Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 shunter in O scale.

Thank you chaps, it is nice to have my efforts appreciated, it is a steady learning curve for me as the research is as much fun as the building, finding the details is important to me, I want it to be as accurate as I can make it, but I won,t get hung up if it isn,t 100% correct, the detailing on the chassis isn,t perfect but using the 3 ft rule hopefully I will get away with it, I have a little left to do to the chassis, sanding pipes, steam brake cylinder, then I can paint it, after that I can get back to the body work which I am really looking forward to, I will do some more scratch building in the future, but I have 3 Kits to build next so it may take a while.

Cheers, Pete.

 

Bit more done, brake cylinder made and soldered on, sanding pipes fitted, not so sure about the front ones though, I am not sure if they were actually fitted?







Then it was the clean up, getting the excess solder off and washing down with Cif and rinsing down, then undercoated in grey primer 2 coats, next sprayed matt black 2 coats, please excuse the bolt, it was just a handle for spraying!





The pick ups, slide bars, and front horn blocks were masked off with maskol to make it easier for keeping the paint off, and the cylinders and rear bearings I just stuffed with some tissue.

Thats it for now, cheers, Pete.

 

Thank you chaps, most kind. I will be mostly working on the body next, starting with the cab, watch this space .
Pete.

 

Thanks, I think the body will be painted Midland red to match my other loco and the motion painted red. To be honest Gary there has been the smell of cooked flesh more than once! you soon learn how to juggle hot metal .

Cheers, Pete.

 

I found a photo on face ache with a clear look at the front sanding pipes, I had got it wrong, so I chopped the old ones off and replaced them in the correct position.



They need soldering in the photo, but I have done it, I painted the motions, cross heads and slide bar brackets red as seen, put it back together and it wouldn,t roll! quick wipe with a needle file and she runs.

Cheers, Pete.

 

Got a little more done tonight, I,ve painted the new sanding pipes, fitted some hand rails to the saddle tank, and fitted the coal bunkers to the cab.



I,ve also fitted the spectacle window surrounds to the cab.







I have drilled and put some domed rivets into the front buffer beam along with a plate for the coupling hook, as I intend to use Spratt and Winkle couplers, the hook will be cosmetic only.



I,ve drilled and fitted a plate to the rear buffer beam, but will wait until the coupling hook is soldered in before fitting the rivets.

Well thats it for now, cheers, Pete.

 

Made the regulator handle for the backhead, made and the fitted the footsteps and soldered the coupling hooks in.







I will fit the buffers and make a start on the running plate detail next, sand boxes, springs, pipework etc.

Cheers for now, Pete.