dibateg
Western Thunderer
The WD tenders are distinctive by their plain slab sides, but one noticeable feature are the row of bolts along the bottom edge that hold the tank to the frames. These are not represented in the kit and with no hope of me measuring accurately 28 holes, I knocked up a drilling jig from scrap fret and tested the hole position on some other scrap. The edge of the 'butting' piece was then filed away until the hole position was correct. It's shown hooked over one the 'bolts' made from 0.7mm brass wire:-
7mmMick
Western Thunderer
Great attention to detail Tony, I know you'll have your hands full at York but is there any chance of a look at a WD at the weekend ? I only ask as I will need a couple at some point and I'm definately moving towards the Snowhill kit, it would be great to see one up close,
Cheers Mick
Cheers Mick
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
Just a note of caution: if you plan to build it to S7 be aware the Snowhill kit had the wheelbase subtly altered to accommodate O fine scale wheels. I can't speak for the JLTRT kit as I haven't run any measuring tools over it yet.
At the risk of dragging this thread slightly OT, has anyone built any of the currently available kits to S7 standards?
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
I think I am right in saying the Snowhill WD kit, which was featured quite a lot on MRJ when it was announced some years back, had the driver wheelbase extended to accommodate fine scale wheels. There was a good deal of correspondence about it, if I remember. I'm not in WD research mode just yet, so I don't have actual facts and figures, nor can I tell whether the JLTRT kit has the same "feature".
MRJ 160 and 163, 2005, from a quick search of the interwebs.
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Heather,
You're correct, there was a fair bit of correspondence on the 7mm Yahoo group a while back (Jim Snowden is the designer of the Snowhill kit and a regular respondent there). From what I remember the wheelbase is slightly long, but the kit has the correct style of coupling rods so the cylinder centres are closer to where they should be.
Steph
You're correct, there was a fair bit of correspondence on the 7mm Yahoo group a while back (Jim Snowden is the designer of the Snowhill kit and a regular respondent there). From what I remember the wheelbase is slightly long, but the kit has the correct style of coupling rods so the cylinder centres are closer to where they should be.
Steph
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
I can understand why the tweak had to happen, and to be honest I don't think it matters in the bigger scheme of things. It may not even be noticeable if you build it to S7. I just thought it worth pointing out for those who perhaps hadn't been aware of it.
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
I think this is of interest to Mickoo.
http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/686/7l18-wd-austerity-2-8-0/
http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/686/7l18-wd-austerity-2-8-0/
Cliff Williams
Western Thunderer
Tony had you thought about removing some of the internal bulkheads so there is space for DCC sound?
Owners are having changes of heart these days, I had to modify one to DCC sound and as always the operation was brutal. The patient survived well to tell the tale though and makes lots of lovely noise now.
Owners are having changes of heart these days, I had to modify one to DCC sound and as always the operation was brutal. The patient survived well to tell the tale though and makes lots of lovely noise now.
dibateg
Western Thunderer
Hello Cliff -
I hadn't thought of modifying the tender to that degree. My customers loco is for DC, I'm not sure if I'll put sound in mine, it will either be a cube or something in the boiler.
I don't think the JLTRT WD has a stretched wheelbase, I recall Pete's advert a while ago saying 'this WD kit has the correct wheelbase'!
Regards
Tony
I hadn't thought of modifying the tender to that degree. My customers loco is for DC, I'm not sure if I'll put sound in mine, it will either be a cube or something in the boiler.
I don't think the JLTRT WD has a stretched wheelbase, I recall Pete's advert a while ago saying 'this WD kit has the correct wheelbase'!
Regards
Tony
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
That could have applied to the tender...
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
That's what Pete told me by email when I originally enquired about the JLRT kit - despite this, the bit that sold the Snowhill one for me was that the only non brass casting is the backhead and that the masters had been made by Laurie Griffin.
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
I'm in for the Snowhill one too; it'd be a might tricky to get a sound chamber in the solid resin boiler of the JLTRT one and I can't abide noisy tenders in 0-gauge...
Steph
Steph
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Hmmm! I'd noticed - witness a certain Super D and Dukedog.....
Of course, as I'm deaf in one ear it doesn't matter to me.
Dad/Brian
TheSnapper
Western Thunderer
Hope you don't mind me butting in, but any chance of installing a speaker (& enclosure) between the frames, like this:
(Sub-woofer in the tender, perhaps?!)
Cheers
Tim