My first effort

Max M

Max M

Western Thunderer
I've been making models for more years than I care to remember from aircraft to ships, cars and motorcycles. These encompassed various scales and mediums, plastic, wood, resin and etched material. On my 'to do' list has been a locomotive.

I took the plunge a while a go when attending the Doncaster show and that terrible person (not really) Richard Lambert forced me into buying a Finney 7 product.

I started with the tender for a Princess Coronation as a way of easing myself in to the process of building with etched brass.
Just to add a bit of interest and challenge I wanted it to be one of the part welded tenders which the kit didn't cater for.
The spacing of the rivets took a bit of working out and the execution easier by having an X/ Y table for my Proxxon pillar.
It would have been even easier if Mr Moron hadn't soldered the double skin rear together before I'd put the rivet detail in.
As a result I drill and added rivets which IMO actually looks better.

There were a few mistakes along the way but not too many and all but one solved satisfactory.

Next step will be to strip it down and start painting....then on to the locomotive.

I have to thank Richard Lambert for his Completed (1).JPG Completed (2).JPG Completed (3).JPG Completed (4).JPG Completed (5).JPG Completed (6).JPG Completed (7).JPG and the other help he has given me and also to Tommy Day for his suggestions.
 
Lancastrian

Lancastrian

Western Thunderer
Max,

Thumbs up from me. That'll look nice when it's had a clean and has paint on it. Well done on your first part of the build. :thumbs:

Ian
 
Dikitriki

Dikitriki

Flying Squad
Tee hee!

Well done! It's a big loco for a first loco build, but the satisfaction is all the greater when 'tis complete.

As Ian says, time taken in cleaning up is repaid in the crispness of the painted model.

Richard The Terrible
 
freelance7

freelance7

Western Thunderer
Max, coming on nicely, and to echo Richards comment, well done for your first build. Sets you up for the locomotive.

Paul
 
Mike Garwood

Mike Garwood

Western Thunderer
Fair play Max, that's awesome. As already said - don't skimp on the cleaning. Look forward to seeing your progress on the loco.

Mike
 
Rambler

Rambler

Active Member
Dikitriki said:
Tee hee!

Well done! It's a big loco for a first loco build, but the satisfaction is all the greater when 'tis complete.

As Ian says, time taken in cleaning up is repaid in the crispness of the painted model.

Richard The Terrible
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I've come to the conclusion that the size of the loco doesn't make that much difference. A good kit of a big loco will probably go together a lot quicker than a poor kit of a small loco, if you want the end product to be a similar quality. The only problem with big engines is the big trains to go behind them! I put off building an LMS Compound in 4mm until I was "ready for it" - I've now switched to 7mm and still haven't got one.

Eric.
 
Focalplane

Focalplane

Western Thunderer
Max

Looking good. I have built the same tender and have started on the loco but with the kit across the Channel there has been no progress this year. I visited 46235 at the "stinktank" in Birmingham which helped a lot. If you need photos, let me know.

Eric

I have an almost complete David Andrews 7mm Compound kit (unmade). It's also in France and I can bring it back in October if you are interested. By almost complete I mean there are a few bits missing, mainly BA nuts and bolts.

Best wishes, Paul
 
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