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Some lovely lines, from a different world completely.

I'd love to see more of the lines from the early days of 16mm scale in the 70s and 80s if anyone has anything they'd like to share, perhaps in another thread?

Not a lot of progress as I was waiting on various bits to be delivered, and I've run out of suitable fence panelling to make block work out of, so I've been getting on with a few of my toy steam projects instead. Anyway, today I got both sides of the fan casing planked and stained - tomorrow I'll ad...

Some seriously impressive scenery there! Lovely work.

A bit of progress today. Had to tweak the permanent way a tad to get things to line up! I think the building that is still mocked up in card will be shortened an inch and narrowed by half inch to give a touch more clearance. I'm going to embed this section in cement like the engine shed so I want to...

After removing the steam unit from the Mamod, and attaching it to the chassis, I hooked it up temporarily to the boiler using silicon tube... and it works! I am almost unreasonably happy about this. It did throw up a couple of issues though. The chain seems quite loose when running, I'll try removi...

And I think this would be a nice little build. The drawings appear to be available...

http://www.sidestreet.info/locos/loco19.html

yellow_cad wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:52 pm Finally after much searching, I did find plans for the Cracker that have been scaled up to use 45 mm track. I am still open to any other ideas for first build that might be out there.

How about Ellie the Steam Tram?

https://www.camdenmin.co.uk/products/el ... steam-tram

Fantastic work! Love it!

Didn't achieve a lot today - got this quartered up properly (the crank disk was slightly loose on the bush which was causing it to keep slipping) and with a drop of oil turns over lovely and smoothly. https://youtu.be/1ZmpixrQEjc And had a bit of a measure up of the available space to make a few mod...

Looks great, even better now it's been painted. I believe I got the bevel gears from MFA Como https://www.mfacomodrills.com/pdfs/918D-Accessories-PDF.pdf But I've also used Technobots in the past, so I might have got them there https://www.technobotsonline.com/plastic-bevel-gears.html I can recomme...

A bit more painting needed, quarter the crankshaft correctly and to sort out the drive system, but that's the Trevithick engine done for the coal mine. I've backed myself into a bit of a corner with motor/gearbox/drive options... I think I'm going to use one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini...

Instead of cladding the boiler with wood, which will be difficult, given the domed roof, what about cladding it with brickwork instead, constructing a brick dome over the boiler? That laser cutter really is a marvellous tool - I particularly like the moulding you've produced for the water tanks. :D...

Next! The coal mine needs a ventilation system, so I've gone for a great big fan, and as it's a Georgian mine, it's going to be powered by a Trevithick dredger engine as in the Science Museum. Motor to be hidden either under the engine or in the fan - the design is still rather fluid at the moment! ...

yellow_cad wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:39 pm Is there a build similar to the Cracker that is designed for 45 mm track so I can use 45 mm plastic track?

It wouldn't take a lot to make Cracker suitable for 45mm gauge. I would think just wider frame spacing and longer axles, crankshaft and counter shaft.

Wonderful work all round, especially the woodwork! Great detailing with the pipes etc. You might find a Lego motor would be a better option, easy to gear down to a suitable speed and much quieter. Thank you Peter! I like working with real wood, it saves a lot of hassle painting - I don't like hangi...

That's about it for now until I come to install it on the line and do t[video][/video]he 'groundwork' - have to say, I'm well chuffed with how this has come out... I achieved a passable match to the burnt edges of the MDF of the firebox casing on the chimney using quick drying matt black (blackboard...

Instead of cladding the boiler with wood, which will be difficult, given the domed roof, what about cladding it with brickwork instead, constructing a brick dome over the boiler? That laser cutter really is a marvellous tool - I particularly like the moulding you've produced for the water tanks. :D...

Another productive day on t'pit! That's the majority of the mechanical bits done - boiler next now. Conveniently Meccano nuts are square which looks the part on Georgian engineering, if a little over scale. I've got one of those engraving tools that I'm going to have a go with for putting the stonew...

Thank you both! Have embedded the video and added larger gaps between text and photos - odd that it wants two spaces to make a 'one space' gap, as I was already adding the one space. Rik - along with Peter Jones' book, your blog has been the other main inspiration for how to go about the scenic work.

3d modelling back up and running so the shell of the Ironworks has been knocked up. Looking through various pictures of warehouses for inspiration there were a few features I wanted to add (the two buildings joined by a cast iron walkway, elevated outdoor steam pipe, the wooden overhang/extension an...