Yorky D's Küchentisch - Purists look away now.....

Osgood

Western Thunderer
..... I once met the inventor of WD40 in Houston......

Veering so far off topic that I probably deserve detention - I once met the son of Swiss family VELCRO, who ran the UK arm.

He'd just atended a conference entitled 'What the best dressed soldier of C21 will be wearing'.
Given all the high tech stuff they would now need to carry (for heads up helmet visor display etc etc), a need had arisen to eject said equipment packs quickly - hence the use of Velcro on straps.
However - a fundamental problem had come to light during night testing, when it was found that the 'enemy' was able to accurately pinpoint the positions of the opposite forces merely by the sound of the strapping being released!

He said as a result the race was on to invent 'silent Velcro', and whoever did would become a millionaire.
I wonder if anyone did......


Oh, the Mini - yes, yes, very nice. :thumbs:
 

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
Would a slip of silver foil behind the headlights makes those look a bit more lifelike? Small point as the whole car really looks really good.

One other small detail that can make a difference to the "look" - I believe that for that version the front indicator lenses should be orange, they were white bulbs and orange lenses - the later models had the orange bulb and white lens.

Duly noted and implemented. And a thank you for the observations which we fail to see at times when building models.

I've now found the etched windscreen wipers... Made by Hauler for military models but will suffice for my needs.... The pair at the bottom of the photo were cut out, folded and a piece of 0.5mm brass wire soldered to the base to create a mounting spigot. They received a primer of steel paint followed by a coat of AK interactive chrome paint - as did any chromework on the model itself.
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.....and a pair has now been fitted. Mini 22.jpg

And finally some gratuitous photos taken in the sun.... Mini 23.jpg
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Bel 2

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
This was a re-powering exercise for the BEL2 battery loco.

The 4mm gearbox driving one axle resulted in the loco having insufficient grunt to haul more than one light wagon and cold not haul a kit built brass van.

Having success with the Finney7 Power and remote 13:1 gearboxes in the Met Bo-Bo my thoughts turned to using these in the BEL2 loco. However, it has a 8' (56mm) wheelbase which is too short to use a CV joint to join the two gearboxes.

Steph Dale and myself were chatting about powering short wheelbase truck/bogies and realised it can be done using the Weaver half spline/shaft method.

So, I purchased Finney7 Power and Remote gearboxes and a Taff Vake 1525 motor to try this out :eek:.

The motor was mounted in the vice using the shaft and some blu-tac was stuck around the bearing of the shaft which was going to be halved along some of it's length to create a half moon shape. The shaft was carefully ground down using a slitting disc in a Proxxon mini drill.

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This is after the motor shaft and gearbox shaft have been ground down.
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And the union - here I used a clear tube from a paintbrush to show alignment.BEL2 11.jpg

The two gearboxes were made up as per the instructions and here is the joint between the motor and remote gearbox. Neoprene tube has been used here for illustration. The Slaters 1/8'' wagon wheel axles between the hornblocks were sleeved to 3/16'' with brass tube. BEL2 13.jpg

The view from above - a piece of 2mm I/D tube has now replaced the neoprene tube.BEL2 14.jpg

The view from below BEL2 15.jpg

Broadside to show the motor just peeks below the frame. Inside it sits level with the floor and a slightly raised floor will be required to clear the motor as the chassis is fully compensated. Mmmm :oops: looks like I'll have to slot the body/chassis mounting holes to shift the wheel centres to the left a tad.BEL2 16.jpg

Remote gearbox end. BEL2 17.jpg

Power gearbox end BEL2 18.jpg
 

Steph Dale

Western Thunderer
Neat application Dave!

Where did you get the 1/8" to 3/16" tube from and/or have you got an item number. T'would be useful to know...

I also ask, somewhat tentatively, how does it run? Would it benefit from a higher gear ratio in this application? We may still be able to do a 26:1 as a 'special' y'see.

Steph
 

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
Very clever, what was the reason for halving the shafts rather neoprene tube with a ballbearing between the shafts?

The main reason was to see if could be done (after discussion) with smaller diameter shafts and for the short wheelbases. Useful when some LT drive trucks had 7'6'' or 7'9'' wheelbases. Also useful for US 1:48 Blomberg, GE, Alco and lightweight switcher trucks.

Secondly it was the distance between the rear motor boss and the gearbox. In the Met Bo-Bo I had 17mm here it is only 12mm. With neoprene tube the shafts would have been around 4.5 mm long with a 2mm ball bearing to make the CV joint.
 

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
I also ask, somewhat tentatively, how does it run? Would it benefit from a higher gear ratio in this application? We may still be able to do a 26:1 as a 'special' y'see.

It does run and could probably benefit from a higher gear ratio.

Where did you get the 1/8" to 3/16" tube from and/or have you got an item number. T'would be useful to know...

Sleeves are made up from two imperial sizes of telescopic tube. One with 1/8'' I/D and the other 3/16'' I/D. I just asked the guy at Hobby Holidays about sleeving from 1/8 to 3/16'' and he produced the tubing.
 

simond

Western Thunderer
About 30 years ago, I built a 16mm scale Ruston diesel, again, very short wheelbase (and very small wheels).

I made a couple of floating worm & wheel gearboxes which I fitted to a common shaft which was spur-gear driven from the motor. One axle was fixed using the loco axleboxes, the the other floated, using the drive shaft as the rocking axis. The worm was trapped by the gearbox thrust bearings, so provided lengthwise location of the axle.

As an alternative, I’m sure a similar approach using Steph’s gearboxes, would work in this kind of application, always assuming there’s room above the shaft for the motor.

Atb
Simon
 
Lamp hut

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
This is something which arrived unexpectedly in the post with another order....

It's the Intentio LMS lamp hut.... This can also be used as a light railway ticket/parcels office!

Here are the elements of the kit. I had already curved the corrugated card roof by moistening the back gently rolling it around a broom handle and leaving it to dry.

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A few hours later ..... we have this........ It was painted and weathered using Vallejo acrylics and Games Workshop washes.LH 2.jpg

I removed one of the corner bricks..... LH 3.jpg
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I glazed each frame individually and 'broke' one of the panes. LH 6.jpg

Unfortunately the lighting is not brilliant today and I take some more photos if it brightens up!!!

And the hut probably needs a vent.
 

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
This was at the KWVR Beer, Music and Steam Festival this weekend. The main beer and music festival was in the Oxenhope carriage shed with the bar extending 3/4 the length of the shed! Other locations were Keighley and Ingrow. Ingrow had the best music though.

There were 95 beers plus the brewery bars; Brass Castle (Malton); Goose Eye (Crossflatts), Bridgehouse (Keighley); Kirkstall (Leeds); Vocation (Cragg Vale); Nomadic (Leeds); Wishbone (Keighley); Bingley (Wilsden) and about 25 Perrys and Ciders!!!

Use no. 9 - Billboard

This of course is an ex-LT pannier tank which has retained it's original LT fittings :).... unlike others which have had them replaced to create a pseudo GW loco!

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The motive power for the train to Oxenhope - a proper loco. :)BF2.jpg

With an appropriate headboard!

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Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
Good engines, the S160's. Bet it sounded awesome up the bank(s).

Yes - climbing all the way with the chime whistle echoing in the cuttings :). The KWVR platforms at Keighley are on a slight gradient which is evident when standing on the main Skipton-Leeds platforms.
 
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