1:16 scale Tea Pot

[Scratchman]

All I got is this photo to go by. The front wheels are 1:24 scale wheels from Simpson. The tender wheels are LGB and the driver is scratch built out of styrene.





Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[Ken Hamilton]

THIS I gotta see.............

[marc_reusser]

You've been hanging around with Jim Wilke way too much!!!

Really wild.  Love the large disk wheel.


Marc

[jacq01]

   As long as it has lots of rivets 

   you are a busy man, with all those loco's in such a short time.  You have a secret arrangement with Uncle I guess .  Soon we'll see a Finescale Railroader Annual specially dedicated to Mr Birrell.

    chapter 1   trucks
    chapter 2   locomotives
    chapter 3   outhouses

  have a good time with this new one.

   Jacq

[Ray Dunakin]

Now that's a really cool prototype! Should be relatively easy to model too.

[Scratchman]

Ray, maybe not so simple when I'm missing so much info on the loco and my minimal amount of knowledge on the subject. I don't even know if it has one or two cylinders, what the drive line and valve gear are like, how the water is delivered to the boiler, the look of the back head and so on. Even the photo can be very deceiving. So this model well be mostly made up. I am going with a 4' 8" gauge so I can use the same diorama that I am building for the Oregon Pony. I am thinking about making it with some type of  gear box. That is some thing I can get in my head.

Gordon Birrell

     http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[SandiaPaul]

I would be pretty sure that this thing had 2 cyls. With only one ever time it stopped on dead center it would have to be pushed to get off dead center to get it going again. It's really quite a contraption! I wonder if  https://www.pgworks.com/ would perhaps have an archive?

[Scratchman]

Here are two photos of the boiler. The half-round rivets are from Simpson part number 660. This is the largest styrene rivet out there and the only rivet Simpson makes. Grandt Lines largest rivet is almost the same diameter but they are not full half-round. I don't use the Simpson rivets often but I had enough to do this loco so I used up what I had. The Grandt Line rivets are .063" diameter and the Simpson rivets are .060" diameter. Someone needs to make styrene rivet castings around .080" for sure and maybe even .100".   





Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[Ray Dunakin]

Where do you get those "Simpson" rivets? I tried googling it but didn't turn up anything useful.

[Scratchman]

Around a year ago Coronado scale models got some castings from Simpson for me. I had an old catalog so I knew what part numbers I needed. Sheldon is at coronadoscalemod@aol.com, he may be able to get you a catalog. The part number for the rivet is 660. Simpson does 1:24 scale parts. You are  better off going through Sheldon than trying to go direct to Simpson.

Gordon Birrell

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[TRAINS1941]

THIS I gotta see.............

Well Ken that makes two of us!!!  This guy Gordon is simply amazing.

Jerry

[Ken Hamilton]

Looks like another one of Gordon's Goodies so far.
Those rivets are......riveting.

Love following your builds, Gordon.  Thanks for the updates.

[RoughboyModelworks]

Yet another interesting project Gordon. You are possibly the most prolific scratchbuilder I know... inspiring work as always.

Paul

[MrBrownstone]

Hey Gordon,

You are really producing some outstanding projects... I always look forward to reading your posts

mike thinks gordon should have new username reserved for him "Scratchmyrivitsman" 
(just kidding...just enjoying the lift this forum brings me)

Gordon it is okay to rest now and then.... 

A fan of your skills..

Mike

[Scratchman]

Thanks guys for your comments. I have come to the slower work now on all three locos and I am still a long way off from completion. In the coming weeks I will be spending my time getting my article and contest entry for the Modelers annual. My military modeler friend has almost got
the 1:35 scale Hellcat tank destroy built and weathered.  I will also be starting a small diorama to set it on and will do a thread on both.   

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/