Didn't someone 'cut and shut' a couple of ?Yakult? type bottles to make a spark arrestor chimney??
Another L'il Bash
- Thread starter trammayo
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That would be me.
Yakult containers and half a plastic garden hose joiner
This poor old Big Hauler has had the hell bashed out of it over the years. Guess that is just the lot of a test bed. The chimney is mounted on a piece of balsa stuffed into the original stack mounting hole.
I remember that! Yes your BH is totally reconfigured - and I spy another proprietory product (dome)! Like you, I look at all things that would normally be discarded. The tops off roll-on deodorants have similar possibilities.
The much scorned (but not by me) BH has tons of bash potential as you, and, others, have demonstrated.
The much scorned (but not by me) BH has tons of bash potential as you, and, others, have demonstrated.
The centre dome is from the top of one of SWMBOs makeup product bottles.
I use all sorts of craft stuff for detailing my scratchbuilt models eg cheap chains from a $2 shop combined with hook and loop dressmaking bits are good for tie down chains
Look out for my last 2 1:20.3 models when I get around to posting pictures.
As for poor old BH another bash is coming down the pipeline, one day I'll just let him rest
Well not a right lot done - mutilated the cab on Saturday, wasn't at home yesterday, and bothered with other stuff today!
Here's some pics of the hacking (don't look too closely if you like straight/parrallel cuts!). Put new blade in my X-acto razor saw and it kept jumping or jamming. There are actually teeth missing - but not broken off or anthing like that!
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I still need to make a suitable cab footplate and need to carry out more drastic sawing!
Also some of the green stuff will have to awol too!
Here's some pics of the hacking (don't look too closely if you like straight/parrallel cuts!). Put new blade in my X-acto razor saw and it kept jumping or jamming. There are actually teeth missing - but not broken off or anthing like that!
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I still need to make a suitable cab footplate and need to carry out more drastic sawing!
Also some of the green stuff will have to awol too!
Keep it coming Mick,,,,,and i must get a razor sawWell not a right lot done - mutilated the cab on Saturday, wasn't at home yesterday, and bothered with other stuff today!
Here's some pics of the hacking (don't look too closely if you like straight/parrallel cuts!). Put new blade in my X-acto razor saw and it kept jumping or jamming. There are actually teeth missing - but not broken off or anthing like that!
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I still need to make a suitable cab footplate and need to carry out more drastic sawing!
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Also some of the green stuff will have to awol too!
Keep it coming Mick,,,,,and i must get a razor saw
Yes, a razor saw is a must in our hobby. Also a Dremel with a circular saw blade. But be mindful of the fingers.....
Destruction is the best part of construction!
At least I never fail that part!
At least I never fail that part!
Ah, so full marks to Henri on the testing to destruction practical exam.
Well I keep doing a bit. Last night I glued the resized cab together and just held it in the vice. Looked at it this morning and noticed a slight twist so had to cut it apart and reglue
Also cut the footboards down to same overall width of cab.
Plus I reprofiled the boiler "lagging" to make look a little more
rounded (didn't reprofile that section above the remaing lengths of footboard because the two halves wouldn't click together if I had .....
You can just make out the original straight profile (above the boards. Also made and fitted new window cills from the roof offcuts.
Need to attack the back (cab) end yet with the saw.
Also cut the footboards down to same overall width of cab.
Plus I reprofiled the boiler "lagging" to make look a little more
rounded (didn't reprofile that section above the remaing lengths of footboard because the two halves wouldn't click together if I had .....
You can just make out the original straight profile (above the boards. Also made and fitted new window cills from the roof offcuts.
Need to attack the back (cab) end yet with the saw.
A liitle bit more mutilation and a bit of gluing. Domes glued on, lever for whistle fitted, primer blathered over boiler. Cab still cantivered off the boiler whilst I decide exactly what to do with it. Too cold in shed.
Converting headlamp into oil lamp (outline only!) at the moment.
Converting headlamp into oil lamp (outline only!) at the moment.
Softly, softly, catchy monkey Mick..
We can almost see the thought processes as it goes along..
So far, so good!
We can almost see the thought processes as it goes along..
So far, so good!
So the headlamp was fairly easy to convert. I filed off the wing light panels, then I found that the reflector (and lense) were easily shoved out of their houising. So that got the wires out of the way and I could file the base of the lamp.
A piece of 3/4" dia pipe and cut off a slice, then cut a piece out of the slice to allow it fit the round part of the lamp casing. The cut out piece then went on top, followed by a chiney cut from a shower curtain glide.
As the latter was a disimilar plastic, I decided to drill through it, and the band I had glued around the lamp, before glueing in position with a short veneer pin inserted to stop it breaking away.
The platform on which it was to sit was cut out of another cut off, This was then glued and pinned to the edge of the smokebox. I brought it in the house so that the glue would set, then back into the shed to mask the boiler and spray the smokebox, firebox, and the belly of the boiler underneath the footboards. Again it was brought into the warmth of the house to rapidy dry out.
Once dry, it was out into the shed again. My better half is very sensitive to the odours of ABS glue and spray paint!
The wires were fed through the lamp platform and the light glued in place. Again brought into the house to set the glue. Took some pics but deleted seven out of the ten (looked as though I had the DT's!).
The first pic of the dismantled headlamp failed to post properly. Don't know why, althought it was taken two or three hours before the other!
Edit: Re-downloaded the pic from the camera which worked!
A piece of 3/4" dia pipe and cut off a slice, then cut a piece out of the slice to allow it fit the round part of the lamp casing. The cut out piece then went on top, followed by a chiney cut from a shower curtain glide.
As the latter was a disimilar plastic, I decided to drill through it, and the band I had glued around the lamp, before glueing in position with a short veneer pin inserted to stop it breaking away.
The platform on which it was to sit was cut out of another cut off, This was then glued and pinned to the edge of the smokebox. I brought it in the house so that the glue would set, then back into the shed to mask the boiler and spray the smokebox, firebox, and the belly of the boiler underneath the footboards. Again it was brought into the warmth of the house to rapidy dry out.
Once dry, it was out into the shed again. My better half is very sensitive to the odours of ABS glue and spray paint!
The wires were fed through the lamp platform and the light glued in place. Again brought into the house to set the glue. Took some pics but deleted seven out of the ten (looked as though I had the DT's!).
The first pic of the dismantled headlamp failed to post properly. Don't know why, althought it was taken two or three hours before the other!
Edit: Re-downloaded the pic from the camera which worked!
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So! I thought I'd turn the chimney stack today. A piece of beech (part of chair leg). Got on well at first - the straight bottom bit, then the lower portion of the diamond stack.
Then I needed to turn it round and rechuck with the straight section in the jaws. Tried to take a little too much off and it ended up with the straight section breaking off. Tried to finish of the top of the stack using the bench grinder but this wasn't good enough. So managed to get it in the chuck to finish it off the best way I could. Then found a piece of old dowel (slightly under size). Need to do better!
You can see the dowel is undersize - as well the top of the stack being less neat where it joins the 'band' on top of the lower section!
Tomorrow's another day.
Then I needed to turn it round and rechuck with the straight section in the jaws. Tried to take a little too much off and it ended up with the straight section breaking off. Tried to finish of the top of the stack using the bench grinder but this wasn't good enough. So managed to get it in the chuck to finish it off the best way I could. Then found a piece of old dowel (slightly under size). Need to do better!
You can see the dowel is undersize - as well the top of the stack being less neat where it joins the 'band' on top of the lower section!
Tomorrow's another day.