Heywood Brake Van Update...

[finescalerr]

He's inspiring the old ones, too, including ME. -- Russ

[michael mott]

Russ, that is a given or we would not be following along

Michael

[W.P. Rayner]

Thank you gentlemen... your compliments are much appreciated.

I've been doing some more work on the brake mechanism components, but it's on hold again for the moment as I'm waiting for more detailed reference material. Unfortunately being several thousand miles from the only remaining reconstructed prototype means that it can take some time to get correct information.

Paul

[W.P. Rayner]

Received the needed reference material from my Heywood guru last week so was able to finish the rest of the brake mechanism. Skeleton-view rendering below shows all the components in place. A simple hand-operated mechanism, it proved to be almost wholly ineffective in use requiring a herculean effort to bring the train to a stop. The reconstructed version of the Van has been fitted with air brakes in order to more effectively fulfill its purpose.

As before, drawings were completed in Autodesk Inventor, rendering in Keyshot 3. A larger view is viewable at http://www.roughboy.net/?wpb_portfolio=sir-arthur-heywood-brake-van.



Paul

[Gordon Ferguson]

As I said elsewhere bloody marvellous work ...... I just stand back in amazement every time I see one of your renderings

[finescalerr]

Adequate. -- Russ

[lab-dad]

Really amazing!
Would be kinda cool to see a model built just like the image!
Might have to use some clear acrylic.
-Marty