Hopefully some progress should start soon, it's only taken 3 months to get this far!
Not sure if this should be here or scratchbuilds really.
As you may or may not know, I ordered an Edrig chassis from TrackShack some 5 or 6 months ago now. Due to an order miscalculation, John being one short on the chassis order and me being the lucky name out of the hat, it was actually an Edrig in green when it arrived.
Never actually liked Edrig (sorry folks), hence ordering the chassis, so it wasn't going to stay standard for too long. Tried a couple of concepts in paint, and this one was my favourite:
So I removed the gas tank and valve and shifted it back a bit- less than a cm but it makes a noticeable difference as it lets the bunkers be that bit shorter and the tanks that bit longer, makes it more balanced aesthetically. The overflow valve was also moved back slightly, I found I could just fit it in on the same side if I elongated the hole slightly. Will get some photos of this- but see Chris Bird's article in GR 'cos he did it a lot better than I did! This also meant I couldn't use a standard size servo on the other side for the reverser, which you ain't getting photos of 'cos the mounting brackets are awful!
Before taking a saw to the Edrig bodywork to make the bunkers I thought I'd do some rough and ready 3D mock- ups using card (empty beer cases :lol: lots about in a student house...). This is pretty close to what I want; it looked better last night (but still pretty poor, mostly due to the masking tape and permanent marker construction techniques!) but it's had a ride home from Plymouth to Gloucestershire since then, as you can see it's suffered a bit in transit- the cab was straight and the tanks were parallel with the boiler once! You get the idea though. The bunkers are a few mm higher than they should be but other than that it's pretty much spot on dimensionally, so your thoughts are appreciated!
Sorry, a bit photo heavy. But your internet can't possibly be worse than mine!
Probably won't see much of an update until after Christmas now, when I'm back at uni I hope to get started putting it into metal. The only "new" metal will be the pannier tanks, cab back and roof. The bunkers will be cut down Edrig tanks, the cabsides made from the offcuts, and the spectacle plate incorporated into the cab front as shown, but reprofiled to give a more traditional curved roof. I hope.
Progress is likely to be slow, with lots of mistakes made and questions asked. Watch this space, but don't hold your breath. Comments welcome, if you think it (the concept, not the card!) looks poo or will never fly, please tell me...
Not sure if this should be here or scratchbuilds really.
As you may or may not know, I ordered an Edrig chassis from TrackShack some 5 or 6 months ago now. Due to an order miscalculation, John being one short on the chassis order and me being the lucky name out of the hat, it was actually an Edrig in green when it arrived.
Never actually liked Edrig (sorry folks), hence ordering the chassis, so it wasn't going to stay standard for too long. Tried a couple of concepts in paint, and this one was my favourite:
So I removed the gas tank and valve and shifted it back a bit- less than a cm but it makes a noticeable difference as it lets the bunkers be that bit shorter and the tanks that bit longer, makes it more balanced aesthetically. The overflow valve was also moved back slightly, I found I could just fit it in on the same side if I elongated the hole slightly. Will get some photos of this- but see Chris Bird's article in GR 'cos he did it a lot better than I did! This also meant I couldn't use a standard size servo on the other side for the reverser, which you ain't getting photos of 'cos the mounting brackets are awful!
Before taking a saw to the Edrig bodywork to make the bunkers I thought I'd do some rough and ready 3D mock- ups using card (empty beer cases :lol: lots about in a student house...). This is pretty close to what I want; it looked better last night (but still pretty poor, mostly due to the masking tape and permanent marker construction techniques!) but it's had a ride home from Plymouth to Gloucestershire since then, as you can see it's suffered a bit in transit- the cab was straight and the tanks were parallel with the boiler once! You get the idea though. The bunkers are a few mm higher than they should be but other than that it's pretty much spot on dimensionally, so your thoughts are appreciated!
Sorry, a bit photo heavy. But your internet can't possibly be worse than mine!
Probably won't see much of an update until after Christmas now, when I'm back at uni I hope to get started putting it into metal. The only "new" metal will be the pannier tanks, cab back and roof. The bunkers will be cut down Edrig tanks, the cabsides made from the offcuts, and the spectacle plate incorporated into the cab front as shown, but reprofiled to give a more traditional curved roof. I hope.
Progress is likely to be slow, with lots of mistakes made and questions asked. Watch this space, but don't hold your breath. Comments welcome, if you think it (the concept, not the card!) looks poo or will never fly, please tell me...
