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Iv finally gotten back to the MAKE-IT-UP-AS-I-GO-ALONG locomotive project.

The parts Iv already done.


Iv found a good flue pipe and chimney cap, the pipe is from 1 of those cheap solar power garden lights you stick in the lawn and the cap is a mamod add-on. by shear luck its a perfect fit. into the pipe.


a pair of cowcatchers I bought from RH for no particular reason a while back.


they just fit over the couplings and leave a nice gap for the multihights slots


all these parts that I found lying around the workshop are perfect for the MAKE-IT-UP-AS-I-GO-ALONG loco.

and Iv found this piece of plastic tube that is perfect as the boiler


glued all the panels on, its starting to look like a little tram


then I found this little driver figure, hes american and looks like hes squating over a little toilet but hel do  :lol:


while the glue dried on the panels I took a little break
thankfully Iv added a fashionable armchair and carpeting so taking a break is much more relaxing in the workshop than it used to be  :lol:


putting me feet up


spot of TV


and a little refreshment  :lol:


once the glue had dried and I was refreshed and rested I continued the building
Almost finished, its got sideplates now as well.
all it need is the cowcatchers


They couple up fine


The finished loco, all Iv got to do is paint it.


Maybe black ends and underside with a white roof...

Looking good (and different!)

What a machine, certainly an entry for the Whimsey section of next years MOTY I'd have thought.

SillyBilly wrote:What a machine, certainly an entry for the Whimsey section of next years MOTY I'd have thought.

I agree there!

You really think so?

Iv never bothered with the competition, but I could do well at whimsey...

Ill have to get some nameplates done as well LITTLE DRAGON

Very nice. Can't wait to see it when it's painted.

Looks great, and different! What colour are you going to paint it? I'd go teak but that's only my opinion...

Very cool.

Nice work there Pauly, certainly a different loco & has charecter to it. Typical railway design how the driver/fireman has to go near the red hot boiler in order to access the exit/entry to the cab! Very accurate as they never seem to think of things like that. (For example, on pendo's the most possible place to have an onboard fire, the electrical control cabinets, is between the cab & the first exit door. They had to fit rope ladders in the cab incase of emergencys.) So as I said, typical railway design.


BTW, does look like the driver has mud butt!

Will, how hard would it be to make a leary using the same boiler technique? i.e a cylender covering the motor?

I painted it this morning, the result is a very American looking critter.

The kind of thing you might see in a loging camp, if you where high.









not bad for something that cost dear all!

That looks even more splendid now! Have you got room on it for a bell?

MDLR wrote:That looks even more splendid now! Have you got room on it for a bell?

Im still looking for 1

Buy a cheap lindor bunny, eat the chocolate and bed up some paper clip to make a bell holder for the little bell that comes on the bunnies collar.
That way you get to eat chocolate!

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:Buy a cheap lindor bunny, eat the chocolate and bed up some paper clip to make a bell holder for the little bell that comes on the bunnies collar.
That way you get to eat chocolate!

oooooooo I like that idea (and the bell )
Very Nice Pauly. And the bell would finish it of very nicely

Iv fitted a nice little black bell, it suits it very well.

Iv tried it on the track and its incredibley slow (suitabley)