In between 'allocated tasks' (SWMBO orders) I have made a start on the most excellent of kits. This is progress after six hours.
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Ah... an extended pugbash... :laugh:
She must be very forgiving... ;D
Not a bad kit from what I see. It might have some use on the C&D. What size is it? And is that a Farish 08 chassis?
It is based on the Fraish 08 chassis and conversion is very easy.
length 78mm width 27mm
What the hell is the point of Xmas................ oh I know .......... dyspepsia!
Quote from: Hobby on December 25, 2011, 13:58
Ah... an extended pugbash... :laugh:
He's right you know. You can build something very similar from a Pug! Bit of filing here and there, pare off the handrails and replace with Gibson fittings... Excellent idea. I wonder if I've got a spare 0-6-0 chassis... ;D
So now we know how the custard went wrong, not allowed near your workshop (you went to your bench) took your eye off the milk and built another model. Only took you six hours though, so yes I would like a course in speed building locomotives, while SHMBO thinks your cooking dinner ::)
Jeff (in total admiration)
Not guilty 'me Lud'.
I stayed transfixed over the bloody hob all of the time. I make excellent Creme Anglais and it is that Cravendale milk at fault!
I also do the turkey as Jenny is a vegetarian and hides elsewhere when those things are being done. I cannot see that a few sprouts and parsnips make a Christmas lunch..... never will!
Now while cooking the turkey was a good Peckett moment.
What was the question about sheep BTW. Could not follow that one!
best
JdF
Six hours! that must have been a massive turkey ;D
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So this is the completed loco. I modified the build sequence so the the cab is still removable to allow for painting and glazing. I have also added the vents and guttering on the cab roof.
As is usual for me, microconnectors have been fitted each end for companion wagons. I have cut long slots in the buffer beams to accommodate the Greenwich couplings. The overhang is considerable so much side movement is required. I also modified the front handrail so that it curved around the smokebox and added vacuum pipes.
All in all a lovely kit. Total build time 13 hours
PS If you wish to goof off while cooking the turkey, I suggest you cook slowly at low heat. You can get all kinds of modelling done then!
JdF
It's made up into a lovely loco, John. But only THIRTEEN HOURS? How do you do it?
It would have been a lot faster but there were too many Xmas distractions!
I have just noticed that the cab is not properly in place!
Looks nice, John. Where do you get the microconnectors from, btw?
The microconnectors come from Express Models. I use them for all sorts of things.
This is the loco primed with brass covered in Maskol.
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This is great, John.
I got one of these for Christmas, it will be made up to look like the Skye Marble Co.'s main loco. It's interesting to see you've changed the build sequence to keep the cab removable for longer, I was thinking I'd do the same when I read the instructions.
I'm hoping to make a start on mine on Saturday.
I'm working on the chassis for mine presently. Where are you hiding the chip in yours, John?
I will be fitting a very small chip in the smokebox.
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Ready now for lining and weathering
JdF
Looking superb John. I wish I could turn 'em out that fast that good!
Quote from: pilotfriend on December 29, 2011, 17:34The microconnectors come from Express Models.
They certainly lived up to their name, ordered yesterday arrived today!!
Good bunch, Express. Those connectors are wonderful. The thinnest wire obtainable comes from DCC supplies BTW.
I saw the finished product before, but no chance to sit down and reply. Nice loco, John, I expect you'll weather it but it's almost a shame to do so.
Indeed, she has been sent off for lining and weathering. For the next month I am posting from Adelaide (somewhat South of Watford)best
JdF
Quote from: pilotfriend on December 31, 2011, 08:58
Good bunch, Express. Those connectors are wonderful. The thinnest wire obtainable comes from DCC supplies BTW.
The wire that came with them was fine, mounted one in the hole where the coal comes out of in front of the tender and the other is "loose" from the loco, works great, thanks!
no worries ;D
Arrive Adelaide and visit the so called National Railway Museum. Slightly underwhelming but OK. Next day go down with Singapore Clap and have been in bed ever since! Woman in final sector spent her whole time coughing at me.
Missed cuddling a koala as a result. Son somehow managed to get handler and koala to his home and I am besotted with it!
It has been cold and pissing with rain.
Feeling nearly better now.
JdF
Thought it was summer over there?!
I didn't have a teddy bear when i was a kid, it was a Koala... Some of my cousins live in Perth!
There's a band of rain going NW-SE over South Australia. Forecast about 23degr and rainy. Could have been an old-fashioned English summer's day... ;D Thursday should be looking up.
Chatting to a friend of mine last year, from what she was saying I rather got the impression that the winter in Melbourne was better than our summer!
It may be but they can keep their spiders, snakes and other nasties! ;)
Well I have the heat on right now!
Quote from: Tigger on January 09, 2012, 19:32
Chatting to a friend of mine last year, from what she was saying I rather got the impression that the winter in Melbourne was better than our summer!
Funny thing is its summer in Oz!
There have been a few sunny moments and I grant it is warmer than Herefordshire at present.
I spent the day getting to know Adelaide. The Australians seem to be much more at ease with their trains than we in the UK. The broad gauge metroline weaves its way through suburbia and actually has stations where they are needed.
The entire transit system is perfectly integrated and a joy to use. Disabled access throughout is a doddle and everybody is so helpful, polite and friendly. Downtown Adelaide is clean, well laid out and interesting. Public toilets seem clean everywhere and there were no signs of the usual British disease of peeing all over the floor and toilet seat.
I spent a good three hours pottering about before finally taking a tram to the main model railway shop called Orient Express. The tram whisked me to within 100 metres of the establishment where, guess what, I found a foot high step into the shop, no ramp and a complete disregard of the problem. I am unable to report on an OZ shop as I had intended.
What is it about model railway people?
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