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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:11 am

Everything is coming together. It looks very smart indeed!
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Post by Keith S » Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:50 am

How long after spraying do you bake the parts? Do you wait until they are dry to the touch at room temperature?

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Post by dewintondave » Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:39 am

Keith S:112246 wrote:How long after spraying do you bake the parts? Do you wait until they are dry to the touch at room temperature?
That's it, when it's touch dry. It's a smelly process, especially the black paint - toluene, the black paint was very fast to be touch dry. I used engine block spray paint
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Post by dewintondave » Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:54 am

It is finished!

This project was started in the latter part of 2012. With the test chassis running in early 2013.

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The basic dimensions of the loco are:

340 mm long (over the couplings) x 150 mm wide x 240 mm high from railhead to top of the exhaust stack. Weight: over 5 Kg
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Post by philipy » Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:06 am

That looks fantastic, Dave.
Congratulations.
I'm in awe and envy of your abilities.
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Post by robc_wa » Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:49 pm

Oh WOW! That really looks good. All that and the smell of castor oil too! Beautiful work.

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Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:03 pm

Dave this is an excellent model, well done.

Should you ever want to sell it let me know ;)

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Post by dewintondave » Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:03 am

Thank you guys.

My homemade locos are priceless... to me ;)
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Post by dewintondave » Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:07 am

Here's the box of goodies that weren't used in the final iteration of the loco...

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Post by KNO3 » Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:57 pm

Congratulations! How about a video of the finished loco running?

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Post by dewintondave » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:37 am

Thank you guys. A run is a quite long way off as my railway needs a lot of repairs, it's winter over here.

In the meantime here's the loco on the shelf keeping the DeWintons company.

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Post by Peter Butler » Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:34 am

What a magnificent collection Dave, you can feel very proud of your work, I hope you get plenty of opportunity to show it off!
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Post by Keith S » Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:10 pm

Congratulations! Now we are all looking forward to a video, when your line has been repaired!

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Post by dewintondave » Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:56 am

Here we are, the first proper run, and on the new track. Plenty of smoke; the garden was bathed in the sweet aroma of castor oil. Most of the run was in first gear, but the last bit was in second

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Post by Gralyn » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:37 am

You must be very pleased with that performance.
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Post by Peter Butler » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:59 am

Nice and steady, beautifully smooth realistic speed. Looks just right Dave, brilliant!
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:19 pm

What a stonking success. Beautiful slow running and it didn't seem too loud.
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Post by Annie » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:44 am

What a wonderful loco. Lovely slow running and just the right amount of delightful mechanical sounds to accompany it on its way.
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Post by JCSteam » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:19 pm

Really enjoyed reading through this thread :)

The work you've put into that wonderful loco has created a truely unique, and marvelous creation 8) Look forward to seeing more runs of the loco ;)
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Post by dewintondave » Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:34 am

Thank you, much appreciated!

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