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Recently put the finishing (is a project ever really finished??) touches to my latest loco build. Based (loosely) on the Manning Wardle 0-6-0 saddle tanks which operated on the Davington Light Railway, she's based on the Piko 0-6-0 motor block. Plasticard body, brass motion (with copper pipe fittings for the cylinders), powered by three 18650 lithium-ion batteries and controlled by a Deltang rx65 receiver controller.





While my Aussie friend was here we decided to give her a hauling test. I must admit I was quite amazed by her hauling ability given that I had very little room left to add weight after installing the batteries etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQs0dmT--1A

There's a blow-by-blow account of how I built her on my blog
http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2014/ ... 0-6-0.html

I'm afraid I'm more of a bodgeller than a modeller and I've included some of my more drastic mistakes in the hope that others will learn from them - I certainly have! One thing I've learned is that saddle tanks are not the easiest locos to build - side tank locos are a heck of a lot easier.

Rik

PS - Just noticed the roof is not fixed down properly - I still need to add a driver and a few more cab details - I also will be adding a sound card and tend to fix the speaker inside the cab roof before fixing that in place with clear Bostik (so it can be removed again if needed) - what did I say about a project never being finished??

What a nice smooth runner and very powerful by the looks of it.

I like the look of your rolling stock as well, more pics please

tom_tom_go:105081 wrote:What a nice smooth runner and very powerful by the looks of it.

I like the look of your rolling stock as well, more pics please

Hi
I've a stocklist showing the rolling stock on the line here:
http://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2011/07/stock-list.html

It's about a year old and so I need to do a bit of updating. Might do that later if I have time. I've also done a couple of blog postings describing removable wagon loads and how I do freight operations on the railway. Not entirely true to prototype but it does give me a way of generating freight movements semi-randomly. Hope that's of interest

http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2012/ ... ilway.html
http://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2014/04 ... -with.html

Rik

You're one of the single most talented "bodgellers" I think I've ever seen

SpudUk:105087 wrote:You're one of the single most talented "bodgellers" I think I've ever seen

Aw, Chris, that's nice, thanks.

I don't think it's talent, I think it's more persistence. I maybe keep going when others may want to give up. On this build for example, when the tank, smokebox and bunker all started melting because of my over-enthusiastic use of Evostik to hold the lead weights in place I was quite philosophical.


It took me a week to fill, sand, fill, sand, etc but in the end it looked OK(ish). A perfectionist may shudder at the result and would probably have given up and started again (or maybe not). I just think of it as adding to experience.

Sorry, too philosophical for a Friday afternoon, maybe.

Rik

I think that's why I like NG because you don't have to model everything perfectly. Things can be dented, rusted, chipped, etc and you can get away with it

tom_tom_go:105095 wrote:I think that's why I like NG because you don't have to model everything perfectly.  Things can be dented, rusted, chipped, etc and you can get away with it

Couldn't have put it better myself!

Rik

Cracking looking model of one of my favourite engines. I have an almost completed O gauge one hidden away somewhere, I must get it out and finish it.
I know there were 3ft versions of them, were the any 2ft ones.

Big Jim:105113 wrote:Cracking looking model of one of my favourite engines. I have an almost completed O gauge one hidden away somewhere, I must get it out and finish it.
I know there were 3ft versions of them, were the any 2ft ones.

Similar but not quite the same .....

http://www.ngrm.org.uk/Collections/Indu ... ries/PQ042

.... and there's the Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardles of course. Not sure if there are any other styles - probably are.

Rik

Did a bit of surfing and came across this beauty from the Festiniog and Blaenau Railway. Not seen an original photo but this model (in 014) looks brilliant



Again similar but not the same

Rik

Thanks for for posting the pics.
I knew of the F&B locos. But I did not know that Penrhyn had MW locos.