Beyer Peacock 2-4-0T and other builds

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Hello, I thought its about time I post some pictures of my first G gauge scratch built locomotive and carriage. I tend to work in smaller scales but have always been interested in Garden Railways and Irish Narrow Gauge. Through a renewed friendship and seeing his Garden Railway projects I decided to have a go myself. I have limited funds and no railway of my own but I thought I would see what I could do, at least I could run it on his line.

Over the last month or so I have finally begun a project to build a semi freelance locomotive based on Beyer Peacock designs in the style of the I.O.M rly. Originally I had intended to build a scale model but the two chassis I had, an LGB Otto and LGB Stainz were not suitable dimension wise so I had to come up with something else.

The Otto tank lends itself very well to the 3ft Southwold locomotives but the wheels are too far apart. I decided using a scale drawing of this to build a semi freelance 2-4-0T. The cab comes from the Beyer Peacock Isle of Man design, Boiler and chassis Southwold design and the smoke box from an Irish 3ft gauge 2-4-0T. These different design features were combined to produce what I am calling I.O.M rly no17, a harbour tank for Peel or Ramsey Docks. The locomotive will be finished in I.O.M light green and lined accordingly. I still need to add more rivets and details on the boiler which are currently on order from Cambrian Models.
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The body is constructed from 1.5 and 1mm plasticard, white metal fittings from GRS specialists, plastic details from Cambrian Models and a very expensive brass dome. The locomotive has cost about £90 in total, the biggest out lay being £12.50 for the brass steam dome.

The success of this build has prompted me to tackle a Norwegian Beyer Peacock 2-4-0T using the Stainz chassis.

http://www.beyerpeacock.co.uk/Drawings/2232 Clr-El.pdf

Again this will be semi freelance because the wheels are too small. This will become the directors locomotive and pull my scratch built directors carriage, made from parts from a Bachmann American style coach and an Echo toy train chassis

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Although these locomotives are semi freelance the skills I've obtained will be put to good use when I tackle I.O.M rly N01 Sutherland (I will never be able afford the Accucraft examples)

Comments welcome

Best

Tim
 
Welcome to the forum Tim.

That is a very nice and it certainly captures the look of a Beyer Peacock engine, despite not being a totally accurate model.

We often have to compromise on train and platform lengths, and we are all familiar with the LGB 'rubber ruler' concept here. So adapting your body to fit a proprietory chassis is fine by most of us.

Your work is a credit to you Tim....
 
Hi Tim - sorry missed this (hence post on your wanted thread)... good to have you over here.

I'm the 'childhood' friend - and I also blame Tim for my garden railway interest too, it was his LGB starter set and Corpet plus many LGB catalogues that got me interested many many years ago!
 
That loco is a charming looking thing....looking forward to seeing it finished. I like the coach too.
 
outstanding work threre sir!:thumbup:
 
Welcome aboard. Nice looking model there.
 
That looks fantastic Tim, good job!
 
Nice work

The position of the front bogie more puts me more in mind of the Manx Northern Railway 'Sharpies' than the BP's..... maybe for your next project.....;)
 
Beautifully done!! Most impressed. Out of interest, how did you construct the pony truck?

Rik
 
Thank you everyone for your kind words. I was able to make some more progress on the Norwegian Tank this evening. So far I have a rolling chassis with cylinders and motion plus the boiler has been cut and wraps added. I will try and post some pictures tomorrow.

Both pony trucks have been made from plasticard sheet. A box section was created with holes either end for the wheels sets. From this a triangular section braced on either side is attached to the back of the box section. This has a hole drilled at the end which attaches to a bolt running through the middle of the chassis. I will try and take a few pictures as its quite hard to explain.

Best
Tim
 
Tim, Welcome and very well done. They look great projects and the work looks stellar.
 
persistent_bodger said:
Both pony trucks have been made from plasticard sheet. A box section was created with holes either end for the wheels sets. From this a triangular section braced on either side is attached to the back of the box section. This has a hole drilled at the end which attaches to a bolt running through the middle of the chassis. I will try and take a few pictures as its quite hard to explain.
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Thanks Tim - I get the gist but a photo would be good

Rik
BTW - You should be called the 'Artful Bodger' methinks
 
Last night I was able to really crack on with the locomotive. I modified the stainz coupling rods and slide motion and attached these to two scratch built cylinders. The incline of the cylinders were marked on the chassis to achieve the correct angle. I decided to ensure everything could be taken apart not only to ease painting but also at a later stage when funds permit the chassis will be replaced with spoked wheels.

Before I started work on the body I scaled up views from the side, top, front and rear to 15mm/1foot on a separate piece of paper. The idea being its easier to match parts against the drawing to ensure everything slots together easily. I find the first scale drawing I do of the whole locomotive gets heavily marked as I line the chassis and take measurements at the beginning of the build.

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I tried to get some pictures of the construction of the front bogie Rik, I hope they are useful.

The body is constructed from 1.5mm and 1mm plasticard and the boiler a section of waste pipe from B&Q with plasticard wraps for the smoke box and boiler. Everything needs to be sanded and filled before I begin work on the cab and smoke box. The cylinders need boxing off and extra detail added on the slide bars.

Comments welcome

Tim
 
That's great - thanks.

My next 'bodge' is to construct an 0-6-2 based (loosely) on the Southwold No. 4 'Wenhaston', using a Zillertalbahn 0-6-2 donor chassis. It's gonna be my winter project. I've always wanted to build a Southwold Sharpie but, like you, haven't yet found a suitable chassis. I may have to bite the bullet and scratchbuild a chassis (hence my enquiry about the pony truck) - but I'm not sure my mechanical and metal-working skills are up to it.

Rik
 
I think it could be possible to build a Southwold Sharpie using an Otto Tank chassis. I think one wheel set could be brought closer to the other and the motor inverted or placed diagonally in a new cradle. I don't know if drive to one axel would suffice though?

Sounds like an interesting build converting the U class, I do like the Southwold prototype, it would make a lovely model

Tim
 
Progress on the new locomotive is going well, all though I must admit I wish the chassis had spoked wheels but I will change these at a later date. I decided to use the chimney from the Stainz tank which replicates the condition of these locomotives in Norway. Later modifications included a fully enclosed cab and judging by photographs different smoke box profiles. The open cab has braced bars on the top leading to the front of tanks, once these are attached the cab front will sit straight and true unlike its present condition.

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I need to add rivet detail, pipe work, dome and cab fittings which are all on order. By the end of next week I hope to have both locomotives finished up to the primer stage but with a busy week ahead with work this could take longer

Best

Tim
 
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