More pug news

More pug news picked up a Hornby Pug on fleabay in need of a lot of TLC nay a total strip and rebuild she was in LMS colours.

 

Now after a strip down I discovered she was abused at some time and her chassis has a chunk ripped out where someone never remove the final screw!

 

Not to much of a big deal a replacement was commissioned from a nice man on fleabay. Now her body has been sprayed with white undercoat she is a little more presentable .

 

 

 I am considering repainting into a private colour scheme and naming her “Linda”. Hey Alan have you got a quote for your 94 plates yet? Remind me who are you asking for the quote? Another thing that crossed my mind was, what about re-motoring! A little homework and I found this motor http://finneyandsmith.co.uk/finneyandsmith/motors.html the MASHIMA MOTORS

  M16K 9.3mm open frame 1.5mm double shaft look promising and this final drive gear https://www.ultrascale.com/eshop/products/view/CAT015/330 also may be of use. As the small Hornby tanks use the same motor MABUCHI TYPE 7 it may be possible to utilize the motors in other locos.

Happy Pug

Ah thanks your kind comments have brought a smile to his little face.

Elf and Safety

The Children in need air show Rained off for me although it did go ahead.  Today I had a little play weathering the pug! Its parked on the programming track which when it not used for programming is the site of the camping coach the pug is a children’s play thing. Elf and safety not on my watch!

J94 chipping

I ordered a spare set of weights for a J94 from Peters spares in the internet and did the required mod to remove the hump. As all went to plan I dismantled 68080 ready for chipping and modded that weight as the mill was set up already. I intend to use the Hatton’s MD4 chip as this is one of the smaller 4 function chips it will fit no problem. That’s all for this bank holiday some household chores and tomorrow it the Children in need air show.

 

Disappointed

Late last week I took delivery of my shiny new Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance 2, having difficulty in reading the data from my existing locos. I bought 2 of Hatton’s own brand 4 function chips. Which by the way are the same size and specification to the DCC Concepts TS2SAP and Gaugemaster DCC26 I don’t know who makes them but the work ok out of the box. Unfortunately I cannot reprogram them ether, my Prodigy Advance 2 seems to have a fault on the programming port. That’s now back to Hatton’s for a replacement. The bridge was put on hold whilst I played with my new toy alas I was bitterly disappointed, so its back to bridge building watch this space!

The road bridge part 2

One week on and the basic bridge structure is complete, some final tweaking to get the fit right on the board. The clearance is ok for the coaching stock. I now have a decision to make on the colour of the plates, I have a hankering for cream with maroon lining.

The road bridge

It seem like a long time since my last posting on my blog, truthfully there have been lots of other issues to address for instance I have had to change company I work for to enable me to continue working for the same client, not a good thing when you consider I am 5 months from retirement!

So let update you guys on my progress on “Dunspendin” again not a lot, the track is laid and tested now I have decided to add a road bridge over the baseboard joint. A lot of trial and error went into getting the position of the bridge sorted; this was caused mainly due to track geometry. Eventually I had a plan. Six brick piers supporting the roadway with Peco plate bridge sides.

Ok stage one; the brick piers these were cut from 25x18mm strip pine with an additional strip of 25x8mm this give a scale pier of around 6 foot.

Stage two; make them brick like, I used modelrailwayscenery.com brick paper wrapped around the wood, after the PVA glue has dried any wrinkles disappear just like wallpapering!  

That all for me today only another 5 piers to wrap