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Steam and diesel, all eras from Nationalisation onwards. Building 7mm locos-I have far too many but can't stop !
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Chassis and motors in 7mm Newbie questions!
84B Oxley replied to woko's topic in Kitbuilding & Scratchbuilding
Rob The Premier chassis simply bolts together, it is more or less foolproof. The same firm also does a range of motor/gearbox combinations. Be aware that ABC Gears have a very long waiting time these days, although their products are superb. However, the latest ones from Slater's are pretty much just as good, and there is also a firm called MSC who are equally good and offer very rapid delivery. I've used all of them in the past and been very happy with their products. https://www.mscmodels.co.uk/motor-gearboxes Hope this helps Jeff -
Ivatt 2-6-2 41229 waits for the signal to clear so that it can run round its train in the platform at Brewery Lane, Preston O Gauge Group's branch terminus.
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It's taken quite a long time to get to this point from a Hattons bargain non-runner 60077. The loco body is relatively untouched, though I did have to glue back the dome which fell off when I looked at it and reattach the blinkers. (They will be replaced with etched ones when I can get hold of some.) The chassis has had major butchery done to it, most of it by the late Dave Brooks of JPL who drilled it out to take his firm's wheel bearings. The cast iron driving wheels are from JPL and the rest of the loco wheels are from Slater's. The plastic front bogie was replaced with a spare from the scrap box and a scratchbuilt trailing truck replaced the flimsy Hattons one. JPL also milled some of the chassis block out so that I could fit an MSC 30:1 three stage gearbox with Canon motor and flywheel. Valve gear is also from JPL and included a lost-wax motion bracket. The original slidebars and crossheads have been retained but the flimsy plastic valve guides have had cast whitemetal substitutes epoxied in their place. Cosmetic detailing has been kept to a minimum: the cylinder drains were replaced with some cast ones I had in stock, along with pipes made from phosphor bronze wire. New cab and tender doors have been made and hinged in place and a decent sized fallplate fitted. Front steps, missing from the model, were scratched up from scrap brass etch. Very little had to be done to the tender: the keeper plate has been permanently bolted to the chassis but the original wheels have been kept. Much of the original weight which filled some of the boiler has been kept so the finished model will pull any amount of stock that is put behind it with ease. Finally, a light weathering with Railmatch weather black and a new front numberplate and shedplate from Narrow Planet completes the job, photographed here on Preston O Gauge Group's 'Marsh Lane' MPD. I am pleased with the finished result, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. Such a shame that Hattons got it so wrong in the first place, not in terms of appearance but in such awful build quality and reliability. Jeff
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46247 'City of Liverpool' passes through Hawksbridge station on the Preston O Gauge Group's layout at the head of an express.
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D2862 brings coal wagons onto Marsh Lane depot, part of its shed pilot duties. The loco was built from a 3D printed kit by Ald Models. Jeff
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And my O Gauge version of the same loco. Photographed on Marsh Lane MPD of Preston O Gauge Group. Model was built from a DJB kit well over twenty years ago but has undergone several upgrades in the intervening years. Runs like a sewing machine with a Canon/ABC motor/gearbox.
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Thanks, Shaun, glad you like it. I can't take any credit for the modelling, the shed is part of 'Marsh Lane' on the Preston O Gauge group's layout. I did build 41229 though, it's from an old Red Rose Models kit with a shedload of Laurie Griffin castings to lift it into a higher league. Jeff
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Having recently gained its 'Not to work south of Crewe' stripes, Bescot's 48895 ekes out its last days shunting one of the local yards.
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One I made earlier...but sold since...headlights came from a 1/43 scale Mini but I can't remember which model it was, sorry, but it was pretty cheap. Sorry to be a bit vague but it was 10+ years ago. Jeff
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The last knockings of GWR steam in the West Midlands. Plus an intruder! I built the locos, a friend built the stunning MPD Jeff
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