Giles' misc. Work bench.

[Rob R]

Thank you Giles, that is most generous of you.
The G3 version will have to wait a while as it doesn't quite fit the Mars 2 pro...

Rob

 

[Giles]

I can probably sort you two ends and a centre section if necessary, or the designspark drawing.

 

[Rob R]

Giles,
That is most kind of you.
If you could chop it into 3 bits please that would save me having to relearn what little Designspark that had actually sunk into the grey matter and has long since been forgotten.....
Rob

 

[Giles]

Hi Rob, I've added three files. A centre section and a front and rear buffet beam

To All..... please note, a chamfer should be filed to the underside of all four horns as per photos. I afraid I ran up against the limitations of Designspark when I tried to add that particular compound feature

 

[Rob R]

Thank you Giles,
I will have a play shortly.
Rob

 

[Giles]

After the Uckfield show, I have succumbed to the thought of a third and final loco for Nettlebed Lime - that being a Decauville Type 1. A loco that never made it to these shores except in model type as the first available 009 loco - the rather over-size, green 'Steatite' from Jouef.

Finding accurate drawings has been hard but I did find one, and with photos to reference to, this shouldn't be too far off.... and rust should cover the rest!

The boiler is a print, but the rest is conventional in 16mm.

https://flic.kr/p/2qtdo51

https://flic.kr/p/2qtDwE7

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

 

[Podartist79]

Amazing work as always Giles!
Neil (in awe).

 

[Giles]

With its roof it now looks like a Decauville

https://flic.kr/p/2qxJ75M

 

[Giles]

A chassis starting to appear

https://flic.kr/p/2qyv8Wb

 

[John57sharp]

Looks great that. JOHN

 

[john lewsey]

This fabulous isn't it

 

[Giles]

The printed wheel centres are secured in the (reduced width by 1mm) Slater's rims using my Devcon/Talc mix, ready for axle boring. The cranks are printed, and will be drilled using simple laser-cut jig to ensure they all come out with identical throws.

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

 

[Giles]

A slight aside from the Decauville - for fun

 

[Giles]

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

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

Axles and axleboxes made and fitted. 3-point suspension with a bar over the leading axle.

 

[Matt.S.]

you're really staring to get the hang of this toy train lark Giles - that's an incredibly characterful rendition of the tank engine.

 

[Giles]

Cranks fitted. These are printed, drilled in a jig plate to ensure they are all identical, pressed on with a smear of Epoxy, and rotated to 90 degrees of each other with simple jig plates to guarantee quartering (as per an article I did in NG&IRM. Crank pins are 2mm studding into tapped holes with the end riveted and a dab of Epoxy. The Tattoo also has printed cranks, as has the 7mm Tattoo, so I'm not overly worried!

 

[simond]

Giles,

returning briefly to your 7mm road vehicles, you used a Deltang receiver, which is no longer available. Did you find an alternative suitable for small road vehicles, so 1s/3.7v lipo, single channel servo and esc?

Merry Christmas!
Simon

 

[Giles]

Yes indeed Simon. Micron do their 601, which although larger, is an excellent receiver - much more sophisticated than the Deltang, with on-board servo-slow, servo reverse, variable acceleration etc.... enabling the use of simpler transmitters if required. Highly recommended...... a bit of a squeeze for 4mm vehicles, but excellent for 7mm.
Andy from Micron is also working on other developments....

And a very Merry Christmas to you!
Giles