A start of a new project ! A De Winton vertical boiler loco "of a sort" - a small diorama 1/24th scale -18in gauge (On3 bits)
I have found a few odd bods of this loco -One called "Arthur" water tank in centre and engine on the end and using a jack shaft drive
another (unnamed ) wheels inboard and 18in gauge and converted to run on Oil using a marine engine and a few others with that many different changes and modifications -so this will do me a small critter from the Huffikins workshops
photo 1 - A prototype
2 the main components water tank /fuel tank /engine side plates cylinder block /crank and reversing lever /boiler and nearly ready for detailing nuts / bolts /rivets
photo 2
photo 3 underside showing cog drive and wheels
photo 4 trial fit of parts
Barney
Your usual superbly clean and accurate construction. Satisfactory. -- Russ
Excellent work!
Nice little critter!
Great stuff!, add rust and there's a superb little diorama piece. As Russ said your work is always very sharp and clean looking.
Les
Vertical boiler loco ended up with the Marine engine version and gear driven - Nuts /bolts and rivets now added - but still finding more - bits removed and corrosion / rust added most parts just trial fitted (to aid painting - some just leaning) ready for the paint shop and the ditch were it will end its life with the weeds
Barney
end view
other side
other end
looking down
Nice clean work, except for all the corrosion which looks...corroded.
Someday I need to build an HO scale small steam launch. I'm marking this thread as reference.
Excellent! How did you create the corroded appearance?
Satisfactory. Now let's see how it looks after you paint it. -- Russ
I love it, especially the corrosion look. I am curious about the paint job.
Corrosion of plastic - some of the flatter parts is just a 5 thou layer of plastic card distressed with a knife blade plenty of pocking and scraping then finish of with some 400grit wet & dry sheets then glue to the side /flat panels stippling the adhesive to create metal laminating - the more solid panels is just lightly bounce a ball end tool over it using a Dremell type drill on a slow speed - some of it needs going over again to get it more in clusters rather than just isolated dents the undercoat of rust colour will show this up so A few more minutes work is required.
Barney
some photos to follow
first rust undercoat and it shows some un-natrule "dings and scraps" especially were you can see 3 or 4 "dings " in a row so its back to attack with the dremel ball and a bit more sanding to thin the rust layer down then a bit more rust undercoat
the middle top pipe into the boiler needs a bit more texture to simulate rust and bits of asbestos lagging
the Dremel ball tool just let bounce across the surface on a slow speed
Barney
Until you posted the photos and description I thought you had developed a new technique: Modeling with cottage cheese! -- ssuR
Thanks for the info!
A Few shots - I think the amount of corrosion / rust is to heavy and the whole engine needs burying/covering in years more of junk
still I might get it right one day !!!
Barney
the other side
the end
the other end
It looks outstanding from every angle. Satisfactory. -- Russ
One small nit to pick: it seems like the heavily corroded areas are almost the same color as the rest. Perhaps a bit more rust color would be appropriate in those areas?
Excellent job Barney!