I tore this Spectrum 4-6-0 apart today. It's the next one in line for a "corporate" paint job on the Lye, Stihl and Djheet Railway. Still have to dismantle the tender. A couple pins broke, but everything important came out of it's mounting hole. Even managed to pop all the glass out without a fracture. I'll post pics when this one is done.
Sid
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Hey Sid;
You going to do anything fancy to it?
Rich C.
Define "fancy". :D
Is this considered fancy? The paint job is going to be very close to these ones.
Sid
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What do you do about the broken pins? :-\
Quote from: jbrock27 on December 27, 2015, 02:17:52 PM
What do you do about the broken pins? :-\
First I clean the broken pin out of the hole with a small bit in a pin vise. Then I drill a .015" hole in the part and mount a short piece of wire with CA. That becomes my new pin. Everything glues back together easily after that.
But like I said...minor problems. The two pins that did break are pretty much insignificant and hold the whistle and a lower stanchion in place. Simple quick repairs.
Sid
Ahh, so the "pins" are not part of the drive line parts.
Thanks for getting back to me. :)
Sid;
I like what you are doing. That is a great paint scheme. What I meant was are you going to do any rebuilding or stuff like that?
Rich C.
Looks like you're on the home stretch. Can't wait to see the end product, before and after weathering.
Ken
One question, Sid;
Is that a 2-6-6-2 Mantua mallet behind the closest locomotive? They all look good-very good. I also have one of those, and it always reminded me of something John Allen would run on the G&D. All very good workmanship!
RIch C.
Thanks Rich...yes that is a Mantua model. It is now equipped with MRC sound.....runs like a champ. All I added was some glazing to the windows.
Sid
Nice work buddy.
And thanks again for the reefer. :)
Happy New Year.
Roger T.
Hopefully, it will mellow you out some.
Jim; I do not think Roger was talking about pot.
Sid; yep, they do run really well. I put a Tsunami in mine. I just like the way it looks. I have two Bachmann 2-6-6-2s as well, and both of them run very well. I have kept all three pretty well "un-ravaged" by my 'fine artistic hand'...
Rich
Quote from: jbrock27 on December 29, 2015, 08:24:40 AM
Hopefully, it will mellow you out some.
I'm as mellow as I need to be. :)
Happy New Year.
Roger T.
Wayne........
I tear it apart as far as I do because I find I can't paint in behind all the areas I need to if I don't remove the details. Painting the tops of the running boards green, on this model, would be difficult without their removal. The steam piping was trapped between the running boards and boiler as well....much better looking if I remove them and paint all the piping and valves separately.
Sid
Sid.
How easy were the dome and sandbox to remove from the 4-6-0s?
I have a few of them and want to modernize them. Removing those 'wedding cake' domes would be a step in the right direction.
Happy New Year.
Roger T.
One screw per dome Roger.....accessible once the shell is slid off the chassis.
Sid
Quote from: WoundedBear on December 30, 2015, 02:47:54 PM
One screw per dome Roger.....accessible once the shell is slid off the chassis.
Sid
Excellent Sid.
Before I started stripping the bodies, I just wanted to make sure they weren't glued or cast on, like some Bachmann domes.
That'll make the kitbash way easier.
All I have to do next is find suitable piston valve cylinders to replace the slide valves.
Make them look more suitable for a 1958 class one road.
Happy New Year.
Roger T.
Quote from: doctorwayne on December 30, 2015, 06:11:06 PM
Quote from: WoundedBear on December 30, 2015, 01:14:12 PM
....I tear it apart as far as I do because I find I can't paint in behind all the areas I need to if I don't remove the details. Painting the tops of the running boards green, on this model, would be difficult without their removal. The steam piping was trapped between the running boards and boiler as well....much better looking if I remove them and paint all the piping and valves separately.
Okay, that explains it. ;D
Quote from: rogertra on December 30, 2015, 05:09:21 PM
....All I have to do next is find suitable piston valve cylinders to replace the slide valves.....
Roger, I modernised my Bachmann 10 Wheelers by replacing the boilers with cast metal ones from Varney/Bowser, then replacing the cast-on cabs of those with ones from Bachmann Consolidations.
However, to better represent superheated locomotives, I simply built-up the existing slide valves using pieces of styrene, then applied new front and rear profiles and wrappers cut from .010" sheet styrene. There's a little more info HERE (http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=7206)
Wayne
Wayne.
Thanks for the link. I'd seen your post but forgot to bookmark it, that has now been corrected.
Happy New Year.
Roger T.
Nice work Wayne. I never realized how much bigger the large driver version of the 10 wheeler is. All mine are the 52" version and the older appearance of them was one of the reasons I chose them for the layout.
Being new to model railroading, I think at times I chose HO too quickly. In hindsight, I think an 0n30 layout would have suited my vision better, but I am happy with the shortline look my layout has. I do appreciate the type of modelling you and Roger are doing, but I need a little more artistic license to be satisfied.
Before I ever did railroads, I was a top ranked automotive modeller on the east coast of the USA. Down there, I could shoot laquer all year round, and had no pilot lights to worry about blowin my azz up.....lol. When we moved back home here to Alberta, I still needed to get my model fix, so I thought I'd give railroads a spin. So far it's a blast, but at times I miss my automotive days. Here's a couple of my auto days favorites.
Sid
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