I want to build a steam loco!

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:25 pm

For months or perhaps years Ive wanted to build a loco but I have no experience whats so ever in model engineering. I can solder and put brass kits together and I can build my own rolling stock. My interest as you know is the FR and I particularly like the England Palmerstone loco like many others.
Can anyone advise me a way of making one of these and where I could gain knowledge and skills to do it or should I look for one on the second hand market or wait six years on someones build list

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:05 pm

have you seen geoff mundays? his prince is built on a roundhouse bertie chassis. I'll try and find a piccy

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:08 pm

The smokebox is a DJB casting and the loco is as near to damn it scale

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:10 pm

Yes I have seen this but didnt know it was a Bertie chassis. Thats encouraging Thankyou.

I thought this was the one! Thanks for the pic.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:12 pm

Nope, but the one i found is.lol. He was inspired when my dad built the sir haydn model on a bertie chassis. You really wouldnt know until u looked closely

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:14 pm

Thats what I thought and the Bertie wheelbase looks spot on!

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:15 pm

Do you know if its a Bertie boiler as well!

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:16 pm

If you wanted more photos im sure an e-mail to geoff would produce some. I kno alot of the castings are DJB and the boiler i believe to be a standard bertie. It would certainly make a good project. I have been looking at building Mountaineer (the england loco) in the same way

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:18 pm

If it isnt a standard bertie boiler, Tony Sant will make you a custom boiler for little over £35

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:24 pm

You are on my lines entirely lol I contacted David Bailey on Monday he has no castings left and Tony I spoke to at last years AGM regarding boiler and chassis cos I thought the quarry hunslet had a similar chassis, will have to get in touch that price seems cheap!

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:29 pm

im 99.9% sure geoff used the standard bertie boiler. you can buy the bertie as just a chassis and boiler

think it comes in at about £390

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:31 pm

I will check Roundhouse site

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:36 pm

Ooooooooooooooh that England project sounds good... I wouldn't mind a bash myself, but I'm building something at the moment, a little more simple, that I'm not releasing details on yet (till it's built

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Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:36 pm

Slaters use resin castings and a resin smokebox. the only brass on it is the cab and tender. i wanted the brass parts off of them but they would only sell me a full kit. a little pricey for my liking. what part of the country are you from?

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:37 pm

they do the bertie too. dad bought 4 not long back

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:39 pm

I will enquire !! A Bertie was on ebay not long back..

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:40 pm

Its not a kit, just a naked bertie really

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:41 pm

Just needs dressing!! lol

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:45 pm

Dad is going to build some ( i would imagine he will build 3) But hes got to build ....a darjeeling garratt, Talyllyn....... first

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:49 pm

Does he commercially produce them.

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