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Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:21 pm
by ge_rik
-steves- wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:22 am
That looks really really good and thoroughly impressed with the drawings.
If that is plasticard for the body, how on earth did you get that nice rounded effect on the bonnet?
Ditto - on both counts
Rik
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:26 am
by Johnnie1000
-steves- wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:22 am
That looks really really good and thoroughly impressed with the drawings.
If that is plasticard for the body, how on earth did you get that nice rounded effect on the bonnet?
Hello Steve and Rik, thanks for the comments. I am a bit of a newbie at succeeding with bending Plastikard. I remember my first effort whereby I used a paint stripping heat gun, with predictable results. I should have kept it as some sort of artwork. For these bends however, I borrowed SWMBO and her hair dryer. I marked a pencil line where the bend starts and finishes from the measurements off the drawing. Then using a steel ruler I got SWMBO (bless her!), in oven gloves, to hold down the Plastikard trapped between the ruler and the table. Switching the hairdryer on full, I wafted it over the portion of the plastic to be bent, while cajoling the plastic to bend. You will feel it "go", when it is hot but not melting (!) Dont go mad, just carefully tease the plastic. Stop and turn the it around and start again from the other end of the bend. Finish off by asking SWMBO for further assistance by holding the dryer on maximum and bend the plastic in your hands. Do this by warming the plastic, then placing it in the bowl of your hand and bending it with your fingers. Stating the obvious that you will stand a very good chance of burning yourself if you're not careful. Further to this it is not bent to fit, I bent it to a place that I estimated that the glue would hold it in position. Fingers crossed, it has.
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:35 am
by -steves-
Johnnie1000 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:26 am
-steves- wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:22 am
That looks really really good and thoroughly impressed with the drawings.
If that is plasticard for the body, how on earth did you get that nice rounded effect on the bonnet?
Hello Steve and Rik, thanks for the comments. I am a bit of a newbie at succeeding with bending Plastikard. I remember my first effort whereby I used a paint stripping heat gun, with predictable results. I should have kept it as some sort of artwork. For these bends however, I borrowed SWMBO and her hair dryer. I marked a pencil line where the bend starts and finishes from the measurements off the drawing. Then using a steel ruler I got SWMBO (bless her!), in oven gloves, to hold down the Plastikard trapped between the ruler and the table. Switching the hairdryer on full, I wafted it over the portion of the plastic to be bent, while cajoling the plastic to bend. You will feel it "go", when it is hot but not melting (!) Dont go mad, just carefully tease the plastic. Stop and turn the it around and start again from the other end of the bend. Finish off by asking SWMBO for further assistance by holding the dryer on maximum and bend the plastic in your hands. Do this by warming the plastic, then placing it in the bowl of your hand and bending it with your fingers. Stating the obvious that you will stand a very good chance of burning yourself if you're not careful. Further to this it is not bent to fit, I bent it to a place that I estimated that the glue would hold it in position. Fingers crossed, it has.
Superb, thank you for the very useful information, I will have to have a go at that at some point
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 3:06 am
by Old Man Aaron
Looks just right, that. Those searchlight-type headlamps very much suit the loco. If you're open to suggestions, I daresay if this were a real loco, the side of the cab would have a window or two, for the sake of visibility during shunting.
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:27 pm
by Johnnie1000
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:40 pm
by Johnnie1000
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:18 am
by FWLR
Just looked at your thread Johnnie and I love it. The video is brilliant showing how well it runs. Thanks for showing us and enjoy your retirement, that's if you are now......
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:08 am
by Peter Butler
That is superbly made and beautifully finished, it also runs so sweetly. An excellent job.
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:25 pm
by Johnnie1000
Thanks both for your kind comments. I'm really pleased with it. Santa has said he might bring me a S16 tin turtle, and I have a railway to build before that. Its all go in retirement.
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:47 am
by ge_rik
It is indeed a thing of beauty and, as others have said, runs very sweetly.
Looking forward to seeing how the Tin Turtle turns out.
Rik
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 4:20 pm
by Sylvian Tennant
That is an awesome build my friend. Reminds me of the Military Bedfords from the 80s.
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:28 am
by Old Man Aaron
Quite tidy and nicely proportioned, that. Seeing unique builds is a always a treat.
Re: IP Engineering 0-6-0 chassis build
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:43 am
by Johnnie1000
Thank you for the kind comments, I appreciate them.