Atlantic's works: Portable layout - Scenic details next

[auldreekie]

Ouch!


auldreekie

[Atlantic 3279]

Didn't hurt a bit - though it nearly did when the Stanley knife slipped a bit and made a (thankfully bloodless) slice in the pad of one of my fingers.

A bit more is now done. The tender is built, exactly as per the kit, in fact most of the loco is done that way too. I know that there are certain discrepancies of detail between the Airfix kit and the real locos at various stages in their lives, plus some rather heavy or "near enough" reperesntation of a number of features, but this is supposed to be a quick, easy, relaxing, amusing job, and since "Cock o' the South" was never built who knows what features would or would ot be "correct". The body extension has been made up flush with the outer surface (car body filler filed and sanded smooth) and the gutters reinstated using plastic strip. I felt that the "Braille" livery guidelines on the sides of the loco and tender would look too odd to leave in place, especially as I want to apply Malachite green with three yellow bands rather than (spit) BR/GWR green with just two lining bands, but I still have more work to do in order to scrape/smooth them back to even, minimal witness lines without destroying rivet detail too. The current unevenness of the remains of these moulded lines doesn't show too badly in the pictures below, but it's a different story with the human eye in daylight!
I have some spare SEF A2 rods that will fit the new coupled wheelbase of this machine quite nicely.

Here's a glimpse of the chassis as cut and shut:

[Coronach]

Gresley; "Oliver, will you please stop putting that odd tobacco in your pipe, it's interfering with your work!"



Dave.

[jwealleans]

Are you sure those wheels are RP25?

[earlswood nob]

Afternoon all
I guess that the 2-8-2 was designed for the Boat Trains out of Dover up the long climb towards Ashford.

Earlswood Nob

[Atlantic 3279]

Are you sure those wheels are RP25?

That's what the man who sold me them said they were - you know him, that chap selling pies who I met on my way to the fair.

As I have no need to buy another of the Airfix kits for any other reason, and as this is at present only an un-powered display model, I'm going to cast a couple of copies of the flangeless wheels in resin so that the loco can be fully wheeled-up on both sides. It has even occurred to me that if I did want to make the loco run, I could buy a couple of six-sets of the cheap Hornby BFB wheels, jig some brass tubes and bearings into the chassis, stiffen the chassis up by filling its inner void(s) with casting resin and lead shot, add a motor/gearbox/pick-ups, put more weight in the ample boiler, and have another fantasy engine to play with. One thing at a time though......

[52D]

When is the Riddles rebuilt version coming.

[manna]

G'Day Gents

Interesting, with whats left over, will you be building a Bullied Atlantic 'Spamcan' !!!!!!!!!

manna

[Manxman1831]

Gresley; "Oliver, will you please stop putting that odd tobacco in your pipe, it's interfering with your work!"



Dave.

Could do with some of that stuff for work... it'd make the day fly by.

[Coboman]

I can put you intouch with....ooops..... shut up Jim!!!!!

[Atlantic 3279]

You certainly seem to know some interesting people Jim

[jukebox]

"Oliver? Edward here. I've got an idea for your big engine..."

[Atlantic 3279]

Not while I'm drinking my first cup of tea of the day, please. The screen will wipe clean but how do I get the spray droplets out of the keyboard?

[auldreekie]

Just don't drop your toast and marmalade face down on it - that may require a new keyboard...

I know. I've seen it happen.



auldreekie

[Bill Bedford]

Interesting, but I have a feeling that it was more likely to have looked look this…..