7mm On Heather's Workbench - small and perfectly formed

[richard carr]

I'm back home on Friday.

Richard

 

[Heather Kay]

Richard, I still need to call you. It completely slipped my mind over the weekend.

Easing back into the workbench, with a view to finishing this loco so I can start weathering. Here is a shot showing the cab details.



I have fitted the buffers properly, and the couplings. The front buffers needed the threaded end chopped back a bit to avoid fouling the sandboxes. The crew are glued in, and the glazing fitted to the spectacles. Now I have the right transfers for the tanks, that's pretty much the final details.

Ah, yes, re-engineering the coupling rod joints…

 

[john lewsey]

Hi Heather I love the cab shot I might try to pop up before it goes

 

[Heather Kay]

Hi John. It's going to be the best part of a month before it leaves me, so there's plenty of time.

 

[Rob Pulham]

I love the handbrush Heather, not something I have seen modelled before

 

[Heather Kay]

I love the handbrush Heather, not something I have seen modelled before

Thanks Rob. It's part of the set of tools and bits you can buy from Heroes of the Footplate. I reckoned the cab is too small for a larger brush, and a hand brush would be ideal for keeping things spick and span.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Thanks Heather, I wasn't aware of those - there is quite a variety.0

I have a few sets of the Peter Roles tools in stock but apart from a shovel they are mainly hand tools, although I am rather taken by the tea billy. I would have posted a link but the site doesn't seem to want to load at the moment.

 

[Heather Kay]

I took the plunge and got the basic weathering done today.

 

[warren haywood]

Very very very very very nice

 

[Heather Kay]

Cheers Warren!

 

[john lewsey]

Quite stunning Heather quite stunning

 

[Ian G]

wow very nice, I hope I can get my G6 looking good when finished

Ian G

 

[Rob Pulham]

Lovely stuff Heather.

This is a link to Peter Roles Castings for tools. The rest of the site that I couldn't get to load yesterday, is worth a look for the GWR fans too.

 

[Compton castle]

Lovely you cannot fault the honest reliability of a pannier tank

 

[alcazar]

Are those tools cast in nickel silver?

 

[adrian]

Very nice, a stunning bit of modelling - well done. I like the little details like the bent wires on the rear spectacle plates and the insulated pipe along the footplate is very very effective.

As usual the photo's are a cruel enlargement of any issues so please don't take this the wrong way. The only thing I'd say as a suggestion is to trim the length of the crankpins, I think that is the only thing that stands out for me and trimming that back close to the crankpin nuts would finish it off perfectly. So as I say a brilliant job and I hope the customer is satisfied!

 

[Heather Kay]

Hi Adrian.

Yes, the crankpins (and the joining rivet) still need to be sorted out. It's on the cards for today's session at the bench. I also need to weather the frames a little.

EDIT: I am collecting a MetalSmiths rolling road at Reading in a week or so. Until the loco's had a proper running in session, I plan to leave the crankpins at full length - just in case. I will sort the knuckle joints out, though.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Are those tools cast in nickel silver?

Hi Jeff,
I think it's the light. The ones that I have are all brass castings.

 

[7mmMick]

Fantastic work Heather, any chance of a view of the rolling road on arrival as I'm in the market for one

ATB Mick

 

[Heather Kay]

I'm pretty sure it'll get a feature here when I have it set up.