Coal Tank

Hi Jol, Mike Williams recently mentioned the coal plate on LNWR tenders . He mentioned that with coal rails the tender shouldnt  be fitted with the curved coal plate.Have you any thoughts on this Jol

John 

2 hours ago, chris p bacon said:

 

 I've posted these pics before but they might prove useful.

 

I used a Mashima with High level boxes on each end driving 2 axles. It had to be compact as it fits inside a GN tender which are not the largest. It has proved workable and will pull 6+ brass coaches.

I am re-fining further versions as the GN Singles are the proverbial nightmare to motor as with a small boiler there just isn't enough room for a motor and weight.

 

 

 

Hi Chris, Thank you for that, the loco is powered aswell as the tender.i like the idea of the engine being powered and doing the work but the single wheeler Just need a bit of help. All a bit trial and error, I Will Just have to see how it goes. 

43 minutes ago, Mikkel said:

Quite a brass feast, and all of it looking so good. Will you be painting them yourself?

Hi Mikkel, yes Thats the plan 

Years ago I happened to work in a chaps house who worked on sets in the theatre. He said to me that there is a difference between what is real and what looks real. 

Also I am trying to motorise the tender of the Lady of the Lake. This is a trial and error thing to see if I can get the engine to pull bigger trains. 

I have Just started the tender for the A class, the Lady of the Lake and the Jumbo are almost ready for painting so I am moving on with this engine 

3 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Fifty-four feet over the end panels.

Ta

Just out of interest, how long is the 12 wheeler. 

Hi Mike, if you do etches for the 12 wheeler Will they be available 

John 

Hi, I started this Jumbo years ago at Expo EM when Penlan was on show. For some reason I Just couldnt get it running that well..... So I had a spare set of etches for a jumbo so I made up a new chassis and it runs beautifully. Then I had a look at the body etches and.............. Well. ......... 

All we can see Mike is absolutely amazing models. 

John 

I have done the operating rods for the drain cocks. I didnt use the etched part in the kit as it seemed to be a bit on the big side. I do feel how ever that these may be quite delicate. They need a bit of cleaning up. 

I am Looking forward to seeing the early six wheeler you are doing 

Ahhh............... The Lady

I find the cab a bit tricky also. When I do the Teutonic I hope to do the same as John Gowers and use two motors. First I must finish the Lady of the Lake and  the A class 

John 

Hi Rich, thank you for your comments, most of the rivet detail is etched there some that need pressing out

John 

Hi Jol this all looks really good, I look forward to update 

John 

Hi Jol, its great to see you back here I hope that things are ok 

John 

A man of solutions not problems 

A couple of photos of my Lady of the Lake, she's not far from being finished

Just cut the jig out and form the footplate. I annealed mine but Jol said that its not necessary to do that. Thats the worst part over. Then its Just the cab and splashers. Then stop and have a long think. I only have a meter of track although I have Just put a short piece of film on the LNWR facebook page of it running 

John 

Hi Mike, have you taken the Lady of the Lake out of the box recently 

John