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| SillyBilly |
Building a Thakeham No.5-ish locoDespite saying that I wouldn't be starting another project before I finished another one I have done just this. I'm going to produce a loco on a Binnie Engineering bolster wagon chassis for about £15, it will probably have the pulling power of a shrimp, but as it only needs to haul about 3 empty skips this should be fine. The body work will be based around this little loco which runs at Amberley ( http://narrowgaugeindustrial.fotopic.net/c428817.html ). I'm taking photos throughout the construction with the ambition of writeing a couple of articles for SMT or Garden Rail as the design is very diverse, it's simple to build and there are a whole range of ways you could improve the loco.
I spent a couple of hours cutting a motor mount, probably the most critical bit which needs making, it was then superglued to the frame. 
Motor mounted on the mount with araldite, the gear was quite loose so I slapped a lot of araldite there to hold it. 
We shall find out tomorrow if this £9 chassis works, if it does then I'll probably put it in a box and work on it after my exams. |
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| steamyjim |
Brilliant Will, very clever!
Love it 
Good practice for someone who has never modelled in plasticard do you think?
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| SillyBilly |
Yes, it will have a plastikard body which will require use of all the basic skills this material requires. Encase you haven't realised that allthough the bolster kit is 32mm only you could buy a 45mm tipper, allthough the frame is different with a bit of thinking it should work. |
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| Spokesmann |
Interesting work SB keep us posted! | ||
| made-in-england |
Ahhh I remember talking to you about building one of these!!
My favorite of amberleys little locos! Keep us posted! |
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| SillyBilly |
Chassis does work, quite nicely. Much more relaxing than any of my other current projects, I've decided to leave the stepped cab out as it's far too much hassel.
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| Spokesmann |
What are thoe cab sides made from SB, card? | ||
| SillyBilly |
Plastikard, you can steam it or put in boiling water and it can be rolled, bent, ect... | ||
| made-in-england |
Very Nice!!
remeber it only has couplings on the engine side, for its two skip trains it was working! I think thakem number four would be easy to make if not well boring! |
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| MTA |
That's right, the Thakeham locos only had couplings at one end as the skips were only ever on one end of the locos. You would need a small motor for Thakeham No. 4! |
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| SillyBilly |
This has been taken in to consideration, I've decide to only fit it with an ON-OFF switch as propelling would be a nightmare, and I have loads of them spare. | ||
| made-in-england |
LOL sounds reasonable! | ||
| SillyBilly |
Nocked up the bonnet now, I may do some fileing work on the round cutout at the front to improve it a bit more but I'm worried the edges would loose stability it I was to make them too thin. Louvres tomorrow, may even buy some green spray.
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| Spokesmann |
Coming on SB, nice to see this little project progressing. |