4mm On the Narrow Gauge.

[InvernessTMD]

My Maternal (paternal) Great Grandfather unfortunately perished at Galipoli, and one of his brothers at The Somme, (as did one of my Father's forebears that we didn't realise until we went to Thiepval). My Maternal (maternal) Great Grandfather was a POW and escaped on horseback!
My Paternal (paternal) Great Grandfather was involved in the Arctic Convoys and shook hands with Tsar Nikolas...

 

[Alex Duckworth]

More WDLR, my Hunslet 4-6-0 now finished, 8mm gauge as before.

Alex.

 

[Jon Gwinnett]

Very fine indeed.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

For various reasons I haven't posted for ages, although I have carried on modelling at my usual snails pace. Now that I have got round to sorting my photos out I have a few more items to share, starting with my WW1 Crewe Tractor. This was a stopgap piece of motive power that was sadly not capable of hauling very much at all. The model is built from a kit of tiny 3D printed parts obtained in a barter arrangement by a friend, that's all I know about it (except that it came without instructions of any sort.) It is motorised with a tiny Portram unit under the flat wagon.

Alex.

 

[Giles]

These would be really good builds in 7mm, but in 4mm.....!!! Alex - your work is stunning and inspirational - i love it as aspire to it.
Thank you!

 

[Daddyman]

More WDLR, my Hunslet 4-6-0 now finished, 8mm gauge as before.

Alex.
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Whoah! Hang on! That's amazing! What did you build the loco from? Not the dodgy w/m kit, surely? What about the chassis? And wheels? I'd love one of these for a Puggy Line project, but didn't like the kit or its solution for a chassis. Do you detail this build anywhere?

 

[Chris Veitch]

For various reasons I haven't posted for ages, although I have carried on modelling at my usual snails pace. Now that I have got round to sorting my photos out I have a few more items to share, starting with my WW1 Crewe Tractor. This was a stopgap piece of motive power that was sadly not capable of hauling very much at all. The model is built from a kit of tiny 3D printed parts obtained in a barter arrangement by a friend, that's all I know about it (except that it came without instructions of any sort.) It is motorised with a tiny Portram unit under the flat wagon.

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It wasn't entirely without its plus points - I understand that the R&ER 15" gauge conversion was capable of a remarkable but ultimately suicidal turn of speed which eventually proved that it was significantly less robust that the Heywood steam loco coming in the opposite direction.

And yes, it is a beautiful model Alex.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

These would be really good builds in 7mm, but in 4mm.....!!! Alex - your work is stunning and inspirational - i love it as aspire to it.
Thank you!

Thanks Giles, and so is yours.

Whoah! Hang on! That's amazing! What did you build the loco from? Not the dodgy w/m kit, surely? What about the chassis? And wheels? I'd love one of these for a Puggy Line project, but didn't like the kit or its solution for a chassis. Do you detail this build anywhere?

Thank you, the boiler, fittings, and tank/cab sides are all reworked wm. kit. The thought of all that weight over the drivers was too good to pass up. Pretty much all the rest is scratchbuilt, except the wheels. The build is in Narrow Gauge and Industrial Review no.122.

It wasn't entirely without its plus points - I understand that the R&ER 15" gauge conversion was capable of a remarkable but ultimately suicidal turn of speed which eventually proved that it was significantly less robust that the Heywood steam loco coming in the opposite direction.

And yes, it is a beautiful model Alex.

Thanks Chris, bit of an unequal contest with the victor never in doubt.

 

[David Waite]

Some very Unique Modelling Alex well done.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

A couple of oldies now, H0f 6.5mm gauge running on modded Busch Feldbahn chassis.

 

[Daddyman]

The build is in Narrow Gauge and Industrial Review no.122.

Thank you. Got hold of a copy from Narrow Gauge and Industrial which arrived two days later. Very much look forward to reading it. Just had a quick flick through so far and am impressed by the the standard of the journal.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

Nearly cleared the backlog now, another oldie this time in 7mm. "Bronwen", made for Ynys Gwyntog.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

Moving swiftly along, a generic 4mm Fletcher Jennings in 009. Built from an excellent 3D printed body from EDM with a scratch built chassis. I have recently ordered etched plates from LRS to name the loco "Fowey" as it seems to me that there is something Cornish about it.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

That's the backlog cleared, just finished this one. Bachmann 009 "Livingston Thompson" regauged to 7.83mm, partially resprayed, weathered and detailed to represent "Taliesin" in early preservation days.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

Following on from Taliesin I'm currently converting a Bachmann "Linda"to 7.58mm track gauge (approx.) I say approx because my track laying is really not that good.


The chassis is finished now, just cosmetic surgery from now on.

 

[michael mott]

Hello Alex Just went to the front of your thread and am curious about how you achieved the texture of the grey building, the models look great by the way.

Michael

 

[Alex Duckworth]

Thank you Michael, the building has a foam board core with small pieces of mica insulation stuck to it "edge on". It then got a random wipe over with wet polyfilla, then when dry a light rub with a suede shoe cleaning wire brush, followed with grey acrylic.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

The completed "Linda", gauge adjusted to 7.58mm.

 

[Alex Duckworth]

Next up on the workbench.