Hobbyhorse
Western Thunderer
What's the next project be after the A4, well looking at the pile of unbuilt kits the three Finney 4-4-0's, Duke, Atbara and Bullbog have taken my fancy, mainly because of the similarities with them needing the wheels, crank axles, fly cranks, tender sub frames and bearings all needing machining. With the lathe setup for machining the wheels doing them together makes life a bit easier and saves a bit of time.
So building three at the same time could be daunting, but with the prep work on the above done before cutting out the etches it makes sense. And as I've not finished the research on the individual locos yet, times on my side with lots of machining to do which will keep me busy for a while.
So with panto patterns for the sub frames, crank webs and fly cranks and various jigs to hand, the build starts.
Starting with cutting the tender sub frames, cut from .9 brass these make life a lot simpler with using tender wheels without the extended axles. Using some square brass as frame spacers, these I'll make once I get to that stage in the construction.
Simon
So building three at the same time could be daunting, but with the prep work on the above done before cutting out the etches it makes sense. And as I've not finished the research on the individual locos yet, times on my side with lots of machining to do which will keep me busy for a while.
So with panto patterns for the sub frames, crank webs and fly cranks and various jigs to hand, the build starts.
Starting with cutting the tender sub frames, cut from .9 brass these make life a lot simpler with using tender wheels without the extended axles. Using some square brass as frame spacers, these I'll make once I get to that stage in the construction.
Simon