modifying Airfix saddle tank kit

[rod335]

I hope my previous post did not seem too negative. These kits CAN produce nice locos but they need quite a lot of careful thought if they are to convince everyone. But, at the end of the day, the only person it HAS to satisfy is you.

Rod

[JulienW]

Echoing Ted's comments about going for a bigger chassis (6-coupled) I had a quick look on the 'net to see if I could find a shot of one of the best pugbashes I've seen...

please see reply No. 18 for corrected link

Photo by Mick Thornton, model by Charlie Insley inspired by the Ballymeana & Larne 2-6-0ST

[MickT]

Bit of a global link there Julien! The loco that is referred to is featured in photo numbers 025 whilst under construction and 031 in finished condition.

I would appreciate if members do publish links to my online photo sets, which is perfectly OK when done for the benefit of the hobby, they would please do it via the blogsite: http://micksrovingreporter.blogspot.com/ rather than direct to my picasaweb albums which serve as the source for the roving reporter reports in the blogsite.

This is because I can monitor visitor numbers and therefore bandwidth use on the blogsite but have no facility that I am aware of to account for hits on the picasaweb album, which I can only restrict direct access to by request as the blog albums wouldn't work if the source for the photos was locked!

Mick

[JulienW]

Sorry Mick.  I just typed "charlie insley pugbash" into Google and it took me strait to the album and I just coped & pasted the web address for the image of Charlie's finished loco. I had not realized that would cause problems for you.

To avoid any problems with bandwidth & w.h.y. I have removed the link in my original post, with a 'new' post here below:

Echoing Ted's comments about going for a bigger chassis (6-coupled) I had a quick look on the 'net to see if I could find a shot of one of the best pugbashes I've seen...

http://micksrovingreporter.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/charlie-insleys-009-trains-1998-to-2008.html  See photo 031 for the loco in question, and 024 for an 'under construction' photo

Photo by Mick Thornton, model by Charlie Insley inspired by the Ballymeana & Larne 2-6-0ST

Hopefully that links to the relevant page on the blogthingy... (it did when I checked via post preview).

[tedp]

If I'm correct Charlie's prize-winning saddle tank uses an old style Farish 08 chassis. It seems to be a stretched Pug body, with bunkers added between the cab and the tank. It's a good example of a large-wheeled chassis under the Pug body.

[MickT]

Thanks Julien, didn't mean to put you to any trouble. Your new link works fine by the way!
I've just done similar to you and googled "Ballymena & Larne The Bruiser" in Google Images and guess what, the first hit took me straight to a picasaweb link to photo 024 but clicking on it took me to the start of the slide show in my blogsite! Ah well, can't fight technology, I'll go and sit in a dark cave somewhere.........................

I echo compliments about Charlie's pugbash. There's a small aside on this one as I started to build a pugbash for the same 009 Society competition, based on The Bruiser and claimed "1st come 1st served" naming rights on mine being called The Pugilist, which I thought was quite a clever one, but when Charlie showed me his own started model and told me he was going to name it the same as mine, being a gentleman he very sportingly and generously conceded the name to me and called his own The Thumper instead. Charlie's loco went on to be awarded the Society pugbash competition prize, whilst my own effort didn't proceed beyond a rough work in progress balanced precariously on a Grafar prairie chassis without the rear pony truck. I have been embarrassed ever since that I pinched the best name and Charlie felt required to use a loco name that was a compromise, on a very much better model than mine would ever have been.

Mick