O Gauge Loco Depot Tender Truck

Hi Keith,

I am getting the hang of it now. Even , to an extent, the dreaded white metal although there are still a few casualties along the way. Much more confident though and getting acceptable results ( for someone of my experience ) hopefully things will go from strength to strength .... now ..... wheres that soldering iron.

Cheers for now

Toto

 

And here is the sole bars / dumb buffers soldered in place .....

and the other end .......

and the underside .......

so ...... thats it for now .

I may do a bit later, we'll see. I'll be on the end shelf, buffer heads, handrails and wheels / running gear / brakes. Oh ...... the joy.

thanks for now

toto

 

Hi Jim,

good luck with the build. i'm sure it will go just fine. remember the progress updates. Always good to be able to follow these things.

cheers

toto

 

Cheers Paul,

It should be more or less complete by tomorrow. Then I think it will be the twin tank kit although I had thought of concentrating on the maintainence rake I spoke of a while back.

Twin bolsters, crane, lowfit etc etc. Also once getting a few wagons completed for the maintsinence train, a small loco. Maybe Nellie, the Y7 or one of the Ramsbottoms.I'll see what takes my fancy when the time comes. My mind changes all the time ....... too much choice maybe .... not a bad problem to have .

Cheers for now

Toto

 

Thanks Pete.

I'm hoping to finish it later today. It's been a great kit to build. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Toto

 

Short end irons and dumb buffers added ....

and as we can see from the next picture ...... one of the buffers is squint

im going to straighten that now.

more later .....cheers

toto

 

Should have left well alone ...... just fried the buffer casting. Twat.

Another on it's way from Jim ..... what a gent.

Toto

 

OK ..... get over it .

next up is the axle boxes etc ...... with bearings.

of course ...... they need bored out to take the depth ........

So .....

enter stage right my " very near " caliper to get the correct size of the bearing .....

and according to this it is 2.54 mm

and with the aid of my newest toy .... erm .... I mean tool .......

its job done and soldered into place .....

next the brakes and the hand rails.

back soon

toto

 

A very handy tool .

I have now done the brake gear and the handrails.

same on both sides ..... and .....

a slightly better shot of the hand rail.

now .... waiting for a replacement cast for my dumb buffer from Jim then will finish off. Still got the coupling hook to do.

thats it for now.

hope you have enjoyed so far ..... I have ..

toto

 

Dumb buffer arrived from Jim ...... many thanks .....

and on it went .... along with the wee shelfy thing that was still to go on .....

Still have the side runner board and the coupling hook plate and couplings. these are little fill in jobs for when I need a welcome distraction from another build ( when I'm pulling my hair out ) which is quite often.

cheers

toto

 

Next up was soldering the coupling plates on......

and tother end ......

and then .... laminate the two coupling etches together, one for each end .....

No chain added just yet and side foot plates still to go prior to a final clean up and the primer coat going on ....

cheers for now

toto

 

I'll be looking out a bit sponge to bring the coal bunker up to height, dyed in a suitable black wash. Then find some coal to top it up. Jim gives a selection of bits and Bob's as well. Buckets and shovels. Just require painting.

I'll maybe perform the shunters out boards and have them at the ready to install after the final scrub has been done.

This could ride behind my little Ramsbottom 0-4-0 until Nellie or my Y7 is completed. So many options.

Cheers

Toto