It must be over 10 years ago since I started this model. At that time I completed the 'chassis' which is nothing more than a footplate with shaped sides and bufferbeam. These are from sheet steel and the pieces are attached to each other with aluminium angle from Homebase. The large looking rivets are dome head setscrews and are held with niuts on the inside. Motive power at the moment is provided by an aristocraft motor bogie but this may be yet be changed to an LGB block.
About a month ago I got this out again and started to make the bonnet and engine housing/radiator which fits in the cab. I started off by laminating 1mm plastic sheet, but as it suffered from warping, I had to start again, this time using 3mm plastic sheet. This has provided a nice stiff structure and has strips reinforcing the joints on the inside. The engine housing/radiator will eventually be fastened to the cab, and I am trying to devise a slide and lock system for the bonnet. This is where the batteries and r/c will be fitted. I intend to fit a sound unit and speaker to fit inside the radiator.
I am no rivet counter, but models of these locos I have seen have plenty of rivets, so mine are 1/16 iron rivets pushed into drilled holes. These have been done a row at a time to prevent me going totally round the bend.
As these locos apparently were never actually built in this form (unlike the 6 wheel version), it is to provide an impression of what one may have turned out like.
I had always been struck with how tank like these locos were, with the heavy rivets and radiator in the cab. Interestingly, a chap at Keighley MR club last week told me they have may have been originally designed for the WD, which would explain their armour plate type appearance and the radiator having some protection in the cab. I could imagine bullets being deflected from the sloping front while on some mission near the front line.
Still a long way to go yet to completion................
I am priming and rubbing down as I go along, as it is easier to flat a plain surface than one with all those rivets.
John
About a month ago I got this out again and started to make the bonnet and engine housing/radiator which fits in the cab. I started off by laminating 1mm plastic sheet, but as it suffered from warping, I had to start again, this time using 3mm plastic sheet. This has provided a nice stiff structure and has strips reinforcing the joints on the inside. The engine housing/radiator will eventually be fastened to the cab, and I am trying to devise a slide and lock system for the bonnet. This is where the batteries and r/c will be fitted. I intend to fit a sound unit and speaker to fit inside the radiator.
I am no rivet counter, but models of these locos I have seen have plenty of rivets, so mine are 1/16 iron rivets pushed into drilled holes. These have been done a row at a time to prevent me going totally round the bend.
As these locos apparently were never actually built in this form (unlike the 6 wheel version), it is to provide an impression of what one may have turned out like.
I had always been struck with how tank like these locos were, with the heavy rivets and radiator in the cab. Interestingly, a chap at Keighley MR club last week told me they have may have been originally designed for the WD, which would explain their armour plate type appearance and the radiator having some protection in the cab. I could imagine bullets being deflected from the sloping front while on some mission near the front line.
Still a long way to go yet to completion................
I am priming and rubbing down as I go along, as it is easier to flat a plain surface than one with all those rivets.
John
