sir douglas Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 yeah i know, thats ive been saying i'll have to have the layout post war Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 a bit more work on the Brake van this morning, the C shaped ironwork and the bolt heads on one side of the van is now done Brakevan 2 (9) by Sam, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 solebars after painting the base grey coat brakevan 2 (10) by Sam, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Stock I saw going to look great when exhibiting at Wakefield 2017 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) one side of the brake van chassis now painted brakevan 2 (11) by Sam, on Flickr Edited February 16, 2017 by sir douglas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) nearly there, brakegear next to do brakevan 2 (12) by Sam, on Flickr since the topic of a horsebox came up on my layout thread, so ive started building one. with another one of the set of wagon chassis parts from Ruston and some spare wheels and bearings. i had two unpaired wheel sets, both the same diameter but different spoke pattern but since i want Maunsell type wheels so i filled them with milliput then cut the excess off after setting, sanded them and painted with a tamiya matt paint. By mistake, i made too much milliput so that was used to fill the solebars wagon horsebox (1) by Sam, on Flickr a test fit of the parts in a panel pin jig like i did before with the cattle van chassis wagon horsebox (2) by Sam, on Flickr the decision of how to fix the parts together was with a rectangle styrene on the inside, it was pinned down to keep it central width wise and it fits jut right inbetween the headstocks (i normally use the words bufferbeams because i can never remember the proper term of headstocks). the ends of the headstocks were filled with styrene before hand this time, the solebars were pinned in and drops of superglue put around the inside wagon horsebox (3) by Sam, on Flickr Edited February 18, 2017 by sir douglas 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Ive had to reposition the buffer holes as they are too close together at 5'5" instead of the correct 5' 8", and i know that the headstocks on the cattle van chassis are identical so I'll need to re do them as well wagon horsebox (6) by Sam, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxerbayrailway Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Hi Sam, Just discovered your thread of modeling projects. Some truly great work you've done, very ingenious and inspiring, nice to see proper modelling instead of just box opening ! Looking forward to seeing your future projects, Felix 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) using the same stencil method as before, but this time im painting on a real livery. R.Carder of Lancaster, I'm doing it for Jamie to go on Green Ayre, although the wagon was registered to the LNWR not the midland, we cant pass at having a lancaster based wagon on the layout. this first side is not done yet, still the tare weight and the load lettering to do wagon carder by Sam, on Flickr the source photo Edited February 24, 2017 by sir douglas 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 the tare weight and the load lettering now added and ive cleaned up some of the large letters with black wagon carder (2) by Sam, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 first side done wagon Carder (3) by Sam, on Flickr second side started wagon Carder (4) by Sam, on Flickr Stencil made from printing out the source image to scale wagon Carder (5) by Sam, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 (edited) back to the Kerr stuart, after having to wait 3 weeks for the society meeting, and then waitng another 2 weeks for the society to back to me, i would now have to wait even more, the corringham light railway society its self doesnt have the funds to do the scans but a few of the members are, it would take more time to arranges who and how for the payment to statfold, so ive decided to instead just build it from the 15 photos i have from the internet ive wasted 2 months waiting, i could have built it by now Edited March 3, 2017 by sir douglas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
844fan Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 back to the Kerr stuart, after having to wait 3 weeks for the society meeting, and then waitng another 2 weeks for the society to back to me, i would now have to wait even more, the corringham light railway society its self doesnt have the funds to do the scans but a few of the members are, it would take more time to arranges who and how for the payment to statfold, so ive decided to instead just build it from the 15 photos i have from the internet ive wasted 2 months waiting, i could have built it by now By all means I fully agree. After whay you managed with Rebecca I have total faith in your skill to build it from photos alone. Can't wait to see it my friend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 back to the Kerr stuart, after having to wait 3 weeks for the society meeting, and then waitng another 2 weeks for the society to back to me, i would now have to wait even more, the corringham light railway society its self doesnt have the funds to do the scans but a few of the members are, it would take more time to arranges who and how for the payment to statfold, so ive decided to instead just build it from the 15 photos i have from the internet ive wasted 2 months waiting, i could have built it by now But at least you have been walking the dog but hopefully with more enthusiasm than Saturday morning! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 But at least you have been walking the dog but hopefully with more enthusiasm than Saturday morning! what about saturday? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 The build has now started 2mm black styrene cut out, and my drawing based on photos and some known measurements Thunderchild (5) by Sam, on Flickr i taped the frames together to cut out the profiles as one Thunderchild (6) by Sam, on Flickr the result of which after cleaning with files and a knife, also showing the bufferbeams cut and drilled Thunderchild (7) by Sam, on Flickr frames and connecting rods taped down to a plank ready for use the pillar drill at the club later, as before the rods are cut out of 1mm brass with squares of 1mm brass soldered onto the ends Thunderchild (8) by Sam, on Flickr 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) untaped the frames and con rods this morning, glued stretchers in and superglued the bearings in, assembled the wheels and rods onto it and it rolls beautifully Thunderchild (10) by Sam, on Flickr Edited March 7, 2017 by sir douglas 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Working on the gearbox next. drawing, and the selected parts Thunderchild (11) by Sam, on Flickr Motor and gears placed over the drawing Thunderchild (12) by Sam, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
844fan Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Working on the gearbox next. drawing, and the selected parts Thunderchild (11) by Sam, on Flickr Motor and gears placed over the drawing Thunderchild (12) by Sam, on Flickr Looking great my friend. Small thing I just realized is it's going to be a pain figuring out the frame's exact shape on my French Tank. At least Pugsy is self explanatory from his photos. Thanks again for that photo over on the Pug topic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 gearbox together now, but the motor shown above isnt going to b used as it is a bit un suitable, you have to wack up the power to get it turning and then the starting RPM is a bit high for my liking, so i'll see if i can get a suitable motor at Narrow gauge North this Saturday Thunderchild (13) by Sam, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 while I'm not working on the chassis, ive been instead working on the body. cab ends and sides cut out Thunderchild (14) by Sam, on Flickr bolt heads glued to the bufferbeams and buffer stocks super glued in. thin styrene strip glued around the inside of the cab side opening Thunderchild (15) by Sam, on Flickr 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 now finished the Carder wagon for Jamie. The coal load is a polystyrene block covered in PVA and coal dust wagon carder (6) by Sam, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 more of the body work, on the cab back an front, the spectacles have been drilled, the sides and the cab back have been glued together and the corners rounded off and then a strip of styrene run around back, the footplate has been cut out but i cant do anythng with it yet as i dont know exactly how big the hole in it will be for the motor & gearbox and it will be difficult to cut that if i stick on the body work Thunderchild (16) by Sam, on Flickr body, footplate and chassis sat together Thunderchild (17) by Sam, on Flickr mid strip around the back and the tank fronts on as well Thunderchild (19) by Sam, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Ill start off with a cracking find that was just posted in the corringham facebook group. The essex countryside, May 1965 an article with works photos of the Kitson and the Kerr Stuart the works photos cropped out and blown up Back to the build the cylinders and the motion are now being planned. top right of the drawing is the motion planning Thunerchild (23) by Sam, on Flickr there are sources online that state the Kerr Stuart's livery as brick red, i want to copy this and the most suitable colour avaliable to me in my local model shop is Railmatch dark brick, the other day i took the wheels off to Apply this to them. The wheels were then put back onto the chassis so i could continue planning the cylinders and motion. it is shown here a little bit brighter to how i see it because of the camera flash Thunerchild (22) by Sam, on Flickr As ive said previously, i cat glue down the body to the footplate before cutting out the hole for the motor but since i have the gearbox built, that hole can be cut Thunerchild (21) by Sam, on Flickr The smokebox is now being made, Thunerchild (20) by Sam, on Flickr Edited March 17, 2017 by sir douglas 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Sam, i have a rattle can of red oxide primer that comes out a bit 'brick red'ish'. I sprayed a couple of coaches with it and then satin varnished and - to my mind anyway! - it looks OK. I'll try and remember to bring them to the club this evening. Edit - and a couple of motors! Edited March 17, 2017 by 5050 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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