Live Diesel 1/12th scale
- dewintondave
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Thank you guys.
I've finished the bonnet and cab. The electrics are all reassembled. I'm putting all the various bits and pieces all over the place, I've got some shelves.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/vHFMRd2M/IMG-20150712-122210.jpg)
I like the brass / red contrast
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/4NkKWqzH/IMG-20150712-122239.jpg)
I've just removed the footplate for painting, it's going to be black
I've finished the bonnet and cab. The electrics are all reassembled. I'm putting all the various bits and pieces all over the place, I've got some shelves.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/vHFMRd2M/IMG-20150712-122210.jpg)
I like the brass / red contrast
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/4NkKWqzH/IMG-20150712-122239.jpg)
I've just removed the footplate for painting, it's going to be black
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I've started to dismantle the chassis one side frame at a time so as not to disturb everything too much. I'm only going to paint the outside of the frames. First thing is to fill all those excess holes that were used in the earlier set-ups. I've used small slices of 1/8" K&S brass bar to fill the holes and slots, soft soldering over them and smoothing it off.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/4NCPy7LS/20150717-203541-s.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/HsGcXQCb/IMG-20150720-215824-s.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/4NCPy7LS/20150717-203541-s.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/HsGcXQCb/IMG-20150720-215824-s.jpg)
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Here's the reassembled chassis on the surface plate for quartering of the cranks.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/CLyKSHNZ/IMG-20150726-112321.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/CLyKSHNZ/IMG-20150726-112321.jpg)
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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 paintKeith 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?
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It is finished!
This project was started in the latter part of 2012. With the test chassis running in early 2013.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/RV59vNGX/20150801-171729.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/02gXzSTK/IMG-20150801-171855-s.jpg)
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
This project was started in the latter part of 2012. With the test chassis running in early 2013.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/RV59vNGX/20150801-171729.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/02gXzSTK/IMG-20150801-171855-s.jpg)
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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Thank you guys.
My homemade locos are priceless... to me![;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
My homemade locos are priceless... to me
![;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Here's the box of goodies that weren't used in the final iteration of the loco...
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/SNFkb6CT/IMG-20150804-170033.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/SNFkb6CT/IMG-20150804-170033.jpg)
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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.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/8P8xRYVB/IMG-20150802-104453-s.jpg)
In the meantime here's the loco on the shelf keeping the DeWintons company.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/8P8xRYVB/IMG-20150802-104453-s.jpg)
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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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