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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from yvesvidal in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from yvesvidal in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to michael mott in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hi Danny, very nice and yes the intricacy of your model is amazing. It might be possible with a bit of trickery to make the model work on air. A better option that firing her up!
Michael
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Dan Vadas reacted to druxey in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Dan; you wrote: "It's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these." I hope you did not test the boiler to destruction! Nice work on those compound curves.
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Dan Vadas reacted to Edwardkenway in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Amazing work Danny.
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Blue Pilot in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Moab in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Captain Slog in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Moab in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Papa in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Welcome to my build Gary. Paper modelling has it's own challenges, the solutions to some of which I've been fortunate to pick up from other MSW members and others from European Paper modellers. The medium is huge over there, probably as big as wood or plastic modelling .
In the words of Bachmann Turner Overdrive - "You ain't seen nuthin' yet" .
The crank pins are dealt with in similar fashion to the axles, using 2.0mm brass tubing and 1.6mm styrene rod which I heated with a small soldering iron to mushroom the end. It was then cleaned up and filed as flat as possible with a diamond-coated needle file :
Once the axles were all installed I made some "hubcaps" from scrap paper. In my opinion they look better than the bare axle, which is actually the "correct" way on the original :
The crank pins are also covered, I punched out some 0.5mm paper and glued them to the back of the printed parts to give them enough clearance :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Captain Slog in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from coxswain in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from coxswain in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Getting the crank mechanisms to actually work took some thought, as the kit makes no provision for this - it's simply all glued together.
I made every joint moveable (too many actually - the valve control mechanism is separate from the drive cranks and didn't really need doing) by punching and pinning every one. Most joints are held together with paper "nuts" which are the only parts of the joints that are glued. Here is the slide for the upper shaft which also needs to pivot :
Some close-ups of all the right-hand side crank mechanisms :
With everything now in place the crank movement has really improved. It will get close to perfect once the drive wheels actually touch down - at the moment they are in mid-air as they don't have a flange like the other wheels.
I've started making the boilers. More progress updates will follow as I have something to show.
Cheers, Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Thank you all for the Likes and comments. These are one thing that is keeping me going with this build - another is that I'm thoroughly enjoying it .
The two compressed air tanks. The ends are slightly domed. I cut some scrap paper roughly to shape to prevent any crushing later. The skin is only glued along it's edge :
I've fitted all the main wheels and finished the brake mechanism for them. The brake shoes needed a little sanding to bed them in properly :
To hold the wheels into the tube axles I mushroomed the ends of some tight fitting styrene rod with a small soldering iron and filed them as flat as possible :
The drive axle needs to be a solid fit as the two wheels have to turn in synchronisation. The crank pins are offset by 90 degrees from each other so that one wheel is vertical while the other is horizontal. This keeps the drive going without any stopping. To make sure they don't slip on the axle I made a keyway for each and also used CA glue to hold them to the axle :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I've fitted the axles to the frame. At this stage they are all a tight fit except the Driving wheel one which can turn freely. The wheels will be glued to this axle so that both sides will turn together, and the others will freewheel on the axles - at least that's the plan so far, we'll see how things work out :
I've also fitted the crank pins to the wheels and filed out the centres with a small diamond-coated round file. These things work really well on paper :
I'm leaving the wheels aside for the time being - I've ordered some 2.5mm styrene rod which I'll use to "rivet" the wheels to the axles. Meanwhile I fitted all the brake suspension using the springs I made earlier. I had a drama with the swing-arm brackets, the clear coating on all of them let go when I started working on them so they needed a re-do which consisted of scraping off the coating and re-gluing them - much better :
The springs and swing-arms fitted :
Finally for this stage I made up the two main cranks :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Now I fitted the crank pins to all the larger wheels. I've glued them in with PVA, so I cut a groove in the pin with a Xacto knife. This stops the brass pin from slipping :
I fitted the six axles. They are all a nice tight "push-in" fit and shouldn't move again. However I filed out the hole for the Driving wheel axle so it COULD turn - once the cranks are installed both sides will then turn in unison :
Now it's on to the main brakes, quite a big job. Here are the parts for one of the 12 brake shoes. I've glued the inner pads on, but I may have to remove them again later (easily done with a single-edge razor blade) if there isn't enough clearance to the wheel flange. I had to do this on the bogie's brakes, and Stephan also found out that it was necessary on his model. We'll see :
I used a 1mm wire to keep everything aligned while gluing the pieces together :
All done. The contact surfaces will be cleaned up as I fit each assembly, they will need to be sanded to get clearance to the wheel rim :
On to the brake control arms. All the parts are prepared ready for fitting together :
Once again a simple jig made accurate assembly easier :
That's it for now. I'll move on to fitting the brake assemblies to the main frame next.
Cheers, Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from egkb in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Next job was the two boilers. It only took me a day and a half to make them both, and the finished result was really good - some of the best pieces I've ever made .
Once again I added extra card strips to prevent any crushing - it's a lot easier to crush a beer can barehanded than to do the same to these :
Once the frames were finished I rolled and glued the skins. These were then slipped over the frames from one end and glued to them :
The front of the boiler has a domed end. I sanded the shape into some extra card pieces before skinning it :
I just had to take a couple of pics of my overall progress. The boilers and firebox are only sitting in place, it's a lot easier to add all the extras to them in smaller units :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from egkb in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Hopefully I can remember how to take one on my old camera - it's been about 10 years since I last did .
The firebox. There were laser-cut support frames for this and the boilers. I added some extra 10mm wide strips that just touch inside the sides to prevent any crushing, and also to stabilise the whole unit :
The cabin end has a rolled edge. I filled in the rounded part to give me something to work to :
Filling in that edge really helped a lot to make a nice even roll without any "wobbles". The lighting makes it look a bit uneven in the pics - in reality it's turned out close to perfect . I glued each tab one at a time to give me time to push it into place properly :
The slots between four of the tabs wasn't drawn correctly, and I finished up with gaps in them when I glued it up. I filled the gaps with some scrap paper. They are nearly impossible to pick with the naked eye :
The skin was a beautiful fit, no adjustment necessary :
The ash box was a rather fiddly thing to glue up, but I'm more than happy with the result :
I glued some tapered card around the inside of the edges to stop any bowing while gluing the ash box to the fire box :
The result was pretty good :
Danny
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