Tullygrainey

I like where this is going! Look forward to seeing it take shape.

Many thanks. The funnel is a turned brass replacement - 51L range from Wizard Models. It's actually a L&Y Pug chimney so not strictly accurate but neither is the rest of the model! it was in the bits box and my Smokey Joe starting point was bought second hand with a missing funnel. Looking at the photo again, I really need to do something about that motor retaining spring! Difficult to disguise.

I love the variety in this thread. And the imagination which drives it. Here's my attempt at a suggestion of slidebar/crosshead on the Hornby 0-4-0 chassis. Mostly brass wire, tube and scrap etch. The cylinders are cut from the barrel of a disposable propelling pencil. Not too accurate but it works

Very fine! Lovely attention to detail in the livery. How was the lining done? Look forward to hearing how you get on with adding the extra pickups. Alan

A timely reminder that there are no substitutes for patience and careful attention to detail. The info in your blog, and in the video which you provide a link for, has all been very useful. Thank you. I've faffed about trying to build crossheads and slide bars for the Hornby chassis out of stray bits of brass sheet and wire. The results have been pretty ramshackle. This has given me the impetus to try again. Thankfully there seems to be an infinite supply of second hand Hornby chassis out there.

This is Pug-bashing of a very high order! A brilliant transformation and some very fine modelling. Judging from your videos, it runs pretty well too.

Nice modelling all round. Suitably gritty setting!

Thank you. I have trouble deciding when something is finished. The temptation is always to do a bit more, often to the detriment of the model. It's the same with layouts!

Thank you. I find painting and weathering very tricky. I get there as much by luck as by judgement most of the time. No. 15 was spray-canned Brunswick Green Acrylic gloss, then weathered with Humbrol Metalcote 27004 and powders. A coat of Acrylic satin varnish sealed it all. Finally, Metalcote was applied again to handrails and then polished. Alan

Thanks for the kind words Peter. Yes! That exhaust definitely needs attention. Either that or the driver will.

I discovered this thread only a few days ago and I’ve been browsing it ever since. What a treasure trove of ingenuity and inspiration! Thanks all. I didn’t realise pug-bashing was such a popular pursuit. “Where’s he been?” I hear you ask. All I can say is that “Where am I?” is a question I often ask myself. As a dabbler in O-16.5, I have taken my razor saw to a few of Hornby’s 0-4-0 variants. Whilst the end products bear only a passing resemblance to anything in the real world, the process is thoroughly satisfying. Here are two of my flights-of-fancy. ‘Meelmore’ started life as a Hornby Caley Pug and ‘No. 15’ was one of those bright red Hornby Bagnall shunters before the surgery. Alan