Retro Herbie Posted April 27, 2012 Posted April 27, 2012 About six years ago myself and a mate were having a coversation about how difficult it would be to build a big 071/111 loco, one big enough to pull passengers. After plenty of discussion we decided on one about 9ft long, electric powered, four motors, lights, airhorns, air brakes with brakes also charging the batteries when they are applied - oh and fitted with a fully functioning sound card. We reckoned as time allow we'd build two, one would be 111 in 1980s livery and 112 in current livery. Heres a few pics of the build process, everything was built from scratch, 111s windows were all hand cut and filed but it was such a hideous task we laser cut 112s Quote
Retro Herbie Posted April 27, 2012 Author Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) 111 was finished and kitted out, two passenger coaches with seating for a total of 12 people were also built. With the experience on 111 we made a few changes for 112 and she was built with detail in mind. Buying the shop has taken over every spare second of free time and 112 is currently still in the workshop as she has been for the last 4years. All that needs to be finished on her is some minor body detailing, finish building the bogies and then wire her. Hopefully ill find a bit of spare time in the next year or so to get her complete and out beside 111. Edited April 27, 2012 by Retro Herbie Quote
heirflick Posted April 27, 2012 Posted April 27, 2012 fantastic job there retro-now thats what i call a project! Quote
Retro Herbie Posted April 27, 2012 Author Posted April 27, 2012 Heres a very short video of here running, bit hard to hear the sound, ill get a better one filmed when the weather improves Quote
BosKonay Posted April 27, 2012 Posted April 27, 2012 Sounds like the real thing!!!! What was the plan for her? A rather LARGE garden railway ? Quote
Retro Herbie Posted April 27, 2012 Author Posted April 27, 2012 She and her two coaches currently reside at Belfast and County Down Miniature Railway oh and she shares the shed with two NIR hunslets Quote
irishtrains2730 Posted April 27, 2012 Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) holy **** batman that's fantastic. often wondered what one would look like. Edited April 28, 2012 by Anthony Tone the language down please Quote
RedRich Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 Amazing feat of engineering Gareth. Truly stunning work well done man. Rich, Quote
heirflick Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 retro, is there any engine sound out there that might be similar to the huns? Quote
waffles Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Who says the art of model building is dead , which is more fun designing and building it or running it. what a wonderful thing to be able to do. I wish i had that much skill. Quote
Retro Herbie Posted May 1, 2012 Author Posted May 1, 2012 Cheers lads, very enjoyable to build. We've talked about doing an 80class 3car but wether time ever allows the plan to come to fruition is another mater! Seamus, class 20 sound is pretty much spot on for a hunslet Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 Gareth your MAD and welcome to the club, very ambitious and nice end result its a pleasure to see some one take on something like this from an engineering perspective and succeed with a very pleasing end result. Quote
Noel Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 This site never ceases to amaze with it's hidden treasures. I only found this thread this afternoon. A giant scale 071/111 running outdoors. An awesome project. Quote
burnthebox Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Like Noel I never set eyes on this until today, & what a sight, totally drop dead magic, the sound is I think spot on, & please do keep the pics & video's coming, Quote
Blaine Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Doubt whether you will hear much of this again sadly - and why pull a 3 year old thread from its slumber........... Quote
Noel Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Doubt whether you will hear much of this again sadly - and why pull a 3 year old thread from its slumber........... Apologies Blaine. I'm relatively new to this forum myself having joined only last autumn, but keep stumbling across some very interesting material on here, some of which may also be of interest to other newbies. Quote
irishthump Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Apologies Blaine. I'm relatively new to this forum myself having joined only last autumn, but keep stumbling across some very interesting material on here, some of which may also be of interest to other newbies. I'm here a good while and never saw this thread... Glad you shared it to be honest! Quote
GSR 800 Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Im also glad you brought this up . Amazing looking machine Quote
burnthebox Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 I didn't know there were restrictions ! on reviewing / looking back over items / posts posted on this site at an earlier date & time, Quote
BosKonay Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 There are none. The forum is both an ongoing conversation and an archive to be enjoyed. Quote
burnthebox Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Amen to that BosKonay, that's just what I was thinking, Quote
Weshty Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 It's always a delight to see some of the older items brought back up, and especially with the fresh delight of our newbies. I'd forgotten about that monster 071. Can you imagine what it would be like if super detailed?? Vac pipes, internal cab detail, etc. Wowza! Quote
skinner75 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Great job on it alright! Now imagine a pair of 121s back to back in that scale... drool!! Who knows, when I have my workshop built up, I may just get some steel sheet, and take a loan of my dads mig welder... Quote
josefstadt Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Doubt whether you will hear much of this again sadly .... Why so? Has the Belfast and County Down Miniature Railway ceased operations? If so, that would be a terrible shame as I'd love to have seen their GMs and Hunslets in action. Quote
Warbonnet Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Why so? Has the Belfast and County Down Miniature Railway ceased operations? If so' date=' that would be a terrible shame as I'd love to have seen their GMs and Hunslets in action.[/quote'] No, I believe the builder of this loco hasn't posted here in a long time and has withdrawn from social media. Quote
Dunluce Castle Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 The BCDMR is still going strong, although the 111 has been siting at the back of the engine shed for quite some time now, but the maroon Hunslet runs nearly every weekend. I don't know what happened to the blue Hunslet, I think it's in private ownership now. Quote
Liverbird81 Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Yes thank you also as I've been here 2years now and it's the first I've seen of it, and a joy it has been to see the project from start to finish can't wait to see 112/ 80 class and who really cares if we don't see them until 2018 it will be something to look forward to Quote
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