Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Well it has been some time since I did anything in 4mm but in a quest to finish of some part built stuff in order to sell them to raise funds I picked up my Jidenco (the box says that the original owner received it from Jidenco in 1979!!) L&Y Railmotor that I part built so that the gent from Highlevel (can't bring his name to mind) could recommend a motor/gear box. It was then put aside for later and now much later when clearing out bit's and pieces I came across it so I decided to crack on with it.
In true Jidenco fashion a lot of the etches are like tissue paper and so have needed some beefing up with scrap etch. The solebars being an example and the loco steps.
The roof I rolled myself from brass sheet and for once I wasn't happy with the finish/fit despite best efforts it splayed in the middle so I made some formers to keep it in shape.
The inner partitions between the drivers compartment and the luggage compartment are both scratch built as are the doors.
The queen posts are brass tube with split pins soldered in and the turnbuckles are micro-bore brass tube that I filed through each side using a round file to create the turnbuckle.
Next job is to create a removable floor so I can solder the roof on solid. I also need to buy a couple of Rromford crank pins as bizarrely the wheels didn't come with them (Bought direct from Markits too) and I only have two in my remaining stock of 4mm bit's.
The motion is all nickel but again I am going to have to scratchbuild some laminates to make it sturdy enough to work. to this end I bought a set of Gibson motion at the time that has the same con rod length - not sure how much of the rest will be any use.
In true Jidenco fashion a lot of the etches are like tissue paper and so have needed some beefing up with scrap etch. The solebars being an example and the loco steps.
The roof I rolled myself from brass sheet and for once I wasn't happy with the finish/fit despite best efforts it splayed in the middle so I made some formers to keep it in shape.
The inner partitions between the drivers compartment and the luggage compartment are both scratch built as are the doors.
The queen posts are brass tube with split pins soldered in and the turnbuckles are micro-bore brass tube that I filed through each side using a round file to create the turnbuckle.
Next job is to create a removable floor so I can solder the roof on solid. I also need to buy a couple of Rromford crank pins as bizarrely the wheels didn't come with them (Bought direct from Markits too) and I only have two in my remaining stock of 4mm bit's.
The motion is all nickel but again I am going to have to scratchbuild some laminates to make it sturdy enough to work. to this end I bought a set of Gibson motion at the time that has the same con rod length - not sure how much of the rest will be any use.
