An other one

[Kirley]

The latest project, doesn't it look strange without the bogie covers.

 

 

[murrayec]

Hi Kirley

 

Oh that's nice,

 

though we cant be leaving her in that orange miniskirt and nought covering up her legs!! better get back to those patterns I think....

 

Eoin

[Kirley]

After the page after page on this forum about getting the correct chassis with the protypical wheel spacing for an A Class I was sure that someone of you eagle eyes readers would have spotted my latest project.

 

The chassis came in kit form from Australia and I outsourced the building of it to a friend who did his usual superb job.

 

[Weshty]

So this is the little cutie you were talking about at Cultra. Very fine piece of engineering there Kirley!

[Horsetan]

Looks like Hollywood Foundry's product.

[Mike 84C]

Hidden in full sight! a very nice piece of engineering. My Hornby chassis now looks a bit naff!

[Kirley]

 

though we cant be leaving her in that orange miniskirt and nought covering up her legs!! better get back to those patterns I think....

 

Eoin

 

looking forward to your 'correct' bogie sides Eoin. In the meantime I added some temporary sides.

 

This ebay Q Kit purchase started like this

 

 

and ended thus.

 

 

 

[krose]

Excellent work Kirley, shes a beauty.

The phrase 'a silk purse out of a sow's ear' comes to mind.

[Mayner]

The old Q Kits Metrovicks were a real diamond in the rough, but got the basics correct and could be built into a convincing model. The less said about the whitemetal version of the A the better.

 

Kieran does your loco have brass gears or rubber band final drive? I found the Bull Ant with the brass gears extremely noisey and ordered on with rubber band drive for comparison but never got round to using it.

[Kirley]

 

Kieran does your loco have brass gears or rubber band final drive? I found the Bull Ant with the brass gears extremely noisey and ordered on with rubber band drive for comparison but never got round to using it.

 

John, double rubber bands, see picture of chassis at #3 above

[DiveController]

Lovely job, Kieran. Looks very well with the lower tan band too

[jhb171achill]

That's a beautiful model. Good to see the lettering done as accurately as possible on that scale; many a good model, well painted, has its overall appearance spoiled by lettering / numerals in the wrong font, or (often) way too big.

[David Holman]

Very odd without the bogie frames - didn't the Victorians put covers around piano legs to protect the innocent from the unsightly?

The chassis looks like it will run well and quietly with the band drive. Will look forward to seeing the finished product.