Crane Locomotives

spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
Some pipework and the regulator have been added. I make no claims to accuracy here! In any case it's possibly going to be partly hidden if I decide to add some protective metal sheeting to the rear of the crane.

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The original wheels are temporarily back in place. The smaller ones were proving a step too far and kept derailing. I've ordered some different wheels, but if they prove troublesome as well then I'll stick with the originals.

Mike
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
The cab sheets are now soldered in place.
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I've had to lengthen the cab roof a bit to get everything to fit. I'm going to clad it in corrugated iron for that 'rustic' look! :))
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I've got an old sheet of Slaters corrugated plastikard which I can glue into place, but before I do so, is there anything better out there? I know Ambis used to do a 7mm version in metal, but appears to be long out of stock.

Mike
 
PhilH

PhilH

Western Thunderer
Plastruct do a corrugated plastic sheet for US 0 Scale (1:48). It does have better (more pronounced) corrugations than the Slaters although they are slightly wider spaced - probably nearer 4" than the usual 3".
Metal versions are usually thin aluminium foil, and in my experience fairly easily damaged. OK on a building but not on an item you're more likely to handle fairly often.
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
PhilH said:
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Metal versions are usually thin aluminium foil, and in my experience fairly easily damaged. OK on a building but not on an item you're more likely to handle fairly often.
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That's a good point. I think I'll stick with the Slaters corrugated iron sheet. It'll save me more money!

The replacement smaller wheels came in the post today. They fit perfectly and dont suffer the same derailment issues the previous replacements did.
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Mike
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
michael mott said:
Will the rust be far enough along in a spot or two to create a hole? The weatering Gods need to know!
Michael
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There was a time when my approach to weathering would have been to go for dents, holes etc. This has worked quite well on some of my G-scale models. But with the smaller scales I think it's very easy to overdo this. Having said that I reckon there will be some rust holes in the cab sheets. Mainly along the bottom edges. Easy to do on a plastic model, but not so easy on metal.

Cheers
Mike
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
Rob Pulham said:
That looks excellent, what have you used/how did you make/curve the corrugated sheets?
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It's from an old sheet of corrugated plastic sheet. Possibly Slaters, but it must be over 20 years old, so I can't be sure. Sorry.

I cut the sheets individually and I used my rivet press to try to replicate the fixings that would hold them in place. This inadvertently/helpfully introduced a curve into each sheet, but to be honest it wasn't too difficult to curve each sheet simply by bending them by hand. The plastic is quite thin. Epoxied into place.

Mike
 
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