Dave John

A useful document Compound, many thanks. Shipbuilding on the Clyde and the commercial development of North west Glasgow in the late 1900s would have made the L&D a busy and varied operation. 

Anyway I just like building wagons..... 

Interesting and very educating, I knew nothing about these engines.  To be fair Mike it isn't only you that is trying to piece it all together. The whole idea of rubber sprung flangeless drivers has seen me scribbling a few thoughts out, I can't help but feel that any sort of sharp curve would be a problem. 

Well I just happened to have some old mahogany flooring. Like a lot of old wood it looks rough but when sawn is nice inside. I like the colour too, historically creasoted but then rather sunbleached. 

I too am finding this fascinating. Effectively a structural boiler. The heat losses must have been significant with all those yokes rivetted on. 

Should be an interesting build. I'm intrigued  by the yoke arrangement. Were the two pots for a rubber suspension as well ? 

Hi trawest, I have a lot of photos. Most are from later on.  I'm happy to share them but it is many GB of files. I also have hundreds of silhouette files used to cut all the parts

and many affinity files used to print all the textures. I'm happy for anyone to have them. 

and 

Thats the south window. The brackets originally  had a ledge for a window cleaner , though I think that was fitted in LMS days. The curtain pole over the window is a mystery. 

Do bear in mind that Kelvinbank is not a precise model of Partick Central, though that is the main influence. Many aspects are interpreted from similar stations on the L+D line and dimensions have been adjusted to make a working layout in the space available. If I had  a room about 60 feet long I would model Partick Central from Kelvinhall tunnel to the East tunnel under the NB line in its entirety , with the Kelvin as the front and the Partick tenements as a backdrop . If in the unlikely event that any very rich CR fans wish to sponsor such a project I'm just about at retirement and open to offers ..... 

Like all of that ;

Glad you liked the article on Kelvinbank in TTL . I might do some more, perhaps covering the building of TLM kits. 

Very interesting, well done cramming the electronics in. Is the liquid used just water or are additives used  ? 

Thanks trawest, glad you enjoyed the blog. 

I have never seen a proper drawing. I measured the front face of the building a long time ago, I noted it was 56 feet (ish) . The rest of the site I scaled from photos, or a rough confirmation from the nls maps.  There was a good article in "The True Line"  , No 103 . That will still be available on CD for members of the CRA. I also took quite a lot of photos in the early 2000s. 

Hope that helps. 

Well, many thanks for putting all the effort in. Overall I am pleased with the way it has come out, it would be a lot of work to scratchbuild one. 

The 3d printing approach is very new, I suspect it might take a while for both designers and builders to work out the best approach. The strengthening of the footsteps with wire makes a difference and I have made a mental note not to push long trains buffer to buffer with it. 

Nice modelmaking. 

I too use the EZline elastic for ropes and sheet ties. A bit fiddly tp work with but the tautness is very realistic I think. 

Veery nice. I must make more 6 wheel stock . 

With regard to various heights of pantechnicons and traction engine haulage have a look at ;

https://www.crassoc.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=495&p=2957&hilit=furniture#p2957

I'm thinking about it .... 

Fair point Compound, the CR didn't have any specific stock for hounds as far as I can tell. I'd agree, a lot less foxhunting in Scotland than England, though historically some significant hunts. All largely wiped out for political reasons. 

Deer tend to be stalked rather than chased down with deer hounds. 

These days foxes have become urban, the west end of Glasgow is full of them . “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable!”, as Wilde had it in full cry along the Great Western  Road would be a sight to behold, and probably far less of a danger to pedestrians than the current hordes of pavement riding cyclists.... 

Oh, I really enjoy these diversions WF, all sorts of interesting facts come to light. 

The compartments at the RH end of the model are described as dog boxes so the CR envisaged some traffic to hunts as well as races. 

Excellent modelmaking as ever Mikkel. I am impressed with the way the printed paper overlays look and the horses are gorgeous. 

I use 5A fuse wire to make reins. Probably just described as 35 swg tinned copper wire these days.

Interesting as ever Mike. I note that the sheep truck has slightly higher sides, but still to my eye a bit low. I wonder if they might have had some sort of extra planking to prevent sheep jumping out?  Just a wild guess based on later CR wagons for sheep traffic. 

I'd agree the lithograph by Haghe is rather stylised. However I do note that the footplate staff have a rather Naval look to them. I did a bit of research and note that his main area of interest was shipping or biblical themed. Perhaps those Naval uniforms are a bit whimsical too. 

The downpipes are just part of the photo. 

One of these days I might consider a low relief backscence. Maybe..... 

I think in the end just the boiler and the tender came from djh, the rest is brass sheet. The Westinghouse pumps are possibly Caley coaches.

 My usual wheels are Gibson, I have used Ultrascale as well but the lead times are long. 

Fine attention to detail. The telegraph pole wire stays are a nice touch. 

Well worth a second  read. 

Finely made. 

I remember kerbstones painted black and white like that, nice touch. 

Cheers Mikkel. Somewhere in my head is the idea of inventing a small country on the Adriatic coast sandwiched between Montenegro and Albania. The area looks interesting, perhaps they have some useful ores to mine and move to a factory near a river or coastal  port for export. Still very vague, but thats the idea of a freelance layout. 

The bench is currently full of bits of electronics. Time to overhaul my house audio systems and build a more energy efficient control / pre amp system which can switch amps in as needed. Taking longer than planned but it is forcing me to relearn analogue design skills so not a bad thing. 

Nice weathering, a fine build. 

I'd agree with ravenser, compensation in the form of a rocking W  iron at one end is a very good thing. Nothing is ever perfectly square or level, and even if built well things do distort a bit with age. 

Very impressive, I think this is where 3d printing really makes a difference in modelmaking.

I would agree that making it in brass, as Roy did, would take a good while. I like working brass but a quick think in my head is running to many hours of sitting at the bench. 

A couple of evenings to design seems to me very fast, I still have the 3d cad learning curve ahead of me.   All very tempting. 

They probably would be but the idea here is to create areas where figures could be placed at random rather than at specific spots. I'm thinking about a platform or loading bay with a large proportion of the surface having a tinplate layer under it. 

I'll play more.