J-Mo Arts

Hi Ken, thanks for the offer of help. I print using a resin printer. I've since thrown away the print however it was wonky in places and the inside of the tank was too short to allow all of the chassis to fit. The wonkiness tells me to add more supports, and I could cut the needed thickness out of the tank with an extrusion. The model has, somewhere down the line, become over 5000 bodies, which really slows down my computer when I try and modify it. I could probably trace this back but trying to merge all the bodies into one froze my computer so I'm not sure if modifying that in the time line would have the same effect. I was probably overreacting as I was disappointed with it failing, but I'll get back to working on it in a few days. I have a lot of work to be getting on with this week, which will allow me to come back in a short while with a clear head. I've just emptied the last of my resin into the tank, so hopefully I have enough for another try at the loco anon, if not I'll be buying another bottle soon anyway. Thanks again

Well, the print failed again and didn't fit the chassis anyway, and I'm starting to wonder if I should give up on this loco as the CAD file is very difficult to modify after some glitches it's had. It'd probably be easier to make a new freelance side tank loco, which I'll probably design at some point. For now I'm probably going to work on my 009 layout as this whole adventure has demoralised me a bit, although I've been tempted by the Branchlines small Beyer Peacock, which I would make as a Ballymena and Larne loco. When funds allow such a purchase I will think a little more about that. If anyone has any 00n3 going spare/ that you'd consider selling, that needs a good home, I'd be very happy to take it off your hands!

It would take the fun out of a shunting puzzle, but for a bit of interesting operation at an exhibition, what if the wagon to be removed had these magnetic couplings inside the rake while the rest of the rake had 3-links, with the exception of the adjacent two 'translator' wagons? That way your wagon could be removed and shunted off, and the train reformed. Please excuse the crudity of my sketch. Red represents one 'hand' of your magnetic couplings and the D shape represents the other. This would give you a predetermined wagon to shunt, and might be a workable solution. You could push the train to the station, uncouple the brake van and end wagons, navigate the remaining wagons to the goods shed, drop off the magnetic-coupled wagon, then pick up the spare wagon from the loading dock and return to couple the train together in the platform. Probably not the most realistic operation (maybe excusable on a quiet day with a long gap between services) but perhaps one solution. Hope this helps

While the loco is printing, here are some screenshots of the motion I'm working on for it. The TT jinty chassis has screws on the middle wheelset meaning I can just unscrew them slightly and fit the rods on without much hassle. Thanks for reading

Photo-less update this time, I'm afraid. Rivets have been added to the other side and the hole for the chassis finished, so I'll be printing the loco soon. If it goes well I'll move onto some rolling stock, once I've sold some prints and acquired some funds!

Very nice to meet you David, and thanks for taking the time to chat today, the layout and stock are even better in person. Those are some lovely photos of yesterday too; Galteemore's Enniskillen looks well with her sister loco. Looking forward to seeing some 3ft gauge next exhibition!

I've begun to add rivets, although I'm not sure I like them. I'm sure it'll be different once she's printed and painted though.

Some more motivation means that the loco has been receiving some much-belated work. This angle is showing her more completed side; the backsheet needs some rivets, and I'm not sure if the fireman's side bunker is open on the outside of the cab. The driver's side houses the reverser so that needs adding to the other side. Then I need to add steps, a smokebox door, a whistle and finalise the hole in the bottom for the chassis. The end is in sight! Any C&C welcome and kindly requested. Thanks!

Current state of play with the loco

I love all the scenic detailing you've added to this layout, it really places the trains in the landscape. The station looks excellent, is it a scratch build or a 3d print?

This is looking really incredible, your scenery is brilliant!

It is indeed a Triang jinty!

The chassis for the 00n3 Ballycastle loco has arrived : I took the body off to have a look at the (rather simple) mechanism and unfortunately the bufferbeam and couplings are attached the the chassis. I don't really want to cut these off as the model is sort of 'vintage' and could be considered collectable by some, so I think I'll have to design around these constraints. The buffers themselves have come out though, which is a good thing. I'll design something to plug the holes.

Thank you very much for the kind praise! Mr Newman pushes his along by hand but I am intending to make a small track underneath mine. I am moving house (hopefully) before the end of the year and in that new house I'm hoping to make a big layout comprising of 00, 00n3, 009 and the monorail! Thanks again!

Here is the finished piece: Putting my Decauville alongside shows how dinky the monorail is. I think on my 2nd one I'll make it bigger, my excuse for the size of this one is that it's a demonstration/fair model. I'll also work on the wheels as this one unfortunately is too tight to run. The weatherboard is a bit too low, but I really like the loco and I'm definitely going to make some working stock for the system. Thanks for reading, any and all comments are welcome

My idea is to make essentially the same system as the Newman one that Galteemore has posted above with magnets in the stock and under the board. I've made a few amendments to the cab of the loco as the previous design was far too small:

And now for something completely different: A freelance Lartigue tank engine While I wait for the 00n3 chassis to arrive I figured I may as well do something!

Now I can't unsee that!

Just thinking, in this picture the loco looks fractionally wider than the carriage underframe and as tall as the carriage is, as you suggested. I'll probably add another few mm either side and see how it looks

I think for the sake of simplicity I will make my 00n3 couplings the same height regardless of prototype so that I can run my stock regardless of its heritage; I will probably only have a few Ballycastle pieces of stock and the rest CDR & LLSR. This is all a long way off though as I've only just bought the chassis for this first loco!

Thanks again Jhb, this is really kind of you!

Would anyone know the width of these machines,what the width of a similar prototype would be or the width of a 00n3 model so that I can get that right on the model?

Stupid me-it's all in that writeup you posted. Sorry!

Quick question- is 'Lady Boyd' of a different class to the one in the drawing and the other photo? It looks a fair bit shorter and maybe also a bit taller, but that may be a trick by the length.

Thank you very much for sharing this jhb! Much appreciated.