A 5 Day Birthday Project

[ge_rik]

We wanna see a picture of his face when he sees it!

Me too!
Thanks for the interior pix. Always intrigued to see how others fit all the bits into their locos.

The cab looks great btw

Rik

[-steves-]

We wanna see a picture of his face when he sees it!

Me too!
Thanks for the interior pix. Always intrigued to see how others fit all the bits into their locos.

The cab looks great btw

Rik

Mine is always messy I am afraid, safe, but wiring tidiness was never my strong point It used to be but it's so much hassle undoing it all when you have to take it apart, lol

Quite pleased with the cab for a quick but of cream and a couple of paper dials. I use those dials on everything as I have tons of them, lol

[-steves-]

Took some pictures today while the weather was nice, looks pretty good I think for what it is

The other loco was another build I did but using my step fathers chassis build. He used Esssel cranks and conrods with his own sides etc. At the time it was a build of 2 loco's one for myself and one for my step father. If I can find a picture of the one I did for him I will add it to this post, it's burgundy so it's easy to spot. Found it, now added, the roof was on crooked when the picture was taken but it normally fits very well, just didn't notice at the time and it's the only picture I can find at the moment.

[philipy]

All very nice Steve, although I'm not too sure about the shiny steel centre buffer on the maroon one.

[-steves-]

All very nice Steve, although I'm not too sure about the shiny steel centre buffer on the maroon one.

Thank Phillip

The silver buffers were ones my step father made out of ali and wanted them on his loco, to be fair he normally does a much better job of them than those. If it were mine they would be choppers and black, but each to their own

Here it is from the side but prior to being finished, so no handles or grab rails etc

[-steves-]

Well as promised I took a couple of pictures. Now I know it's not his birthday until tomorrow but as it's his 90th we decided he is going to have a 3 day birthday

[philipy]

Thanks Steve, well done
He is obviously chuffed with it, seeing is face.

[GTB]

Well as promised I took a couple of pictures.

He''s got a smile on his face, so you did well.

I would think you made his day on two levels. It's a nice little model, but more importantly I would think, it was you that built it for him.

Regards,
Graeme

[tom_tom_go]

It's a lovely gesture, well done.

[Peter Butler]

Well, if that is him at 90, my guess is you will be doing it again in another 10 years!

[FWLR]

Just seen your thread Steve. what can I say. Firstly "5 days" wow, it takes me all my time to think about what to do next...

Seriously, you have done a 1st Class job on his surprise. It's something to be very proud of for both of you.I know what you mean on the wiring too, mine is not that brilliant, but it does the job.

By the way, my BIRTHDAY is in September......

[DonW]

A smile like that makes it all worthwhile


Don

[-steves-]

Thanks for all your kind comments. Phil (my step father) had a wonderful couple of days for his birthday and was over the moon with his special present, truth be known it actually bought some tears to his eyes, I have never seen that before in the 40 years I have known him . It has gone down that well with other like minded friends that I am building a couple more complete loco's to sell to club members. So much for just building chassis hey, lol

[FWLR]

Are you surprised about taking orders mate. I'am not, it's a great model you have made.

You never know.."This time next year, you could be a millionaire"....

[ge_rik]

That seems to have gone down well, Steve. And gift-wrapped too ....

Rik

[-steves-]

Are you surprised about taking orders mate. I'am not, it's a great model you have made.

You never know.."This time next year, you could be a millionaire"....

I built and sold 2 more loco's as I mentioned above. They showed them to a couple of people and now I have 2 more on order from another 2 club members, lol. They are going down a real treat I am pleased to say. One of the guys that purchased one ran it for 2 hours at the club the other morning and it was still going. I didn't think the batteries would last that long, again, pleasently surprised.

The chassis will continue to be built once I finish these 2 loco's which I will get to work on after a short holiday soon.