Dan Vadas

The roof is lined on the inside as well. I pre-formed it before gluing it on. There are 8 air vents in the top section :




The coal bunker has now been fitted to the cab, and the cab roof as well. It sounds easy when you say it quickly  :


 

Next job will be to fit the entire boiler/cab/coal bunker unit to the chassis.
 
Danny

Thanks for the comments guys, and also to all those who "Liked" my posts  .
 
I've done all the cab detailing that I'm going to do. A few of these parts will be a bit difficult to see when the cab is completed, but the pics are proof that they are in there  .
 
This triple valve is made from brass tubing and styrene rod. The handwheels are laser-cut paper :





Two scratchbuilt switch panels :


Now I could fit the sides. The fit was perfect  :



Some final pics of the cab interior before things get harder to see :

 



Danny

The roof is lined on the inside as well. I pre-formed it before gluing it on. There are 8 air vents in the top section :




The coal bunker has now been fitted to the cab, and the cab roof as well. It sounds easy when you say it quickly  :


 

Next job will be to fit the entire boiler/cab/coal bunker unit to the chassis.
 
Danny

Thanks for the comments guys, and also to all those who "Liked" my posts  .
 
I've done all the cab detailing that I'm going to do. A few of these parts will be a bit difficult to see when the cab is completed, but the pics are proof that they are in there  .
 
This triple valve is made from brass tubing and styrene rod. The handwheels are laser-cut paper :





Two scratchbuilt switch panels :


Now I could fit the sides. The fit was perfect  :



Some final pics of the cab interior before things get harder to see :

 



Danny

The roof is lined on the inside as well. I pre-formed it before gluing it on. There are 8 air vents in the top section :




The coal bunker has now been fitted to the cab, and the cab roof as well. It sounds easy when you say it quickly  :


 

Next job will be to fit the entire boiler/cab/coal bunker unit to the chassis.
 
Danny

Thanks for the comments guys, and also to all those who "Liked" my posts  .
 
I've done all the cab detailing that I'm going to do. A few of these parts will be a bit difficult to see when the cab is completed, but the pics are proof that they are in there  .
 
This triple valve is made from brass tubing and styrene rod. The handwheels are laser-cut paper :





Two scratchbuilt switch panels :


Now I could fit the sides. The fit was perfect  :



Some final pics of the cab interior before things get harder to see :

 



Danny

The roof is lined on the inside as well. I pre-formed it before gluing it on. There are 8 air vents in the top section :




The coal bunker has now been fitted to the cab, and the cab roof as well. It sounds easy when you say it quickly  :


 

Next job will be to fit the entire boiler/cab/coal bunker unit to the chassis.
 
Danny

Thanks for the comments guys, and also to all those who "Liked" my posts  .
 
I've done all the cab detailing that I'm going to do. A few of these parts will be a bit difficult to see when the cab is completed, but the pics are proof that they are in there  .
 
This triple valve is made from brass tubing and styrene rod. The handwheels are laser-cut paper :





Two scratchbuilt switch panels :


Now I could fit the sides. The fit was perfect  :



Some final pics of the cab interior before things get harder to see :

 



Danny

The roof is lined on the inside as well. I pre-formed it before gluing it on. There are 8 air vents in the top section :




The coal bunker has now been fitted to the cab, and the cab roof as well. It sounds easy when you say it quickly  :


 

Next job will be to fit the entire boiler/cab/coal bunker unit to the chassis.
 
Danny

Thanks for the comments guys, and also to all those who "Liked" my posts  .
 
I've done all the cab detailing that I'm going to do. A few of these parts will be a bit difficult to see when the cab is completed, but the pics are proof that they are in there  .
 
This triple valve is made from brass tubing and styrene rod. The handwheels are laser-cut paper :





Two scratchbuilt switch panels :


Now I could fit the sides. The fit was perfect  :



Some final pics of the cab interior before things get harder to see :

 



Danny

The roof is lined on the inside as well. I pre-formed it before gluing it on. There are 8 air vents in the top section :




The coal bunker has now been fitted to the cab, and the cab roof as well. It sounds easy when you say it quickly  :


 

Next job will be to fit the entire boiler/cab/coal bunker unit to the chassis.
 
Danny

Thanks for the comments guys, and also to all those who "Liked" my posts  .
 
I've done all the cab detailing that I'm going to do. A few of these parts will be a bit difficult to see when the cab is completed, but the pics are proof that they are in there  .
 
This triple valve is made from brass tubing and styrene rod. The handwheels are laser-cut paper :





Two scratchbuilt switch panels :


Now I could fit the sides. The fit was perfect  :



Some final pics of the cab interior before things get harder to see :

 



Danny

The roof is lined on the inside as well. I pre-formed it before gluing it on. There are 8 air vents in the top section :




The coal bunker has now been fitted to the cab, and the cab roof as well. It sounds easy when you say it quickly  :


 

Next job will be to fit the entire boiler/cab/coal bunker unit to the chassis.
 
Danny

Nice neat work Danny - everything fitting together cleanly and accurately.  Seeing the boiler propped up on your bench really gives a good indication of the model’s size.  It is a little larger than I was imagining.  Looking great.
 
Gary

James, I think it might be just a bit harder to make plastic look like paper  .
 
Thank you Chris. A lot depends on how well the publisher has drawn the cut-outs for the petals. Then it comes down to accurate cutting - being a right-hander cutting the left side of the cut-out is easy enough, but it requires a counter-clockwise turn of the wrist to cut the right hand side without leaving an "over-cut". I colour the edges of the cuts before bending into the required shape before gluing. On larger bends some extra support under the skin is usually also required. I finish off by running a light-grade sanding stick over the join and re-touching the colour if needed.
 
The fireman's and engineer's control area of the cabin. Lots of fiddly interesting bits to add here  . I started with the firebox door :


Next come the gauges - 3 parts for each plus an additional disc to maintain the right thickness :


Also two levers and a sliding turnscrew and wheel for the brakes :


According to the instructions these two boxes are something to do with a lubricating system (unless it was lost in translation  ). A lot of work involved with these, starting with 13 hex-head fittings that have a 0.6mm hole in the middle for the piping. These fittings are only 1mm wide and took a bit of thought as to their manufacturing process. I started by spraying the sheet with gloss clear to give them some additional strength, punching the holes in them while they were all still on the sheet and then proceeding as usual for a hex-head bolt :


The pipes are 0.5mm black powdercoated copper wire used for bead making. I'm not sure about where they go after turning the corner, nothing shown in the instructions so this was my take on it :


A few more pieces will be added to this area later in the build.
 
Danny

The coal bunker has also been made. I'll fit this to the cab after I've done a bit more detailing to the controls :




The ladders and lights :




The completed coal bunker :



Danny

The coal bunker has also been made. I'll fit this to the cab after I've done a bit more detailing to the controls :




The ladders and lights :




The completed coal bunker :



Danny

More plumbing fitted :


I've also fitted the cab to the boilers and added a temporary support under the front of the boiler while work continues :



Danny
 

No, I won't be ripping anything out  . I have used those pics and the website they came from to enhance my model a bit, so thanks for posting them  . I'm leaving the lubrication pipes where they are as they don't interfere with anything else. I won't be going to the extent that the other guy did - he's used some 3D printed fittings which I can't get for a few weeks (but I ordered some). Most of the difference with our models is that he's painted his, which I won't be doing.
 
I've made the two sides of the cab. Here's my procedure for glazing the windows :






And the completed sides :



Danny

comm'in along splendidly Danny    very nice!

No, I won't be ripping anything out  . I have used those pics and the website they came from to enhance my model a bit, so thanks for posting them  . I'm leaving the lubrication pipes where they are as they don't interfere with anything else. I won't be going to the extent that the other guy did - he's used some 3D printed fittings which I can't get for a few weeks (but I ordered some). Most of the difference with our models is that he's painted his, which I won't be doing.
 
I've made the two sides of the cab. Here's my procedure for glazing the windows :






And the completed sides :



Danny

The coal bunker has also been made. I'll fit this to the cab after I've done a bit more detailing to the controls :




The ladders and lights :




The completed coal bunker :



Danny

Hi Slog,
 
I've found that when skinning things like the turret sides it's best to glue a piece of scrap behind the join and roll and glue the join together first, then slip the skin over the LC frame rather than gluing the skin to the frame and then finishing off the join. A notch would need to be cut into the top or bottom to clear the joining strip, and dry-fitting is essential of course. A couple of spots of glue is all that's needed to hold the skin to the frame. This stops any starved cow effect, which is usually caused by over-gluing an edge. Check the posts in my Bulgar loco log where I fit the boiler skins to the frames to see what I mean.
 
P.S. I bet that bent ladder ends up getting the better of you and will get replaced   .
 
Cheers, Danny

I've just spent about 4 hours cutting and fitting four windows. I've sandwiched some 0.25mm clear acrylic between the outer frame and the wall by cutting the hole in the lamination piece 0.5mm larger than the skin piece. They turned out perfect :




Danny

The coal bunker has also been made. I'll fit this to the cab after I've done a bit more detailing to the controls :




The ladders and lights :




The completed coal bunker :



Danny