peterbunce
1880's Colorado Narrow gauge on 45mm track
Hi,
I have been making 3 (cosmetic) boilers, a hordedran wagon for one of them and some cradles for loading them onto a flatcar.
The boilers are all different sizes, being made from 3 sizes of drink cans, doubled in thickness - wrap and glue another one round each, then they are wrapped in plastic, after adding (hidden) false ends, then riveted - using a lot of Cambrian 1.5mm plastic rivets, fixed on with plastic cement. I now have a understand the tedium of riveting, and the sheer hard work involved in boiler making! The extra are bits of tube for the steam dome, and plasticard and smaller bits of tube as well.
The ends are covered with strips of more plasticard, thus relieving me of drilling holes for the tubes as I suspect that the plasticard will rip.
The horse drawn boiler wagon is pVC solid foam strip mainly with Hobby's wheels, and two Schliech horses, plus a Safari Mule as an extra animal. Harness is (food tray) strips, with a modified plastic figure for the driver.
Here are some photos of the various parts
The raw material, the smallest size of can. The ends have their caps on, the centre is .010, the ends .020, use UHU is will not melt the plasticard, and pre-roll the sheets.
part completed, the light was bad so some 'ruckles' show but those were dealt with - the black dots are the Cambrian rivets.
Mark 2 boiler almost complete and ready for the paint shop; this one has a different fixing for the boiler - this style were suspended off cross girders, on top of the brick walls around the boiler when fitted in its location.
Boiler (shell) on wagon, with a scale figure (from E-bay) for size.
close up of Mark 1 boiler on its wagon, (now changed to a Mark 2 version)
The wagon, and load etc complete
as above from a different angle. This unit is 17" long and quite heavy.
two boilers and cradles on a flatcar - the larger one still needs its labels.
As above showing the cradle.
A side view of Mark 1 and Mark 2 boilers. Mark 3 uses fosters lager cans, and is 6.5 inches long x 2.5 inches diameter; V2 & V3 have both manhole covers on the top, and mud hole doors near the bottom of them.
Yours Peter.
I have been making 3 (cosmetic) boilers, a hordedran wagon for one of them and some cradles for loading them onto a flatcar.
The boilers are all different sizes, being made from 3 sizes of drink cans, doubled in thickness - wrap and glue another one round each, then they are wrapped in plastic, after adding (hidden) false ends, then riveted - using a lot of Cambrian 1.5mm plastic rivets, fixed on with plastic cement. I now have a understand the tedium of riveting, and the sheer hard work involved in boiler making! The extra are bits of tube for the steam dome, and plasticard and smaller bits of tube as well.
The ends are covered with strips of more plasticard, thus relieving me of drilling holes for the tubes as I suspect that the plasticard will rip.
The horse drawn boiler wagon is pVC solid foam strip mainly with Hobby's wheels, and two Schliech horses, plus a Safari Mule as an extra animal. Harness is (food tray) strips, with a modified plastic figure for the driver.
Here are some photos of the various parts
The raw material, the smallest size of can. The ends have their caps on, the centre is .010, the ends .020, use UHU is will not melt the plasticard, and pre-roll the sheets.
part completed, the light was bad so some 'ruckles' show but those were dealt with - the black dots are the Cambrian rivets.
Mark 2 boiler almost complete and ready for the paint shop; this one has a different fixing for the boiler - this style were suspended off cross girders, on top of the brick walls around the boiler when fitted in its location.
Boiler (shell) on wagon, with a scale figure (from E-bay) for size.
close up of Mark 1 boiler on its wagon, (now changed to a Mark 2 version)
The wagon, and load etc complete
as above from a different angle. This unit is 17" long and quite heavy.
two boilers and cradles on a flatcar - the larger one still needs its labels.
As above showing the cradle.
A side view of Mark 1 and Mark 2 boilers. Mark 3 uses fosters lager cans, and is 6.5 inches long x 2.5 inches diameter; V2 & V3 have both manhole covers on the top, and mud hole doors near the bottom of them.
Yours Peter.
They make interesting loads too - rail or horse drawn! Like the inspection hole and cover detail also.
