Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Although the Bachmann Lyn looks OK and runs reasonably well, she is not happy on my tight curves and so I'm planning to convert her into a loco similar to the Nasmyth & Wilson 4-4-0T which ran on the Schull & Skibbereen Railway. However, I quite like the wheel arrangement of a loco which they inherited from the Cork and Muskerry Rly which was an outside framed 0-4-4T and so I'm going to give them an illicit wedding. The wheel diameters and wheelbase is another heavy compromise, but all I can say is the outcome will be unique.
I've decided to 3D print this one - just to see if I can. Here's what the body shell looks like so far.
There's still a bit of tinkering yet to be done - a few more rivets and some of the gubbins below and above the running plate - but drawing her was actually quite fun.
Rik
I've decided to 3D print this one - just to see if I can. Here's what the body shell looks like so far.
There's still a bit of tinkering yet to be done - a few more rivets and some of the gubbins below and above the running plate - but drawing her was actually quite fun.
Rik
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
I'm impressed, even more so to have produced that level of detail in tinkercad.
I've worked out how you've done the rivets (duplicate tool combined with a rotation and duplicate again, do an opposite pair so they rotate about the centrepoint).
However I am intrigued by the flare at the bottom of the chimney and steam dome.
I've worked out how you've done the rivets (duplicate tool combined with a rotation and duplicate again, do an opposite pair so they rotate about the centrepoint).
However I am intrigued by the flare at the bottom of the chimney and steam dome.
Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Not quite perfected the technique but I used a torus as a hole to cut the flare into a disk.BorisSpencer wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:10 pm However I am intrigued by the flare at the bottom of the chimney and steam dome.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
I take it you have all the parts for printing and are not intending to print it as one?
Looks great, I see someone else is spending far too much time in Tinkercad too, lol.
Looks great, I see someone else is spending far too much time in Tinkercad too, lol.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
I think a lot of the appeal to me is using a limited toolset in ever more creative and imaginative ways.
Hence my comment about Rik's riveting, seeing the result and having to work backwards to determine a method.
Hence my comment about Rik's riveting, seeing the result and having to work backwards to determine a method.
Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Oh yes. All parts exist separately, disassembled and oriented for printing. I thought I'd design the loco this way. Normally, I do each part separately and end up having to figure out the dimensions. Well if this is going there, I need to take off 2mm for the thickness of that and add 1mm to ensure it fits into the other, ...... This makes it a lot easier.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Exactly the same as I did with my tram this time and for the same reasons. Not sure if it is great minds think alike or small minds differ little, lol.ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:23 amOh yes. All parts exist separately, disassembled and oriented for printing. I thought I'd design the loco this way. Normally, I do each part separately and end up having to figure out the dimensions. Well if this is going there, I need to take off 2mm for the thickness of that and add 1mm to ensure it fits into the other, ...... This makes it a lot easier.
Rik
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
I've done the same on occasions although this was where I found the shrinkage issue, that we've discussed before, rears its ugly head when tolerances are tight.-steves- wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 8:21 amExactly the same as I did with my tram this time and for the same reasons. Not sure if it is great minds think alike or small minds differ little, lol.ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:23 amOh yes. All parts exist separately, disassembled and oriented for printing. I thought I'd design the loco this way. Normally, I do each part separately and end up having to figure out the dimensions. Well if this is going there, I need to take off 2mm for the thickness of that and add 1mm to ensure it fits into the other, ...... This makes it a lot easier.
Rik
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
That looks superb Rik. I'm afraid I know less than nothing about 3D printing so the technical details are lost on me but the loco has some very nice lines to it.
I've never particularly been a 'loco' man, but I do have a 'thing' about 0-4-4 tank engines, I've never seen one yet that doesn't please my eye. (The crowing glories of the art being the Wainwright H class, only a cat's whisker behind the Kirtley and Johnson versions - in my humble opinion, of course!). I'm really looking forward to seeing how this project develops.
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I've never particularly been a 'loco' man, but I do have a 'thing' about 0-4-4 tank engines, I've never seen one yet that doesn't please my eye. (The crowing glories of the art being the Wainwright H class, only a cat's whisker behind the Kirtley and Johnson versions - in my humble opinion, of course!). I'm really looking forward to seeing how this project develops.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Thanks AndrewSoar Valley Light wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:58 am That looks superb Rik. I'm afraid I know less than nothing about 3D printing so the technical details are lost on me but the loco has some very nice lines to it.
I've never particularly been a 'loco' man, but I do have a 'thing' about 0-4-4 tank engines, I've never seen one yet that doesn't please my eye. (The crowing glories of the art being the Wainwright H class, only a cat's whisker behind the Kirtley and Johnson versions - in my humble opinion, of course!). I'm really looking forward to seeing how this project develops.
CFLR Andrew
Yes, I agree with you about 0-4-4s and I'm quite attracted to the Irish 4-4-0s as well. There's something very businesslike about them.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Presumably, with each new project, you’re building a library of components for future adaptation (next month: Flying Scotsman).
Terrific.
Terrific.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
What's the issue? I'd have thought a Bachmann Lyn would get around an R1 curve OK, as their own track is the same 600mm radius.
I have three 0-4-2T locos and two bigger ones are marginal, even on my curves. I'd be mocking up some sort of test chassis if planning to build an 0-4-4T. You'll have less issues with bogie clearances on an 0-4-4T than you would with an outside cylinder 4-4-0T, but the side throw at the cab end will be liable to cause coupler issues on tight curves.
Possibly because I'm one of the third of Australians descended from the Irish diaspora, I have a weakness for the Irish ng lines and if you look closely you'll find some influence has crept into TVT rolling stock.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Hi GraemeGTB wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:31 pmWhat's the issue? I'd have thought a Bachmann Lyn would get around an R1 curve OK, as their own track is the same 600mm radius.
I have three 0-4-2T locos and two bigger ones are marginal, even on my curves. I'd be mocking up some sort of test chassis if planning to build an 0-4-4T. You'll have less issues with bogie clearances on an 0-4-4T than you would with an outside cylinder 4-4-0T, but the side throw at the cab end will be liable to cause coupler issues on tight curves.
Possibly because I'm one of the third of Australians descended from the Irish diaspora, I have a weakness for the Irish ng lines and if you look closely you'll find some influence has crept into TVT rolling stock.
Graeme
The issue was the outswing on the couplings which are attached to the buffer beams. In the video, you'll see that the way I had to overcome it was to use a long chain between the loco and the first wagon. I might have been able to attach couplings to the pony truck and rear bogie but, to be honest, I was also concerned that Lyn is a 2' gauge loco which they've tweaked to run on 45mm track by constructing to a weird scale of 13.8mm / ft which makes it a bit small in relation to my other 15mm / ft stock.
And besides, I really like the Irish 4-4-0s and even more so the 0-4-4s .....
Rik
Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
I'm not surprised. The VR solution to the same problem with the chopper couplings on the NA class was a wider buffing plate, with a much wider gap for the chopper. You may have to fit a much wider loop than your standard coupler to the rear of the 0-4-4T and leave off the hook.
Not going to argue with that, although my taste runs more to things like the Swilly 4-8-0 and the Passage 2-4-2T.........
Graeme
Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
I too love the Swilly 4-8-0 but I think I would struggle to justify its existence on the PLR ...... Unless of course, the copper mine doubles its output .....
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
About half way through printing out the parts ..... all OK except my heated bed has suddenly decided to develop a cold spot in the centre - so now having to position everything near the edges
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
That looks exactly like a picture I just saw on FB. Great job, can't wait to see it done.
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Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Taken a while, because I've been tweaking the design to fit the motor block. At first, the body was sitting too high up so I had to do some internal hacking to get it to sit lower.
I'll now have to go back and redraw some of the sections of the body, but I am happier with the way she looks. I also want to infill under the smokebox - it's looking a bit gappy there.
Rik
I'll now have to go back and redraw some of the sections of the body, but I am happier with the way she looks. I also want to infill under the smokebox - it's looking a bit gappy there.
Rik
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