Loco Kit (7) - all the main bits assembled...

The fiddling, fettling & fitting continues.....

Smokebox front... 

Some plasticard bits stuck on to the back keep it centred when in place..

trial fit to the boiler front....

Cab detail

The backplate, with controls and dials assembled

positioned in the cab to check for fit...

Boiler...

The handrail holders, marked out.... 

Handrails fitted along with funnel, dome; all done...

Trial fit assembly....

With all the main component parts done, nice to do a dry fit assembly....

A load of small jobs todo: couplings, fixing points for assemblies, etc. Then the trickier job - how to fit in the radio control electronics and power feeds. Enough to keep me out of mischief 😀

Loco Kit (6) - the puzzle continues....and the boiler finished

 This old kit is more like a 3D puzzle; a few missing bits and bits not 'cut to size' with instructions that are not exactly clear....; like a jigsaw puzzle it is addictive, as you look for the right bits to put in place

Some plasticard strips added to the chassis to support the 'foot plate'

Trial fit of parts - starting to look like a loco now...

adding side trim,  buffer beam and back to the 'foot plate'

handrails for tender top and cab side; plus some trim for the cab side and rain strips for the roof

a bit of a breakout....

• source a missing dome for the boiler - ordered one from Swift Sixteen £25 !
• sort all the remaining parts into bags so I can find them easily - done
• figure out a plan to get round the smokebox casting which is missing- the scheme: wrap plasticard strips around the smokebox end to the right level and find a suitable circular item for the front.

Its a wrap....

Thin pasticard wraps, the boiler and fire box end, (held on with rubber bands till glue dried)

After a search around, I found a spool of solder had the right diameter to go in the front of the smokebox; so I took all the solder off and put it round something else.

the smokebox door fits on it nicely....

A lot of strips of plasticard were cut to wrap round the smokebox end....

till the correct level was reached....

the final front wrap, from the kit was the rivet detail for the smokebox...

dry assembly of the bits finished so far ...

Loco Kit (5) - tender and cab

Finished off the tender.... 

Trial fitting of wheels...

The wheels fitted, with some extra structural re-inforcements....

a run test on the garage layout round Radius 1 curves - no problems...

Tender top and chassis together (not fixed yet... hopefully I can get the RC electronics & batteries inside the tender)

Cab

The main structure of the cab built.

Next job is to get the basic footplate assembly built up (then the boiler....etc)

Sunny Sunday (1) RC diesel ....

Into spring and a chance to run trains at last (the 'sunny sunday' count reset for this year ) 

The recently completed RC diesel gets a run in the sun ...

Loco Kit (4) - starting on the tender...

How many bits for the tender. ! It too me a while to work out which bits went where.  The kit instructions say 'all parts cut to the size required' - well not quite, so a bit of sanding and fettling done to get things ready. I had one bit which was the wrong length, it was easy to cut a new one from some plasticard.

The basic tender top made up....

tidied up and the top section added with some beading.....

I checked the parts for the tender underframe; these were not all cut quite to matching lengths, so more fettling done and construction started....

Loco Kit (3) - chassis preparation...

The job for today was to marry up my 0-4-0 chassis, with the the single wheel assembly to make it into and 0-4-2 configuration...

After drilling some holes in both parts; I had to retrieve my bag of oddment nuts, bolts & screws from the garage. Rummage time ... to find a suitable nut & bolt with some washers...

A nice easy fit ....

0-4-2 chassis ready for the next step ... 

LocoWorks - RC diesel - ready for the running season...

 A neater 2 x PP3 in series to give  maximum of 18v for the Diesel battery power

The new 'battery pack' into place in the loco.....

reassembled and ready to run....

A quick trial run on the garage layout

Loco kit (2)...a chassis...

The loco kit I acquired recently was for an 0-6-0 tender loco, however it needed a chassis. I had a look in the spares box to see what I had, there was an 0-4-0 chassis and a spare 'pony truck'.  So possibly an 0-4-2 for the loco instead....

A google search for a suitable 0-4-2 loco came up with this as a possible option..

I'll think about it for a while..😀

LocoWorks - RC diesel - rechargable batteries

Working on my RC diesel,  changing over to re-chargeable PP3 batteries.

Sound Card Power

The old PP3 for the sound card was held in with high tack sticky pads, I had to lever it out...

to keep the new battery in place I made up a simple battery holder.....

it fits over the battery and holds in nicely in place.....job done.

Motor Power

The loco is underpowered with one PP3, so I need 'more power'; I lashed up two in series to give me up to 18v - the loco now accelerates quicker and I have got more speed too. 

Now I need to make a neater scheme up to fit inside the loco

Loco kit...

 I bought a old un-made GRS tender loco kit off Ebay ... the plan is to make this up to be battery operated with radio control. I have to source an 0-6-0 chassis for it...

a peak in side the box......lots of bits !

Signalling Department wagon

 I've made up a Signalling Department wagon, using some spare bits and an old LGB wagon.

WagonWorks - Bogey Good Stock finished...

Its nice when projects are finished, the trio of bogey Lynton & Barnstaple style stock now ready for service..

The existing rolling stock shelves are nearly full,  room for a couple of smaller wagons; or possiblly add another shelf ?