Chris recently dropped the Newsdesk a line with some photographs from his paint shop of the progress with the domes. In an earlier update Chris explained how he made them. Since then, they have received several coats of green paint & are looking all freshe & shiny. The finish is of an exceptionally good standard. Read more about The Russian Is Coming…..[…]
Dan contacted the Newsdesk with an update on a wee project he is working on for the club. A Rob Roy built a number of years ago is receiving some of the ‘Dan TLC’ with the intention of ultimately displaying the model in the meeting room in the Heritage Centre. Unfortunately the boiler is not Read more about Rob Roy…….[…]
Our Nantwich member, Peter has been busy constructing this rare orrery: ‘While browsing the web I came across an orrery which I believe is in the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. It was an unusual design showing the stars visible in the sky for every night of the year as well as Read more about Orrery[…]
Daniel has sent in an update on his ‘Glen’, currently sporting a light blue undercoat….. ‘My garden steam up showed my vertical injectors only picking up halfway but guess what, they worked perfectly on the track. Some blow by was noted & on further inspection on the Monday night the pistons were found to be Read more about Piston Broke…..[…]
In October we left the Bathgate Locomotive Works having made the base of the Lum. Since then, there has been a lot of hand filing, head scratching & careful machining to produce another fine piece of work. The addition of the Lum gives ‘Maude’ a distinguished look. Robert has copied the style of Lum currently Read more about Constructing Yer Reeking Lum…..[…]
The Bathgate Locomotive works have been on bit of an intentional go slow this past week. Robert brings us up to speed: “The awaited rolled smokebox wrapper arrived. It is 2.5mm thick steel & I need to make a jig in order to bend the two ends to a vertical fit between the frames. Trying Read more about Slow Going In Bathgate…..[…]
David N. recently test steamed his lovely Manor class. He kindly sent this short video of it on the test stand & a couple of photographs of the model in his workshop: The attention to detail & quality of build is a credit to David. A couple of years ago he gave a presentation on Read more about Lord Of The Manor….?[…]
Dave S. has recently been in touch with some photographs of the newly fitted cleading to his ‘Dholpur’. A very painstaking job to get it to look ‘just right’ (which I am sure you will agree Dave has succeeded) & not without some tribulations. ‘At last I am pleased to report the boiler cleading has Read more about A Cleading ‘Light’….?[…]
The Bathgate Locomotive Works have been busy utilising the services of their in house joiner & glazier to make the cab windows. A lot of people seem to prefer not to glaze their cab windows for some reason, but in the editors opinion this rather spoils the ship for a ha’porth o’ tar. Down in Read more about Through The Window Clearly[…]
When building a model there are certain features that have to be just right visually, otherwise they stick out like a sore thumb & spoil all the effort that goes into the rest of it. If you have been following this series of articles then you will be aware that Robert has had just such Read more about Getting It Just Right……[…]
