4mm Shrewsbury’s big beast: rolling, rolling, rolling...

[Ian@StEnochs]

I can think of three options -
1. 4mm scale Austerity locos,
2. 4mm scale CSB pivot points,
3. 7mm scale Sentinel loco handrails.

Personally, I recommend option 3.

PS. Just remembered another use - smokebox handrails on Beyer Peacock built locos from the 1860s onwards.

Andrew Barclay pugs from the late 40’s used ‘Austerity’ style handrail pillars, Cannot call them knobs as they are just round bar drilled for the handrail.

Ian.

 

[Mike Garwood]

Adam

Don't forget Markits...



Like this alot.

Mike

 

[AJC]

Adam

Don't forget Markits...

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Like this alot.

Mike

Yes, that’s what I have about 80 of!

Very nice and useful turnings, just not for anything I’m doing at the moment. There are options, however…

Adam

 

[AJC]

One of the tricky bits: cab steps. Obviously the real thing were welded steel strip and with the aid of Mike’s scale drawing and some good photos, I’ve managed the first one. A touch of a large file of the back has removed the cusp and gained a fag paper's worth of clearance...



Note the two slots in the frames - one allows the outside frames to drop over the brake shaft (part of the working chassis), and the other is cosmetic: on the real thing it’s for the steam pipes serving the brake system. I only noticed these after assembly…

Adam

 

[Tim Hale]

Adam,

Thanks for sharing this project, I find it extremely interesting with a eye on a future build.

Tim

 

[AJC]

Well that was a while ago, wasn’t it? Finally, I’ve picked this up again and fabricated some brake linkages. There should be a steam brake cylinder atop those linkages but I'll make those (I have lost those supplied, I think), once it's painted and working. The basic chassis is then almost ready to paint.



Adam

 

[AJC]

Chassis painted and wheeled up. It rolls along very nicely. The discs on the fly cranks were a safety measure on the real thing - obvious as to why when you see where the cab steps were. I hope that they don’t make quartering too difficult…



Adam

 

[AJC]

That was not, as it happens, too painful at all. The chassis is quartered, and rolls well, but I ran out of time this evening to fix the rods in place.



Adam

 

[AJC]

Rods secured, and clearances (suitably minute around the steps), established and we can proceed.



Adam