That was a close one

[vsmith]

Troy, meaning?

I dont read all the topics or posts so i dont know what happened? did a disagreement crop up or did Kim just decide to go elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

Yes.I think that most people miss the point that this is a train related forum.

[vsmith]

Where did Kim go?

Did I miss something here?

[TrainFreak409]

YAY! DOGHOUSE![:D] I feel as though I have a part in a custom locomotive, that just makes me feel special![:p]

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

Similar shots to yesterday except a bit more detail and some paint, covers a multitude of sins that paint does![;)] I was going to mount the bell at the front of the loco but to be honest it looked daft, so on top of the boiler it went! I am taking Johns and Scotts advice in mounting an air horn in the front of the cab and a dog house between the water filler and the air tank. I have lifted the air tank on the tender to allow the drain tap to be fitted.
pop valves and whistle on the domes






Ian next weekend, that'll be fun! I won't mention the cricket!![}:)]
Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

Kim, looking great! those little bits from Ozark are always exciting. Need to place an order with them myself.

[Anonymous]

Hi Scott,
Yes that would be interesting but I bet the crew wouldn't want to be walking all the way down the loco to use it!![:D]
Cheers,
Kim
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[TrainFreak409]

It keeps looking better and better!

What might be interesting, and a bit strange, is a doghouse on that little tender.[:p]

[Anonymous]

What a wonderful half day, morning at work - that was the s**t bit - and finished at twelve. Into town, walk on the prom, did an hour of tram watching whilst wife went in strange buildings with clothes in windows and the word 'SALE' plastered everywhere. Home, into the loco shed and did what's in the pictures and then a home made chinese for tea! Got my bag full of detail bits from Ozark, absolute marvellous stuff from there.







Going to fini***he day off with SG Atlantis and beer, oh, and kill Gail if she doesn't stop nagging me about the time I spend on trains!!
Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

John, have a look @ www.yesteryeardepot.com/SP4193.JPG Southern Pacific cab forward 4193 with an air horn sticking out of the front, can you believe it?!!
Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

Kim, Unfortunately Sierra sound( Soundtrax) doesn't have an articulated card but Phoenix does, here's the sound file. http://www.phoenixsound.com/sound_library/american_steam/cabfwd/cabf.htm

[vsmith]

Hey Kim, its coming together nicely!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this guys, I think you're right about Ian & Doreens stay, can't see much plastic getting stuck together on that weekend! Speaking of different sounds, I'm seriously thinking of putting a good sound unit into this one, loads of room in the tender and it already has juice - it started life as an aristo slope back. Has anyone got any reccomendations or 'for goodness sake don't touch that one', I'm very interested on the feedback especially as this is an articulated loco, so would it work with 2 in the same tender or is there 1 that can be programmed to simulate artic's? or, was there a certain amount of syncronisation and they sounded like a normal loco? Comments please guys.
Cheers,
Kim
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[John Busby]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kimbrit

Hi John,
I have had to send the picture via the forum. Let me know if it's ok.
Cheers,
Kim

Hi Kim
Have responded off forum.
Re loco bash its' starting to look the business now.
I think you might want a longer train for it [swg]
just for a lark you could follow the Chinese presedent and give
it an air horn and whistle
regards John

[Anonymous]

Hi John,
I have had to send the picture via the forum. Let me know if it's ok.
Cheers,
Kim

[TrainFreak409]

YAY! More pictures![:D]

It is looking really good now Kim! I like the cow catcher. And the boiler looks good as well. The compressors on the smoke box give it the look and feel of SP's cab forwards.

Great job, keep it up![:D]

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[Anonymous]

Kim, Your loco is looking great! Better get as much done now as you can, because I'm sure when Ian and Doreen get there modeling time will be nonexistant. [;)]

[Anonymous]

Another few hours work and it's really starting - I think - to look good. A few detail parts arrived from GRS and some are now fitted, I'm also waiting on an order from Ozark Miniatures, bell etc.
Here's the catcher fitted, it's actually one from a 'Lynton & Barnstable' loco but looks good on here.

The cab steps have been cut in, need tidying up yet. Steam generator fitted and boiler bands ongoing.

The compressors are smoke box fitted, going to have fun piping these up.

This is what it's all about.


Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

Thanks John, I like the red lights on the tender. Power is no problem as it's already available in the tender & those lights would be running lights so on all the time - that's a done deal! I have the head light fitted but I'm thinking of fitting small round lights into the cab low down at beam level. Cheers mate, keep em coming.
Cheers,
Kim
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[John Busby]

Hi Kim
You asked for sugestions here is one to think about.
Remove the lights from the smoke box end of the frame and fit them to the rear of the tender with red globes and some how wire them through to the loco,
Use the reversing light of the 2020 you got the cab from as the head light
making it look permenantly attatched or maybe the guts and lense for the light and a bit of plastruct tubing.
Make something like a Triang tender conection so they have to run as a matched pair.
Now you can tell me to rack off its your project[:D]
regards John.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

I should send you my drawing of the legendary Russian atomic locomotive, the Big Joe, nothin' was bigger.

I also have a little schematic of the proposed American atomic locomotive, the X-20, which I still have to redraw to scale.

I would love to see both of them Vic! The biggest Russian locomotive I have seen is Stalin's 4-14-4 steamer. If the atomic locomotive is bigger, that thing must be HUGE! And you know how I love to play with nuclear physics.[;)]

Kim, thank you for better explaining that, I know completely understand. I have an N scale three truck electric that uses that same system. I don't know why I didn't think about that...[:)]

E-mail me, I'll forward them. Ahh glad to hear you know about the AA20, Stalins amswer to Union Pacifics 2-12-4, unfortunatly it had a terrible habit of trying to straighten every curve it ever met, and it also supposedly destroyed every switch it ever rolled over.

The X-20 was a real proposed loco, but today the Big Joe exists only in legend, told second-handedly from the very few still alive today who remember, supposedly all hard evidence was destroyed after the catastrophy, suppose I'll have to send along the legend as well, my drawing is a reconstruction, based on those descriptions, I cant tell you where I heard them, it's still a very sore subject in Red Square!

One day when I have the room, or simply cannot resist the urge, I'm going to build the Big Joe, the X20, AND the AA-20 in large scale, Hell if nothing else i could always join the Pomona Fairplex Group or the Del Oro and at least run them there!

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

I should send you my drawing of the legendary Russian atomic locomotive, the Big Joe, nothin' was bigger.

I also have a little schematic of the proposed American atomic locomotive, the X-20, which I still have to redraw to scale.

I would love to see both of them Vic! The biggest Russian locomotive I have seen is Stalin's 4-14-4 steamer. If the atomic locomotive is bigger, that thing must be HUGE! And you know how I love to play with nuclear physics.[;)]

Kim, thank you for better explaining that, I know completely understand. I have an N scale three truck electric that uses that same system. I don't know why I didn't think about that...[:)]

[Anonymous]

I bet that kept stal(l)in on the corners Vic [:D]
cheers,
Kim
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[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

QUOTE: Originally posted by kimbrit
0-6-6-6-0? that would switch a big yard! Pivot the 2 end frames and cut a groove for the centre frame pivot to move in when a curve is taken, make those curves gentle!

Yeah, I like my trains BIG, ironic that I am in HO and N right now, ain't it? But once my step-dad gets settled into his new job, we should be breaking ground for the garden railway. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by cutting a groove for the center frame pivot to move. I realized that the first and third engines would have to articulate, but I wasn't sure about the center.

But I don't want to hog the thread with my questions, Kim, how is your locomotive coming?[:D]

I should send you my drawing of the legendary Russian atomic locomotive, the Big Joe, nothin' was bigger.

I also have a little schematic of the proposed American atomic locomotive, the X-20, which I still have to redraw to scale.

[Anonymous]

Still got to get the pipe for the boiler yet Scott, it will be on this weekend. I didn't explain myself very well re 'groove', what I should have said is drill a hole for the pivot and then file the hole out to the sides of the chassis making it into a slot that the bogie can move from side to side as well as pivot. This way you don't have to articulate the chassis.
Cheers,
Kim
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[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kimbrit
0-6-6-6-0? that would switch a big yard! Pivot the 2 end frames and cut a groove for the centre frame pivot to move in when a curve is taken, make those curves gentle!

Yeah, I like my trains BIG, ironic that I am in HO and N right now, ain't it? But once my step-dad gets settled into his new job, we should be breaking ground for the garden railway. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by cutting a groove for the center frame pivot to move. I realized that the first and third engines would have to articulate, but I wasn't sure about the center.

But I don't want to hog the thread with my questions, Kim, how is your locomotive coming?[:D]

[Anonymous]

Scott, I think we all guessed you are an aspiring garden RR'r, you'll get there one day mate and after reading the posts on this forum you'll have half an idea about what you are doing! 0-6-6-6-0? that would switch a big yard! Pivot the 2 end frames and cut a groove for the centre frame pivot to move in when a curve is taken, make those curves gentle!
Cheers,
Kim
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[TrainFreak409]

Thanks for the tips everyone![:D] I'll have to try the weathering soon, Kim.

I do have a confession, though, I am not truely a G gauge person. I hope to have a garden railway soon, but as of now, I collect N and HO. But kitbashing, scratchbuilding, and weathering techniques can apply to multiple scales, so your information hasn't been wasted!

I have had some experience with kitbashing a custom Galloping Goose like vehicle; I can post pictures for anyone if you are interested. This is HO scale though.

What I am really interested in is working with steam locomotives. My most recent thought is to take three 0-6-0's and make a 0-6-6-6-0 triplex switcher, but I don't know how to build the frame to make it flexible enough to handle the tightest curves possible.

Just a though.[:p]

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that Vic, valve handles from philips head screws, ingenious and I would never have thought of it, worth its weight in gold that one, good sites - Ozark is going to be getting some of my money!
Scott, as John says it's taking that perfectly good loco and making the first cut. Once it's done the rest just follows on. You must have the right gear, a good hobby knife, drill, saws, steel straight edge, set square, files etc but most importantly have all the gear for making good what you do wrong. Styrene sheet is wonderful stuff, it cuts great and depending on thickness it will bend well, roll it over a former with a bit of heat from a hair dryer if necessary. It is also important to have the right solvents/adhesives, I bond styrene to LGB plastic without much problem by making the styrene a tight fit, I then use a small paint bru***o 'paint' on the solvent which then bonds the styrene to the plastic. The solvent doesn't really need to 'attack' the other plastic, the styrene will do the bonding. I eased into bashing by weathering rolling stock, a cheap second hand Bachmann is good for this. There's no secret to it, I have a piece of cardboard and 3 pots of paint (matt black, rust and clay) and a jar of turps substitute. Using a small model brush I drop 4 or 5 brushfulls of turps on the cardboard and a couple of brush fulls of paint and stir them together, be quick because the cardboard soaks up the turps. You want a very watery mix and then wash on the mix on the car. The clay colour does a good wood colour as well as splash up on the car body, the black will wash on to represent oil/tar/coal dust etc - the choice is yours by varying the amounts mixed together. By washing the mixture on you're not really painting the car, you're enhancing it and letting the makers decals etc still show through. Try it, it gave me the confidence to start sawing perfectly good loco's up and it's also very good fun.
Cheers,
Kim
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VIC, just ordered a shed full from Ozark, great prices & only $6 postage to cross the pond. Cheers mate.