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it’s interesting as to what inspires us to build/make things. At Christmas I was bought a copy of A Colourful Past. This book takes old photos and through the wonders of computer aided techniques turns them from Black and White into vivid colour..In the book there was a picture of a Stirling 0-6-0 hauling a coal train up the grades of the Northern Heights at Crouch Hill.
This inspired me to dig out material and look to produce a similar loco from largely from materials I had to hand:-
.Bachmann Emily loco and tender bodies
.A Thomas chassis
. Various castings and sundries bought as stock for future schemes
The first task was to stretch the Thomas chassis to produce more realistic wheel spacing.
This was more straight forward than I thought. First I used some 1/16th scrap steel to create some new frames to receive the Thomas chassis which I chopped into three sections. Because of the slop in the Thomas chassis these fit between the wheels and the plastic of the Thomas chassis.
The loco superstructure is pretty straightforward comprising largely styrene and a piece of waste pipe and a modified Emily cab. The cab has a new backhead and uses GRS fittings.
The tender uses Emily Tender wheels and body. The new chassis being built as an outside frame one as the original chassis frame lives on under my model of Hengist.
Anyway I hope the images illustrate the progress to date on what is supposed to be a Stirling GNR J9 0-6-0. By the way the safety valve bonnet and chimney (shortened) is from an Emily loco body whoes chassis is under my Midland Spinner built a few years back.
Never throw anything away.
This inspired me to dig out material and look to produce a similar loco from largely from materials I had to hand:-
.Bachmann Emily loco and tender bodies
.A Thomas chassis
. Various castings and sundries bought as stock for future schemes
The first task was to stretch the Thomas chassis to produce more realistic wheel spacing.
This was more straight forward than I thought. First I used some 1/16th scrap steel to create some new frames to receive the Thomas chassis which I chopped into three sections. Because of the slop in the Thomas chassis these fit between the wheels and the plastic of the Thomas chassis.
The loco superstructure is pretty straightforward comprising largely styrene and a piece of waste pipe and a modified Emily cab. The cab has a new backhead and uses GRS fittings.
The tender uses Emily Tender wheels and body. The new chassis being built as an outside frame one as the original chassis frame lives on under my model of Hengist.
Anyway I hope the images illustrate the progress to date on what is supposed to be a Stirling GNR J9 0-6-0. By the way the safety valve bonnet and chimney (shortened) is from an Emily loco body whoes chassis is under my Midland Spinner built a few years back.
Never throw anything away.