Dan Vadas

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

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
 

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

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

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

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

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

Hi All,
 
Thanks for all the likes and comments.  Well back in Perth for the Christmas break and first off made all the ladders in preparation for fitting the boat decks and central walkways.  Made a mess of the curved ladder 140P but will get lost in the clutter so not too bothered.

 
 
The fore and aft boat decks went on easily enough after careful positioning and the gratings glued into place.  I trimmed a section off the fore handrails where they clashed with the central walkway (not in place yet).

 
 
Before fitting the central walkway I wanted to check that I wouldn’t encounter any clashes with the funnel so made up the laser cut forms without glue.  I really enjoy using the LC forms as the fit is perfect.

 
 
Since I enjoyed assembling the rear funnel I made the fore one as well and placed to see the effect.  These will add another splash of colour being yellow.  For some reason I always imagined them to be a lot bigger than they are.

 
 
Central walkway in place and now time to place all the ladders.  I am guessing these go here as don’t mention or show in the diagrams.

 
Small one from the central walkway to the rear boat deck.

 
Ladders from ‘wings’ down to the main deck.

 
And finally an overhead shot of the boat decks and central walkway…dodgy curved ladder can be seen, oh well.

I have a couple more ladders to do I think but can't find any mention of them in the diagrams so will go through the parts sheets and see if anything jumps out.  But a bit over the ladders now so no rush.
 
Still got to after the new year before heading off so not sure what to work on now.  I might do all the little bits and pieces next or get stuck in to the last of the larger stuff.  Not really feeling it for the ships boats yet.
 
Cheers
Slog

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

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

Impressive stuff, Dan!

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

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