Showing posts with label GWR Railcar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GWR Railcar. Show all posts
Friday, April 17, 2015

Waggly bit installed - on one side

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Attaching the crossheads to the connecting rod was achieved by using a small bolt through the back. The head is large enough to stay put ...
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Replacement crossheads

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A few weeks ago, I mentioned that the GWR Railcar project had stalled as I wasn't happy with the whitemetal crossheads . Well, the go...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Railcar motion problems

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Regular readers will have noticed a distinct lack of action on the GWR Railmotor over the last few months. This is partly because I have ...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Preparing for the Walschaerts

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The biggest worry with the railcar kit is all the waggly bits going on at the powered end. I've tangled with Walschaerts valve gear...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Railcar is go!

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If NuCast made a GWR Railcar today, this is what the power unit would look like. OK, maybe not exactly like this but more this then a D...
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Saturday, January 03, 2015

Power bogie hangers

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With issues concerning the motor/gearbox combo in mind, I thought it might be a good idea to see how the power unit fitted in the coach b...
Friday, January 02, 2015

Trailing bogie

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Back at the GWR railcar, the trailing bogie is a pretty simple, if fiddly, construction job. The biggest problem is that if assembled a...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Railcar body

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A couple of hours work with the soldering iron and here we go. Not a bad looking railcar body, but a pretty heavy one! First, the sides...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Body beginnings

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Presumably due to the limitations of the moulding machines used by Nu Cast, the railcar body is supplied in twice and many bits are you migh...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Railcar chassis

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John asks: Have you ever thought of making a GWR railmotor? This is something that I I always wanted. I'm not looking for a lot of deta...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

4 wheels on my loco

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  The big worry with a whitemetal chassis is that the thing won't be flat. Castings have a tendency to subtly change shape as they ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Bushed chassis

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  I'm not sure what world Nu-Cast were operating in when they decided that the whitemetal loco chassis would provide adequate beari...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Pot of bearings

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When I pen a magazine article, one phrase I hope never to write is, "I got this from the spares box." How frustrating is tha...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Traditional instructions

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  Traditional instructions. A great long parts list which you are supposed to check through before starting - and never do. Well I don...
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Thursday, October 16, 2014

What's in the railcar box?

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    I don't know why, but when I first opened up the box, I was surprised by the cast whitemetal sides. In my mind, I'd expec...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

GWR Steam Railcar

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 Back in August, I suggested that since I was going to be away from the workbench for a goodly chunk of October, I ought to build a ki...