RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 7, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2015 And just in case folk think I'm getting any good at this stuff, here's the injector scrap pile... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted June 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2015 Modelling the scrap heap for the back of the works? At least you have the confidence to keep trying. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted June 7, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2015 If you push a suitably sized length of wire/rod inside the tube at the point where you are making the bend it is less likely to deform. I did it with soft iron florists wire inside a brass tube for the flue pipe on the BCB signal box. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 8, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2015 If you push a suitably sized length of wire/rod inside the tube at the point where you are making the bend it is less likely to deform. I did it with soft iron florists wire inside a brass tube for the flue pipe on the BCB signal box. I remembered that trick and tried it a couple of times. It didn't help on the copper tube which just split or tore. The really bendy bits were made from copper (electrical) wire in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isambarduk Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 "I find you keep thing there is loads to do then you look in the box look at the pictures trying to find something else to add" I know what you mean. I have found that it really helps to start making a still-to-do-list as I am nearing completion. Every time that I look at the photos and I spot something that I have not yet made/fitted, even if it's not the part that I was looking at the photo for, I add it to the list. Of course, although I do tick items off the list, it grows faster to begin with but eventually the rate of ticking items off exceeds the rate at which new ones are added until the list is fully ticked off. Another advantage that I find for this scheme is that, inevitably, some tasks on the list are tricky or not very appealing, so I may choose to work on something else, but by the time that these tasks are the only ones left on the list they do not seem such a problem - perhaps because the end is in sight! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted July 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2015 I trust that you are bringing the 02 to Barnstaple at the weekend ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 21, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2015 I trust that you are bringing the 02 to Barnstaple at the weekend ....... If I can find all the parts...it's spread all over the workbench at the moment. Must locate a certain signal box too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted July 31, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2015 It's official, even new prototype wheels go rusty... Slaters wheels are just like the real thing after all ;-p 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 You'd need a lot of Gun Blue to blacken those! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 You'd need a lot of Gun Blue to blacken those! And a box full of glass-fibre scratch brushes to polish the treads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Hi Chris I have just found this loco build. It has come out really fantastic, love to see it running on Pencarrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 14, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2015 Hi Chris I have just found this loco build. It has come out really fantastic, love to see it running on Pencarrow. Thanks Ray, me too! Must finish the loco and put some track down ;-p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 20, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 During the O2 build I looked and looked for a nice clear photo if the bunker rear of 30200. Found one but it was in shadow. Obviously now that the body is just about ready for a spot of black paint I've found this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31514768@N05/22661068038/ Looks like the rear of the bunker was patched with an extra plate and the lamp irons were moved down / lower than expected. It also shows the arrangement of the bunker rear under the coal rails which isn't quite how I have it. I could ignore it but things like this eat away at me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 During the O2 build I looked and looked for a nice clear photo if the bunker rear of 30200. Found one but it was in shadow. Obviously now that the body is just about ready for a spot of black paint I've found this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31514768@N05/22661068038/ Looks like the rear of the bunker was patched with an extra plate and the lamp irons were moved down / lower than expected. It also shows the arrangement of the bunker rear under the coal rails which isn't quite how I have it. I could ignore it but things like this eat away at me... Scratch the itch, before you paint it, you know it makes sense to do it now than later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2017 Change the running number..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 20, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 This is an extract from the best shot I previously found... Lots lost in the shadow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 20, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 Scratch the itch, before you paint it, you know it makes sense to do it now than later. I suspect you are probably right. Change the running number.....Nooooooooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2017 Looking at that very nice photo of 30200 at BN in the Peter Gray book . Dated as 1960, the caption suggests they had been replaced by panniers, particularly 4666 by then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Any updates on this marvelous build? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 18, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2017 Any updates on this marvelous build?Hi Jack, Thanks for the kind comments. I'm going to disappoint you now and have to admit that I've done nothing for quite a while to finish the O2. It's currently in the condition shown below. It's been a conscious decision to stop working on stock and target getting the track built. The idea being that once the track is down I will have something to test the stock on which means I can fettle their running before finishing them cosmetically. That's my excuse anyway. The O2 has been very useful in testing the track though, even if it's only by finger power! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 18, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2017 I should also add that the 1366 hasn't been finished either but that's going to involve significantly more time/effort as it is going to get a completely new chassis. I have however resisted my natural butterfly tendencies, which gravitate to starting new things, and haven't started the Beattie Well Tank or Bulleid Pacific kits... Oh the lure of shiny new things. On the plus side I'm getting to the end of laying sleepers, chopping rail and gluing down chairs. Electrical droppers have been added as I go and soon I'll be moving on to wiring and making the turnouts move. Who knows 2018 could see locos moving on the layout! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2017 I should also add that the 1366 hasn't been finished either but that's going to involve significantly more time/effort as it is going to get a completely new chassis. I have however resisted my natural butterfly tendencies, which gravitate to starting new things, and haven't started the Beattie Well Tank or Bulleid Pacific kits... Oh the lure of shiny new things. On the plus side I'm getting to the end of laying sleepers, chopping rail and gluing down chairs. Electrical droppers have been added as I go and soon I'll be moving on to wiring and making the turnouts move. Who knows 2018 could see locos moving on the layout! When building both the track and the locos it is a classic chicken and egg situation. The answer is either to take your loco to a friends layout for testing or buy one of those rtr ones that are available now. In my case I was a member of the Gloucester 0 gauge group and could take things along meetings at Garden Layouts. Fortunately although the group had some very skilled members the group was more likely to offer helpful advice that mock ones efforts. Not that I think anyone would be mocking your locos. If you lived nearby I would lend you a loco for testing. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 19, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2017 Indeed Don, definitely chicken and egg. I suppose my egg is the nearly finished but not wired up O2 which runs nicely under finger power through all the turnouts. There's also the RTR Heljan AC Railbus (which has a long wheelbase and dodgy wheelsets); the RTR Minerva 8750 pannier (which is my most recent acquisition); or the Ivatt 2-6-2 tank (built by Peter) which could be used to test the track under power. So with that many eggs kicking around it was definitely time for the appearance of a chicken. I must admit I was worried that building my own track, including a very scary looking double slip, was a step too far. I didn't think I would be able to do it but, as with most things, the combination of helpful advice, studying various books and then plucking up the courage to have a go killed that fear. I like the suggestion of test running stock on friends layouts, unfortunately I do have a slight issue in that respect... ...they are all 4mm (OO, EM, P4) modellers! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2017 The 8750 and the Ivatt should be good enough for trck testing. Pony trucks are quite good at finding troublesome spots. You obviously need to work on your friends Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I should also add that the 1366 hasn't been finished either but that's going to involve significantly more time/effort as it is going to get a completely new chassis. I have however resisted my natural butterfly tendencies, which gravitate to starting new things, and haven't started the Beattie Well Tank or Bulleid Pacific kits... Oh the lure of shiny new things. On the plus side I'm getting to the end of laying sleepers, chopping rail and gluing down chairs. Electrical droppers have been added as I go and soon I'll be moving on to wiring and making the turnouts move. Who knows 2018 could see locos moving on the layout! I know exactly how you feel. I have been busily laying US ng track (balsa wood ties and rail spiked to them and points made on a jig) and only have one operational loco. Even though I will be using On30 RTR none of the other locos I own have been "seen to" yet (weathering, new couplings, DCC sound decoders and programming). Granted this is not such a job as a brass kit build such as you have on the go (and I did for Dock Green) but it all takes time. When I get really bored with track laying I switch (no pun intended) to something else. At the moment the "something else" is often either buildings or scenery. Eventually the locos and rolling stock will get looked at. KUTGW Chaz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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