Rob Pulham Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hi Jeff, No, mine is the original version and it's a Medley kit that I bought Ragstone brakes etc for. I plan to build the tender first to get a bit of a feel for the kit but the main boiler is a resin casting. If I struggle with the resin casting I may ask Ace if they will sell a body etc - reading Nick Dunhill's build the Ace body etc seems pretty good dimensions wise. It's a long way down the pile though at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Do ACE do the W1 then? Edited to say: of course they do, the "hush Hush". I always think of the W1 as I saw it: "The Unnamed Streak". That was the loco I thought ought to have carried Gresley's name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 That was the loco I thought ought to have carried Gresley's name. Hmm. If it had it might have survived into preservation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I thought the name earmarked for it was "British Enterprise" or some thing like that. Wasn't Sir N.G. the A4 named after the man as it was the 100th pacific to be built to his design. What more could you ask for. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaScala Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I thought the name earmarked for it was "British Enterprise" or some thing like that. Wasn't Sir N.G. the A4 named after the man as it was the 100th pacific to be built to his design. What more could you ask for. OzzyO. Not having Thompson follow you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Oooooh, harsh. So you didn't like his B1's then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Not having Thompson follow you? Better than seeing what he could do to your work! I think the following shows what Thompson was like, the following happen in August 1944, to the loco 4486 Merlin. The loco was temporarily renamed three times as the following. 1928 Brigid. 1931 Davina. 1934 Bryan. Not his family but the names of a new director of the L.N.E.R. Mr. Fitzherbert Wright. Talk about suction. OzzyO. PS. if you want to see the photos PM me or have a look in the power of the A4s plates 50 - 52. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaScala Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Oooooh, harsh. So you didn't like his B1's then? That would be like saying you didn't enjoy Beethoven symphonies but thought the first two bars of his fifth were ok would it not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 That would be like saying you didn't enjoy Beethoven symphonies but thought the first two bars of his fifth were ok would it not? ...after knowing Beethoven had taken the only existing sheet music for Mozart's six greatest compositions, and scrawlled all over them, re-writing them into Polkas, so the originals would never been seen or heard again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well I LIKED the A2/3's....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 I didn't do a photo build of this as it's just a simple distraction (and there are quite a few builds of these already documented) she will be going up for sale once I have it complete. It's one of Jim's starter locos and it will be finished as Nellie in blue with red lining. The intention is to paint her blue with red lining. At the moment the inner side tanks and the boiler/smoke box are loose fit. Regards Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Thats not nellie, the nellie I had as my first train did 0-3000 mph in a tenth of a second, and cruised at 2500mph. I think these little locos are lovely, I may have to push pull fit one for my own use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Hi Peter, I have to say I am impressed with the slow running qualities - to be honest I am more than a little surprised because it is powered by a £4.50 can motor that has no name on it. This motor is paired with a Jim McGeown fold up gearbox/worm and gear and it runs lovely. I have also fitted it with ball races too. This was mainly because I had some in stock and Jim's fold up gearbox allows the ball races to go through both the loco frames and the gearbox frame at the same time (I did a similar set up in the Y6 which was where I got the idea from). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have yet to use ball races. I have a feeling they might be used in my locos. I am going to see if I can get some here. I am sure there must be someone in the town who sells bearings. It is a lovely little engine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 It is a lovely little engine. It is and I believe that it is based on a Southern prototype so it's right up your street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Star Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I believe that it is based on a Southern prototype so it's right up your street. Correct. Peter has built an example and he was given a photo of the prototype class shunting in Southampton docks pre-WW1. regards, Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 After lots of Umming and Ahhing I have decided that I will keep Nellie. Once I had made up my mind I thought in for a penny in for a pound if it's to be a fictitious loco then it might as well be a detailed fictitious loco. So here are a few shots of the front end details. The plan now is to finish her in LNER black with the number 9827 which is the next number out of range for the Y7 (I think ) I haven't don't much towards the rear yet apart from add a cab/bunker back more of that when I get the cab detailed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 It will be a smartest Nellie with all that pipe work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I thought every O gauge modeller had to have one of these by Law? It does look rather good with all that extra pipework aboard, though. Has your chimney taken a knock? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 I thought every O gauge modeller had to have one of these by Law? Most certainly, I believe that it's a hanging offence not to have at least one. It does look rather good with all that extra pipework aboard, though. Thanks, I think so too but the burning question is, does it look remotely LNERish? Has your chimney taken a knock? You are not the first to ask - it must be a trick of the light/photography, to my eyes looking at it in the flesh it looks straight - or maybe I need stronger glasses!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Another minor update - we now have steps and coal rails, albeit that the coal rails still need to be soldered on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Hello Rob, nice looking build, IIRC, the Triang "Nellie" was based on a small tank loco from the L.S.E.R. or the L.S.W.R.. It may have been used as the loco in an 'auto' coach. OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks Paul, I originally planned to finish it very similar to the Triang Nellie and sell it but It has grown on me so I have had a change of heart. I was tempted to get some of Jim's push pull gear for it myself but so far I have resisted going there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 A bit more progress was made on Nellie over the weekend. Roof curved and strengthened by another piece of plate underneath and a whistle made from some rod/tube and washers. The coal rail is now soldered on and despite liking the idea of some of the Laurie Griffin cast tapered hand rails I elected to solder some of the rod that came with the kit in place. Following comments elsewhere about it looking Drummondish with the valves in the dome, I was thinking about filing them off and adding some safety valves from the scrap box but a quick look through the RCTS green bible showed that some J83 and J88's had similar dome with "lock valves" so I decided that was good LNER enough for me On Saturday I had a trip to the local model shop and picked up a set of Slaters pre grouping buffers. I drilled out 4 holes and added some brass pins with the heads filed square - my stock of scale hardware didn't yield anything suitable. Still to do is the cab detail, the brakes and to look at Y7's etc. to see what they had in the way of balance weights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 This has got to be the smartest Nellie ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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