mike wild

Evening All,

The tooling work for the diesel brake tender is underway as I type and the model is moving forwards. We (Hornby Magazine) are also now taking pre-orders for the brake tender which will be released in four liveries. The anticipated release date is May 2014 at present.

Cheers,

Mike

Afternoon All!

I have good news in that we have just approved the CAD/CAM artwork for the 'OO' gauge diesel brake tender. An awful lot of work has gone into this since my last posts on here and I would like to thank everyone who has offered information, comment and images of the real vehicles. 

I hope you all enjoy the following images from the very latest CAD/CAM drawings and if you have any comments my ears (or eyes as the case maybe) are always open!

Have a good weekend!

Mike

Afternoon Gents,

As a starting point I am currently looking into all dimensions for this model. Also, I would like to confirm that we are working on the diagram 1/555 version with a tumblehome to body and Gresley bogies.

Thank you also to DaveF and Michael Delamar for posting up their images - much appreciated and very useful.

Thanks,

Mike

Afternoon all!

Below are the latest CAD/CAM drawings of the diesel brake tender with a few more revisions including reinstatement of the brake shoes. We are currently looking at providing optional guard irons and three and four spoke handbrake wheels to offer a little customisation to the model. 

Enjoy!

Mike

Morning All,

Much has been happening in the background with this project correcting details, sorting the body profile and height and checking and rechecking measurements. Below is a selection of images from the very latest CAD/CAM drawing which is pretty much there now - although the brake shoes are missing from this version, but will be replaced. As always your comments are welcome - we want to make sure this model is correct before we hit the big green tooling button!

Thanks,

Mike

Having built all kits but the Genisis kits* and scratchbuilt many more I feel that the overall height of the body is wrong. If you look at the photo in the link Mike (Stationmaster) has provided the height from the bottom of the front to the top of the "piano" lid top is 4 buffer beams high. The CAD it is just over five buffer beams high.

 

It would be a great pity to get the height wrong. Mopok made their model too high by the same amount. As a very basic vac formed plastic moulding it was easy to alter but if the intended Hornby Magazine model is going to be of greater detail then It will not be easy to alter. I little suggestion, buy a Inter-city or ABS model to copy. Both are correct.

 

Yours

 

Clive

 

*with only 120 built Hanging Hill have 10 already there was no need to make any of these.

Hi Clive,

Thanks for comments about the overall height - it is something that we are currently checking as both Dave and myself felt that the model looked too tall overall. We'll be looking into this today to make the necessary amendments.

Thanks,

Mike

Thanks for that Mike. A cunning plan and It explains why I couldn't see them on the original CADs. Will there be an order form in the January mag? :-)

No problems. We won't be taking orders just yet - we want to get the model progressed further and a more definitive date on arrival before we start taking orders. As soon as we are ready though there will be an order form in the magazine!

I'm not interested in them - thankfully well out of period for me - but that latest CAD shows a distinct improvement in the curvature of the upper part, Eastern pattern lamps with Gresley bogies is a nice touch as is using Class 8 headcode; but it presumably means both ends will be lamped?

The step on the bottom front of the bogie needs to be squared off - if possible - and there are no lifeguards, look at the pic on this link -

http://www.flickr.co...610621/sizes/l/

 

The shape of the top of the bogies doesn't look quite right to me but that might be due to their pale colouring. No comment on bodyside detail as it did vary.

Thanks for the comments. The lamps will be separate items which will be in the detailing pack rather than permanently fixed to the model. With regard to the guard irons some vehicles had them, some didn't so the current thinking is that we will include these as separate fittings for those who wish to attach them after purchase. Also thanks for the comment about the step - we'll get this corrected!

Cheers,

Mike

Morning All!

Below are a few images from the latest CAD/CAM drawings for the Hornby Magazine Diesel Brake Tender. Any suggestions and comments are welcome - we want to get this model right and before we hit the big green button to start metal cutting!

Enjoy!

If you have any comments please feel free to contact me by e-mailing Hornby.magazine@wildcomms.com

Best regards,

Mike Wild.

Afternoon all, and good to see that the brake tender is getting plenty of interest.

As Dave stated the CAD/CAM drawings have under gone a large number of revisions since those published in the December issue as we move this project forward. However, all constructive comments are greatly appreciated as we really want to make this model of the diesel brake tender as good as it possibly can be.

With regard to the Spalding show - my apologies. However, if anyone wishes to pass on any comments directly to myself please e-mail Hornby.magazine@wildcomms.com - we still have time to make amendments and I would greatly value the input of anyone who has information or views on the diesel brake tender model.

I will also add images of the latest CAD/CAM file to this thread asap.

Best regards,

Mike Wild.

Simply stunning! Really enjoyed reading through your thread so far.

Mike

I really like the look of this - a cracking layout!

Mike