SteelAndSoot

had this pile of bits laying around and decided to use it to build a loco here is the pile of rubbish I was working with (Notice the Nellie), although I did use a very healthy helping of plasticard, and nabbed some springs from one of the generic Hornby 0-6-0 08 chassis' smash cut to a couple days later and I have this Granted, if you put everything on a pie chart it would be about 35% Plasticard, 30% 3MT, 20% crane 10% Nellie and a bit of everything else, but I think there is enough Nellie in there to qualify for this thread can see the build on my thread

The time has come that the lad is finished, and I am beyond pleased. Construction could be better, but it's been a point of learning and fun all the way through very pleased that it started with this pile of rubbish and ended up with that

and now we are up to the present moment, done some work on the paint, but I have a fair way to go don't think I will add lining to the tanks or bunker, keeping it unlined feels like it adds to the aesthetic can also see paneling on the firebox and the gap between the tank and the firebox

looking for a livery for it to wear, but I figured one out rather quickly a nice dark blue alongside the bright wood

"it is becoming increasingly obvious..." "I CAN DENY IT NO LONGER!..." "I am small..."

started making the firebox with wood panelling on the firebox, the dome (I think), and the tank started added some more gubbins and primed the lad

did some extra work on it, will get the firebox and bunkers finished tomorrow with the rear railing put in place then the day after tomorrow I can make the dome and tank

got distracted from the mini coach very quickly and wanted to go about making another early loco to go alongside my Patentee. However, since my printer isn't set up and I am too impatient to wait until then to start this project, I decided to build it from scratch. I have set myself the goal of spending no money and making it out of scrap bits I already have, so I gathered together this pile as inspiration it was at this point that I decided that I didn't want to make this motorised, and I will instead get a tenshodo motor bogie to shove under a wagon, as I don't run models as often and instead build them as models for diorama display grabbed the frames from a crane, bufferbeams from the Nellie, and wheels from an old triang (at least I think it is) 3mt went with a 2-2-2 wheel arrangement as it is small and cute, but at the same time I fell down the rabbit hole of old rebuilds and stumbled into the realm of Isaac Watt Boulton. so I will be doing something of that style here the chassis has been glued together, and the frames are glued, with a piece of card to act as the running board just now I have cut up some pieces of Plasticard and cut off the springs from the remains of an old broken chassis bottom plate Going to do some more work on it over the next few days, but at the minute it rolls perfectly smooth and easily and I am so pleased with it

also decided to have a go at making a mini coach out of an old broken parkside Clerestory I had laying around first I grabbed one of those ultra common Hornby rollingstock chassis' that you find on everything and chopped it down a ton then i cut the center section from the coach and removed the roof filled some gaps and slapped a thin roof on it then I just slapped some buffers on and some lamp housings haven't gotten any farther yet, and I am not sure it fits at all period wise, but I'll give it a nice coat of paint and will see how it goes

want to make some more early rolling stock I have this old Hornby Liverpool and Manchester coach sitting around that I may have shared about before. painted it up following the scheme of a horse coach that I saw and I think it looks rather swish my hand slipped while I was painting and got a splash of gold onto the side of the coach, didn't notice it until I sealed the lacquer. so I will go with the idea that the painter of the coach fell off of their ladder while holding a paint brush and got some on the side

thanks!, this thread isn't so much me posting progress pics, but more of an archive of my progress and work on my more substantial projects. this year I intend to bring it more in line with progress as I go rather than archiving, so hopefully there will be more shared more frequently

finished painting it up, and am so incredibly pleased with it. sure the lining could be better, but I love it. I know its not everyone's cup of tea with the livery, but I hope it will stand out and be something different for early railway modelling. it should definitely stand out amongst the other early locos I intend to buy and paint got told that it looked vaguely spooky, and the suggestion of naming it after a bat, in refference to the original loco being Adler (eagle), came up. rather like this, keeps with the spooky theme. so currently the possible names are between Myotis and Barbastelle

thought that gold would be a rather nice touch to add, want to bring out that gawdy victorian vibe also rather liking the red wheels, will probably keep them red

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ went for purple because I thought it might be different

cut down the funnel and made some replacement gubbins for it, rather pleased with how it is looking so far, although at this point I didn't have an idea for its livery

want to do something with this damaged and sunbleached Adler by Trix. most of the fragile bits (except the left guardrail) is broken off, so I will need to make some replacement parts. not a fan of Adler's livery so i want to make it into a freelance Patentee

finished painting it up and weathering it. naturally this will play the role of Diesel on my layout, but can just as easily double as a regular 08 but I forgot to add the weathering to the steps, so here it is

rather happy with it so far

trying some new things with painting black, think some different patches should look rather nice

08 time

added a load of colour blends, painting shadows and gradients. also added some random splotches of worn wood and loads of edge highlighting to get some nice bright points and reflections really proud of how hard it is to notice, hopefully that means I did a good enough job at making it look realistic. but it does add a lot to the model so I am happy with it

painted the framing added the number, dry brushed some silver around and painted the bell

went for a brown enamel as the base then added a nice blue to hopefully replicate Toby in the railway series

have this tram I painted a while back, really shoddy and poorly done, so I will do my best to bring it up to date stripped the paint back, primed it, and sprayed it black

painted up this black five a while back, will finish it some day, but i'm happy leaving it here at the moment meant to be a bit more toy like than a full model, but I'm happy with it