Showing posts with label P Class. Show all posts
Showing posts with label P Class. Show all posts
Thursday, January 03, 2013

P Class history

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A few weeks ago, I was approached by the guy who runs out local club second hand stall to advise him on a couple of kits he'd had passed...
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Friday, November 16, 2012

Dirty little tank engine

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Parker's rule of painting railway engines says that plain black chuffers lack character. It's only when they show a bit of dirt t...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Freshly painted P

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Fresh out of the paint shops, the little P Class is looking rather lovely. The contrast between a satin finished body and matt painted sm...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

P Class ready for paint

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The chassis runs under its own steam. All the bits have been glued to the body. well, apart from the cab roof which is seperate 'cos ...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

A OO chassis problem

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At the back of the P, there should be a couple of cylinders tucked under the bunker. Casting are supplied for these but I've hit a probl...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Making clock hands for steam engine noses

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If there is an area of disappointment with the P Class kit, it's the face. A set of moulded clock hand on the smokebox door don't do...
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Monday, November 05, 2012

Boiler fitings

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A few minutes with the Zap-a-gap glue and my P Class loco is looking far more like a steam engine. The castings are pretty good quality. T...
Friday, November 02, 2012

Not a Westinghouse

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On the front bunker of the P Class is a pump. The instructions point out that this is most definitely not a Westinghouse air pump, even tho...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

Soldering - Done

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I've reached an important point in building the P Class tank - the time to turn off my soldering iron. No more smelly, hot fumes for ...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

P Class cab

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Wills have endowed the P Class with more than the usual number of location aids. Despite this, when I started assembling the locomotive body...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Will the motor fit ?

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That's the question that I always ask when building a small model locomotive. The P is tiny and yet the gearbox seems massive. Before...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

A running P Class chassis

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The Hobby Holidays jig shown a few days ago might seem like an extravagance. It's hardly cheap and you really can do without it. Rail...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Not losing little bits (hopefully)

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This is me being clever. Working in a plastic box lid while assembling a model railway gearbox. This is fiddly work involving very losa...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

What's that bracket doing?

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Just when I thought things were going well with the P Class, there is a snag. The instructions were followed. I was impressed with the cha...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

Being a project butterfly

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David asks: I follow your blog with great interest and note that you are starting another loco build. What happened to the TT gauge cla...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Getting jiggy with the P Class chassis

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First job on the P - make the mechanical bits work. If the wheels don't go round then anything else is a waste of time. Setting up ...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

P Class

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It occurs to me that I've not featured a loco build on the blog for a while. It's also been a while since I've built a model f...