Monorail locomotive 1:16 scale

[jacq01]

  He is speeding up.  First it was one loco at a time, now it is two loco's at a time. 
  What happens when he gets all the time in the world 

  Jacq

[RoughboyModelworks]

Astounding work as always Gordon... really enjoying watching these come together.

Paul

[Chuck Doan]

Giving me ideas Gordon! Those outrigger/balance hoops are a pain to consider. I was going to make some kind of bending jig to get a match, but its easy to think about, harder to do.

Supposedly an early version was built using a truck. I think you could do just about anything for the freelanced version.

[Scratchman]

Thanks guys for your comments. I will continue with the  SBS Later with the second loco.

Here's two photos of the outriggers on the first loco.





Gordon Birrell

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[Chuck Doan]

Very nice! I will be interested to see the descriptions when you get a chance. Thanks for the update! (oh, and clean that lens!  )

[Ken Hamilton]

This project is just TOO cool and great fun to watch. 
Thanks, Gordon.  Wonderful job, as usual.

[Ray Dunakin]

Very cool and interesting!

[finescalerr]

Ho-hum. How boring. Anybody could do that. -- ssuR

[TRAINS1941]

As expected another great job!  This is really going to a good ride.

Jerry

[Scratchman]

When I built the frame I also built the top of the outrigger strap. This was extended down to the first bend below the frame. The top two boards on the decking assembly would later glue onto this assembly. All ten boards for the decking assembly are glued together so I had one solid piece. After the top of the outriggers are glued to the frame I glued on the decking assembly using the first jig that I built to keep the two assemblies true and level. At this point I added the rest of the outrigger parts and the bottom wheel assembly.

This first photo shows the simple jig I built to hold all the decking boards while I mark the center line for the rivets on the fount side of the decking . After the decking boards were painted I marked the location of the strap on the inside of the decking. I glued four stops on the jig that lines up the center mark.  Using a straight edge I located the rivets. When locating the straps on the other side I used a 1/8" spacer to the stops.  This gives me the location for the inside of the strap.

 

This photo shows the jig that I use to hold the decking boards in the correct shape.



Gordon Birrell

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[finescalerr]

This is really good stuff. Be sure to take careful notes about how you did everything and make sure they are very easy to understand. When this goes to press it will be a primer on how to fabricate tricky models. -- Russ

[Malachi Constant]

When this goes to press it will be a primer on how to fabricate tricky models. -- Russ

No kidding!  Beautiful job (so far) and fascinating prototype ...

Cheers,
Dallas

[Chuck Doan]

I am getting alot of good ideas! Thanks!

[Scratchman]

Here's a photo of most of the parts for the outriggers and bottom wheel assemblies. These parts are for loco #2.



Gordon Birrell

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[Scratchman]

Here's three photos of my progress. The chain and sprockets are from Serv-O-Link Corp.







Gordon Birrell

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