Giles' misc. Work bench.
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Giles
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Ive been sorting wheels, telegraph and binnacles. The castings for the wheels were of a small type and to a smaller scale, so I cut some larger ones.....
2020-05-22_03-41-38 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-22_03-41-38 by giles favell, on Flickr
Giles
Western Thunderer
The wheel-house now has its wheel, binnacle and engine room telegraph, as does the flying bridge
2020-05-26_05-28-17 by giles favell, on Flickr
The balwarks are now reinforced (still got the ones astern of the bridge to do....)
2020-05-26_05-29-03 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-26_05-27-43 by giles favell, on Flickr
She has gained her whistle
2020-05-26_05-27-18 by giles favell, on Flickr
And she's finally got her rails on the after bulkwarks. These had to match the irregular curve of the hull, so a 10mm square grid was printed, and held over the hull, and then traced on to the grid. This was then transcribed on to CAD and printed, then checked, adjusted, printed until correct. The capping were then lasered using this drawing- although the drawing could have been stuck to the material and cut out by hand....
2020-05-26_05-56-46 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-26_05-31-49 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-26_05-28-17 by giles favell, on FlickrThe balwarks are now reinforced (still got the ones astern of the bridge to do....)
2020-05-26_05-29-03 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-26_05-27-43 by giles favell, on FlickrShe has gained her whistle
2020-05-26_05-27-18 by giles favell, on FlickrAnd she's finally got her rails on the after bulkwarks. These had to match the irregular curve of the hull, so a 10mm square grid was printed, and held over the hull, and then traced on to the grid. This was then transcribed on to CAD and printed, then checked, adjusted, printed until correct. The capping were then lasered using this drawing- although the drawing could have been stuck to the material and cut out by hand....
2020-05-26_05-56-46 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-26_05-31-49 by giles favell, on Flickr
Giles
Western Thunderer
We do now have some sort of chart table....
2020-05-29_01-04-04 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-29_01-04-50 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-29_01-04-04 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-05-29_01-04-50 by giles favell, on FlickrPodartist79
Western Thunderer
Awe inspiring Giles!
Love it and looking forward to seeing the layout it will be part of...
Neil.
Love it and looking forward to seeing the layout it will be part of...
Neil.
michael mott
Western Thunderer
Lovely Details Giles.
Michael
Michael
Giles
Western Thunderer
Thank you Michael and Neil!
Getting dirty before the details get added.....
2020-06-01_07-28-21 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-01_07-24-30 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-01_07-27-11 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-01_07-26-21 by giles favell, on Flickr
I shouldn't think anyone sees much difference at all - and I wouldn't blame them! But there's piles of dry brushing on the super-structure, decks etc .... ah well !
Getting dirty before the details get added.....
2020-06-01_07-28-21 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-01_07-24-30 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-01_07-27-11 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-01_07-26-21 by giles favell, on FlickrI shouldn't think anyone sees much difference at all - and I wouldn't blame them! But there's piles of dry brushing on the super-structure, decks etc .... ah well !
Tim Watson
Western Thunderer
What’s it going to be called? Will there be an official launch?
Tim
Tim
P A D
Western Thunderer
Giles
Western Thunderer
The bridge structure is now glued on, and the replacement ladders and rails fitted everywhere. The ladders are all lasered ftom 0.8mm Trolase
2020-06-04_07-16-41 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-04_07-16-59 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-04_07-16-41 by giles favell, on Flickr
2020-06-04_07-16-59 by giles favell, on Flickr
Osgood
Western Thunderer
A shame all that work will be covered by a scale inch depth of coal dust after the first 20 minutes of automated infinite conveyor loading!
Giles
Western Thunderer
2020-06-09_04-20-55 by giles favell, on Flickr
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Superb model Giles.......Captain, Jack ? 
Col.
Col.
Giles
Western Thunderer
Diverting away from Sparrow briefly, I need to do an article on converting vehicles to radio control, and had a thought that I wanted to try out...... it turns out that this is too complicated for what I need - but interesting none the less.
Multi axle drive, not using the gearboxes you can buy from Germany (which of course are fixed dimensions and ratios).
This is a 4mm scale ACE Ergomatic from Oxford Models.
2020-06-12_03-15-35
by giles favell, on Flickr
Video link below....
VID-20200612-WA0005
I propose to use this drive for a standard gauge self propelled crane in the fairly near future.
Multi axle drive, not using the gearboxes you can buy from Germany (which of course are fixed dimensions and ratios).
This is a 4mm scale ACE Ergomatic from Oxford Models.
2020-06-12_03-15-35by giles favell, on Flickr
Video link below....
VID-20200612-WA0005
I propose to use this drive for a standard gauge self propelled crane in the fairly near future.
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Tim Watson
Western Thunderer
Look forward to seeing the article.
Tim
Tim
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
That looks like corners might be a bit tricky.
Giles
Western Thunderer
Fortunately, it's rather difficult (doing a conversion like this) to get the front axle at precisely the correct height, and so one rear axle or the other is carrying most of the load, and the other is just touching the ground, and therefore it turns fine. I did put a heavy load directly over both rear axles, which put them both in full hard contact, whilst at the same time slightly relieving the front axle - and yes - there was a tendency to carry on!
None the less, the principle is a potentially useful one
None the less, the principle is a potentially useful one
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
awesome!