Mr Barclay, Tom Bola and Jack Reader. by Modeltown |
Thursday, 12 December 2024
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
The Quarry Hunslet 'Alice' class from PDF Models - The Making Of. (Part 2)
Quartering
Taking the cranks as pairs, screw in a 2mm x 10mm countersink screw to each for the front pair and a 2mm x 16mm countersink screw to each for the rear pair. Enlarge slightly the holes in the rods to enable the 2mm bearings to fit freely. Fit the rods to the front cranks and fit to the axles using a 0.9mm allen key. Loosely set the front cranks 90 degrees to each other. Do not over tighten.
Similar to the above, fit the rear cranks 90 degrees to each other. Don't fit the rods to the rear just yet.
Test for free movement and if necessary adjust the cranks until running freely. Then fit the connecting rods and test again.
The footplate can now be fitted. But before doing so, countsink the two front holes before fitting to the chassis using four 2mm x 6mm bolts.
Thursday, 21 November 2024
The Quarry Hunslet 'Alice' class from PDF Models - The Making Of. (Part 1)
The chassis
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The Bird Box
Friday, 28 June 2024
Friday, 5 April 2024
Alpine Gardens
Alpine Gardens, a new HLR garden, is due to open later this month with a dedicated station created for the visiting members and suppliers to the gardens.
Thursday, 29 February 2024
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Little Ronnie the Diesel Engine.
This I.P. Engineering model is roughly based upon the O&K MD2 locomotive.
Starting with the sub-frame on which the body will be mounted, buffer beams were added, each with a forty five degree cut across the top corners.
Next the basic rolling chassis was constructed, together with the central gear for the motor.
The kit came with two little screws to mount the two sections together. I may have misunderstood the assembly instructions and couldn't see how they fitted, so I chose to use two small bolts with two threaded nuts. (those used to fit a mains light switch fascia plate).
Putting the two sections aside, a start was made on the body. Starting with the engine housing, rivet detail was added to the front and two side panels (1/16" x 3/8"). As these would be hidden, they were left untrimmed. Once fixed the panels were glued and made square.