7mm Loose Ends

[Compton castle]

Go desert sand that will be my choice.
I've got some photos of it with a really patchy paint job.
That would look brilliant.

 

[D1054]

I fancy Maroon full yellow, ........:

Hmmm.... that could be another D1054 ........ go on......  you know it make sense 

 

[lancer1027]

mmmmmmmmmm Laira blue then ? ;D

BLUE It is then

Rob :wave:

 

[Dan Randall]

I need to do one of these signs

Cynric - I've got some of those knocking around somewhere.



If I can find them, I'll pop some in the post for you.

Regards

Dan

 

[28ten]

Dan,  that coat peg, did they really have one?

 

[Dan Randall]

Dan,  that coat peg, did they really have one?

To be honest, for a while, I was thinking they might not have had one!  :-\

I'd seen Roger Manton's model of "Western Advocate" on the JLTRT stand and he'd made a driver's jacket out of Milliput or similar and hung it on the back of the door, so I thought "good idea, I'll have some of that", but rather than a jacket, I just installed hooks.  Of course, once I had fitted said hooks, I couldn't find any inside cab shots that proved things one way or the other.  :-[

You having asking the question, has made me dig out a convenient Western book ("Diesels In Depth, Westerns", by David Clarke & John Jennison).  It took me a little while, but at the top of page 39, I found a picture of D1005 "Western Venturer", with what appears to be a coat or jacket hanging on the back of the door, so we know at least one Western had a hook on one of its cab doors, though whether my hook is the right size or shape is unknown.  I think I see why Roger stuck a jacket there.  Now, where's my Milliput gone....! 


Regards

Dan

 

[alcazar]

Can't wait to get one, still saving, MAYBE this Christmas. Wife has provisionally OK'd it

Did anyone ever do the transfers for the handbrake, dials, and what about the name and number that Westerns and Warships had stencilled above the windscreen?

 

[Phill Dyson]

Can't wait to get one, still saving, MAYBE this Christmas. Wife has provisionally OK'd it

Did anyone ever do the transfers for the handbrake, dials, and what about the name and number that Westerns and Warships had stencilled above the windscreen?

Hymeks had there numbers above the windscreens on the roof too, but in model form I would have thought it just about impossible to see ........sun visors & tinted glass would be useful additions though IMO  :scratch:

Cheers Phill

 

[28ten]

I have been doing a little work on a Western this afternoon, more precisely on the bogies. when we tested on Heyside I realised the curves were tighter than I thought so there would need to be some mods to help it round, one of these being on the center wheelset. I have done this on other Westerns but I never took any photos, its very simple and allows a little more clearance.
Center wheels as per kit. with full sideplay they can touch the blocks on tight curves - not a problem as such with a resin bogie, but something I try to avoid



The solution - meet Mr slitting disc, crude but effective I should add, do this well away from the motor/gearbox you dont want the crud getting in there.

With the bolster fitted nobody is any wiser

 

[mickoo]

To be honest, for a while, I was thinking they might not have had one! :-\

I'd seen Roger Manton's model of "Western Advocate" on the JLTRT stand and he'd made a driver's jacket out of Milliput or similar and hung it on the back of the door, so I thought "good idea, I'll have some of that", but rather than a jacket, I just installed hooks. Of course, once I had fitted said hooks, I couldn't find any inside cab shots that proved things one way or the other. :-[

You having asking the question, has made me dig out a convenient Western book ("Diesels In Depth, Westerns", by David Clarke & John Jennison). It took me a little while, but at the top of page 39, I found a picture of D1005 "Western Venturer", with what appears to be a coat or jacket hanging on the back of the door, so we know at least one Western had a hook on one of its cab doors, though whether my hook is the right size or shape is unknown. I think I see why Roger stuck a jacket there. Now, where's my Milliput gone....!


Regards

Dan

Not fitted to D1015 http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianews/5863134609/in/set-72157626904878023/

Regards

 

[28ten]

That seems to work

 

[28ten]

IMHO its still, the best Western available in any scale. At this point I am going over the body with various grades of micro mesh prior to a final dust of primer.

 

[D1054]

Agreed. Still the best available at the mo.

The hooks on doors seemed to vary from engine to engine, and also do on the locos in preservation. I don't think that hooks were fitted as standard, but some did end up with hooks whilst in service, and the ones I've see in preservation vary in type and location. Some are very rudimentary - a bolt through the door with a meat-hook typoe affair. D1010 has two hooks on one door - I think I have a shot somewhere and will try to dig it out sometime. I've got a shot of D1011 whilst in service too, which has a coat-hook as I recall - at one end anyway!

 

[D1054]

Actually, and rather interestingly, the photo of D1015 has two small holes in the door which are in exactly the same place as the hooks behind the door on D1010 I think......

 

[mickoo]

IMHO its still, the best Western available in any scale. At this point I am going over the body with various grades of micro mesh prior to a final dust of primer.
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Looking nice, I presume this is JLRT's wares? I think I'm going to have to resort to getting one to scale off for a larger model, but will see what D Birts book in the post produces first .

Regards

 

[28ten]

I had a most productive afternoon after rain stopped play on some other jobs. 2 bogies assembled and tested




I use repair washers to spread the load over the bogie pivot


Turning the chassis over shows the top hat bearing turned up from some nylon



Showing the split axles and delrin chain. I need to fit a tensioning bar to remove a little of the slack in the chain, but the whole thing is a lot cleaner without pickups.



Id rather have ABC bogie units but for a loco that will sit on a shelf for 363 days of the year £400 seems a bit OTT, actually £200 and a sound unit is overkill

 

[alcazar]

What's the box in the top pic on the left?

And don't those top hat bearings alter the ride height, substantailly? Or have you removed something else to fit them?

 

[28ten]

It's a boom box for the speakers.
Yes, I use my own bolster.

 

[lancer1027]

Hi Cynric, looks great. Nice to see you back on the western front.

Is that copper wire you have used for pick-ups ? and is it just soldered onto the brass bearing ?. Also by the look of the pic you have only two axles that are joined with this method on one side Why is that?

Sorry for the stupid questions but it is me you know

Rob

 

[28ten]

Yep, copper wire drilled and soldered into the bearings. Only two axles are used on one side because of the brass gearbox, so in effect there are 5 wheels per side of the loco picking up current.
Once there is some paint sloshed on the second man I can install the desk, mask up the cab spray it
I must admit I have this urge to do another one now