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I believe they were 7mm scale.

ThePurplePrimer was working on this 009 PugBash. It's a similar style to a lot of NG ones. I think the quality of the work was very good. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/86807-scratch-built-4mm-009-loco-wish-me-luck/page-2

The Sleeper, of this parish, did just that a while back http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/blog-1250/cat-520-double-fairlie

That's what part of my red loco in the first post is made out of (smokebox, chimney, side tanks and running plate)

Yes definitely. One of mine this morning, this was bashing an unused Hornby 'Thomas' which had donated its chassis to my E2 project, and combining it with the chassis from a Bachmann Junior and a BR 4MT pony truck to make something reminiscent of the Lambton tanks, with a bit of 50550 bunker. The only thing I regret on this loco is removing the splashers and not converting it to a straight running plate.

The prices they went for were: GWR 4-6-2 'Cathedral' £380 4-8-0 'Cathedral' £620 2-10-2T £440 Crocodile £680 2-10-0 £620 There were lots of others too.

Captain Kernow's gone and dropped a Clarke-bomb! Let me see... Here's a piece of pugbashing history, two creations by Ted Polet and still at work on the Craigcorrie and Dunalistair Railway. They are now running as 0-6-2Ts See Ted's site for more: http://www.009dutch.nl/cdr/main/eframe.htm

I think my aim with the theme of the thread was using cheap starter-set type locos to make interesting and unusual locos, so yes.

Technically a Nellieboshed cab spliced with a Bachmann Junior, here's my Avonside 'Portbury', and Pug motion

Yes why ever not, I was thinking of adding links to some 009 bashes as well. I too wondered about Nellies and Desmonds, maybe I should extend the thread title?

Nice one Steve, that looks ace! Just copying an image into this thread

Why yes! We may as well include the Caley Pug as well as the L&Y class 21. That does look a fine example.

Thanks guys, I do enjoy a good bash in the morning, so here's another one. This Manning Wardle type was made by '46444' of this Parish, you can see the blog posts showing its construction here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/531/entry-12233-manning-wardle-h-class-or-a-pug-bash-part-1/ http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/531/entry-12246-manning-wardle-h-class-part-2-of-a-pug-bash/ http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/531/entry-12294-manning-wardle-h-class-part-3-of-a-pug-bash/ This one was based off one Phil Parker did, shown here: http://philsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/h-class-conversion-in-Hornby-magazine.html

I'll need to check but I seem to recall some of them were a lot less than others.

A pugbash a day helps you shunt a whole train.... Here's a Peckett-style one Neil did: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/108575-bashing-the-pug/

Alternative thread titles: 'Let's bash our pugs together' 'The Pug CircleBash Club' 'Bash my pug' 'Puggery' 'Pugginton Bashminster, Esq.' Anyway, if you'd like to know what 'pugbashes' are, they are kitbashes using either the airfix or Hornby/Dapol 'pug'. They are especially popular among the narrow gauge community. In fact a few years ago there was a popular competition to produce a 009 Pugbash! I thought it would be nice to have a thread to show our various uses of this venerable veteran of the modelling world, including body swaps, narrow and standard gauge, etc. etc. Here's some of mine. TK&F No.5 A 2-4-0T loosely based along Dubs, Hunslet and Sharp Stewart lines. I used the Pug chassis, cab and mechanism using Hornby Adams Radial motion/cylinders, a Holden tank running plate, smokebox and side tanks, with a marker pen for the boiler. This is my current favourite loco. I've added a swinging pony truck made from styrene using an extra Pug axle and added electrical pickups. The boiler and smokebox are stuffed with lead as it couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding without it. NWR No.106 'Perseus' Roughly based on an 0-4-0ST version of Avonside 0-6-0ST 'Woolmer' of the LMR. Utilitised the good old Pug chassis and motion with a VERY cut and shut Triang 'Nellie' body, with the saddle tank from another favourite, Smokey Joe. This is also packed chock full of lead and has really good haulage capacity. If I'm honest I wish I had cut and shut the smokebox and cab more to bring the overall length down and reduce the overhang. I'm forever trawling the web looking for more as I love them, so will add some 'finds' to the thread, but please do share if you've made one!

Over on the NGRM forum, 'TVLR' has done this rather lovely P2.

A few building projects... Picked this point motor cover up from Peter's Spares for a pound, not bad! A touch of paint and some weathering, looks alright I think. and two others. The retaining wall for the 'high level' tracks representing the NWR main line, which went rather well, and the iron shed, which didn't. While the retaining wall is a Wills kit, I took a gamble on a 3D printed kit from ebay. It wasn't expensive, which was good, but showed up bent to buggery, loads of flash and bad prints, and would the darn thing take some glue? Took a lot of weighing down to get it to stick together. Ah well. A touch of weathering and toning down and it looks OK I think.

Haven't found the other half of the hacksaw blade yet!

Choppy chop... 1 broken saw blade later. Nearly there, some more material to remove. Rather than notching the front of the chassis block I elected to just chop it off. Nearly time to fix the steam pipes, then glue it all together and work out the fixings.

This might work? In fact it may have been one like this that I used on the 0-6-2T http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-X4868-Front-Pony-Truck-For-Fowler-2-6-4-Tank-Loco-/322198969819?hash=item4b048e1ddb:g:2IAAAOSwWfFXj6lI

Would a front axle be easier to adapt? As it would already be set up to swing back and forth. Maybe something like a V2 or Standard tank one? On my NCB 0-6-2T I used a BR Standard 4 2-6-4T rear bogie sawn in half for the trailing wheelset.

Thanks for the advice guys, will take it all on board. Sounds intriguing. Is that with the outside frames and all, or just the wheelset? I guess it depends on where the pivot mounts (if you want it to be able to swivel), or is it flangeless?

Yes I hadn't thought about using a file - though I had considered the dremel but it creates a heck of a mess and the flying bits of metal aren't appreciated by the cat. I've ordered a hacksaw which should hopefully do the job.

Excellent!