ex-Davington 0-6-0ST joins the fleet at Peckforton
ex-Davington 0-6-0ST joins the fleet at Peckforton
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??
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??
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Hitom_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
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
Aw, Chris, that's nice, thanks.SpudUk:105087 wrote:You're one of the single most talented "bodgellers" I think I've ever seen
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
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Similar but not quite the same .....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.
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
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