Mossys 3D Models

Thanks Tom,

I just wanted confirmation the blower was left as brass as I suspected.

Both your photos of 674 and 74 look to me to be in WWW livery not TWW, which could well explain the minor variations. Also coal rails and plated coal rails suggest later photos. The displacement valve on 674 looks very like the ones I found, which came from the Ragstone kit of a class K which doesn't specify what make it is but again would suggest a later replacement.

Since I am going with one of the first 10, I am going with no steam heating (one less thing to buy), but what you gain, you lose so I need to buy some Roscoe valves and as drawn no coal rails. The fun given my totally lacking artistic skills is TWW livery rather than WWW, that is definitely something I am not looking forward to and might apply a Nelsonic eye to.

 

Paul

Enough on my plate without getting into drawings and etches, hand in pocket and buy a pair of slaters is a far better proposition even if my hands don't reach the bottom of my pockets.

 

After faffing about working out what needs to be bought for the loco I finished off the changes as suggested by Tom.

revamped smokebox saddle:



revamped smokebox door:



What's next Tom?

 

Hi Andy,

As a relative novice that's one hell of a compliment so thank you, but I think yourself, Paul or Rob would be far better placed to take on something like that not me, after all. all I have done so far is draw things, will it go together, will it actually work all that's in the lap of the gods and my ham-fisted assembly skills.

Rob,

If I remember correctly at grouping over 90% of the NER wagon stock 60K plus wagons was either Westinghouse or unbraked. Typical of tight-fisted Northerner's, Yorkies, Woollybacks, Townies and those odd people North of the Tees, if it works don't change it especially is it costs money.

 

Get thee behind me Satan. Nice looking loco though, a coal shifter I guess.

 

After some advice from Rob, I started playing around with the chassis this morning specifically drawing up a radial truck for the bogie and pony wheels. I'm not sure is this is exactly what he was talking about but it's a first shot at something I have never done before.

The radial truck



The guide passage through the side frames

 

That's pretty much what I have draw Rob, the top photo is your gold inner tube, the lower is your out grey body but viewed from the opposite sense (my error). The small holes in the ends would need to be the o/d of a slaters bearing or of K/S 3/16" tube. I know you suggested spraying the inner with silicon, but would you also add in a say .2mm gap between the two? The thickness of all the walls looks a bit clunky but easily paired down to something more acceptable.