Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:11 am
Everything is coming together. It looks very smart indeed!
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:50 am
How long after spraying do you bake the parts? Do you wait until they are dry to the touch at room temperature?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:39 am
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?
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:54 am
It is finished!
This project was started in the latter part of 2012. With the test chassis running in early 2013.
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.
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
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:06 am
That looks fantastic, Dave.
Congratulations.
I'm in awe and envy of your abilities.
Congratulations.
I'm in awe and envy of your abilities.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:49 pm
Oh WOW! That really looks good. All that and the smell of castor oil too! Beautiful work.
Rob
Rob
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:03 pm
Dave this is an excellent model, well done.
Should you ever want to sell it let me know
Should you ever want to sell it let me know
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:03 am
Thank you guys.
My homemade locos are priceless... to me
My homemade locos are priceless... to me
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:07 am
Here's the box of goodies that weren't used in the final iteration of the loco...
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:57 pm
Congratulations! How about a video of the finished loco running?
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:37 am
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.
In the meantime here's the loco on the shelf keeping the DeWintons company.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:34 am
What a magnificent collection Dave, you can feel very proud of your work, I hope you get plenty of opportunity to show it off!
Superb!!!!!
Superb!!!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:10 pm
Congratulations! Now we are all looking forward to a video, when your line has been repaired!
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:56 am
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
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:37 am
You must be very pleased with that performance.
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:59 am
Nice and steady, beautifully smooth realistic speed. Looks just right Dave, brilliant!
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:19 pm
What a stonking success. Beautiful slow running and it didn't seem too loud.
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:44 am
What a wonderful loco. Lovely slow running and just the right amount of delightful mechanical sounds to accompany it on its way.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:19 pm
Really enjoyed reading through this thread 
The work you've put into that wonderful loco has created a truely unique, and marvelous creation
Look forward to seeing more runs of the loco
The work you've put into that wonderful loco has created a truely unique, and marvelous creation
Look forward to seeing more runs of the loco Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:34 am
Thank you, much appreciated!
Best wishes,
Dave
Best wishes,
Dave