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I.P. Engineering 'Feanor'
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:33 pm
by MTA
This was an unexpected addition to the fleet!
When my package from I.P. Engineering arrived I expected to find a Hudson Hunslet kit inside, only to find a Feanor!
I rang up I.P., and a couple of hours later they picked up my message. They took my address and what loco it was that I wanted. Ivan Prior was about to hang up when I said "What do you want me to do with the Feanor?" He replied "Have it on us!"
And now, it is completed bar painting and aesthetic mods.
The most difficult bit was bending the plasticard around the bonnet, oh and fitting the 4WD chain...
Sorry for the darkness, I'll get a better pic once it is all done.
I'll be painting it in maroon like the prototype.
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:30 pm
by SillyBilly
Just like I said in my post on FreeSteam, best customer service going.
Good stuff MTA.
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:59 pm
by laalratty
Wow, 5* service from IP there
looks like a nice little loco you've got, free as well to boot
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:35 pm
by mhlr
HA! What is it with you eastern lads? Andy got a free one too off them due to some problem he had!
I'm in the middle of building a Feanor for a friend - it will be his first loco... it's a good kit, the bonnets a bit of a fiddle to get right but elastic bands always come to the rescue!
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:10 pm
by LMS-Jools
Lookin Good
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:14 pm
by MTA
mhlr wrote:HA! What is it with you eastern lads? Andy got a free one too off them due to some problem he had!
I'm in the middle of building a Feanor for a friend - it will be his first loco... it's a good kit, the bonnets a bit of a fiddle to get right but elastic bands always come to the rescue!
Eastern? Oh, I suppose we are from where you are
Whilst on the subject of free things, I managed to pick up about twenty imperial sockets and a few spanners from college last Friday
They'll come in handy for Polar Bear's overhaul beginning at the end of next year
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:01 pm
by andysleigh
Looks good Si.
am i right in thinking you managed to stick it to some green paper???
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:29 pm
by MTA
andysleigh wrote:Looks good Si.
am i right in thinking you managed to stick it to some green paper???
No, that is the filler I use. It's not very good so I hope to find some other type.
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:37 pm
by ptlrcecil
Nice desiel and nice circumstances in which to recieve it. IP engineering obviously are on par with roundhouse for customer service.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:15 pm
by mhlr
Aren't bank holidays good for finishing those projects off?!
I finished the one I've been "commisioned" to make for my friend Mike (
www.tllr.webs.com ). It's named Bodmin and has a control panel, removable roof and badly painted wasp stripes :oops:
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:20 pm
by SillyBilly
Lovely job Pete.
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:29 pm
by pauly
what do you charge Pete?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:44 am
by LMS-Jools
Lovely.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:22 pm
by Hancockshire
mhlr wrote:Aren't bank holidays good for finishing those projects off?!
I finished the one I've been "commisioned" to make for my friend Mike (
www.tllr.webs.com ). It's named Bodmin and has a control panel, removable roof and badly painted wasp stripes :oops:
Very nice indeed 
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:33 am
by JR
I am running into lots of problems building mine. Firstly I have messed up with the paint job and I have to take the wheels off for the second time and order a new gear set as the round gear bit snapped when putting it on and thought glueing it back together would work , but snapped again during a test run and I can't figure out the wiring diagram.
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 11:20 pm
by DLRdan
Out of plain intrest Simon, did the loco ever get painted.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:39 pm
by MTA
Dan,
In short, no!
In long, made-in-england wanted one so he bought mine off of me before I got around to painting it. He has since painted it.