Not one for the purist I know but this does make up into a nice little loco.
Congratulations! you made the body yourself? if yes, with which materials?
BR
Alex
Hi Alex,
No this is a CW 3D printed product which clips directly to a KATO bogie drive chassis.
Only way I will ever own a Fairlie!
Steve
https://dorsetrailwaymodelling.blogspot.com///
Thanks for this thread and the link to your blog, Steve...I bought one of these bodies at the Norfolk and Suffolk event in September with much the same thoughts as you...it's probably the only way I'll ever own a Fairlie!
I have yet to start mine but I don't think it'll be too long; also I've acquired a copy of "The Fairlie Locomotive" for some ideas on perhaps ringing the changes a bit.
Kind regards,
Simon.
Hi Simon,
It really is an easy build- benefits from separate handrails.
The Kato chassis just fits in and the dummy cylinders clip to the original couplings mounting- I did araldite mine.
Operated very well at Poole exhibition over the weekend.
The plates I got from Allen Doherty of Worsley Works.
Best wishes
Steve
https://dorsetrailwaymodelling.blogspot.com/
Hi Steve,
The fact that the chassis just pops in to the body is one of the nice things about a well-designed 3D print like this; when I got back from the Norfolk and Suffolk 'do' I had unpacked the rucksack, rolled the tent and sleeping bag out to air, put the kettle on and in the time it took the latter to boil, had found the chassis, plugged the layout in, and had the loco running up and down!
Something that always appealed about whitemetal kits of the old school was that you could get your latest victim home, place the bits together and visualise how it was going to look and what bits to add on....this takes it a stage further!
I am thinking in terms of adding skirts to mine to hide the (lack of) motion; not altogether without precedent as there were tram Fairlies in reality although the Saxon metre gauge one I rather like has the cylinders on-board rather than out.
Not sure whether I'd add the overall roof though...!
Simon.
Hi Simon,
I agree that this is a simple way to get something running, will post some pics on Hillbrow in the next few days. It ran impeccably at Poole and was discussed several times
Steve
Http:/dorsetrailwaymodelling/blogspot.com