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It official I've finally gone loco!

I've never really been a big fan of trains but have suddenly become obsesed with all things narrow gauge so I've embarked on a small train journey.

It's should be a fairly quick one as everything you can see here was done in one afternoon smile    



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Bern

Welcome to the fold !!!!!!!!!!!!



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Look forward to seeing how this progresses.

Grant

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Thanks guys, the temptation to choo, choo it around the work bench is almost overwelming, however as it's not a steam train I guess it wouldn't choo, choo anyway!

 

Made some progress last night on the footplate, finished the beading on the side door and have the basic cab back made... more to follow.  



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I can feel the temptation too so I guess it's just a matter of time ? I like the look of this so far, keep up the good work
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Thanks Paul... yes it's a slippery slope!!!

 

Footplate has a bit more detail and is just waiting for rivets. The cab sides, front and rear are made they just need detailing and are temporarily held together with blu-tack to check it all fits together... looks like the cab could lose about 0.5mm at the back to allow the footplate to sit flush.

 

That's it for now.



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It's all coming together quite nicely now.

There's still the small items left to do like the brakes, exhaust funnel/flap, buffers etc. but the main parts are there... the back of the cab reminds me of a minion!

 

Bern



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Wonderful craftsmanship.  I can't wait to see more!



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Thought I had some pic's.



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rkpost wrote:

Wonderful craftsmanship.  I can't wait to see more!


 Thanks Rob, that's very kind of you... update to follow smile



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baldwin wrote:

Thought I had some pic's.


Thanks for the pics Barry... the more pictures I see of them the more I think no two were the same! The number of variations is incredible especially in cab and wheel styles.

Mine's based on the most common (at least in the images I have) 12hp version with blanked off cab windows and sliding side doors, usually seen open.    



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So here's the latest, as you can see I've been having a riveting time (yes I know my puns are getting worse!) cry

It's very close to being finished now, the door runners need to be added to the cab sides, the buffers need to be made and some controls for inside the cab... I think that's it? 

Let me know if you can see something I've missed.

 

Bern



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Quick update...

 

The door runners have been added to the cab sides, some insanely small brakes made and the brake wheel and some small controls have been done for the cab. So that's just the buffer/shackle type things for the front and back left to do... it's been such a quick build I think there may have to be another light railway loco in my future aww  



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Well that's it more or less ready for moulding. This has to be the quickest master I've ever built roughly 20 days start to finish, guess I must have felt inspired confuse

I won't be making handles for the sliding side panels as they would have to be grossly over scale to make them mouldable and would be far simpler to make out of thin wire which could come with the kit.

As always your comments, criticisms, suggestions are more than welcome  



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Moulds complete and here's the one I'll be building for myself smile



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Small amount of progress, been removing and cleaning up parts from their pour stubs and just started fitting up some of the smaller details. 



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Looks a bit more like a loco now, I've left the cab off for the moment so I can prime and paint inside first then assemble the cab and paint the outside... that's the plan anyway!



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Well it's in the base colour now and had a gloss coat and decals applied ready for weathering before a final matt coat. I've also made a start on a brigadewagen so it's got something to tow around. 



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Nice!

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Thanks Rob.

Here's some pictures of the brigadewagen I've started to go with it... to give some idea of size the wheel is 7mm in diameter.



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Weathering complete and matt coat on the Deutz.

I don't normally go in for such heavy weathering in 1/72 scale but I figured these little workhorses wouldn't have much downtime for cleaning.

Needs some track, a base and wagon to pull now hmm



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The wagon is still underway and I've started work on the bogies. As you can see everything is ridiculously small, I think these are the smallest leafsprings I've ever made. 



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Hello,

Very nice loco, congratulation !!!

All the best,

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