015 That's very nice Jerry. How are you going to do the pipework behind the dome? There is a suggested method in Pete Wright's 'Loco bits' book, I think. Nig H Thanks Nigel. I picked up some some very fine brass tube and was planning to fabricate something with that, some wire and etch waste but thanks for reminding me, I shall look up what Pete did. I have a tin of left over bits from wagon chassis which heralds all sorts of useful strips and shapes. The spare brake levers I find particularly useful - long thin strips with an etched hole in one end. Pete Wright's little book is a cracker (as was Pete). Amongst other things he outlines a method of making Whitaker token apparatus - essential for any SDJR allocated loco. Jerry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Hi Jerry, I've been a fairly long term lurker on here but thought I'd add a note of my admiration! What wonderful work you 2mm types do, it's highly inspirational. All the best, John E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John lewsey Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 What a lovely loco Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted August 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2015 I see Steam at Swindon mentions that there will be a 2mfs model of Bath Queens Square. This must be you what are you taking? Unfortunately I may be away then. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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