A newby's attempt at building a Micromodels Card kit.

[timbowales]

Lovely stuff, Mike. When are you going to move on to a motorised version?
Tim T

 

[Mike Trice]

Don't hold your breath!

 

[Mike W]

Amazingly, that wasn't a "no"! But some carriages for the Atlantic would be nice. This is one of those threads, like Peter Insole's ride-on that are so bonkers they are fabulous and I can't help looking for updates every day!

 

[sagaguy]

I don`t know if this would help,it`s getting them to you at the right resolution that seems to be the problem!.

Ray.

 

[Mike Trice]

The GNR Atlantic has been brought up to a similar spec and has gained chimney, dome, buffers and vac pipes:


Cruel closeups reveal a few issues that are not visible (well to my eyes) at normal viewing distance:








And now I have two!

 

[Ksyta]

Great job, beautiful and clean models, looking forward to the continuation.

 

[Mike Trice]

Last one as it is starting to get repetitive.

Claud Hamilton from set PG3 with wheels:


As before artwork for the wheels has been done in Inkscape and are quite simple close up:


The chassis has been split in half and joined to provide a 5.5mm wide base and separate loco and tender:


Wheels are done using my usual method, laminating three layers of card for the faces and a larger circle for the flange. The flanges had to be cut with a compass cutter as my hollow punches only went up to 10mm:


The wheels added to the loco frames and tops trimmed flush:


Sideframes cut appropriately and fixed to footplate/chassis. Coupling rods added and tender sideframe overlays added.:

 

[sagaguy]

Are these scaled up cards?.

Ray.

 

[Mike Trice]

No, scaled to 1/200. Most cards are close to that scale already, but not all (the J50 was 1/186). Claud Hamilton was just a tiny fraction too large so was scaled down to exactly 1/200.

 

[Mike Trice]

Well it has all gone Pete Tong! Trying to reduce the back to back and introduce some depth to the various splashers has resulted in a complete mess. I have since identified where I went wrong so will be stripping the chassis back and restarting the superstructure: