drobinson02199 Posted February 28 #1 Posted February 28 Taking a break from ships to build this striking locomotive model from Occre. The Jupiter represented the Central Pacific Railroad at the "Golden Spike" ceremony at Promontory Summit when the two parts of the US Transcontinental Railroad were linked in 1869. Here's my "what's in the box" post, starting with an overview of box contents: laser cut wood sheets, photo etched sheets, and metal parts. I have also added two pictures that show the instructions logic. Other than a page of overview comments on building approaches, there aren't any step-by-step written instructions. Instead, there's a page that shows how to label the laser cut parts, and then a set of pages that show assembly in pictoral form. So this isn't a kit for beginners. I'll label all the parts on a sheet the first time I need to access that sheet. Regards, David GrandpaPhil, Landlubber Mike, Egilman and 9 others 12 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 3 Author #2 Posted March 3 Here's the first assembly done. I've included a picture of the instructions page that covers this assembly, plus a couple of views of the finished product. It uses metal, a thick black plastic, and wood. All of the parts are extremely sturdy and heavyweight. Thanks, David king derelict, eatcrow2, wvdhee and 10 others 13 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 4 Author #3 Posted March 4 Greetings from the learning curve. After I posted the above pic as "completed assembly", I looked again at the instructions, correlated two different sheets together, brushed up on my sign language, and realized that I was missing a few final parts, but more significantly, needed to paint the whole thing black. I think I have maybe finally decoded the instructions logic and symbology. Fortunately, before doing that I realized that there are two bolts imbedded in the assembly that needed to be taped over so they wouldn't get clogged. Nothing in the instructions about that. You can see that in the first picture after I removed the tape. I then hand-retouched those areas plus some others the spray missed. Painted assembly also included below. Regards, David gsdpic, GrandpaPhil, Canute and 8 others 11 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 5 Author #4 Posted March 5 Here's a small assembly finished, and mounted in the chassis. Regards, David Canute, GrandpaPhil, eatcrow2 and 6 others 9 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 7 Author #5 Posted March 7 Started on the main driver wheels. These are cast metal, and need to be hand-painted. Here's a before and after. Regards, David Charter33, Canute, yvesvidal and 8 others 11 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 7 Author #6 Posted March 7 Mounting the main driver wheels: the front and rear wheels on each side have to be aligned in terms of rotation, and the wheels on the opposite side are offset 90 degrees. So even though it's not called for yet, I used the linking rods temporarily to align one side, then attach the third wheel offset 90 degrees, and then the fourth aligned with it. It all works when you rotate the wheels, although the last thing I'll want this model to do is roll freely once it's finished. Regards, David Ryland Craze, mtaylor, Jack12477 and 8 others 11 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 8 Author #7 Posted March 8 Pistons and some other fittings assembled and installed. Regards, David thibaultron, GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 11 Author #8 Posted March 11 Built and mounted the cowcatcher; stars on the wheel hubs. You may see that the top frame of the cowcatcher is a lighter blue than the rest. That's because I used a spray, but needed to touch up the top surface and my brush blue is a bit lighter. It's a bit more noticeable in person. I've decided that it's actually OK, because there will be blue items on the engine that I will brush paint, so this provides a transition to those. Regards, David Jack12477, yvesvidal, gsdpic and 7 others 10 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 12 Author #9 Posted March 12 Added the pistons and drive rods. Regards, David Egilman, thibaultron, hof00 and 10 others 13 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 14 Author #10 Posted March 14 The front trucks are assembled and mounted to the main chassis. And they swivel! Regards, David Jack12477, thibaultron, GrandpaPhil and 8 others 11 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 15 Author #11 Posted March 15 Here are the frames for the boiler assembly. I messed up the one on the right -- dry-fitted everything and then when I took it apart and went to glue it got careless and swapped some piece positions. Fortunately, the damage is recoverable -- I just lose some alignment tabs which I don't absolutely need. But bonehead move. Regards, David Old Collingwood, Canute, Jack12477 and 5 others 8 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted March 15 Author #12 Posted March 15 I've put the metal sheeting on the rear boiler section. I wasn't getting any adhesion with super glue at first, even with the laser burns sanded down, but then I took my rotary tool and sanding drum and roughed up the inside surface of the metal, and that did the trick. Adheres quickly. Regards, David thibaultron, GrandpaPhil, yvesvidal and 6 others 9 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
Consitution Posted March 16 #13 Posted March 16 Fantastic build log this a model I would like to build based on your excellent log Gerry Jack12477, Old Collingwood, thibaultron and 2 others 5
drobinson02199 Posted March 17 Author #14 Posted March 17 The boiler is assembled, painted and dry-fitted to the chassis (it's permanently installed later on). Here's what I learned the hard way with the boiler. I assembled it and spray painted it black. But when I went to install the brass bands, I found that it was almost impossible to avoid messing up the paintwork. So what you see is spray painted, bands installed, and then the entire thing hand-painted. I think that's the only way to do it. I found that I had to really twist the brass bands tight and take ALL of the spring out of them relative to the boiler circumference. If there is any spring, it will pull off the spray painted layer. Then you have to go in with a file, rough up that part of the metal shell, and re-glue. Even with the later bands with all of the spring removed, the gluing process still leads to marring of the boiler finish. I still recommend spray apinting the boiler first, as it creates an adhesion surface and leads to a nice hand-painted job. Regards, David yvesvidal, realworkingsailor, mtaylor and 11 others 14 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
Canute Posted March 18 #15 Posted March 18 How did you create the Russia blue iron on the boiler? Many a steam engine builder has tried, but you seem to hit that nail square on the head. thibaultron, mtaylor, Egilman and 1 other 4 Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
drobinson02199 Posted March 18 Author #16 Posted March 18 Canute: I think it's just lighting. I used flash on the front view. All of the boiler paint is just flat black. Regards, David mtaylor, Jack12477, thibaultron and 3 others 5 1 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted Thursday at 02:37 PM Author #17 Posted Thursday at 02:37 PM Working on the engineer's cab: The decals don't overlap precisely, so I painted all the edges of the cab with blue, where they don't overlap or where they come up to window openings. The pics show the cab after the blue paint but before decals, windows and trim, and then after all that. There is an anomaly in the instructions. The diagrams call for planking the sides of the cab with the same planking you see on the floor, then painting that and then applying decals. But the decals referenced in the build diagrams cover much less than the ones in the kit, and the color pictures show the larger decals applied to the walls without planking. So I skipped the wall planking. Regards, David thibaultron, Egilman, GrandpaPhil and 7 others 10 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted Friday at 11:25 PM Author #18 Posted Friday at 11:25 PM Nice boiler and engine control detail on the inside of the cab. The perspective for one of the parts is off in the drawings, so you have to hand fit some things. Regards, David Old Collingwood, mtaylor, thibaultron and 9 others 12 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
drobinson02199 Posted Sunday at 12:41 PM Author #19 Posted Sunday at 12:41 PM Engineer's cab with removable roof. Regards, David Canute, thibaultron, mtaylor and 5 others 8 David Robinson Boston, MA area Completed: Constructo J.S. Elcano, Artesinia Latina Sanson, Dumas Mt. Washington, Bluejacket Nantucket, Amati Revenge, Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi, Amati Grand Banks Heritage 46, Amati HMS Fly, Amati Titanic, Dumas Chris Craft Commuter, Mantua Cutty Sark, Mantua Bruma, Kolderstok Batavia, Vanguard Models HM Cutter Alert, Caldercraft HMS Victory, Dumas USCG Fast Response Cutter, Amati Bismarck Currently Building: Occre Jupiter Locomotive
Consitution Posted Sunday at 01:41 PM #20 Posted Sunday at 01:41 PM Your build log is amazing I have built a Occre train in the past The Jupiter is one I certainly will do best regards gerry Canute, thibaultron, mtaylor and 6 others 9
Landlubber Mike Posted Monday at 11:39 PM #21 Posted Monday at 11:39 PM Just caught up with your log David. Looks like a fun kit! Nice start! drobinson02199, thibaultron, Egilman and 2 others 5 Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe CLC Annapolis Wherry Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
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