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Yes, and they're both progressing so quickly I feel like I'm watching a race!
No, I think it will be heavily weathered to hide some of the blemishes I can't remove entirely.
Both drivers of my little industrial diesel are missing part or all of a leg, for purely coincidental reasons of course, and nothing to do with the exposed belt /chain drive. This one is a failed print and the other was a broken action figure.
Aha! I thought you may have gone this way with it...ge_rik wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:15 am OK. So things are progressing, albeit slowly.
After looking closely at the photo of the prototype loco, it was apparent that the cab isn't central and so, I decided to move the cab on the HGLW loco back by around 15mm. This required a considerable amount of hacking with razor saw and Stanley knife. The bonnets were duly modified and printed out. These were attached, together with window frames and the model given a couple of coats of Halfords plastic filler primer. So far so good.
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I have to ask, but doesn't that gearing mean the front wheels are driving faster than the rear wheels?drewzero1 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:36 pmBoth drivers of my little industrial diesel are missing part or all of a leg, for purely coincidental reasons of course, and nothing to do with the exposed belt /chain drive. This one is a failed print and the other was a broken action figure.
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Shucks, I was hoping nobody'd notice that!
At the moment, yes, because the belt for the rear keeps slipping off the big pulley and is actually riding on the pulley's axle. Oddly enough it works fine for now. I've redesigned the drive pulley with a smaller diameter for both front and back belts and just waiting for more filament.
Another quirky loco. Trying to work out why the canopy extends over the cowlsHarris0169 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:46 am Aha! I thought you may have gone this way with it...
https://topstastic.blogspot.com/2023/05 ... s-for.html
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Like what you've done.
All the best
Andy
Andy, I have been trying to find out more about McEwan Pratt petrol locomotives for many years and failed miserably. Your link was greatly appreciated and I will now set about another scratch-build to pair with this one I made in 2017.....ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:06 pmAnother quirky loco. Trying to work out why the canopy extends over the cowlsHarris0169 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:46 am Aha! I thought you may have gone this way with it...
https://topstastic.blogspot.com/2023/05 ... s-for.html
[media]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/i ... 1/gdgd.jpg[/media]
Like what you've done.
All the best
Andy
Rik
McEwan Pratt went broke before WW1, so their records will be long gone. Baguley bought the remains from the receiver and used the name for a while before the first Baguley Co. went under in the '30s. It would seem 'Megaera' was unsold when McEwan Pratt were taken over. All their other locos were exported to the colonies, so presumably 'Megaera' was also intended for the tropics, hence the full length roof.Peter Butler wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:26 pm Andy, I have been trying to find out more about McEwan Pratt petrol locomotives for many years and failed miserably.
I never worked out what the canopies were for either.
What a fascinating book, Graeme. I must get a copy.GTB wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:28 pmMcEwan Pratt went broke before WW1, so their records will be long gone. Baguley bought the remains from the receiver and used the name for a while before the first Baguley Co. went under in the '30s. It would seem 'Megaera' was unsold when McEwan Pratt were taken over. All their other locos were exported to the colonies, so presumably 'Megaera' was also intended for the tropics, hence the full length roof.Peter Butler wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:26 pm Andy, I have been trying to find out more about McEwan Pratt petrol locomotives for many years and failed miserably.
I never worked out what the canopies were for either.
There's a potted history of McEwan Pratt and their locos in the book 'The British Internal Combustion Locomotive 1894-1940', Brian Webb, David & Charles, 1973. It's been out of print for well over 40 years, but copies are fairly easy to find, mine came from AbeBooks.
Early British IC locos were a strange collection of weird and wonderful contraptions, so that book might be a happy hunting ground of projects for you (and Phillipy).........
Regards,
Graeme
As it was built for the 'warmer clime' market, I assume it's to keep the mechanicals protected from the sun? Presumably that assisted with engine cooling.ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:06 pmAnother quirky loco. Trying to work out why the canopy extends over the cowlsHarris0169 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:46 am Aha! I thought you may have gone this way with it...
https://topstastic.blogspot.com/2023/05 ... s-for.html
[media]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/i ... 1/gdgd.jpg[/media]
Like what you've done.
All the best
Andy
Rik
