Yet another Otto bash

Not quite an Otto any more, just shows what can be done to transform what is basically a toy to something that would sit on any scale Railway. Brill job as aver Rik.
JonD
 
Frank Gallagher said:
Excellent, are you taking orders? ;)
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Hi Frank
Tempting but no. Part of the fun of a build like this is working out how to do stuff for the first time. Although, having now done one, and making a second would be easier, I don't think it would be anywhere near as interesting or enjoyable. I suppose I also quite like the feeling that many of the locos on my railway are one-offs - they are unique.

When I was at Llanfair, the German chap with the really interesting stand crammed full of detailing bits and pieces had a kitbash based on the LGB ToyTrain Porter loco. What interested me was the etched valve gear which had been added. Needless to say, I bought a pack of the valve gear, so it looks like my next bash will be a small loco with valve gear based on another Otto (or one of his relatives).

I keep telling myself that I have more than enough locos - but then another interesting prototype appears and, before I know it, the razor saw and files are at it again!!

Rik
 
ge_rik said:
Hi Frank
Tempting but no. Part of the fun of a build like this is working out how to do stuff for the first time. Although, having now done one, and making a second would be easier, I don't think it would be anywhere near as interesting or enjoyable. I suppose I also quite like the feeling that many of the locos on my railway are one-offs - they are unique.

When I was at Llanfair, the German chap with the really interesting stand crammed full of detailing bits and pieces had a kitbash based on the LGB ToyTrain Porter loco. What interested me was the etched valve gear which had been added. Needless to say, I bought a pack of the valve gear, so it looks like my next bash will be a small loco with valve gear based on another Otto (or one of his relatives).

I keep telling myself that I have more than enough locos - but then another interesting prototype appears and, before I know it, the razor saw and files are at it again!!

Rik
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Keep telling yourself you've enough locos all you want, you know it doesn't work!:rofl:
 
Hi Rik,

How / what / where, did you source the 'brass bits' on the plumbing (which is, I believe, stripped mains cable)?

PhilP.
 
You cant have too many locos.
 
PhilP said:
Hi Rik,
How / what / where, did you source the 'brass bits' on the plumbing (which is, I believe, stripped mains cable)?
PhilP.
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Hi Phil
The majority of fittings are made from various pieces of brass tube plus a few bits of brass rod and some brass nuts with the centres drilled out to make then fit over the tubes and rods. You're right, the copper pipework is stripped twin and earth mains cable. The whistle and pressure gauge are commercial items - but everything else is cobbled together from bits and bobs.

Rik
 
Thanks chaps.
Aha, Greg! You spotted that I forgot to swivel the driver when running in reverse on this video....... Must get into the habit of doing that or, like your big diesel, find a way of automating the process.

Rik
 
ge_rik said:
Just managed to get in a test run before the weather turned - you can see the first few drops of rain as the train passes over the viaduct.

Rik
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Great stuff, like the rumble over the Stone Viaduct, very tricky to get at all.
JonD
 
gregh said:
BTW, was the square glass water gauge a common feature in UK? I've only seen round 'tube' type ones. (much easier to model)
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Good question, Greg. I've not seen that many in the flesh, but those I have seen seem to have had a square outer shape, though I believe the sight glass itself was cylindrical.

Rik
 
Correct Rik, the square is a safety cover to protect the crew in the event of the glass failing. It is often three sided - with no back - so that escaping steam can escape towards the boiler
 
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