Dan Randall
Western Thunderer
lancer1027 said:Hi guy's, i managed to do a little more on my signal box over the last couple of days. Hope to take some more pics at the weekend. I also managed to do some work on the siphon G, still a little more work on the underframe to do and handrails etc then ready for primer. My GUV (westdale) is ready for some nice weather so i can get some primer on that too.
PZ station pilot- MMP 08, i have made a little progress but nothing worth taking any pics of yet. Hope everyone is happy modelling.
PS Phill, hows that Terminus coming on :?:
Dan, hows Rifleman progressing (bet its further forward than Buccaneer :roll: )
Hi Rob (and everyone else!)
There has been some progress with Rifleman, namely making a new set of S7 split-axles and making a start on the loco crew figures.
I started putting one of the bogies back together last week and here's a picture of the components at the start of the session....
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Because of the finer S7 flanges, I wanted to incorporate some form of compensation on the front axles,so I drew up some artwork and had this simple rocking device etched....
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The unit is pinned/glued in position, so after the positioning is marked and the appropriate holes drilled, the "wings" each side with the bearings in are snapped off (it wouldn't rock otherwise!). The narrowness of the rocking unit is simply to allow for the fact that these are split-axles and I didn't want to run the risk of the unit bridging the insulating gap and shorting things out! Once we're able to add more pictures, I'll post a sequence relating to the installation of these, if anyone's interested.
Here's the current state of play with one of the crew figures....
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He's received quite a lot of attention from the razor saw and a selection of files so far and looks a whole lot different from the bus driver figure he started life as. :lol: More pictures to follow, as and when.
Regards
Dan