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and if you are adding to the index then I keep meaning to mention
that my article on the Hudson-Hunslet kit in issue 107 is "9mm
(OO9)"
Mark
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? “Rheidol” was A Really Useful Engine, to quote the Fat Controller, and attractive to boot, so a kit would be very welcome. However, the attraction of the Swindon-built 2-6-2ts is they are big, gutsy machines. There were quite a lot of largish British-built locos on the 2’ gauge lines in GB, India and S. Africa, so whilst the preponderance of kits for little quarry 0-4-0sts is understandable, something that looks like it can take a good paying load would make quite a ?change.
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On 17 Apr 2020, at 17:28, David Rae <davidcrae@...> wrote:
? What about the Bagnall loco 'Rheidol'? As a 2-4-0T it would have a wider market than the big 2-6-2Ts. It ran on the Rheidol till 1923 having run. On the Hafan & Talybont. There is a small drawing in Boyd's book on NGR in Midwales ?and been modelled in larger scales. David
All I can add to Allan's comments are that the only pertinent Wrightlines review I can find in the NG&IRM Review Index is about Wrightlines in general and doesn't mention VoR. The same copy (Review 4) with loco drawings in also has drawings of passenger stock.
David (associate on NG&IRM Review)
Hi Sorin
Good to hear from you, and welcome. My brother lives in Romania, in a small village near Cimpulung in Arges, so it's a small world!
The book “Vale of Rheidol Light Railway” by C.Green (Wild Swan Publications 1986, ISBN 0 906867 43 6) has lots of very good pictures, but no drawings.?
Small drawings of both the original locos built in 1902, and the replacement locos built by the Great Western Railway in 1923, were published in "Railway Modeller" magazine for November 2014. Bigger and much more detailed drawings for the 1923
locos (which are the ones in use today) were published in "Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review” magazine, ?issue 4, 1990 (ISBN 0958-0808). NG&IRRM is published by John Clutterbuck and Roy Link, who are members of this group. ?
Hope this helps
Allan Dare
As this is my first post here, please let me introduce myself.
My name is Sorin Anghel, I live in Bucharest, Romania and I am a long time modeller. My primary scale is HO (and HOe for narrow gauge) but I am increasingly attracted by O14. Several british made locomotives were used in Romania on 600 mm track, so I have plenty
of subjects to think about.
If you wish to see my previous works, I have a blog where I show my models () but it is only written in Romanian. Usually I document my models with lots of photos,
though. As I have developed in recent years several etched brass kits, I think maybe this is a real opportunity for me to launch in O14. And I mean the Valley of Rheidol locomotives. I do like the model very much, and I hope to be able to produce a high quality
kit for it. I am currently using CAD design and my models have also 3d printed parts.
So, in order to get started ?I want to ask you if you know where I can find detailed documentation about these locomotives, maybe some drawings. Many thanks in advance.
Stay safe,
Sorin
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I just read through those issues of the Review, thank you!
Interesting reference info on Wrightlines.
I almost thought I had solved a mystery from my parts box.
I have posted questions before regarding the origins of this chimney and
dome on the NGRM online before with an answer that Wrightlines had never
produced a kit for these. I wish there was a parts list available that
would verify the identity of W931. The description does not seem to
coincide with parts.
Maybe they were intended for a kit that was only proposed like Rheidol.
They seem very similar to Rheidol but the chimney is too tall according to
the drawings.
Craig
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If you look in the Wrightlines article in Review Issue 2, there is a photo
at the top of page 47 showing the patterns.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Hughes
Sent: 17 April 2020 17:23
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI
Competition
All I can add to Allan's comments are that the only pertinent Wrightlines
review I can find in the NG&IRM Review Index is about Wrightlines in
general and doesn't mention VoR. The same copy (Review 4) with loco
drawings in also has drawings of passenger stock.
David (associate on NG&IRM Review)
________________________________
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Allan Dare
<allan.dare@...<mailto:allan.dare@...>>
Sent: 17 April 2020 16:16
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI
Competition
Hi Sorin
Good to hear from you, and welcome. My brother lives in Romania, in a
small village near Cimpulung in Arges, so it's a small world!
The book "Vale of Rheidol Light Railway" by C.Green (Wild Swan
Publications 1986, ISBN 0 906867 43 6) has lots of very good pictures, but
no drawings.
Small drawings of both the original locos built in 1902, and the
replacement locos built by the Great Western Railway in 1923, were
published in "Railway Modeller" magazine for November 2014. Bigger and
much more detailed drawings for the 1923 locos (which are the ones in use
today) were published in "Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling
Review" magazine, issue 4, 1990 (ISBN 0958-0808). NG&IRRM is published by
John Clutterbuck and Roy Link, who are members of this group.
Hope this helps
Allan Dare
On 17 Apr 2020, at 10:49, Sorin Anghel
<atelierulluianghel@...<mailto:atelierulluianghel@...>> wrote:
As this is my first post here, please let me introduce myself.
My name is Sorin Anghel, I live in Bucharest, Romania and I am a long time
modeller. My primary scale is HO (and HOe for narrow gauge) but I am
increasingly attracted by O14. Several british made locomotives were used
in Romania on 600 mm track, so I have plenty of subjects to think about.
If you wish to see my previous works, I have a blog where I show my models
(atelierulluianghel.blogspot.com<>)
but it is only written in Romanian. Usually I document my models with lots
of photos, though. As I have developed in recent years several etched
brass kits, I think maybe this is a real opportunity for me to launch in
O14. And I mean the Valley of Rheidol locomotives. I do like the model
very much, and I hope to be able to produce a high quality kit for it. I
am currently using CAD design and my models have also 3d printed parts.
So, in order to get started I want to ask you if you know where I can
find detailed documentation about these locomotives, maybe some drawings.
Many thanks in advance.
Stay safe,
Sorin
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I could be wrong (nothing new there!) but did Roger Chivers ever do a white metal body kit for these in 7mm, he did a C & M Argyll body and I have a Tralee & Dingle 2-6-0t in my "to be completed" box. These were designed to use a Bachman OO 2-6-2 chassis and I have a nagging suspicion the V-o-R tank was in the same series. I have a L & B tank which I bought completed which is one of his too, though that is on a modded "Lima" 08 chassis.
Phil T.
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-----Original Message----- From: Craig Parry Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:57 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI Competition I just read through those issues of the Review, thank you! Interesting reference info on Wrightlines. I almost thought I had solved a mystery from my parts box. I have posted questions before regarding the origins of this chimney and dome on the NGRM online before with an answer that Wrightlines had never produced a kit for these. I wish there was a parts list available that would verify the identity of W931. The description does not seem to coincide with parts. Maybe they were intended for a kit that was only proposed like Rheidol. They seem very similar to Rheidol but the chimney is too tall according to the drawings. Craig If you look in the Wrightlines article in Review Issue 2, there is a photo
at the top of page 47 showing the patterns.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Hughes
Sent: 17 April 2020 17:23
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI
Competition
All I can add to Allan's comments are that the only pertinent Wrightlines
review I can find in the NG&IRM Review Index is about Wrightlines in
general and doesn't mention VoR. The same copy (Review 4) with loco
drawings in also has drawings of passenger stock.
David (associate on NG&IRM Review)
________________________________
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Allan Dare
<allan.dare@...<mailto:allan.dare@...>>
Sent: 17 April 2020 16:16
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI
Competition
Hi Sorin
Good to hear from you, and welcome. My brother lives in Romania, in a
small village near Cimpulung in Arges, so it's a small world!
The book "Vale of Rheidol Light Railway" by C.Green (Wild Swan
Publications 1986, ISBN 0 906867 43 6) has lots of very good pictures, but
no drawings.
Small drawings of both the original locos built in 1902, and the
replacement locos built by the Great Western Railway in 1923, were
published in "Railway Modeller" magazine for November 2014. Bigger and
much more detailed drawings for the 1923 locos (which are the ones in use
today) were published in "Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling
Review" magazine, issue 4, 1990 (ISBN 0958-0808). NG&IRRM is published by
John Clutterbuck and Roy Link, who are members of this group.
Hope this helps
Allan Dare
On 17 Apr 2020, at 10:49, Sorin Anghel
<atelierulluianghel@...<mailto:atelierulluianghel@...>> wrote:
As this is my first post here, please let me introduce myself.
My name is Sorin Anghel, I live in Bucharest, Romania and I am a long time
modeller. My primary scale is HO (and HOe for narrow gauge) but I am
increasingly attracted by O14. Several british made locomotives were used
in Romania on 600 mm track, so I have plenty of subjects to think about.
If you wish to see my previous works, I have a blog where I show my models
(atelierulluianghel.blogspot.com<>)
but it is only written in Romanian. Usually I document my models with lots
of photos, though. As I have developed in recent years several etched
brass kits, I think maybe this is a real opportunity for me to launch in
O14. And I mean the Valley of Rheidol locomotives. I do like the model
very much, and I hope to be able to produce a high quality kit for it. I
am currently using CAD design and my models have also 3d printed parts.
So, in order to get started I want to ask you if you know where I can
find detailed documentation about these locomotives, maybe some drawings.
Many thanks in advance.
Stay safe,
Sorin
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I don't remember a V-o-R body kit but he also did a WHR Russell body.
Robin
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Traxson Sent: 17 April 2020 23:06 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI Competition I could be wrong (nothing new there!) but did Roger Chivers ever do a white metal body kit for these in 7mm, he did a C & M Argyll body and I have a Tralee & Dingle 2-6-0t in my "to be completed" box. These were designed to use a Bachman OO 2-6-2 chassis and I have a nagging suspicion the V-o-R tank was in the same series. I have a L & B tank which I bought completed which is one of his too, though that is on a modded "Lima" 08 chassis. Phil T. -----Original Message----- From: Craig Parry Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 9:57 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI Competition I just read through those issues of the Review, thank you! Interesting reference info on Wrightlines. I almost thought I had solved a mystery from my parts box. I have posted questions before regarding the origins of this chimney and dome on the NGRM online before with an answer that Wrightlines had never produced a kit for these. I wish there was a parts list available that would verify the identity of W931. The description does not seem to coincide with parts. Maybe they were intended for a kit that was only proposed like Rheidol. They seem very similar to Rheidol but the chimney is too tall according to the drawings. Craig If you look in the Wrightlines article in Review Issue 2, there is a
photo at the top of page 47 showing the patterns.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Hughes
Sent: 17 April 2020 17:23
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL &
NGI Competition
All I can add to Allan's comments are that the only pertinent
Wrightlines review I can find in the NG&IRM Review Index is about
Wrightlines in general and doesn't mention VoR. The same copy (Review
4) with loco drawings in also has drawings of passenger stock.
David (associate on NG&IRM Review)
________________________________
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Allan Dare
<allan.dare@...<mailto:allan.dare@...>>
Sent: 17 April 2020 16:16
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL &
NGI Competition
Hi Sorin
Good to hear from you, and welcome. My brother lives in Romania, in a
small village near Cimpulung in Arges, so it's a small world!
The book "Vale of Rheidol Light Railway" by C.Green (Wild Swan
Publications 1986, ISBN 0 906867 43 6) has lots of very good pictures,
but no drawings.
Small drawings of both the original locos built in 1902, and the
replacement locos built by the Great Western Railway in 1923, were
published in "Railway Modeller" magazine for November 2014. Bigger and
much more detailed drawings for the 1923 locos (which are the ones in
use
today) were published in "Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling
Review" magazine, issue 4, 1990 (ISBN 0958-0808). NG&IRRM is
published by John Clutterbuck and Roy Link, who are members of this group.
Hope this helps
Allan Dare
On 17 Apr 2020, at 10:49, Sorin Anghel
<atelierulluianghel@...<mailto:atelierulluianghel@...>> wrote:
As this is my first post here, please let me introduce myself.
My name is Sorin Anghel, I live in Bucharest, Romania and I am a long
time modeller. My primary scale is HO (and HOe for narrow gauge) but I
am increasingly attracted by O14. Several british made locomotives
were used in Romania on 600 mm track, so I have plenty of subjects to think about.
If you wish to see my previous works, I have a blog where I show my
models
(atelierulluianghel.blogspot.com<
m>) but it is only written in Romanian. Usually I document my models
with lots of photos, though. As I have developed in recent years
several etched brass kits, I think maybe this is a real opportunity
for me to launch in O14. And I mean the Valley of Rheidol locomotives.
I do like the model very much, and I hope to be able to produce a high
quality kit for it. I am currently using CAD design and my models have
also 3d printed parts.
So, in order to get started I want to ask you if you know where I can
find detailed documentation about these locomotives, maybe some drawings.
Many thanks in advance.
Stay safe,
Sorin
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Hi Allan,
Well, I know very well Campulung nearby, it is a small world. Many thanks for the information provided. I was contacted by John and I will order NG&I Review back issues. As I have already told John, as much as I like the Rheidol? locomotive, perhaps it is not very wise to make it my first attempt to O14. Maybe a simpler engine, such as a diesel or tank locomotive with fewer axles will be more appropiate for my first O14 kit. I will keep the Rheidol for later, when I will have a bit more expertise into this gauge.? Please let me shoe you my latest effort: it is a HO model af a small shunting locomotive made in Sibiu, Romania in the '60ies.  Could you please recommend me such a simpler model to start with? Also, I realized that I have to manufacture my own testing track and rollers. For HO and HOe I have already build such rollers:  What type of track do you use? Do you have any recommandations for a newbee as I am? Sorin
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Sorin,
I use the Bachrus series 50 adjustable rolling road for O14 (will cover all gauges 11-23mm). Various suppliers in EU sell them.
David H
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Hi Allan,
Well, I know very well Campulung nearby, it is a small world.
Many thanks for the information provided. I was contacted by John and I will order NG&I Review back issues. As I have already told John, as much as I like the Rheidol?
locomotive, perhaps it is not very wise to make it my first attempt to O14. Maybe a simpler engine, such as a diesel or tank locomotive with fewer axles will be more
appropiate for my first O14 kit. I will keep the Rheidol for later, when I will have a bit more expertise into this gauge.?
Please let me shoe you my latest effort: it is a HO model af a small shunting locomotive made in Sibiu, Romania in the '60ies.
Could you please recommend me such a simpler model to start with? Also, I realized that I have to manufacture my own testing track and rollers.
For HO and HOe I have already build such rollers:
What type of track do you use? Do you have any recommandations for a newbee as I am?
Sorin
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Robin,
The master patterns for the 7mm scale VoR 2-6-2T were made by Vic Green for Russell Wright. As noted, this was thirty years or so ago. No chassis was ever made and Russell struggled with sourcing wheels etc., so it never got done. I assume the patterns passed along with everything else ‘Wrightlines’ to Kay Butler and thence to Adrian Swain.
Vic Green was a professional modelmaker who worked for British Railways (Exhibition section) - later going self employed, which was when he made the patterns for the VoR loco. There is an article about Vic in?Model Railways?magazine, July 1973. Having seen his work, I can say with confidence that the patterns would have been of top quality - and would still be viable today if they could be located and a chassis created.
RCL
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I think the body masters were produced but the chassis and valve gear were proving to be a bit of a challenge. ?I am sure the masters were in a photo in an article about Wrightlines in an early NG&IRM Review. Robin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Woodcock Sent: 17 April 2020 14:39 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI Competition Although it wasn’t a particular interest of mine, I do remember Kay telling me that she had someone producing masters for a white-metal kit of a VoR tank but that, even then (20 years ago?), not a lot seemed to be forthcoming. I suspect that the VoR tanks are not an easy subject to model. David Woodcock Champlon, Belgique
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Hi Sorin,
Welcome to the group, the company I work for has a shared services office in Iasi, I always enjoy going there and I get well looked after.?
Narrow Gauge Railways in Mid Wales (1850-1870) by James I C Boyd has drawings of both the Davies & Metcalfe version and Swindon built locos along with some useful photographs.
Not sure of the availability of this publication.?
Regards,
Mark.?
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On 18 April 2020, at 14:41, Roy Link <royclink@...> wrote:
Robin,
The master patterns for the 7mm scale VoR 2-6-2T were made by Vic Green for Russell Wright. As noted, this was thirty years or so ago. No chassis was ever made and Russell struggled with sourcing wheels etc., so it never got done. I assume the patterns passed along with everything else ‘Wrightlines’ to Kay Butler and thence to Adrian Swain.
Vic Green was a professional modelmaker who worked for British Railways (Exhibition section) - later going self employed, which was when he made the patterns for the VoR loco. There is an article about Vic in?Model Railways?magazine, July 1973. Having seen his work, I can say with confidence that the patterns would have been of top quality - and would still be viable today if they could be located and a chassis created.
RCL
I think the body masters were produced but the chassis and valve gear were proving to be a bit of a challenge. ?I am sure the masters were in a photo in an article about Wrightlines in an early NG&IRM Review. Robin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Woodcock Sent: 17 April 2020 14:39 To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI Competition Although it wasn’t a particular interest of mine, I do remember Kay telling me that she had someone producing masters for a white-metal kit of a VoR tank but that, even then (20 years ago?), not a lot seemed to be forthcoming. I suspect that the VoR tanks are not an easy subject to model. David Woodcock Champlon, Belgique
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Sorin,
You will not do any better than using the Swindon Works drawings - produced specifically for the building of the replacement VoR locomotives by the Great Western Railway in 1923. Drawing No.70560 (lo t277) comprises the general arrangement, frames and cross sections and is drawn to a scale of 1 1/2 inches to the foot. These were reproduced in issue 76 of NG&IRM REVIEW and, while this is now oop, copies of the relevant pagers, 153-159 (Vol.10) can be had from NG&I.
Besides three pages of drawings, there are numerous detail photographs, plus a history of the VoR 2-6-2T loco. While I hold physical copies of the drawings mentioned they are too big to copy at ?present due to the necessary restrictions we are all subject to.
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As this is my first post here, please let me introduce myself.
My name is Sorin Anghel, I live in Bucharest, Romania and I am a long time modeller. My primary scale is HO (and HOe for narrow gauge) but I am increasingly attracted by O14. Several british made locomotives were used in Romania on 600 mm track, so I have plenty of subjects to think about.
If you wish to see my previous works, I have a blog where I show my models () but it is only written in Romanian. Usually I document my models with lots of photos, though. As I have developed in recent years several etched brass kits, I think maybe this is a real opportunity for me to launch in O14. And I mean the Valley of Rheidol locomotives. I do like the model very much, and I hope to be able to produce a high quality kit for it. I am currently using CAD design and my models have also 3d printed parts.
So, in order to get started ?I want to ask you if you know where I can find detailed documentation about these locomotives, maybe some drawings. Many thanks in advance.
Stay safe,
Sorin
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Thanks Roy,
?
I had a feeling that they were mastered by Vic Green but wasn’t confident enough to make the statement.? My discussions with Russell
not only seem a long time ago, but I now realise that they were a long time ago!?
?
Regards,
?
Robin
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Sent: 18 April 2020 14:41
To: [email protected] Calendar <[email protected]>
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?
Robin,
The master patterns for the 7mm scale VoR 2-6-2T were made by Vic Green for Russell Wright. As noted, this was thirty years or so ago. No chassis was ever made and Russell struggled with sourcing wheels etc., so it never got done. I assume
the patterns passed along with everything else ‘Wrightlines’ to Kay Butler and thence to Adrian Swain.
Vic Green was a professional modelmaker who worked for British Railways (Exhibition section) - later going self employed, which was when he made the patterns for the VoR loco. There is an article about Vic in?Model Railways?magazine,
July 1973. Having seen his work, I can say with confidence that the patterns would have been of top quality - and would still be viable today if they could be located and a chassis created.
?
I think the body masters were produced but the chassis and valve gear were proving to be a bit of a challenge. ?I am sure the masters were in a photo in an article about Wrightlines in an early NG&IRM Review.
Robin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Woodcock
Sent: 17 April 2020 14:39
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [o14] Something to do in these difficult times - RCL & NGI Competition
Although it wasn’t a particular interest of mine, I do remember Kay telling me that she had someone producing masters for a white-metal kit of a VoR tank but that, even then (20 years ago?), not a lot seemed to be forthcoming. I suspect that the VoR tanks are
not an easy subject to model.
David Woodcock
Champlon, Belgique
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I've added a page on the entries we have received so far:?
We would welcome photos from anyone else who has managed to complete one.
John
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John,
After (a lot of) swearing and cursing I have finally managed to complete a card Rheidol loco. It does look a poor battered little thing! I thought that I would be clever and “borrow” a sheet of card that my wife uses to make greetings cards. I think that it may be a little thick for this model. The card works fine for greetings cards but did not like been shaped for small parts and the tabs had a habit of de-laminating where they hold the various bits of the model together. I did try printing another sheet on to paper so that I could have double sided vacuum pipes and tank filler vents and tank filler handles, and it has sort of worked. I can’t help the thought that the steam dome looks a little like a milk can! I also “borrowed” my wife’s set of Promarkers to touch in the edges and they have done a good job of covering the white card on the score lines. The much larger loco is a 1:24 card mock-up of one of the Kimberley Diamond Mine Bagnalls. Its hard to believe that they are 18 inch gauge. It got put together a few years ago in a period of boredom over the Christmas break, enlarged from the drawing in the Mark Smithers book on 18 inch gauge railways. That card mock-up started me on modelling in 1:24 scale and some of the models have subsequently appeared in the Review. It really is about time that I got around to converting the card mock-up in to something “proper”. As for would I build another card Rheidol loco, the answer is NO. It was far too small and fiddly for me, and card does not file very well - it goes all fuzzy! You cannot solder it together either……... Can you let me know if you have a problem detaching the photos from this please. I have an iMac and sent some photos as an attachment to someone with a Windows machine. He could not disentangle them from the text so they ended up being transferred on a memory stick.
Regards
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I've added a page on the entries we have received so far:?
We would welcome photos from anyone else who has managed to complete one.
John
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Sorry, did not intend to send this to the entire group. Blame it on the stress of working with small fiddly card parts.
Regards
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John,
After (a lot of) swearing and cursing I have finally managed to complete a card Rheidol loco. It does look a poor battered little thing! I thought that I would be clever and “borrow” a sheet of card that my wife uses to make greetings cards. I think that it may be a little thick for this model. The card works fine for greetings cards but did not like been shaped for small parts and the tabs had a habit of de-laminating where they hold the various bits of the model together. I did try printing another sheet on to paper so that I could have double sided vacuum pipes and tank filler vents and tank filler handles, and it has sort of worked. I can’t help the thought that the steam dome looks a little like a milk can! I also “borrowed” my wife’s set of Promarkers to touch in the edges and they have done a good job of covering the white card on the score lines. The much larger loco is a 1:24 card mock-up of one of the Kimberley Diamond Mine Bagnalls. Its hard to believe that they are 18 inch gauge. It got put together a few years ago in a period of boredom over the Christmas break, enlarged from the drawing in the Mark Smithers book on 18 inch gauge railways. That card mock-up started me on modelling in 1:24 scale and some of the models have subsequently appeared in the Review. It really is about time that I got around to converting the card mock-up in to something “proper”. As for would I build another card Rheidol loco, the answer is NO. It was far too small and fiddly for me, and card does not file very well - it goes all fuzzy! You cannot solder it together either……... Can you let me know if you have a problem detaching the photos from this please. I have an iMac and sent some photos as an attachment to someone with a Windows machine. He could not disentangle them from the text so they ended up being transferred on a memory stick.
Regards
Steve
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I've added a page on the entries we have received so far:?
We would welcome photos from anyone else who has managed to complete one.
John
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I'm glad you did. I've not had chance to give it a go myself but
I'm enjoying seeing others attempts,
Mark
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Sorry, did not intend to send this to the entire group. Blame it
on the stress of working with small fiddly card parts.
Regards
Steve
John,
After (a lot of) swearing and cursing I
have finally managed to complete a card Rheidol loco.
It does look a poor battered little thing!
I thought that I would be clever and
“borrow” a sheet of card that my wife uses to make
greetings cards. I think that it may be a little thick
for this model. The card works fine for greetings
cards but did not like been shaped for small parts and
the tabs had a habit of de-laminating where they hold
the various bits of the model together. I did try
printing another sheet on to paper so that I could
have double sided vacuum pipes and tank filler vents
and tank filler handles, and it has sort of worked. I
can’t help the thought that the steam dome looks a
little like a milk can!
I also “borrowed” my wife’s set of
Promarkers to touch in the edges and they have done a
good job of covering the white card on the score
lines.
The much larger loco is a 1:24 card
mock-up of one of the Kimberley Diamond Mine Bagnalls.
Its hard to believe that they are 18 inch gauge. It
got put together a few years ago in a period of
boredom over the Christmas break, enlarged from the
drawing in the Mark Smithers book on 18 inch gauge
railways. That card mock-up started me on modelling in
1:24 scale and some of the models have subsequently
appeared in the Review. It really is about time that I
got around to converting the card mock-up in to
something “proper”.
As for would I build another card Rheidol
loco, the answer is NO. It was far too small and
fiddly for me, and card does not file very well - it
goes all fuzzy! You cannot solder it together
either……...
Can you let me know if you have a problem
detaching the photos from this please. I have an iMac
and sent some photos as an attachment to someone with
a Windows machine. He could not disentangle them from
the text so they ended up being transferred on a
memory stick.
Regards
Steve
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I've added a page on the entries we
have received so far:?
We would welcome photos from anyone else who has
managed to complete one.
John
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Thanks Steve. I've added your entry to the website:?
John
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