7mm The Derby Line - Rolling Stock

[dibateg]

Happy New Year to all, I hope 2014 is a good year for all, with peace and prosperity.

A rainy New Years day ( without a hangover ) is always good for modelling, and with my better half in bed with flu, I was able to get a good days work ( apart from nursing duties ) on the tenders and make good progress. One thing missing from the kit is the extra canopy that extends from the tender roof under the cab one. I fabricated them up from scrap brass - as it is a little easier to form than NS.




One noticeable absence, is the ribbing, and having been inside the tender myself! - it does need adding, so I shall check my stock of brass section.





Whilst digging through the photos, I couldn't resist this shot of my Bachmann Ivatt running on Charwelton. Converted from LMS livery, I recall it was a lot quicker to prepare than the 7mm version. It was a vast improvement on my knife and fork Millholm kit, which was areal battle to complete. 43032 was the only Colwick loco I could find that didn't have a tablet catcher...:-

 

[7mmMick]

Happy New Year to you as well Tony fantastic work on the Tenders. What's this a MOK kit that lacks detail ? Lovely to see the attention to detail and adding the extras is always the way to go. I'm not surprised though as I know would expect you always produce an A1 job. You can't beat crawling all over the real thing for research. We're all of for a family day out at Shildon tomorrow (translation; Daddy wants lots of detail photos of the J21 )

I really like your 4mm Ivatt, especially the oil covered slide bars and cross head, what's the weathering method here please?

ATB Mick

 

[dibateg]

Happy New Year Mick - you've sobered up then!

I've reported any findings back to Dave Sharp - even the 4mm Ivatt has the ribs in the bunker, easily resolved though.

I'm trying to remember how I did that oily effect. Matt black and leather for the basic colours. I must have added gloss or satin varnish to the mix.

Regards
Tony

 

[7mmMick]

I have mate, only just thanks for the tip with the valve gear, I'll commit that to memory

ATB Mick

 

[dibateg]

More rain, more modelling. After I had exhausted all I could do indoors on the lounge renovation, it was back to the modelling. A concerted effort on Sunday saw the tenders pretty well finished, apart from some final cleaning up and adding the pick ups. It's nice to build something with no white metal in at all...


I put the loco and tender together for the first time, there is a way to go yet, but it's looking good..

 

[dibateg]

The pony truck was a joy to build, I think there is about 26 parts in it - a little different to the one piece fold up in the DJH Fairburn. So one loco is close to the first track test, with the pick ups and motor fitted. The motor support is well designed and latches on to the gearbox spacer bar.




There is a regular workbench invader, Poppy has taken to sunning herself under the desk lamp.

 

[dibateg]

Both locomotives are ready for a track test this afternoon, in the meantime I have been working on the backheads - which consist of a chunky brass casting. I though I might need the blowlamp for this, but the 50W iron on high and 145 solder seems to have done the job. The glasses should be left and right handed, but I'm not too worried in such an enclosed cab. Here they are awaiting cleaning up, before adding the pipework. Again, it is all brass, which is rather nice to work with. For some reason, backheads are very satisfying to work on, maybe it's all those pipes...

 

[Rob Pulham]

Very Nice Tony

 

[warren haywood]

Looking good Tony,
Ive just taken delivery of a 2-6-4t for painting. The level of detail is outstanding and i do like the all N/S bodywork and brass castings.
Still gonna have one for myself but not sure which yet!!
Warren

 

[dibateg]

Thanks guys - it will be difficult going back to brass and white metal kits, that's for sure...

 

[dibateg]

This is the bit that I really like doing - adding the pipework. The backheads have been painted and I think I will add them in before securing the cab roof.

 

[7mmMick]

Fantastic work as usual Tony As soon as you hear Ivatt 4 you think of the high footplate and this pipe work, she maybe a flying pig but I'm my eyes she looks beautiful

ATB Mick

 

[dibateg]

Having had some extra available time at home I've been able to press on and both loco bodys are pretty well finished, just leaving some pipework on the chassis. This week should see most of the work complete ready for painting. Then it is on to some commission work to earn a crust..

 

[john lewsey]

That really is very nice

 

[Rob Pulham]

Superb Tony

 

[warren haywood]

Hi Tony, excellent as usual
Hope you don't mind me posting a picture of its cousin!
MOK standard 4 tank which I am currently painting





Cheers Warren

 

[dibateg]

Very nice Warren - thank you for posting. Interesting co-incidence, I have 3 RTR 4MT tanks to upgrade as a commission with MOK motion and pony trucks/bogies.

Regards
Tony

 

[dibateg]

The Ivatts are at a stage where the first one needs paint and as I won't be anywhere near anywhere to get it, they are to one side for the moment.
So the day job for the moment is to upgrade the running gear on 3 Bachmann Standard 4 tanks. I've made a start on preparing and cleaning up castings. The castings are cut from the sprue with a piercing saw, this gives more control over the cut than a slitting disk and doesn't present the risk of catapulting the casting into oblivion if the end of the cut is misjudged! The process here is to file clean any mating surfaces, remove any join marks, polish up any surfaces that should be polished and drill out any fitting holes. Here are the motion parts and bogie and pony truck parts for the 2nd loco in the set:-


Generally some cast items can be pretty rough looking, compared with the sheet metal components, take a look at this view:-



And a decent shot of 43155

 

[adrian]

Where did you get all those components from please? The bogie looks like it could be used on a Standard 5 with necessary...if required...mods.

Well the valvegear and front pony truck castings look like the MOK castings to me, but the rear bogie?? In the MOK kit the rear bogie is made up from etched frames and the axle box/hornguide is all one casting so looks to me to be a different source.

 

[dibateg]

Good spot guys!

Yes, the bogie is a Standard 5 one as used in the Sanspareil kit. The model owners managed to get the castings directly from Iain Young. I believe it took some time...