knobhead Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Bought an old Lord Of The Isles on eBay and thought I could live with the way the front end looks, but I can't. Found a drawing by J.N. Maskelyne in the December 1951 issue of Model Railway News and will try to make the loco look like that. The chassie is converted to 2-2-2, looks (is) primitive but it works. More pictures to follow. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 XT60 motor! (Rather good, actually, and certainly way ahead of contemporary designs.) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 It's my first Triang loco and it runs very well indeed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 This loco gives me the same sense of quality as Märklin and Fleischmann of the same period. Very robust and made to last. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaselfish Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 This is interesting. I'm looking forward to more with pics at your convenience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 Thanks! More pictures will be posted within the next few days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Like buffalo, I found the Railmatch Indian Red a bit too purple, so I mixed 75% Railmatch and 25% Humbrol 133. To me it looks OK, but is it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Working on the body. The brass parts are not glued at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2012 Like buffalo, I found the Railmatch Indian Red a bit too purple, so I mixed 75% Railmatch and 25% Humbrol 133. To me it looks OK, but is it? It looks rather pale and rather too red in comparison with contemporaneous postcard and colour prints. Mind you what I don't know is if they were accurate in the first place and the impact of any fading over the past century and a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 It does look pale and red. I snapped the photo in rather bright sunlight, in "normal" indoor lighting it looks warmer and less red. It's a dilemma. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2012 It does look pale and red. I snapped the photo in rather bright sunlight, in "normal" indoor lighting it looks warmer and less red. It's a dilemma. Lighting (and camera, and screen, 'interpretation') are always a problem. It is definitely paler and redder than the illustration on p.19 of the latest edition of 'Great Western Way' and quite a bit different from the colour shown in the colour blocks in that publication - but that is acknowledged as probably not quite right. I have compared a contemporaneous 'Raiiway Magazine' print of No.40 with the page 19 illustration and it is slightly more towards the brown but if does vary as it is shown part in and part out of shade - I don't think that print has faded to be honest judging by the colour of the paper and I keep it out of the light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 OK, Mike. I'll be back with a revised paint job tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wheels, second version. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wheels, second version. Can't comment on the effect of the lighting and how it might come up on a screen of course but that looks much more the business to me - pretty close to the version shown in 'Great western Way' and a good match for the old colour print I have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thanks Mike! I really appreciate your input! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 The area below the footplate is ready for some Indian Red. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Will fit wheels, brakegear and waterscoop tomorrow. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Wasn't sure about the placing of the small buffers facing the loco, but the fallplate will pretty much hide them. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 This is interesting. I'm looking forward to more with pics at your convenience. Likewise. Although pictures taken in rooms other than your convenience would be preferable. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Not so many details in the cab, but I think it will look OK when the crew is in place. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
salop89a Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Very interested in this project as it is something I have considered but never got round to doing. Could I ask how you did the chassis extension for the leading wheels. Also the wheels look much finer than Triang originals - presumably they are replacements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 I made the extension of plastic sheet, mainly 1 mm thickness, and Tamiya White Putty. I used Plastic Weld when glueing plastic to plastic and CA-glue and baking powder for plastic to metal. It's solid as a rock when properly cured (a couple of days to be safe) easily shaped, with no problem when drilling the hole for the brass tube. The leading and trailing wheels are Alan Gibson 4'6", 14 spoke. They have the same diameter as the original Triang trailing wheel. I hope this will be helpful in getting you started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Time to apply the lining (Modelmaster) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 A coat of satin/flat varnish, coal and a lamp will be added tomorrow. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Probably the wrong type of lamp, but here we go. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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