33C Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, SR71 said: Remarkable. How long do they take you? If you showed me just start and end photos I'd have no inkling they were the same thing. Thanx! They take about a week, hour here, 30 mins there, working around my shifts. They are great for super quick modelling! Got another, larger set this afternoon on the way home from work in the Oxfam shop, £2.50, unused, with points! This will have to wait as i have a couple of "Rail King" battery sets, picked up from the market, for £3 each, which will scratch another itch.... I have put some video's on Flickr of most of my conversions! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Here's the photo's that inspired this build. Edited May 19, 2022 by 33C added photo. 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 You really have a knack for these, that last post comparing the two locomotives is remarkable :) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 33C's exquisite 'silk purse from a sow's ear' modelling-on-the-very-cheap must represent the polar opposite of other threads on RMweb where expensive new RTR locos are purchased*, often in multiples, and run straight out of the box, illustrating perfectly just how broad the railway modelling church is! The question is, in a hobby which is supposed to be fun, who's having the most.......?! 😃 *once all the fretting over minor detail discrepancies has subsided.... 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Halvarras said: 33C's exquisite 'silk purse from a sow's ear' modelling-on-the-very-cheap must represent the polar opposite of other threads on RMweb where expensive new RTR locos are purchased*, often in multiples, and run straight out of the box, illustrating perfectly just how broad the railway modelling church is! The question is, in a hobby which is supposed to be fun, who's having the most.......?! 😃 *once all the fretting over minor detail discrepancies has subsided.... "Tinned trains", very moreish! YUM YUM! 😀 Edited May 20, 2022 by 33C Missing letter. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 "Fancy a Chinese,.......battery powered train set?" "Yes please!" 🤪 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, Halvarras said: 33C's exquisite 'silk purse from a sow's ear' modelling-on-the-very-cheap must represent the polar opposite of other threads on RMweb where expensive new RTR locos are purchased*, often in multiples, and run straight out of the box, illustrating perfectly just how broad the railway modelling church is! The question is, in a hobby which is supposed to be fun, who's having the most.......?! 😃 *once all the fretting over minor detail discrepancies has subsided.... Is it time to start going on said ‘RTR moan’ threads and posting the link to this one with no additional context, every time someone complains about some minor issue? Edited May 21, 2022 by 009 micro modeller 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 19/05/2022 at 17:42, 33C said: Found another "Train set in a tin" in the charity shop, £2, so here we go again! W.Bagnall, 0-4-0 ST, 2' gauge, Indian coal mine loco and train....... Very nicely done, including the wagons - I’d always thought that the inside-framed wagon chassis would make good mine tubs. 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, 009 micro modeller said: Very nicely done, including the wagons - I’d always thought that the inside-framed wagon chassis would make good mine tubs. With a little bit of lead in the bottoms, under the false loads, they run great! (Tiny drop of oil on the axles helps too.) Go on Flickr, type L.T.S.R. in people and watch my album of videos showing most of my builds in action! What do you think? Edited May 21, 2022 by 33C Details added 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted May 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2022 Absolutely stunning work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 Just.....can't.... help.....myself.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 14 hours ago, 33C said: Just.....can't.... help.....myself.... Oo-er.......now what?! 😃 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) The charity shop "Miniature train set" comes to the fore...I was going to make something simple but got carried away as i had a day off! Another Coal India loco, a Sharp Stewart Class B, no.789, from Tipong colliery. 3 more coal tubs too! Pic. 1. Measurements taken and card mock up. Pic.2. Superstructure coming together. Pic.3. Bit of backhead detail. Pic.4. Cylinders and new rods. Note the longer crank-pins from stretched sprue inserted in drilled holes. Pic.5. Pen top chimney and a few rivets! Edited June 17, 2022 by 33C added detail 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 Pic.1. Cooker wire pipe work and more details. Pic.2. Cab details. Pic.3. Showing the motor/chassis still unclips! Pic.4. The crew seem to like it! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) Pic.1. Primed and one light coat of matt black. (Note the outside balance weights). Pic.2. More tubs! Pic.3. Finished in heavily weathered livery carried by no. 789 in my reference photo's. Edited June 16, 2022 by 33C added detail 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 Sharp Stewart Class B no. 789 from Tipong colliery and 3 full coal tubs. (note the long, bar coupling, so she can go round the original train-set curves!) 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) (1) "sahay karak!" ("Ease up!"),......(2) nahay, apuni bake up law'va!"("No, you back up!") (3) The inspiration. Edited June 17, 2022 by 33C added photo. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, 33C said: Sharp Stewart Class B no. 789 from Tipong colliery and 3 full coal tubs. (note the long, bar coupling, so she can go round the original train-set curves!) Another masterpiece in plastic (with various bits of wood and......copper earth wire?) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Yep, and sprue and lead and piano wire and cardboard and cotton buds etc.......🤪 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Okey dokey - and the rest! I've used copper earth wire to make new exhaust pipes for Lima DMUs (a Class 118 and various 'bubble car' conversions) as I could foresee bending brass tubing this way and that was likely to be problematic. It's not easy to find though, the bits I used were picked up off the ground after electricians had been working at my place of employment, on the standby generator I think - good job they were a bit slack at tidying up........ Although it's nice to work with, bending matching pairs of the Class 121's 'antlers' and Class 122's subtle curves was 'good fun'! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, Halvarras said: Okey dokey - and the rest! I've used copper earth wire to make new exhaust pipes for Lima DMUs (a Class 118 and various 'bubble car' conversions) as I could foresee bending brass tubing this way and that was likely to be problematic. It's not easy to find though, the bits I used were picked up off the ground after electricians had been working at my place of employment, on the standby generator I think - good job they were a bit slack at tidying up........ Although it's nice to work with, bending matching pairs of the Class 121's 'antlers' and Class 122's subtle curves was 'good fun'! I bought a 2' length of 3 core cooker wire, 10 sheets of printers tin, a small 6" x 3" sheet of brass and some off-cuts of copper pipe in various sizes from the local metal recycler for £2, 4 years ago. Nearly used it all now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 They are great models, but I can't help feeling they deserver better running gear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Ah yes, but then you move away from them being "cheapo"! Total for the whole build, £3.30. 🤔🚂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Lovely day so time for the comparison pics! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) Check out my Video's on Flickr. L.T.S.R. albums. Edited April 1, 2023 by 33C added detail 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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