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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
Major slackness on my part, as far as updating this log goes and not in the amount I've accomplished. Sorry about that, I hope the following couple of posts make up for that .
The front bogie, which only has a pair of wheels attached. Not a lot of pics unfortunately, but the last one shows the completed unit ready for fitting to the main frame (when I finish that) :
More in the next post, 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
I think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
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
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from thibaultron in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Major slackness on my part, as far as updating this log goes and not in the amount I've accomplished. Sorry about that, I hope the following couple of posts make up for that .
The front bogie, which only has a pair of wheels attached. Not a lot of pics unfortunately, but the last one shows the completed unit ready for fitting to the main frame (when I finish that) :
More in the next post, Danny.
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from FriedClams in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from FriedClams in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
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
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
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
This assembly is the smoke box. A lot of laminating was needed, no doubt the laser-cut sheets (which are still in transit) would have had the middle supports included but I forged ahead with several layers of card. This assembly therefore took me three days to make, I'm quite happy with the results :
A bevel needed to be cut for the "roof" section :
The "roof" didn't fit very well - it was too short in one direction and too long in the other according to the glue markings despite the accuracy of the rest of the box. Apparently it's a problem with the kit design, as another builder (Stephan) found the same thing with his. I'd read his build log where he pointed out the mistake, so I was extra careful to align the box in case he hadn't, but came up with the same error. Hopefully there aren't too many more errors down the track, this one was quite easy to fix.
I used the black laser-cut bolt heads this time instead of cutting my own :
The tabs on the sides will be covered by the main frames later on. The two that extend out are used to align the box with the inside of the frames.
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to vulcanbomber in HMS Pegasus by vulcanbomber - Amati/Victory Models - 1/64
Thanks for looking in John and B.E.
My wood strips arrived yesterday. (Well, they actually arrived a couple of days earlier, but whoever took them in forgot to tell me!!). I chose Maple, Pear, and Cherry.
Maple is top, Pear is middle and Cherry bottom.
I cut a 3mm strip of Maple in half down the length and then cut it into strips for the 'ribs'.
After boiling them in a saucepan to make them pliable, I bent them over the plug and held the ends down with rubber bands and left overnight for them to dry and set into shape. I also used some clothes pegs held down with rubber bands (not shown) at the stern to get the reverse curve shape.
This is the result after completely dry and with the pegs removed
Next I put a piece of cling film over the top part of the plug to stop anything sticking to it, leaving the bottom part free of cling film to stick the long ends of the ribs to to hold them in position while it is planked.
I then left it to set overnight. Next day I made a cardboard template of the keel, getting a good fit before cutting a keel out of a some walnut from the parts sheet of Pegasus (actually the edge of cannon carriages sheet where it was just big enough!)
Now keel is glued into place
So, this is where I am at now. Next step: the hull planking.
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Dan Vadas reacted to mtaylor in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Stunning work, Danny. I can't imagine trying to put all those small fiddly parts together.
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from reklein in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from thibaultron in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
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
Major slackness on my part, as far as updating this log goes and not in the amount I've accomplished. Sorry about that, I hope the following couple of posts make up for that .
The front bogie, which only has a pair of wheels attached. Not a lot of pics unfortunately, but the last one shows the completed unit ready for fitting to the main frame (when I finish that) :
More in the next post, 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
I think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
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
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to popeye the sailor in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
the boogie looks awesome Danny........very detailed and nicely done! I saw the holes in the outer wheel parts and right away, I thought alignment ( I've got 'em in one one of my projects too). the main boogie for the drive wheels is going to be immense. great job so far
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Dan Vadas reacted to pontiachedmark in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
Gidday Danny.
Good to see another fantastic model underway.
( I agree with the comments re International shipping costs, It is hard when the Ozzie Dollar is in the toilet).
I wish you all the best in your endeavours.
Mark.
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from thibaultron in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
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
I think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
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
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
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 think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Canute in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
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
Major slackness on my part, as far as updating this log goes and not in the amount I've accomplished. Sorry about that, I hope the following couple of posts make up for that .
The front bogie, which only has a pair of wheels attached. Not a lot of pics unfortunately, but the last one shows the completed unit ready for fitting to the main frame (when I finish that) :
More in the next post, Danny.
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from lmagna in 2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED
I think I've worked out why it's taken Stephan a couple of years to get a little bit past this stage - the wheels . One wheel took me 12 hours to make - 17 more to go. At this stage I'm only making one large and one small wheel, as I need to check a few measurements before continuing on with the brake assemblies, and my laser-cut frames and wheels are still on the way from Poland.
The parts for one of the driving wheels. Nearly every part needed to be laminated to 1mm thick card. I'd ordered 10 sheets of 0.5mm and 10 of 1mm card from GPM two weeks ago, it arrived yesterday (pretty good for them). This card is MUCH easier to cut than the far denser card I'd bought from Officeworks :
One wheel finished :
You may notice that I'd scraped the gluing surface of one of the red discs. Most of the red parts have a coating on them, probably clear lacquer, which doesn't glue very well.
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
The rear bogie is much more complex. There's about a week of work involved in this. Once again a lot of rivets. I used the laser-cut ones for this, as cutting about 200 1mm diameter rivets was not an option. I pre-painted them before cutting them off the sheet. They were supplied in black, a thin coat of grey spray primer was applied first followed by artist's acrylics vermillion straight from the tube which was a very good match :
Aligning each part was critical to the outcome. I used 2mm and 3mm tubing wherever I could to ensure that :
The parts for the brake/suspension assembly frames :
Fitting the brake/suspension frames to the main bogie frame :
The completed rear bogie :
Danny
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