new lil kit bashes

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GJFREESTONE

Garden Railways, Model making
hi folks
thought you would like to see three new engines i have rebuilt (kit bashed) over the winter you will find them in my gallery .2 of them our the new lil big haulers
graham shrewsbury
 
Hi, was looking at your Lil Bug Hauler saddletanker bash (nice work BTW) and was curious to ask, why leave the piston cylinders on?

Here's why I ask, I also have the LBH Saddletanker and the other little engine which I converted to add the missing siderods and I notice during this conversion that once the stock cylinders were removed, the engine became an almost perfect inside cylinder locomotive very typical of British and Export locomotives.

The stock cylinders are just slid into the mounting slots, might consider seeing what you think of one without the cylinders, you could always just pop them back in place in you don't like the results, just a thought.
 
hi victor
yes you are right it would look nice without the pistons but someone in the factory got over excited with the glue as the grandkids like it as it is i thought o well . have just been and bought another one with a tender .hopefully this will become one with side tanks and a skirt and the tender another snow plough with a twist .
 
Thats cool, I like my LBH's , if your feeling particularly brave you could try adding siderods like I did (plus a few more detail bits) it makes a nice difference.

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vic
dam i have now got to go and buy a fourth one, i have got spare rods but plans for the third lil
love the yellow one
graham shrewsbury
 
GJFREESTONE said:
hi folks
thought you would like to see three new engines i have rebuilt (kit bashed) over the winter you will find them in my gallery .2 of them our the new lil big haulers
graham shrewsbury
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The pictures didn't come up on my screen :crying:
 
hi dan
if you go to photo galleries click on my garden railway page 4 i am some where there on the right hand side about 2 or 3 pictures down you will see the two lil bashes
graham shrewsbury
 
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