Angst Lesspork

[duttonbay]

Very nice Hugh. Well done.

[Hugh Norwood]

Very nice Hugh. Well done.

Thank you!

[gtmspyder]

Hello Hugh, the model looked and operated very realistically when I saw it at the last meet, as ever with your models, very well executed.

Kind regards,

BrianT.

[Hugh Norwood]

We had a good time at the Barry and Penarth show recently.

There is a very good "documentary" on Youtube, where you can see Bowlegget Manor and a brief bit on 009 kits as well as Angst-Lesspork

https://youtu.be/KrK2pNtsXHA

(If you don't want to sit through it all, Bowlegget starts about 7m52s, Angst at 9m54s and the 009 kits at 14m49  (although that is very brief)

[Hugh Norwood]

The track on Angst-Lesspork passes through two holes in the backscene on the way to the fiddle yard. Spurred on by the discovery that my latest

[Hugh Norwood]

The right-hand archway comes out from the backscene at an angle. This one is made of cereal packet card with a layer of Howard Scenics brick-embossed card on the front face. The dressed stone work is made from 240gsm card, and the railing along the top is Ratio fencing.

Backscene update by H Norwood, on Flickr

Both were painted and distressed using enamel paint

[Jeff Schumaker]

Nicely done, Hugh.

Jeff S.

[Hugh Norwood]

Thank you!

[Frank]

Very neat and effective Hugh, they look good.

Frank

[gtmspyder]

As ever Hugh, your modelling is superb, I would not want to meet up with the battering ram on the Sheffield Super tram traveling roads on a wet and stormy day as it appears out of the mist and spray on the roads occupied by cars and tram at the same time  :o  ;D

Regards,

BrianT

[Hugh Norwood]

While having a wander round the Barry and Penarth show in early July, my eye was caught by this armoured car on the Dragon Badger stall. Just what Leonard of Quirm might come up with, I thought. They did not have one in stock, but very kindly printed one off overnight for me! I have at last got round to finishing it off.
armoured car by H Norwood, on Flickr

armoured car by H Norwood, on Flickr

[Hugh Norwood]

Another tram loco
Portstewart tram loco by H Norwood, on Flickr

This loco is from Model Engine Works; it is based on the tram loco on the Portstewart 3ft gauge tramway. Being designed by David Hurst means it looks really good.

You have the option of buying a roof with fascia boards; I decided to make my own roof from laminated paper. The parts were soaked overnight in white spirit, then washed and allowed to dry for a couple of days.

I painted it a matt grey as a primer, then filled the inside of the boiler with Liquid Gravity. I then stuck sheets of lead to the underside of the boiler (there's plenty of space) plus a small piece to either side of the body at the firebox end.

I "decorated" the firebox end and provided a whistle and safety valves that go through the roof, on the assumption you wouldn't want to be inside an enclosed space if the safeties blew off. I kept the supplied coupling at the front and used a Greenwich coupling at the rear. NOTE the photos of the loco show it mainly travelling "cab" first.

Also, the photos show the windows being glazed and at least some obviously slide down into the bodywork, so I have left some of the apertures open. The body sits on a Kato 104 chassis and runs very well. It weighs 55gm.

Portstewart tram loco by H Norwood, on Flickr

[Retiarius]

It is nice to see that even disabled drivers can work at Angst Lesspork, even those legless from drink?

[paul ludlow]

Hugh, I think your armoured car is based on Leonardo da Vinci's origional design for a tank.i remember watching some documentary with some guys actually building it. It wasn't  a great success. Too heavy  and cumbersome. Looks cool though. Paul.

[Hugh Norwood]

It is nice to see that even disabled drivers can work at Angst Lesspork, even those legless from drink?

Most of the figures on Angst have undergone "heroic" orthopaedic surgery - usually a brass wire up one leg to hold them in place. Long John Silver here also needed an amputation the clear the Kato chassis!