Kirley Posted February 4, 2013 Author Posted February 4, 2013 what did you use for the grills? Used Barl's suggestion of the ribbed edge of a CCD case. Quote
Kirley Posted February 5, 2013 Author Posted February 5, 2013 Cut out all the glazing except for the Cab side windows, a slow process especially the way I do it. Cut out one, leave it and when I come back cut out another one. When I fixed the white metal sides to the Hornby bogies I found the space between them was 26.7 mm. The fuel tank supplied was 25.7 mm so something had to go. As I did not want to touch the Hornby bogies I decided to take off about 2.5 mm of the white metal fuel tank. To ensure good traction I kept all the weights from the Hornby Chassis and had a hole drilled in the steel to give access to the bogie pivot and wires. Quote
ger711 Posted February 5, 2013 Posted February 5, 2013 Kirley, It's looking good, your working hard. To solve my problem with the tanks I used the one I removed from this chassis originally and cut it down to 22mm before boxing it off. I am going to fill it with Plaster before gluing it underneath to give me some weight. Just for information and nothing else, the prototype Fuel Tanks look to be about 6'6" or 25mm in our world, so Des had them spot on. Unfortunately the Class 55 bogies are longer than what we would require so taking up more space. Not to worry. I like your ladders on the bogies, I had to solder some together from Brass Wire as I had no plastic ones left. Another observation is that with all the weights you are using, will they not be visible through the windows? and also have you room for the Cab? Just my thoughts, keep the pics coming and good luck. Ger. Quote
Kirley Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 Another observation is that with all the weights you are using, will they not be visible through the windows? and also have you room for the Cab? Ger. Thanks Ger for your useful comments -keep them coming. I was hoping that through the dirty windows all you would see is a big dark lump like a Diesel Engine. As for the cab... it’s still on the etch but I could cut enough back (about 10 mm) of the plates to give me a floor base for the drivers seats. If that does not work then it’s back to the drawing board. Quote
Glenderg Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Lads, please keep the commentary coming. I'm working on one also for a Client, but have yet to receive the Class 55 chassis & motor, so it's great to be able to see the potential solutions before I get stuck into that side of things. Richie. Quote
ttc0169 Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Great work Kieran, Ger and Eamonn, I'm watching this project with interest as I received my Sulzer kit off Des and the Deltic chassis off Seamus G over the last few days and can't wait to make a start on it, Keep up the good work lads. Quote
enniscorthyman Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks for the updates,as I may get back to my 101 after a week of no time to do anything.Great tip there. Quote
Kirley Posted February 10, 2013 Author Posted February 10, 2013 A test run of the white ghost on my old layout (DC) See video here Quote
josefstadt Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Great work Kirley, looks the biz. What's that with K801 in the background? Quote
Kirley Posted February 10, 2013 Author Posted February 10, 2013 Great work Kirley, looks the biz. What's that with K801 in the background? If you go to Page 2, item 15 of Kirley's Projects you will get all the information there. Quote
Dave Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Looking good Kirley, looking forward to seeing it finished. Quote
heirflick Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Great work Kirley, looks the biz. What's that with K801 in the background? she does look good kirley..top marks! any chance of a few close ups of the k class please? Quote
Weshty Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Kirley, great to see her moving under power, but by God, that 121 passed her at some speed! Quote
Kirley Posted February 10, 2013 Author Posted February 10, 2013 Kirley, great to see her moving under power, but by God, that 121 passed her at some speed! I know, it's only when I viewed the video did I notice the speed on the 121. It's one of the models I still have to convert to DCC so when I make the odd visit to the roof space I try and give all the models there a quick run just to keep them in working order. Quote
Kirley Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 any chance of a few close ups of the k class please? If you go to Page 2, item 15 of Kirley's Projects you will get all more pics there. Quote
Glenderg Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Kieran, what did you use as a donor vehicle for the second class corridor/guard/ brake(?) that the K class is pulling in the final photo. I thought I saw it in your Youtube vid being pulled by your B101, and if what paints colours you used, it looks really class. Quote
Kirley Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 Great work Kirley, looks the biz. What's that with K801 in the background? Sorry I misread your question. Beside the K class is a Bachmann Class 20 chassis patiently waiting for a SilverFox Hunslet body, once the Sulzer is on the rails. Quote
Kirley Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 Kieran, what did you use as a donor vehicle for the second class corridor/guard/ brake(?) that the K class is pulling in the final photo. I thought I saw it in your Youtube vid being pulled by your B101, and if what paints colours you used, it looks really class. I take it you are refering to the coach the Sulzer is pulling, if so it's just one of the Bachmann CIE coaches they did. Quote
josefstadt Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Sorry I misread your question. Beside the K class is a Bachmann Class 20 chassis patiently waiting for a SilverFox Hunslet body, once the Sulzer is on the rails. Thanks Kirley. Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Nice to see it running K well done so far. Quote
Weshty Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Sweet looking loco there Kirley! Well done. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Nice video kirley,glad to see your Sulzer on the move,look forward to seeing her finished.great job with K801 also,looks the biz. Quote
Kirley Posted February 15, 2013 Author Posted February 15, 2013 Still working away on the Sulzer, it seems to be taking forever. Anyway Glenderg to the rescue. He kindly sent me a “roof kit” based on the work he is doing on his own Sulzer. So it was out with the scraper blade and remover all the resin roof detail. Not as good as his finished product but to me a big improvement on what was there before. I used the same aperture for the roof grill mounting and then noticed it was not in the centre of the roof line but will have to do. Also had to realign some of the mounting points for the gangways. Started to look at the lights before assembling all the body parts. Unfortunately the LED’s provided are of 2 different sizes, the white are .85mm including the wires but the red LED’s are 1.8mm including the wires. May have to rethink my method of installing them or else try and source smaller red LED's. Quote
Kirley Posted February 17, 2013 Author Posted February 17, 2013 Added all the brass and white metal bits and gave a primer coat. The hole above the horn grill has been filled, never spotted it until I looked at the photographs. Colour coats next. Quote
krose Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Superb bit of modelling Kirley. It looks great. Quote
scahalane Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Its really coming together now, can't wait to see it painted up. Quote
Kirley Posted February 28, 2013 Author Posted February 28, 2013 Finally got my electrics sorted out. I used Weshty’s red LED’s but sourced similar size white ones from Express Models. I threaded the LED’s through the marker light holes with a dab of Evo-stick glue to hold the LED in place. I covered the wires with Gaffer tape round to the centre of the body. I stuck a bank of resistors to a piece of card and then to the roof. I used two micro connectors and leads so I can detach the body from the chassis without having to unsolder wires. I finished the model in black livery and had an attempt at weathering it. The windows were from a piece of Perspex I had and were all cut for each individual window. The roof is by courtesy of Glenderg. Glad to say it’s finished with the exception of the new grills, it’s been a long haul. Hope to get a video up within the next few days. Quote
heirflick Posted February 28, 2013 Posted February 28, 2013 a fine job kirley - well done, shes a real beauty! Quote
popeye Posted February 28, 2013 Posted February 28, 2013 Really great job, looks so real well done. Quote
scahalane Posted March 1, 2013 Posted March 1, 2013 You did a fantastic job on her, love that livery as well. Quote
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