2-6-6-4 "Bulgar" Steam Locomotive by Dan Vadas - Modelik - 1:25 - CARD - FINISHED

[Dan Vadas]

On 1/4/2020 at 2:24 PM, Moab said:

At least there's only 1840 of them.

There's only 1840 rivets in these two assemblies. There are a LOT more in the boilers, cab, coal bunker etc  . Around 4,000 in the whole loco.

 

Thanks for the insights Cap'n Mac and Ken  .

 

I've discovered a new way to roll long pipes. I usually use a long piece of tubing to do the whole pipe in one go, but the tubing I have isn't the right inside diameter (missed out by about 0.3mm  ). So I cut a short piece of the slightly undersize brass tube, cut a slot in it lengthwise to open it up and cleaned it up with a fine diamond-coated file. Then I used a long piece of tubing to support the inside and used the outer one like a clamp to squeeze the card tube together while I glued about 15mm in one go. Once it dried sufficiently I slid the tubing along and repeated the process - it took about 10 minutes to do a 100mm pipe and it turned out perfectly  :

The ends of some pipes had bends in them :

Also flanges :

The water piping down the left side of the loco - the right side doesn't have any, instead there is a "balance pipe" between the two tanks that keep the left side one full :

I'm guessing this is the water pump ? It needs a little re-aligning which I can do when all the glue has dried :

Danny

[GrandpaPhil]

All I can say is that is amazing.

[popeye the sailor]

did you sort out that problem Danny?........plumbing looks good  

[vulcanbomber]

 Nice bit of pipework there!

[mtaylor]

Ingenious solution, Danny.  

[Kevin]

wonderful work Danny

 

[Dan Vadas]

On 1/8/2020 at 9:12 AM, popeye the sailor said:

did you sort out that problem Danny?........plumbing looks good  

Yes I did  . Thanks for the replies guys  .

 

Speaking of problems - I found a doozy. A long time ago, when I was building the front bogie, I made this drum-like piece which turns out to be part of the steering mechanism :

This is the only diagram of this part - nothing in further diagrams to show how it fits, so at the time I put it aside with the thought it may become more obvious later in the build. Unfortunately it should have been fitted much earlier before I'd fitted the main axles and wheels, as the front axle is supposed to go through the middle of it. How to fix the problem?

 

I approached the dilemma with the thought in mind of leaving it off altogether if I couldn't work out a solution. There was no way I could easily remove the axle as it was attached to the wheels with CA glue - impossible to remove without causing major damage to already fitted parts. In addition the crank and a few other parts would also have to come off.

 

I came up with the idea of splitting the drum in half and slipping it over the axle. If the idea didn't work then I'd have had to leave it off, but at least I wouldn't have damaged anything else. The sequence below shows how I did it. First pic is of the axle it had to fit around and the seemingly impossible place it was in :

Removing the two hexagonal ends was fairly easy, as I hadn't scraped off the clear coat. A single-edge razor blade did the trick :

After cleaning everything up the three pieces went on relatively easily :

All done  :

Danny

[mtaylor]

Well done. That is an excellent save.

[gjdale]

Great save Danny!

[popeye the sailor]

good you were able to repair the first problem.......and this one too   modeling is part assembly and solution solving........things can go batty in the blink of an eye.  instruction are partly to blame.......depending on how poorly they are illustrated.  good solving skills will handle the rest....it's good to see that yours are top notch   

[Javlin]

Most Excellent thus Far!! Kevin

[Dan Vadas]

The two "cow-catchers" are the last major things to fit to the loco before it's finished. Here are the pics of them :

The bars are all different angles and lengths, so I sorted them out and marked them before gluing them together :

The brake hose fittings :

All the front is now finished. Just a few rivets to re-glue and I can spray it with satin finish clear lacquer :

Now to build the tracks for the base.

 

Danny

[Kevin]

fantastic workmanship

[James H]

You have the patience of a saint and a set of unparalleled skills. 

 

Stunning work, sir!

[popeye the sailor]

awesomely done Danny   amazing skill too!

[mtaylor]

The only thing I can say, Danny is with that last set of photos, I had to remind myself that I'm looking at a model.  

[amateur]

Stunning.....

Jan

[Moab]

Danny; I haven’t had the pleasure of following you for too long. Is this among the most complex model you’ve built...Moab

[Osmosis]

Simply Amazing!

[Dan Vadas]

Hi all, and thanks to all the guys who commented and Liked this build. Now that it's finished I guess I'd better post the final pics - I'd forgotten about them  :

 

 

Danny

[Dan Vadas]

I've made the rails on which the whole train will be mounted. I used some ballast and "grass" from Woodland Scenics. The rest is two add-on laser cut paper kits from Modelik, very detailed and complete with plates and bolts :

Danny

[druxey]

Brilliant, Dan. Now all you need is oil stains along the road bed!

[popeye the sailor]

that is insanely gorgeous!  the train is one thing Dan.......but the tracks!   so.......your not totally done........but you can see the light at the end of the tunnel!      

[Canute]

Beautiful job on the roadbed and rails. Superb detailing.

[vulcanbomber]

Awesome, magnificent, amazing, stunning, astounding, spectacular, impressive, fantastic, remarkable.....

 

.... or maybe I should just say - WOW!!!!!

 

Can't wait to see her on mounted on the rails.

[amateur]

At first I thought you slightly misaligned the rivets on the tender.

so I checkedthe internet.

Should have known: not Danny's idea, but misaligned by the original builders

The model is as impressive as the original.

I  think you could stage the model insuch a way, that it will be difficult to see the differencebetween model and original: Low point of view, nice background.

 

Jan

[michael mott]

Hi Danny I really don't know what to say, that hasn't already been said. looking at what you have achieved with such precision with the humble card is inspirational.

 

Michael

[the learner]

What a lovely little build! Have always loved train rolling stock but have not touched any type of trains since my teens, how ever I did put togather an N gauge layout for my father-in-law about 10 years ago. Really enjoyed doing it. Never thought about paper models, so this was an interesting build for or me.

[amateur]

Wouldn't call this 'little build': in cardterms this thing is really huge

 

Jan

[Bob Cleek]

Beautiful!