stephenashton Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Jim - I'm really enjoying your updates. It's good to see how the project is developing ... Reely Grate! ... ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hello all, I've made a little more progress on the chassis. I did this little video to show the chassis running freely. http://youtu.be/IFq397kGuvY Cheers - Jim It almost looks like wood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hello Stephen, Thanks for the comment, nice of you :-) Hello HT, I've often thought that myself the shellac does make it a fir bit stiffer. Cheers both - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Hello all, Having got the chassis to run OK with the motor in I've started to paint it and have just put the buffer beams on and checked the height against a wagon. Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Where did you get the drawing for this locomotive? I might have a go at one myself at a future date. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hello Martin, Thank you for kind enquiry and your interest in making a Y7 yourself. The drawing is in the Oakwood Press North Sunderland railway book I can send you a scan of it for your personal use, I expect it is still within its copyright, please PM me your email address. Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mog Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Jim.. So glad i found this thread (don't spend much time on RMWeb as I get lost so easily) Love this loco! For anyone who hasn't seen Jim's modelling 'in the flesh' .. it's inspiring stuff. I have plans for Y6, shellac..Rankine Gray's booklet... just need to get some card.. hmmm... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Hello Martin, I hope you and yours are OK, very nice to see you here. A Y6 is an ideal project for some card, ABS used to do a detailing kit in 7mm dunno if they still do. Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Hello all,I've very nearly finished my Y7 and surprised myself that I could make stuff like the chimney from a bit of wood and some rolled paper. I reckon the cost was under £40 a major slice of that being the motor, the wheels cost £3.99 incl postage and I bought some nickel silver for the the pickups from Eileens and some red paint from the Vallejo stockist.For those that doubted the pulling power of a card chassis here's the Ambrosia (and soup) video.http://youtu.be/7h_-o90fFMUCheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Hello all, I've very nearly finished my Y7 and surprised myself that I could make stuff like the chimney from a bit of wood and some rolled paper. I reckon the cost was under £40 a major slice of that being the motor, the wheels cost £3.99 incl postage and I bought some nickel silver for the the pickups from Eileens and some red paint from the Vallejo stockist. For those that doubted the pulling power of a card chassis here's the Ambrosia (and soup) video. http://youtu.be/7h_-o90fFMU Cheers - Jim Jim, This is a first class job and the pulling power is impressive as is the smooth running of a short 0-4-0 through the pointwork. Regards, Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 A our Jim its bostin in fact i would go as far as to say it's Reely Grate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted April 11, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2014 Well done Jim, Clearly no maximum loading gauge or axle weight limits on Muckton Bottom then?! It would be interesting to do the Y8 which was even smaller than the Y7, one of these reached the Spurn Head light railway being towed on a road trailer by a tractor and Scammell mechanical horse! They had 3 foot driving wheels. http://www.lner.info/locos/Y/y8.shtml Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thanks Chris and thanks Mike and thanks Dave, Nice of you all to comment thanks :-) I have a small drawing of the Y8 Dave, I've already got some suitable old Hornby wheels it will be the next standard gauge loco I make I think it would be interesting to see the two together. I recall the Spurn Head railway, I've got John Scott Morgan's book with a pic of it on a very small wheeled LNER trailer. I'd forgotten about it thanks for reminding me it's a good pic of the Y8 and you can see the coal scuttle in the cab, I often wondered if someone tripped over it and fell out of the cab, into the sea :-) Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mog Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Jim, I am always inspired by your work. Really enjoy the videos you've made too. Make me smile :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymw Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 a bit ot, but about 50years ago, I was with the leccy board, doing some work ouside the Ambrosia factory at Lapford. I was most impressed, a large hallway, with what looked like concrete mixers, guys in white dustcoats, hats, and white wellies. They'd empty out whatever was being mixed (looked like butter) onto the floor, and shovel it up using, iirc wooden shovels. Got given a few free dented tins of rice pudding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Hello Martin,Thanks for the comment, hope to see you soon at one of the local shows.Hello Ray,What an interesting story, amazing what companies did, hope you enjoyed the puddingsHello GSM,I know what your next project is going to be :-)Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Hi Jim, Fantastic build, and one I plan to emulate! Is there any chance you could provide measurements of your loco to complete those missing from the drawing you have? I'd very much appreciate the assistance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Hello Daniel, What I did was to measure off the drawing it's about 7mm scale. And then if it looks OK to you no one else will notice :-) Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Good point, I hadn't thought of that! I can no doubt figure it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Jim, one other question, if that's okay? How did you make the rods, piston and cylinders on the chassis on the first video? I had a read through the thread but couldn't find any details except that the rods are made from nickel silver strip from Eileen's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 your work is always fantastic jim, thats quite some skill making a working chassis out of card. regards, Sam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Thanks Douglas, Nice of you to say so :-) Hello Daniel, That loco the blue one was one I made in the late eighties and rebuilt the chassis from card recently. The rods are made from Nickel Silver strip the cylinders from Plastikard and the pistons and crossheads are some old Hornby ones at least that's what I remember. Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 This is a fantastic build, well done, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Read Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hello Nelson, Many thanks for the comment, I would say though that there is someone much better at it than me John Fownes, who makes huge mainline locos from Rymans mount card. You can see some of his stuff here: http://www.woodthorpemodelrailwayclub.co.uk/cardboard.htm Cheers - Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted September 14, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2014 That really is a fantastic result looks as though it runs as good as my ABC powered ones the motor gearbox cost more than your whole loco! Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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