Giles' misc. Work bench.

Giles

Giles

Western Thunderer
A complete deviation for me - a few years ago I bought a couple of the Bachmann 009 Baldwins, because they were just so good, and of course I've made some side tippers for them. Hornby produced their W4 Peckett, which is also a thing of beauty, and was salted away and a chap called Gordon produced a chassis kit for EM/P4 for those as well, so one was procured. Also, a long time ago, before life changed, I pre-ordered a green 37 from Accurascale, which it transpires will be arriving in the next couple of months, together with drop-in EM gauge wheelsets.....

This wax enough to encourage me to locate the Peckett chassis kit and do something with it.

I found it was very well thought out, and I only deviated in a couple of very minor points, such as building the cross heads. I found it infinitely easier to solder in the piston rod to the un-formed spacer etch, then fold it, and afterwards fit the side plates to the cross heads, rather than do it as instructed.. I also added the typical Peckett slide bar steps which were not mentioned. Overall, a very good kit, though of course it took a lot longer than I anticipated.... doesn't it always?
It still needs the lower firebox rusting up a bit....

https://flic.kr/p/2oqHPcf

https://flic.kr/p/2oqJZNr
 
Giles

Giles

Western Thunderer
To go with the Peckett, is of course some very necessary narrow gauge, and Bachmann came up trumps with first their Baldwin, and then their quarry Hunslets. I've always had an aesthetic problem with the standard coupling, and this really showed up on the hunslet, as the loco is tiny, and the coupling was massive!
Therefore new couplings have been made, and the loco weathered.

https://flic.kr/p/2osEN7v
 
Giles

Giles

Western Thunderer
And this was the 'other' view - the piece is about 20" x 15", and is a trial to test rocks, walls, grass etc, and try and get an eye for 4mm!
The track is wired up, so it doubles as a test track (or that's my excuse....). The main ingredient is Das Stone, which I find excellent. Walls are embossed with a latex mould I made, and the rock formations are Das stone pressed into a commercial mould.

https://flic.kr/p/2oxFrUs
 
Giles

Giles

Western Thunderer
Frankly, I think, a pleasant interlude/diversion.... its a chance to make a larger picture, which is really nice, but only worth doing if one can keep the quality up. Others on here produce stunning results in this scale, so within reason it should be possible for me to do something nice. It's a struggle to get some of these little things running well enough though!
If it wasn't for such irresistible new offerings, I shouldn't even be thinking about it.
If I do one exercise in 4mm, I shall return to 7mm.......
 
Giles

Giles

Western Thunderer
A further play in 009 - a bogie for a Bagnall Diesel. I must say I find this little stuff rather a fiddle, and I am in great admiration of you people who do 2mm!!!
Cnc cranks with pins of hypodermic needle. My stepcraft leadscrew nuts are worn, so I had great problems producing decent cranks. I have some ball-nuts, but it's going to be a major job to fit them.

https://flic.kr/p/2oAbW5H
Completed, apart from springs and bolster

https://flic.kr/p/2oAzAX7
 
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Podartist79

Western Thunderer
Giles said:
And this was the 'other' view - the piece is about 20" x 15", and is a trial to test rocks, walls, grass etc, and try and get an eye for 4mm!
The track is wired up, so it doubles as a test track (or that's my excuse....). The main ingredient is Das Stone, which I find excellent. Walls are embossed with a latex mould I made, and the rock formations are Das stone pressed into a commercial mould.

https://flic.kr/p/2oxFrUs
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Absolutely love this Giles.
Wonderful work as always!
Neil.
 
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garethashenden

Western Thunderer
Giles, The Chopper couplings you've used on the OO9 models, are they commercial or something you produced? If the later, how did you make them?
 
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