Taking off into 7/8 ( or 1:13,3)

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:31 pm

My Regner, Chaloner has now gone up the scales to 7/8. It is a Modeltown man who will be the driver. In front I have put a man in a scale of 1:20 for comparation. For me it looks strange that the Regner loco fit quite nice in the 1:20 scale a half an hour ago.. Ill show you two pics, one in earlier service this summer, and the other one together with the IP-coach in 7/8 I´m building now.

On the first pic, the gauge is 32mm, and on the second 45mm.

I´m kind of weatherstuck today. Many livesteamers have gathered on the railwaymuseum in Hamar, and put up some show lines. It´s just 15km. from where I live. But having no car today, I find it to dangeros to go by bike

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:47 pm

Gremlin · Post by **Gremlin** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:28 pm

Having seen the real thing, it suits 7/8ths better I think

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:06 pm

tom_tom_go:105096 wrote:Do it you won't regret it, everything is bigger

Come to dark side, we have ..... larger locos.

I´m sticking with 16mm (but I´m noting that many of my vertical Boilers (to cite just one type) don´t look out of place on 7/8")

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:52 pm

This spring I sort of collected pics of vertical boilers that actually was a lot bigger than the Chaloner. In my homeplace I found this one (scrapped in 1933)

It was built up on this one:

This was normal track width.
My point is that the Regner loco can well be used in a smaller scale also.

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:52 pm

Hi Michael,

Could we have some pictures please of the conversion you have done on your Regner as you seem to have a pipe coming off from the condensing tank into the chimney so smoke comes out where it should

You have obviously drilled a small hole somewhere along the pipe to allow condensate to drip away so it does not put the fire out?

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:55 pm

tom_tom_go: Sorry to dissapoint you. I haven´t invited the wheel or a condense draining pipe on the Chaloner... I just forgot to put the small pipe that you can see on the outdoor picture, back in place

But what I have done, is to drill a small hole in the bottom of the condense tank so the condense drips down under the loco when running.
I have also made a bent pipe as you can see on the photos, but it doesn´t give that much smoke.

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:15 pm

In this scale one can build small things. The welder from Modelltown has got a gas tube carrier, which I have built from cigarcylinders and jeansbuttons and meccano

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 6:23 pm

Bill/Rubery:105019 wrote:If your outside the rain drops are not 7/8" scale but real scale and big! A gravel that matches your local stone works well and is not dislodged by rain. Regarding track, most industrial lines had the sleepers covered by dirt and grass. You could do the same to save work. 7/8" scale is a good scale for people with imagination....i.e. building your own stuff or converting it.....take a look at my web site to see what I mean!

Very inspiring website! I´ll be following you

And here are some pictures of my wagons. All scratchbuilt except for the wheels

( I´m actually building a gingerbread train today

)

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:03 pm

The wagons I´m building now are turning into something slightly whimsical. The idea is junk-wagons, and in this fantastic scale I can "borrow" toys from my children and make strange creations, which maybe might have been?

Michael

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:42 pm

I assume that the wagon with the spout is destined for Darjeeling, seeing as how it's a tea wagon??

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:01 pm

MDLR: in my imagination it has been some kind of a coffe-wagon (coffe is the common drink up here)
I show you some pictures of the paint, and weathering the wagons are going through

And the nr.3 which I can actually give a sort of function: A Fireguard wagon

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:55 pm

Very nice and unique, well done

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:50 pm

I'm glad to see the fireguard wagon in NOT made of chocolate!

(for the benefit of non-native English speakers, a chocolate fire guard (or a chocolate frying pan or tea pot) are basically useless, as they'll melt if you try to use them for their intended purpose)

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 3:42 pm

Hi all. Happy new year

Brian, I would really like to make a funny comment on the chocolate-fireguard, but as you say, it´s not in my vocabular, so I live it. Any way, the strange junky rake of wagons are comming along and the nr.3 (without wheels) am I specially pleased with. It´s missing a sitting guard which I´ll have to order. Any tips?

Michael

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:32 pm

Hi Michael, your wacky creations should be shared on another site.... whymsical.com. (also known as A.W.N.U.T.S.) where like minded members show their models similar to yours.
I have been a member for some years now and show my Emetts and other builds. The members would be interested in your work.

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:39 pm

Peter; Many thanks for the link to "Awnuts" I have bookmarked the site. Actually I'm joining swedish, Norwegian, Fb, and this group so I'm not shure about joining one more group

But I will absolutely follow the group. There was a great idea of using brass chandeliers which I've adopted promptley.
Regards from Michael

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:43 pm

I have now come a bit further (still missing the wheels) But the different parts have been secured to the chassis. The nozzle of the hose is a small Legopice, from a Starwars-lightsabre. Even though this wagon "just happened" I have found many variations of it, on preserved railways with steamengines

In the background you can see my other building-project, Pullmanncoach nr.3 which is in scale 1:20 (or even smaller)

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:33 pm

The fireguardwagon is finnished. Now we are waiting for a fireguard to take place.
Still lots of snow up here, but the railways are slowly getting visible in the garden.

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:31 pm

And now I´m building a device that I have been planning for years...

It has nothing to do with lavatories, but can anyone guess what it shall be?

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