Osgood
Western Thunderer
What I quite liked was that the wagon has been left untouched, as if the artist was acknowledging they were unsure as to what colours it and the detail should be, so rather than guessing it was simply left it as is.
I do hope that this is not a race... there are some models here, yet to be finished, which were started more than forty years back.P7 progress - I've made some decent progress over the last few days...
... the hopper is assembled.... The two flanges fitted perfectly though the lower one required a little easing of the slots and tabs, just enough to take the cusp back a little.
Note that the hopper is not fixed yet... and that there are lots more rivet strips to add before I contemplate the rest of the brakegear (which, as @Dog Star will tell you, is not for the faint of heart).
Fiddly bugger this one Adam?
How are the fingers?
Kit design has definitely evolved for the better...
Good work to achieve those overlays for the 4mm model. Your photos expand on the drawings in the instructions and I shall refer to them when we start the overlays of our model. The rivet strip overlays are in numbered plastic bags at this time so your comment about gaps in the rivet spacing is timely, thank you.This has entailed much tacking and sweating and capillary action, but the result is not at all bad considering the fiddle factor involved.
For Graham's benefit, here's the neater of the two ends. You can see that there is a blob of solder at the base of the T section which I need to attend to and on the top L section I have failed to make the ends meet and again, this is something I must sort out. I would note, however, that the rivets are etched in such a way that there are gaps in the run where the corners fall and thus all the joins for rib and rivet strips must be in the same place so staggering as @Dog Star suggested isn't really viable.
That's coming along nicely - a little burnishing and I think it'll look great. I've mentioned it before but I highly recommend Alligator Tape as it does provide a level of insulation for your fingers.One burnt thumb so not too bad. There may be better ways of doing the hopper, but with riveted construction of the real thing and the tricky angles I'm not sure that there are many. It works, the detail goes on nicely, you don't have to emboss any rivets and it's square without stress.
That's coming along nicely - a little burnishing and I think it'll look great. I've mentioned it before but I highly recommend Alligator Tape as it does provide a level of insulation for your fingers.
Alligator Skin Finger Protection Tape, 90ft Roll
Nice work. Where or what is this destined for?
Mike
Adam, @AJC , you may be able to advise on the above aspect of the instructions.... once I'd ground away some of the ribs around where the wheels go: if you will model something like this in EM you're going to have to live with that.