Dane's Workbench

[Tullygrainey]

Looking forward to watching this develop. I've hacked a fair few of those Hornby 0-4-0s but probably not quite as extensively as you're planning. A  few suggestions for parts:

 

Buffers: Alan Gibson (workshop) : Part No 4908 Early GWR Dean buffers. I've found these a good match for some Irish locos.

http://www.alangibsonworkshop.com/

 

Hooks: Brassmasters etched hooks and chain

https://www.brassmasters.co.uk/3-link_couplings.htm

 

Smokebox door wheels : Wizard Models MT260

https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/shop/buildings/mt260/

Gearboxes

You'd do no better than something from the High Level range but I suspect the difficulty would be fitting one of these into the Hornby chassis

https://www.highlevelkits.co.uk/gearboxes

 

I've also used Hornby outside cylinder spares from Peter's Spares to sort the lack of crossheads on the Hornby 0-4-0 chassis

https://www.petersspares.com/p/hornby-x8834w-class-28xx-2-8-0-loco-valve-gear-set-weathered

 

Alan

[David Holman]

Sounds like a great project Dane - and if it essentially freelance, so what? Looks like it is more about the journey than the destination and what a fine way to have some fun & gain experience. 

 I did much the same thing in 0n16.5 a few years ago and it was really worthwhile in terms of how my skills developed.

Edited Monday at 16:19 by David Holman

[meathdane]

2 hours ago, Tullygrainey said:

Looking forward to watching this develop. I've hacked a fair few of those Hornby 0-4-0s but probably not quite as extensively as you're planning. A  few suggestions for parts:

 

Buffers: Alan Gibson (workshop) : Part No 4908 Early GWR Dean buffers. I've found these a good match for some Irish locos.

http://www.alangibsonworkshop.com/

 

Hooks: Brassmasters etched hooks and chain

https://www.brassmasters.co.uk/3-link_couplings.htm

 

Smokebox door wheels : Wizard Models MT260

https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/shop/buildings/mt260/

Gearboxes

You'd do no better than something from the High Level range but I suspect the difficulty would be fitting one of these into the Hornby chassis

https://www.highlevelkits.co.uk/gearboxes

 

I've also used Hornby outside cylinder spares from Peter's Spares to sort the lack of crossheads on the Hornby 0-4-0 chassis

https://www.petersspares.com/p/hornby-x8834w-class-28xx-2-8-0-loco-valve-gear-set-weathered

 

Alan

Thanks Alan, 

It is ambitious alright, but if I'm gonna try, I'm gonna really try! We'll see how this all goes, it could very well End up going wonky. If it ends up being half of the quality you put out, I'd be a very pleased man! 

Thank you for those links, exactly the kind of parts I reckon I'm going to need for this project. Though lamp irons are oddly awkward to come by. Most recommended etch is OOP from Markits, the owner of which passed away last month sadly, everything else seems to be coming up either 0 guage or wagon ones! 

59 minutes ago, David Holman said:

Sounds like a great project Dane - and if it essentially freelance, so what? Looks like it is more about the journey than the destination and what a fine way to have some fun & gain experience. 

 I did much the same thing in 0n16.5 a few years ago and it was really worthwhile in terms of how my skills developed.

Thanks David! 

 

Hopefully it'll come along, should be a fun little piece to try and learn! Gives me a good basis of wiring, quartering, light kitbashing, and getting a chassis running, plus expanding my toolkit! 

[Patrick Davey]

Also looking forward to watching this one develop!