Giles' misc. Work bench.

[Giles]

This loco is complete now - all weathering done, and it works well and smoothly. The first wagon is complete, and the second is half done, but I had a mis-print having paused the print last night to top up the resin and restarted it, but it seems it was in the middle of making the supports rather than the chassis itself, and the supports didn't like it......

 

[Pencarrow]

Always a surreal watch seeing the loco, now a train, moving on it's own without rails. Love it.

 

[Giles]

It's quite fun being able to turn the steam on with it being stationary. I've just taken it outside for a couple of phone pics.

https://flic.kr/p/2pvTvHL

https://flic.kr/p/2pvTvKj

https://flic.kr/p/2pvTviT

https://flic.kr/p/2pvYPqa

 

[Fitzroy]

Need to see it in black and white! Beautiful job with the weathering too.

 

[Giles]

Ive made two wagons - these are all i need - printed on my Mars 2 Pro, wheels from Peter Binnie. They're fitted with choppers at one end (with a steel loop for auto uncoupling), and are of course functioning tippers. I will also have to make a small 'Tender' wagon to house an auxiliary battery, as according to my maths, the loco battery will only last 5 hours, due to the large power drain of the mister unit (250mA). This can plug into the loco under the back end. I need to find a suitable driver as well....



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[Paul_H]

These are 1/8" brass brads from Hobby.UK.com and very nice they are - although they do add to the labour!

Sorry for the late comment, but for future reference a great source of rivets that are perfectly in scale for 16mm is Prime Miniatures High Quality Miniature Nuts, Screws, Bolts, Hardware, Fasteners and Accessories | Prime-Miniatures
I used their rivets to detail my Slaters quarry Hunslet and they were perfect. Also for adding all the missing ones that Slaters forgot or didn't bother with.
PM also do some astonishingly small nuts & bolts (M0.6) which may be easier than trying to make small hex heads.

 

[King Crab]

It's quite fun being able to turn the steam on with it being stationary. I've just taken it outside for a couple of phone pics.

https://flic.kr/p/2pvTvHL

https://flic.kr/p/2pvTvKj

https://flic.kr/p/2pvTviT

https://flic.kr/p/2pvYPqa

I, at least, had to look very hard at the first picture to make sure it was the model.
Absolutely realistic weathering!
A great achievement all round, with the steam effects making it really exceptional.

Peter