7mm The Derby Line - Rolling Stock

[demu1037]

I like this but them I'm biased!
R

I never thought you as a closet WR fan!

 

[Scanlon]

I never thought you as a closet WR fan!

Sorry, forgot to take my pills!

 

[demu1037]

Sorry, forgot to take my pills!

I prescribe 6 months in the Rooter Roundhouse

 

[dibateg]

There is a Scanlon theme here, I've been working on a repair on this DJB class 4 ( Documented more fully on RMweb ). A couple of days work has restored this:-


To this, the cab is from a well known high quality kit range:-

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Rooter Roundhouse

Part of the old LBSC engine shed at New Cross built by Stroudley during the 1870's to accommodate the 'Terriers'.

 

[dibateg]

7mm Mick very kindly gave me a Peco Iron Tippler at the Doncaster show ( which was excellent ). Having seen Mick's wagons, this treacle coated item cannot have been of his making! So a bath of meths removed the majority of the paint. I've been a little disdainful of the Peco tipplers. Fortunately I had some Simon Thompson springs in stock - they are for 21 tonners, but they will do. So cleaned up and with new springs and Parkside buffers the wagon looks a lot more business like.

 

[dibateg]

And now looking a little more respectable


I forgot to post the repaired '76

 

[dibateg]

And the Toplights break cover at last, the windows seem very reflective....

 

[Heather Kay]

Very nice. I've got something to aim for with the Colletts!

 

[7mmMick]

And now looking a little more respectable
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That looks a lot better pal, glad it's gone to a good home

 

[dibateg]

Thanks to the grotty weather, we're off and continuing the Great Western theme I am building 4702. First job was to cut out for the Slaters hornblocks. I don't make them adjustable as once the ride height is set, there is no need to change anything. I know that I could go in the GW section, but I live here really.

 

[dibateg]

The rain has brought me back to the workbench, I have progressed the chassis to the cylinders. The rear covers seemed far too small, they should really come to the edge of the casing. I wonder if they are from something smaller. After some deliberation, I decided that wrapping 1mm brass section wound round would do the trick. Not perfect, but improves the chunky look of the cylinders. CPL ( Paul Bambrick now ) crank pin nuts complete the job.

 

[dibateg]

I've been away a lot, but in between I've been soldering on with the 4700 in between times. There was the usual smokebox/boiler/firebox/cab relationship exercise, and it took a good few hours to sort that out. Yes, there is a little gap at the back there, but I'll sort that out, it's not fixed on yet. The motion bracket and boiler support were a distraction, so it was easier to get the whole assembly to fit between the cab and smokebox saddle first. The motion bracket and boiler support could then be tweaked to suit. I didn't use the half etched boiler bands, electing to use Slaters phosphor bronze strip instead as it was half as thick.


My poor old lathe has languished in storage for a few years since I acquired it, but I'm indebted to David Smith for a refresher tutorial on using it ( O level metal work was a little while ago in my past ). I'm not sure the previous owner used it. Now it's having a clean up and some TLC.


So as a trial run, I needed to make new cylinder covers for the 4700 as the cast ones were too small, and here they are as produced on the Hobbymat.

 

[dibateg]

I've not documented this build very well, the trouble is I've been away every weekend for 6 weeks or so. One thing I didn't like about the ejector brackets was that the handrail knobs stuck out a long way. So I cut them off with a piercing saw. Replacement handrail knobs has a 1.3mm shank, so that would not work with the brackets. So using my new lathe skills ( !) I turned down the shanks on 3 handrail knobs to 0.75mm so that they would fit in to a suitably drilled hole...




I had to use a file to clean up, but in principle the idea worked.. before and after..

 

[Scale7JB]

Wow that looks good!

I really want a night owl one day! Apparently they were never called that during the days of the real railway..

JB.

 

[dibateg]

Thanks JB, it is an impressive machine I have to say.
There is always the background task of weathering jobs to do, and it's very useful having a separate spray shop, although it is a little weather dependant being away from the house. Passing through last week have been a couple of Heljan Warships, oh I do like them. They remind me of childhood holidays at Goodrington sands..

D801 has a northern visit and is ignored by trackside workers...


Hmm, my thread seems to getting more GW as time goes on....

 

[dibateg]

4702 has now gone to Warren for painting and lining:-

 

[Compton castle]

Please pop some pictures up once it's back.
Steve

 

[Scale7JB]

Yes, I NEED a 4700!

JB.

 

[dibateg]

I've rather neglected this thread through lack of available time, the Standard 4 build has been documented on 'the other side'. It's well on the way to completion now.


It's a great kit of course, but not the easiest, I think you need to be pretty confident with working with metal to get a good finish.