Tullygrainey

Yesterday these two engines were identical

I'm going for something like Boulton's Dwarf

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

Nice! Is that a cut down funnel or replacement?

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

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This is Joan, who's nameplates have just arrived from Narrow Planet.  Clearly a a pugbash and subject of my first post on this forum. Joan has a chimney and buffers from the lamented Mainly Trains. Other parts like the whistle and safety valves were from the parts box or plasticard. Her livery is a bit ornate for the National Coal Board but she is a "pet" loco.

 

She needs a DCC Chip, replacement couplings and the nameplates fitting. She's seen here outside the screens of Gwynraven Colliery on some (deliberately) badly laid track.  To cope with this, I am going to try and fit 4 extra sliding pick-ups under the cylinders and cab steps to help overcome stalling. I saw this on a 2mm scale forum but if it fails,a second set of pick-ups in a permanently attached wagon will do.  Sorry about the random wires in the pic!

 

She'll be shedded at Gwynraven Colliery's NCB Shed with much larger motive power and I hope to be sharing more of my South Wales layout through these pages soon.

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

.... The loco runs really well and I think it's due to one or two things; firstly I spent a long time adjusting the wheels so that they were accurately quartered and making sure that the pickups were constantly in contact with all wheels. Secondly there is a lot of lead in the loco now in every available space. 

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. 

Does this count?  It's a 7mm scale 0-4-0 based on a chopped up old "Smokey Joe" body.  The shortened saddle tank and the smoke box (which is extended vertically) are raised to resemble Corris Kerr Stuart No4.  The cab is sheet brass and the visible firebox is copper pipe.  It has lots of old lead type in it for ballast, and it runs on a recent Hornby (China) chassis.  The slide bars and piston are Hornby 28xx spares if I remember correctly.  Cylinders are from a kit that I bought and abandoned as a hopeless case.  The lining is done with Adobe Illustrator and printed onto printable decal paper.  More details on this if anyone would like them.

 

 

 

There's more pictures on my RMWeb blog page here:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1200-stringfingerlings-blog/

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. 

Well if we're looking at only slightly bashed pugs, here's another relic from the 80's - Airfix kit with new handrails and motorised using a Bristol Models chassis kit with Sharman wheels.

 

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Nice modelling all round. Suitably gritty setting!

Excellent bit of modelling. I love the detail and finish.

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!

the paintwork i sbery good, its got that painted metal look to it

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

Shouldn't the driver be wearing a gasmask, judging by the position of the exhaust........?

 

Nicely modelled and weathered though.

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