RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 07/06/2019 at 13:28, sem34090 said: BR Did it with a pair of ex-GER tank engines - Technically, the LNER did it, and B.R. just re-lettered them... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) In an effort to rope this wandering project back to a pugbash, I've added some more pug bits. The Electrotren has also been attacked with the Dremel and a load of filler. Both should get primer soon so I can see just how bad my bodgery has been. Edited June 13, 2019 by TurboSnail Add pics 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Does anyone want either of these? I was about to chop them up for parts but they both look salvageable as complete locos but will need some serious work. Or cut up for bits from them. PM me if interested. Edited June 16, 2019 by TurboSnail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devo63 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I'd be very interested except for the problem I'm at the other end of the world. Dave R. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 hours ago, Devo63 said: I'd be very interested except for the problem I'm at the other end of the world. Day 6 of the Creation story, or Judgement Day? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Meanwhile, on the pugbash and Electrotren-bash... I might get some backlash for the choice of chimney used here, I had very limited choice and wanted it to look like something the mechanics would just have fixed up as a cheap replacement for the original. Likewise, the buffers are cheap and cheerful. Pugbash also coming along nicely, I found some cast buffers in the bits box, and stuck them in the cardboard bufferbeams. Added a few handrails too, so should be ready for primer and blending all the bits together. 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 And with primer... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Love them both. Very nice TS! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 The Electrotren-bash is currently having the KCL blue livery applied, probably won't be a very frequent visitor to the layout (if/when it is eventually built), but it's nice to have options. The pugbash I struggled for a bit to think of how to paint it. Eventually I decided to have a crack at the original livery I was planning to use for the KCL locos, a lined mid-grey. I decided a lined, lighter coloured livery wouldn't last long in a colliery, hence switching to the blue, but I'm interested to see how this one will turn out. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Hi TS, The cab fitted to the blue one suits very well the lines of the Electrotren body shell. Gibbo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi TS, The cab fitted to the blue one suits very well the lines of the Electrotren body shell. Gibbo. All I did was cut down the original cab to get rid of the very European-looking rear windows. Probably more of a modification than a bash in its traditional sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Blue is, of course, the only proper colour for a continuous brake fitted steam locomotive! Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2019 Depends on the shade, perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Regularity said: Depends on the shade, perhaps? Could be either of two! Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Caley Jim said: Could be either of two! Jim I’ll set ‘em up, and you can bowl them... (I would add a third, personally: SDJR “Prussian” blue.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 8 hours ago, Regularity said: I’ll set ‘em up, and you can bowl them... (I would add a third, personally: SDJR “Prussian” blue.) Let's not start the argument about exactly which shade 'Prussian Blue' is!! Jim 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted June 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2019 There’s only one shade of Prussian Blue, meine freunde. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted June 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Northroader said: There’s only one shade of Prussian Blue, meine freunde. Don't say it's Prussian Blue to this guy ... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Edwardian said: Don't say it's Prussian Blue to this guy ... Ultrasmurfs! Spits disgustedly 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackRoomBoffin Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Sorry for intruding, but that 0-4-0 is charming, and couldn't be more Scottish if it's name was Hamish and it was playing the bagpipes in a bath of whisky during an Old Firm derby match. What colours do you intend to line the grey with? 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 9 hours ago, BackRoomBoffin said: Sorry for intruding, but that 0-4-0 is charming, and couldn't be more Scottish if it's name was Hamish and it was playing the bagpipes in a bath of whisky during an Old Firm derby match. What colours do you intend to line the grey with? I was planning to go for white-yellow-white, but am open to suggestions. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 The Electrotren bash is almost finished, just the dumb buffers left to paint. A little bit of adjustment needs to be done to make it fit the chassis perfectly despite theoretically being identical to the loco body that was originally on this chassis. Some progress has also been made on the 'pugbash', also nearing the stage where I can start lining it. I need to find some wheels for the tender though. The F class it was designed for uses 16mm wheels, but I think 14mm might be more appropriate for this loco. I've also started on my next CAD project, the first time I've used Fusion360. Most CAD programs are the same, it's just a case of learning where they've moved all the buttons to. Or so I thought, it doesn't seem the easiest system to use so far, so maybe I need to do a few tutorials in it. 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackRoomBoffin Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 23/06/2019 at 08:24, TurboSnail said: I was planning to go for white-yellow-white, but am open to suggestions. Your skills are in excess of mine, and Rule One always applys… ...But entirely personally I'd go for something darker and more Late Victorian: either green on the upper parts with red or vermillion on the lower parts, or possibly cream-chocolate-cream on the upper and chocolate-red-chocolate on the lower? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 2 hours ago, BackRoomBoffin said: Your skills are in excess of mine, and Rule One always applys… ...But entirely personally I'd go for something darker and more Late Victorian: either green on the upper parts with red or vermillion on the lower parts, or possibly cream-chocolate-cream on the upper and chocolate-red-chocolate on the lower? I've put the lining on hold while I think about it a bit longer - I think a darker set of colours would be nice, but I'm not sure what would work well with the grey. Maybe dark red - yellow - dark red? Any other suggestions from anyone else? The lining on the sides will just be simple rectangles, as I'm just making it out of printed paper sections. Mainly 'cos this is a simple project that I don't want to spend any money on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted June 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2019 I rather like black edged white with a grey livery. I generally opt for incurves at the corners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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