BenNewland

That seemed to work. Ok, as for the budget chat, I like to do things cheaply. However, I was gifted a watchmakers lathe and some bars of brass. Very lucky indeed, so I set about making a chimney and saftey valve cover. I am a total beginner, so it was a shart learning curve, but due to lockdown, my only help was youtube vids (thought some were very good). Those on the ngrm forum I appologise for duplication, but thought this might be of interest here: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Taking inspiration from home made valvegear/motion, I cut up a fosters can and some nails: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr I replaced the motor with an N20 one from ebay (2000 RPM). It runs very slowly indeed so here was a test run: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr By the way, it took lots of fettling and arranging to get the motion to run smoothly, but worked well in the end It really is incredibly clunky really, when you compare it to RTR stuff. I very much feel on the "Hornby 4-wheel coach" end of the modelling spectrum but it has been fun to do, and still feel it looks better than without slide bars etc: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Keeping to the cheap theme, the smokebox door was made out of the plastic food lid (was a bit thinner than my 0.5mm styrene): Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr The front coupling was made from 0.9mm dia brass rod bashed with a hammer then with a blob of solder: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Following advice from a ngrm member, I used brass rod for the tension lock coupling: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Cab detail is basic at the moment, some sewing things for water gauges and the top of a nail for a valve - next time I might buy brass etched handwheels, but this was on a real budget: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr And finally, here she is on my microlayout - I did fork out for Fox transfers for the lining. It was my first go at lining, but again, youtube proved valuble. Patience and luckily my hands don't shake: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Funny looking beast, but I'm happy with it. I need to add a brake handle (which I have from a Dapol pug kit) and a reversing lever, then add some coal, and weather it. I don't know if the blow by blow account is really suitable for this thread. I am sorry if not. However, often when I see stuff on here, I want to know how they did it. All the best to you pugbashers out there. Have fun. I'm already taking inspiration from here for my next one! Ben

Hi all, Time for an update on the Smokey Joe bash. Unlike a few others, writing a few pages back, I have actually cut up my first loco I had as a kid. It was so battered and bruised I thought I would give it new life and continue enjoying it. I will try and embed photos from Flickr so here is a test run: Untitled by Ben Newland, on Flickr Ben

Just a quick not to say thanks for your welcome and replies RedGemAlchemist, Corbs and Adam FW. Thanks too for the note on print quality etc. Progress is very slow my end but will post up something when it is suitable. Thanks all, Ben

Hi All, First a thanks to Corbs for starting this thread. Although I have only just signed up to RM Web, I have been dipping in and out of these pages some time. Secondly, I am working on a pugbash at the moment, so I will post a picture up when it is done. Thirdly, this looks really nice. Is the print quality good? The photo is a little blurred. Also was that "white natural versatile plastic" or "smooth fine detail plastic". I no nothing about 3D printing, but this looks rather nice. Thanks Ben