S7 Std 4 2-6-0 and 8F

SteveB

Western Thunderer
Where on earth does time go? I received a wonderful delivery from Warren on Tuesday, my beautifully painted and weathered 8F and Std 4 2-6-0. Both in S7. I looked back at my posts regarding these two and the last post on the Std 4 was June 2017 and Jan 2017 for the 8F.

One of the things that held me up for a bit was the tender on the 8F. I had chosen to base it on 48706 which had a part welded mk2 tender. This is the only version that MOK don’t provide suitable etches for. So, I had to do my own, this included the two sides, the top of the rear, the rear and the two special tank vents.

Incidentally, if anyone would like the drawings and dxf files so they can do the same modification on the tender, then just send me a PM.

I’ll be spending the next few weeks putting the motors, decoders, servos, speakers and smoke units into the locos. I’ll post some videos of them working when this is done.

You can see the start of my layout, which has also taken a fair bit of my hobby time. Well, I say layout, it more of a large diorama really. Its based on the MPD at Bath Green Park. I’ve been using it as a bit of an experimental test bed as I try out different modelling techniques that work for me or as I’ve found on several occasions don’t!

The turntable drive mechanism is from ADM turntables and is their latest development primarily aimed at 7mm scale. It uses a stepper motor and is very accurate. Each step represent 0.075 degrees, equivalent to 0.27mm on my 60ft turntable. More than adequate even for S7 standards. I have no commercial interest in ADM but I can thoroughly recommend them. Their level of customer support has been astounding. In fact the 7mm version has come about because I bought one of their 4mm ones and it wasn’t quite accurate enough for S7. There’s no details of the 7mm version on their website yet, but I’m sure Alastair would respond to a phone call or email.

http://www.admturntables.com

I’m playing around with controlling the layout using a computer with some software called ‘Train Controller’. Its early days yet but the initial signs are very good. I’m planning for the computer to handle the control of several locos whilst I operate one or two. That about as many as my little brain can handle at one time. I’ll post some stuff on the forum as progress is made.

Both tenders look a bit wonky in a couple of shots. That because they are! One of the springs needs adjusting in the Stanier and the BR one is missing a CSB wire on one side. The quality of the photos are quite poor, even by my standards. The layout is stuck in quite a dark corner of the room and getting adequate and appropriate light available for the photos is quite difficult. Anyway, I hope you like them.

Regards

Steve

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Ian@StEnochs

Western Thunderer
Superb, but where’s the coal?

The wheels on your standard 4 are nice and close to the frames, just like the real thing, and your weathered paintwork is so realistic, nothing there to indicate it’s a miniature.

Ian.
 

SteveB

Western Thunderer
Would love to see how you do the smoke units Steve.

Len

Hi Len, I did do a series of posts on my smoke units sometime ago, you can see them here Model smoke and steam Since doing this thread I have made a number of improvements in the design and operation of them but they're yet to be proven. I'll be putting them into the 8F and Std 4. If they work then I'll do an update.

Haven't you built that 3 way point yet?

John

Hi John I keep finding reasons not to do it. I have laid the timbering though.:)

Good luck with the rest of the turntable build :rolleyes: , it's a bit of a pig :(

Ian

Hi Ian, the Turntable started off as a 70ft Cowans and Sheldon from Dave Smith, but theres very little left of it. No fault of his kit, it just turned out that the one I wanted to model was quite different. Its now only 60ft and I'm doing my own etches for all the support angles etc just so it more accurately models the one at Bath Green Park. The new etches are on my 'to do list'!

Superb, but where’s the coal?

The wheels on your standard 4 are nice and close to the frames, just like the real thing, and your weathered paintwork is so realistic, nothing there to indicate it’s a miniature.

Ian.

Hi Ian

The coal is yet to be added but it will be. Under the tender is the biggest speaker in the world! It sounds great, so size does matter. The only problem is that it makes the other steam locos sound even more deficient.

I can't take credit for the painting and weathering. That was all down to Warren Haywood. Another great job he's done.

Regards

Steve
 

Tim Watson

Western Thunderer
Looking very good Steve. Could the valve gear do with a bit of oil round it? Track ballast looks spot-on btw.

Tim
 
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