Sirdouglas' O gauge

[sir douglas]

Bracing straps and rods, the ends of the (bulkhead is the right word?) castings had to be replaced after I botched the drilling. Next I'm doing the lid and the bracing cables

[sir douglas]

Axleb0xes, bufferstocks and lid. It appears hhet this version of the 14 ton tank didn't have the cables so I don't need them

 

My main reference is the Tourret tank wagon book, which every 14T that has this kind of strip fastening, doesn't have the cables while the other fastenings do. Here is an example of each picked at random, though while writing this I think I've made a mistake with which kind lid my wagon should have which also seems to corrispond to whether it has cables or not

 

A bit of terminology I only know now from researching this is "Saddle mount" and "cradle mount", I've gone for Craddle mount just to different from the previous tanks  which is that the barrel sits on 2 length-ways timbers, while saddle mount is the more common way of 4 width-ways timbers with curved cut outs.

[doilum]

Next step in this tank wagon journey is to build one from separate plates of shim brass.......

Edited May 25, 2023 by doilum
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[sir douglas]

It was going to be finished in a fictitious livery until I double checked the book (which I confess I havent actually fully read yet) there is a mention of tanks belonging to Olympia Oil & Cake of Selby, no photo but there are in Tourret's other book I don't have. There is the Bachmann rtr which gives an idea of what it looks like I will need the cables after all to make it look right

 

[doilum]

Please share any details of Selby wagons. Any excuse to build another brace

 

 

[Ruston]

I was never going to do anything with that tank now that I no longer model O gauge and so I'm pleased to see that you have made good use of it.

[sir douglas]

Cables and chackles with excess length left on the ends for fitting but for now I need to redo the straps which each need to be moved a little towards the middle

 

Also made a start on the Grimsby tank

[Johnson044]

On 17/05/2023 at 12:59, sir douglas said:

The tank now has a rolling chassis and the barrel has some thin sheets soldered on for the layers and rivets

 

In other news, I found the Allen key and the Welbeck now has a firebox

Welbeck is shaping up well. I really like the way you have formed the bunker- beautiful job.

[sir douglas]

Another nice day at the guild show and again received a box of bits from Airnimal, this time in exchange for S7 wheels. The journey though was of course made a little tedious by the strikes and having go on the bus taking about twice as long and the B&B stand was the most barren I've seen it since that one snowy year at Kettering I happened to go to. Mr Dunhill's NBR Atlantic was magnificent to see in person and a Furness 20 on another stand nearby

 

Back with the tank, its being painted with dark brick, the chassis has 2 coats while the tank still only has 1

[sir douglas]

Iv3 got some whitemetal axleboxes with their W irons cut off which were from the scrapped freelance bogie carriage and i also have many of these plastic W irons, so these were spliced together to make a usable set. On the left is a styrene jig to square up the parts while gluing

 

Starting on the chassis

[sir douglas]

Rivets and supports fitted to the body so the underside can be painted before fitting to the chassis, of which had to have internal members since it can be seen and the cut outs are for the buffer & coupling piano wire

[sir douglas]

Braved the heat to go see 4421 at Middleton, was worth it

Edited June 11, 2023 by sir douglas

[MarcD]

What size wheels does it have?

[sir douglas]

3' and 7'6" wheelbase

[MarcD]

Wagon wheels then. That will keep the cost down.

Is that the same are the one that ran on the Ratty?

[sir douglas]

Yes, 4421 is the one that worked at Murthwaite

[MarcD]

I didn't think it was operational. Last saw it in the museum near stoke.

 

[sir douglas]

Its always  been in running condition at Foxfield but never used until now because it didnt have vac brake, it was going to be at Middleton last year but didnt quite have it ready in time

[sir douglas]

Returning to the works diorama, mdf buildings carcasses made ages ago were recently thrown away as not worth continuing with and replaced in styrene

 

The gap between has been filled as i dont like the look of it anymore, the left building now has 2 roads

[sir douglas]

Having a go at a wagon sheet, ive got some black paper so why not try it. It didnt work out as getting it wet enough to sag and fold to the contours just made it easily rip. At least i tried. now i need to find where ive hidden the collection of Club and Tunnock wrappers i was keeping to do sheets

[Northroader]

Try aluminium cooking foil, Sam, just flatten it, glue some thread on the back as securing ropes, then primer, Matt black, and letter. If you use a mapping pen for the letters don’t press too hard!

[sir douglas]

Tried it with 2 club wrappers stuck together since 1 isn't big enough, i'll try the baking foil after i run out of these

 

The Railmatch dark brick for the tank wasnt working out. My dad went out to a model shop so asked him to get an oxide or tettacota ish paint. He got Vallejo's cavelry brown, the colour and consistency is good but i dont like the nozzle top so had to pour a bit out onto a pallete to use it

[sir douglas]

Not much for here lately, a few things on Eyemouth and a few things on Deffors but in other news i'll be demonstrating at Middleton Rly's model show this weekend

[sir douglas]

My desk for the weekend, i'm working on the Grimsby tank

[sir douglas]

At the show i did most of the body ironwork for the Grimsby and started on the rivet heads, then did some more a few days later but got fed up of the tedium. Ive now got back to it, finished all the heads and moved onto the lids

 

Nothing on the OCO tank other than a coat of varnish a few weeks ago

Edited July 24, 2023 by sir douglas