SteelAndSoot

I will just post the proof on my blog 

Sorry for any inconvenience

now it is saying the single image is over 10mb

I have finished my model for the competition. The build process is on my Blog so if you want to have a look I will leave a link at the bottom.

My two railway items are the track that crosses the river and a pile of sleepers sitting next to the person in yellow on the left bank.

For waiting for a train I have a man standing on the right bank next to the waterwheel waving the train down.

I will post an more images of the model after I have done some on the size of the diorama proving that it is within the the measurements

there are many more of those boilers and tenders around Arthurs Pass. They were used to strengthen some banks and some were dug back up and they took some metal fittings and components.

8 hours ago, AlfaZagato said:

I do hope Slugworth's is a bit less experimental with their candies than their rivals.

indeed

On 18/02/2019 at 03:17, Alister_G said:

Hi mate, is it photos you are having trouble with?

 

Are you using a computer, or a tablet or phone to post with?

 

Al.

Hi Al I am on my computer the only problem is it isn't giving me the prompter to upload anything. basically it thinks I am viewing the subject

I will just post everything on a new topic once I am done.

sorry if this annoys anyone

it may sound stupid but after this new update to the website I cant find out how to post new content apart from comments. so it will be a while till I can update on my progress until I can find out how to post more. Sorry

Welp I might as well give this challenge a go as I didn't last time. I have started the model, however I accidentally made it 19 cm long which is shorter than 8 inches but there isn't any rules in making your model smaller as it will still fit in the same box. Anyway I am rambling now so I will just start talking about my plan.

My plan is to make a 19 by 19 cm layout with three levels, A river in front, A bridge in the middle (it then opens back up a bit just to see the river again) and a cliff with a waterfall at the back. 

hi Corbs yeah I understand I didn't mean to get in the way or anything. I was just asking if anybody thought I should do it as I was really unsure and I like listening to peoples ideas. sorry if I was a nuisance.

I just realised if I keep it as the b12 with outside pistons I could pass it of as 87546 from one illustration of the railway series I will just need to paint it light blue. but then again I wanted to go a bit insane on modifying

I was going to do either one however the smoke deflectors are the unrebuilt ones that are basically squares

it will have a b12 boiler, royal scot deflectors and loco chassis, 9f cab and either royal scot tender on 4f tender chassis or just the b12 tender. I may also make it a tank engine without the smoke deflectors and j50 tanks and cab/bunker

I might as well put the choice up to everyone on here. I want to build a custom 4-6-0 but I need a boiler for the engine and I was going to get a b12s boiler. However I already have one of the old Hornby b12s in LNER green. the previous owner botched a new tender on it and reversed the polarity on the engine. It also doesn't run very well but I still kinda like it however I don't have any money and I would be kinda alright with using it to make a new engine and I would just like peoples opinions on if I should do it or not. 

I managed to get it off. It was just clipped on but it was very annoying to get off

I just thought to ask this now as I wanted to try it on my Dapol L&Y livery pug. I was wondering as I have seen people remover the guard over the piston rods and I was wondering if anybody would know how to do it and if so if they could tell me how.

looking very good so far

that is indeed why I tried to do it. As I know many people like the engine but I haven't seen many people try making it. It came out well but it is a little loud when running and sometimes derails going backwards going over sharp points but apart from that it is a very smooth runner and I am very pleased with how i turned out (apart from the gap under the frames)

this is my Big Bertha model cobbled together from three old engines otherwise known as the lickey banker

I have had a couple ideas and have made a engine of my own if people are interested

I have a bunch of old locomotive parts including a royal scot locomotive chassis complete with wheels working motor everything

and I also have the body shell of an old Hornby j50

So my plan was to make a j50 4-6-0

it actually looks alright length ways so far

all of these engines are looking great so far

I have been viewing this for a while but haven't said anything up until this point