cornamuse Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) Ok, having another go at actually finishing a model! Current plan is for a very tightly packed 7mm micro, 3'6 x 16", basic Inglenook plan, with a fiddleyard as an extra portion. The Period will be early - 1840s to 1860s, with stock taken from wherever I can find small prototypes that I like - but with a flavour of the North East, and the Stockton and Darlington in particular. As usual, the majority of the work will be from card, with the added twist of having a new card cutter to play with Several elements constructed - Coal drops - based on Goathland Station Building - vaguely related to North Road Station in Darlington Chaldron waggons 2 coaches so - what do we think so far? track "plan" to follow soon Edited October 1, 2014 by cornamuse 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Mind you, it is short of motive power, at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Station mostly complete - anyone know what colour Stockton and Darlington notice boards were? Some rooms inside made and fitted - The parcels office (Father Christmas Room, if you are 3, because at Head of Steam, you meet Father Christmas in the Parcels Office. The big red chair is his!) The cash office - upstairs isn't big enough for the boardroom I wanted to show, so my wife suggested this as a more practical thing for the station to have. She was also able to tell me what I needed in there The chaldron waggons have been a major stumbling block - I want a reasonable number of them, but getting the shape right has been very difficult - everything slope in several directions at once!... and then, when It is joined, getting all the sides level and square is nigh on impossible. These 2 are the only acceptable 2 after about 8 attempts, so maybe I won't build that early colliery layout 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger j Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Now this has certainly provoked my curiosity! That coach looks very nice, as does the station building. I wonder what is available for 4mm in this period...... Anyway. I shall be watching this with interest. GJ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 The answer is probably "not a great deal," but you are welcome to my drawings, and do some resizing, if you fancied a go at the coaches? Here are a couple more shots of the railway's entire collection of rolling stock It is a slow process finding stuff I like and then designing the "kit" for it. I have taken some short-cuts by using the same running gear on the coaches as on some of my other stock - all built up from layered card. Here is also what could be laughingly termed the track plan - drawn full size because at this size, what is the point of doing it smaller! The advantage of the prototype/period is that everything is so much smaller than even a very modest branchline train, for instance. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger j Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Looks good to me. I wouldn't like to sit in the open topped coach (I presume third class?)-rather a lot of soot and steam about! Have you got any ideas for the loco to on run this? GJ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the kind comments, and yes, it is a 3rd class one. On the list of possibilities is a closed 3rd, the body of which sits in the Head of Steam Museum in Darlington. Son and I love sitting and playing in it for hours on end... even though it is said to be haunted! If I am honest, I think the open would be more pleasant in most weathers! Locos: Possibly a Neilson Box tank, or an early planet class loco. Would love to see Sans Pareil trundling round, too, if I get cocky. I am not going to get too hung up on precise time, just up to the 1860s, and mix and match as long as it looks ok. I suspect some of the smaller lines did that for real anyway! Anyone know any 1850s prototypes with waggon sized wheels? Big drivers are way out of my budget at the moment! Edited September 28, 2014 by cornamuse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maunsel Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Mind you, it is short of motive power, at the moment You need to have a sharp word with your Chief Engineer about this. I think he needs a Rocket up him......................... Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Aha That would always be a possibility, although it would be a bit out of date even by then. Maybe they bought it second hand? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Anyone know any 1850s prototypes with waggon sized wheels? Big drivers are way out of my budget at the moment! How about Wantage tramway no.5 of 1857?http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_England_and_Co.#/image/File:WTCo_No5_Didcot.jpgx What you've made so far looks great, I can't wait to see how it progresses. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Genius idea - was also thinking of a Neilson piano tank - wagon sized wheels, too The pair of them would look rather cute, really, and not be too far away from what I wanted. Did No. 5 arrive with the cab, or was it a later addition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I have no idea, as with all the best things I found it while looking for something else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Next step - freelance shunter based on a Neilson tank. Wheels converted from Slater's wagon wheels, chassis from card, motor and coupling rods ex-Hornby Clearly going for the cheap option, I know! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 It's looking great already Andy, I reckon that an XO4 powered sister will enter service on the TVLR at some point. While my computers broken I can't compete but I can join in, guess what this will be named? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Very tasty Hesperus by any chance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Aye, that's it Edit, sorry for hijacking your thread here, I meant to post that pic in the card loco thread. Edited October 7, 2014 by Hesperus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 hijack away - the more the merrier, really it is a cool model, by the way. How did you achieve the dome? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Chassis up and running... I would embed the video, but can't seem to get most of the features to behave. Will have to learn how to do this interweb mullarky anyway, here is a small version of the video The rice pudding skin pulling capabilities of this loco look set to be minimal at best chassis running tiny.wmv 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 It's 16mm wooden dowel, I cut about 100mm so it was easy to handle and roughly shaped it on a bench grinder twirling it between my fingers. When it was nearly there I wrapped it in medium sandpaper and continued twirling till I was happy with it. Next I dug out the scale drawing and drew in the line of top of the boiler through the dome. I could then measure the height of the dome above the boiler top as well as the edges. Putting the domed end against a box I could measure down and mark the dimensions at 90 degree angles then join the dots with a pencil and cut it off with a piercing saw. A smear of humbrol modelling filler around the base was shaped by running something cylindrical around it, in this case a needle file handle. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 ok folks - next stage of the loco. beginning to feel that everything above the footplate is too bulky, and that I need to make it smaller, lighter and lower 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
switcher 1 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Nah, just give 'im a box to stand on..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Re-built smoke and fire boxes, much smaller tank, much happier with the result We may yet see something other than finger power on this layout! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
switcher 1 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Nowt wrong with digital..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 How about Wantage tramway no.5 of 1857?http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_England_and_Co.#/image/File:WTCo_No5_Didcot.jpgx What you've made so far looks great, I can't wait to see how it progresses. Oddly enough, I just happened upon a Pathe clip of No.5 in action back in 1936:- 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornamuse Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 (edited) Very nice It would look very 1850s without the cab, wouldn't it? Edited October 15, 2014 by cornamuse 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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