DanielB Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Some of you may have seen my thread regarding how to branch out into O gauge without breaking the bank. Well, branch out I have and this is what I have so far... Spent £30 in a second hand model shop and got these three hand built points. Result! More to come as it happens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Some of you may have seen my thread regarding how to branch out into O gauge without breaking the bank. Well, branch out I have and this is what I have so far... Spent £30 in a second hand model shop and got these three hand built points. Result! More to come as it happens! Good find. Congratulations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nth Degree Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 That's a bargain. Plus you've got some tight pointwork there to create a small but interesting micro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted December 3, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thrifty modeling is the way to go in 0. All my track & points are pre-used, these are a good start. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Bargain number two! Just got all this hand-made track for £16.50 - sure some of it needs re-soldering and cleaning up but there is enough here along with the points to make a nice shunting layout! I'd best get to work on a loco and some stock! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted December 4, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 4, 2013 Wish I lived near a model shop like that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 You might. It's in Worksop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted December 4, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 4, 2013 OK, what's the name or address, I go past there sometimes (like last Friday when blocked A1 & M1 stopped me getting to the Wakefield show)! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black5f Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Well if you ever decide to give up, you'll make a healthy profit when you sell it! O gauge on the cheap is quite possible. T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 OK, what's the name or address, I go past there sometimes (like last Friday when blocked A1 & M1 stopped me getting to the Wakefield show)! You have a PM, Sir! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Well, not much in terms of an update regarding a layout plan or anything, but I have managed to get another 13 wagons for very cheap cost, so I'm happy in that respect. I'm in the planning stages of getting a locomotive body made from shellaced card, as well as working on getting an old Hornby 00 0-6-0 chassis modified over to have a 7mm wheelbase, so we shall see how that turns out. As far as a trackplan goes I'm pretty lost in terms of what type of layout to represent. Most of my wagons are of the open variety with plenty of 16t mineral wagons, so perhaps a colliery railway? That said, I cannot get away from the idea of a rail served Glassworks. But I'm not sure I have the available space for that. Time will tell I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted December 9, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2013 I recall a conversion someone did of a Hornby 0-6-0 into a Manning Wardle saddle tank. The old metal chassis & wheels are probably better to regauge than the flimsy plastic ones! Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Well I've stripped it down to just the wheels on their axles but I need a decent workbench to get the axles out. I should be able to do that at the club. I've also re-scaled a drawing of a Peckett B3 to 7mm scale, and am going to use it as a guide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Work on the B3 has been slow at the moment due to work on the club layout, but I'm getting there, bit by bit. I have a large part of the body cut out and ready to be assembled, hopefully I'll have something to show later this week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 If you can still find the older 0-6-0 chassis they are quite good for conversions. The newer plastic SSPP chassis with the plastic gears are not so good. Hornby Thomas models are constantly stripping the gears. With the old chassis they make quite convincing 7mm mechanisms with longer axles and every second spoke cut out. At the same time you have the opportunity to put better pick-ups and should consider adding a "stay alive" unit (I don't think flywheels are really possible.) There are ways to make a relatively cheap and easy chassis in O scale, but converting a R-T-R mechanism picked up cheap is still always cheaper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Well, progress is slow with the Peckett B3, but it's coming along. Just trying to get the basic skeleton together. The wheelbase is out of scale considering it's a Hornby 00 chassis, but I not really too fussed. Beggars cannot be choosers! So far it's cost me: £20 for the Hornby class 08 to butcher for the chassis 85p for a length of brass rod to use to fashion new axles to get the correct gauge £2 for a pack of card to build the body from £11 for a pack of shellac flakes which will last me years £2 for a bottle of methylated spirits to mix the shellac with. So for less than £40 I've got the basics of an 0 Gauge loco. I'm happy. Not much to show so far, but I'm trying to get the basic shapes together first before I start to test fit the pieces and see how it goes. Going to attempt making the boiler and saddletank tomorrow. Wish me luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Well, progress is slow with the Peckett B3, but it's coming along. Just trying to get the basic skeleton together. The wheelbase is out of scale considering it's a Hornby 00 chassis, but I not really too fussed. Beggars cannot be choosers! So far it's cost me: £20 for the Hornby class 08 to butcher for the chassis 85p for a length of brass rod to use to fashion new axles to get the correct gauge £2 for a pack of card to build the body from £11 for a pack of shellac flakes which will last me years £2 for a bottle of methylated spirits to mix the shellac with. So for less than £40 I've got the basics of an 0 Gauge loco. I'm happy. Not much to show so far, but I'm trying to get the basic shapes together first before I start to test fit the pieces and see how it goes. Going to attempt making the boiler and saddletank tomorrow. Wish me luck! If you amortise the cost of the shellac and meths over future projects, the cost to date is under £30. The brass rod will probably do more than two axles, so a further cost reduction there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 See if you can find some plastic drain pipe or a suitable cardboard roll (kitchen roll for example) which might be the right size, or close enough to it, that you can use it as the basis of the saddle tank. I find nothing more infuriating than trying to get a consistent curve from a flat sheet (and then supporting it so that it doesn't warp) Otherwise a slightly under-sized dowel or pipe would be a good former for laminating a few layers of car into the shape that you want. This rather reminds me of an article I read from an old magazine on scratch-building a locomotive in 7mm scale for a very cheap price. They turned ordinary wagon wheels into locomotive wheels using washers and small BA nuts and bolt and used PCB boards to make the side frames of the chassis and bullhead rail was the basis of the coupling rods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Daniel I have part made a plasticard body for a small ER loco, plasticard I find is easier to fettle than card and no need to shellac. I have used Alan Gibson brass chassis mainframes for 4mm locos and their 7 mm frames look good value Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks Hayfield, but I have a lot of card, methylated spirits and shellac, and no plasticard! I'll check out Alan Gibson chassis though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Dan Sorry a false alarm, I pressed the 7mm catalogue but you still get the 4mm first. Pity though as I thought that there would be a demand for these Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Ah well, back to the shellaced card then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 It seems that there is a preserved B3 at Barrow Hill Roundhouse not 20 minutes from where I live. I'm hoping to have a pop down therr after xmas and ask politely if I can take reference photographs of it. I might even paint and number my model as their loco; Peckett No. 2000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 The parts I have so far have been shellaced and are currently drying. I'll check them out tomorrow and see how they have fared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted December 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2013 It seems that there is a preserved B3 at Barrow Hill Roundhouse not 20 minutes from where I live. I'm hoping to have a pop down therr after xmas and ask politely if I can take reference photographs of it. I might even paint and number my model as their loco; Peckett No. 2000 here's one to get you started Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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