Hobbyhorse Three Green Boxes

SimonT

SimonT

Western Thunderer
At best...... 4-6 Weeks for the test etches, 4 weeks for test build and polishing the instructions, production etches 4-6 weeks. Shall we chat off-line?
Simon
 
Bulldog3444

Bulldog3444

Active Member
Great to see these locomotives coming together, and I am particularly interested in the 2000 gallon tender as I will need to do a couple of these, in 4mm, to run with 3521 class 4-4-0s No. 3529 and 3547 which were seen on the Barnstaple branch in the 1920s.

I have a question relating to the artwork for the 2000 gallon tenders, and that is the width of the water filler 'coffin' at the rear of the tender top. I'm not aware of a GWR drawing which shows this, and earlier kits exhibit differing dimensions.

The Mallard/ Blacksmith kit in 4mm introduced by Fred Blackman in the 1970s, and now available again from Mark Seward has a width which scales at 1'4", which looks too narrow to me, while the Warren Shepherd 7mm kit has a width which scales at 2'3". The Martin Finney designed kit for the 2500 gallon tender has a 'coffin' which scales at 2'6" width.

Ian
 
SimonT

SimonT

Western Thunderer
Ian,
while there are GA drawings in Russell Vol I that show the coffin, none of them have dimensions for the coffin. For the 2000G I have the Swindon GA and Martin's CAD. They all agree on 16mm over the lid, which looks to me like 2'3" over the side plates. The 2500, 3000 and 3500 look like 18mm over the lid which suggest 2'6" over the side plates.
In the absence of an erecting draawing for the coffin, this may be the best we can do.
SimonT
 
Phil O

Phil O

Western Thunderer
Hobbyhorse said:
I've been working on the few remaining bits on the Bulldog chassis this week, inside motion bits, brake rigging, motor fixing and all those little bits that take forever to do, well worth the effort in the end.
The back plate has had a test fitting of the castings, these won't be fixed until the loco has been painted and the remaining details added, all fit OK but a bit more research needed for a couple of pipe runs.
With the three loco's basically at the same stage it's time to look at the tenders, I'm probably going to start with the 2000gal for the Duke as it's scratch build.

Simon

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I've got a Duke and 3 Bulldogs in the stash, yet to be started and when I do get there, I only hope that I can get close to the excellence that you have attained.
 
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