Sunny Sunday (2) - L&B Bogey goods rolling stock... ....

 After a bit of building maintenance (new coat of paint for the roofs of some buildings)

Time to run a train, using all my L&B bogey goods rolling stock...

A little video...

Loco Kit (8) - finishing off the build..

Some work on the tender...

Front of the tender detail added...

used some spare bits of plasticard up to provide a 'holder' to keep the tender top in position...

the top is now held on with some screws...

Footplate & Chassis...

Fixing the chassis to the foot plate - a nice attachment point at the rear (one screw from each side)

For the front attachment point, I made a snug fitting slot.....

The fiddly bit of adding couplings done...

boiler and cab stuck to footplate, front couplings done. The smokebox support has been given a more correct look..

Couplings Tender/Loco...

A quick simple coupling scheme implemented....

The running weight about to go into the boiler (with a suitable adhesive to hold it in place)

Smokebox door on ....

Some pics of the finished build....

A quick run test....

I've got the coupling for tender and loco just right,  <2mm gap on the tight radius 1 curve.

Nice to see it running ....

Left to do....

Nice to get the main build done; there are some things to sort

• Better Couplings to connect tender and loco
• A scheme for the electronics, so I can add battery power and remote control.
• Tidy up the surfaces and prepare for painting.

 

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....