Running session - oddment goods

Today, spent a little time outside running a short oddment goods train ....

Tram Engine (10) - finishing touches and first outside running in session...

The loco body has been painted up and varnished, glazing using some clear plastic fitted to the windows and the roof fitted.

Loco body and chassis were assembled and taken outside for a running session.

A quick sweep of debris from the track plus adjusting the ballast in a few places and I then spent a enjoyable time watching it trundle around with a wagon..

Tram Engine - WIP(9) - some sort of internal detail.......

Added the rest of the rudimentary internal detail, it doesn't have to super exact as once it is painted and the roof is on it will be sufficient for a quick gander from the outside..

 smokebox end...

 firebox end ...

now onto the painting .....

Tram Engine - WIP(8) - RC aerial positioning....

The positioning of the RC aerial in the interior of the loco body needed a bit of work....

The aerial position on the chassis...

 I had a hole cut in the base of the loco body for the aerial to go through, but needed a good location for it as I added in the interior detail. I used part of the inner tube from a toilet roll for the boiler top and fitted the casing of an old biro to hold the aerial....

 Another hole was made in the roof for the aerial casing to go through - the idea is that it could represent a whistle or safety valve ....

now I can finish off the rudimentary internal details....

Tram Engine - WIP(7) - couplings added ....

A fiddly job, but managed to get some chopper coupling onto the tram loco at the right height ...

then spent a little time on the garage layout giving it a trial run round...  😀

Tram Engine - WIP(6) - window frames and hand rails

Adding some of the smaller details - hand rails (using florist wire), window frames and some extra uprights in the cow-catchers

Tram Engine - WIP(5) - roof ...

Adding the roof, decided on a simple scheme using a base plate of cardboard with roof supports ..

 I found a old plastic folder which I cut the roof surface from, adding rain strips from cardboard, funnel from a small pice of plastic tube ...

 looking more like a loco now, (will keep the roof separate for now, while I finish off the detailing)

Tram Engine - WIP(4) - loco superstructure sides and ends....

Making the sides of the loco superstructure...

 sides fitted to footplate assembly and work started on the ends ...

 ends fitted, starting to look like a loco now

a few things left to do
- internal detail
- windows (sides and ends)
- roof assembly
- couplings and other oddment details