Falk Locomotive build

[bparrish]

So I got the combined water tank and wood box at least mounted on the frame today.

Took a day of layouts and then a bunch of time pounding out rivets.   I have  ton of detail stuff to add: water inlet, water drain, box cover for access to the decoder, hand rails and round rail around the top of the wood box.

Still a lot of file and hand work also.

I'll be a while.  But it is a start.

see ya
Bob

[ACL1504]

Bob,

This build is facinating and I've really enjoyed following along! Thanks for taking the time to share it with us!

Tom

[S&S RR]

Bob

This is a work of art! I've been checking in everyday to see how your doing. I'm so glad you started this thread.

[bparrish]

Thanx to all for following...

I am having a lot of fun this.  I guess it is what modeling is about...............  To go to things you have not done before.

Is that a Star Trek thing ? ? ?

Thanx
Bob

[bparrish]

So I finally got some serious time up in the RR room today.

Got the water tank and wood box mostly done.  Still need to turn out 8 grab iron stanchions that look alike.  I think as I'll be turning them out of1/16 inch stock rod, I'll cut a tool that will whip them out rather than free cut them and have them all a bit different.  Four will need to be threaded for the cab and four will be a pin for soldering in the wood box side.

The pipe edging shown below was a lot of fun to do. I had been thinking how to do this for a long time.  I've never considered it in HO but in G there is a lot of stuff that can be done.  I took 1/16th brass tubing and cut one side out to get to the tube.  They layed it on there and soldered it down.  The curved parts were curved first so the tubing would not crush out flat while bending.    The electronics will go under the lid of the water tank.

Back up stairs.....

see ya
Bob

[coors2u]

True art work Bob!! I love seeing this come together.

[bparrish]

Oh........... what to do on a Friday afternoon.......

I have been working on how to do this one for some time........  The screen scales out to be one quarter inch mesh in G scale and is out of a fuel filter for some sort of army tank.  I have a modeler friend who was in the Guard some years ago.

The hinge was a "can you really do this?" sort of thing.

The ring on the outside was turned out of a piece of bar stock and counter bored to .040" and then a cut was put on the inside for the screen to snap into.

Having too much fun

see ya
Bob

[halrey]

Nice! Bob

Hal

[gnatshop]

Excellent - I'm impressed!! 

That screen should keep all the riff-raff left-over crap from blowin' all over the
forum!!
Question is - will it filter out misspellin's from Candy's view? 

I doubt it, since she's watchin' for screw-ups in HO scale - in other words, she'll
pick up on any little thing!   

[ACL1504]

Bob,

Fascinating, absolutely fascinating! Beautiful craftmanship!

Tom

[bparrish]

Finished the dry pipe to the steam chests........  The pipe union fitting was sorta fun to do.

Back to the grab irons tomorrow.

see ya
Bob

[bparrish]

So I got a few hours today up in the RR room.  Haven't been feeling too well this week so this was the first good afternoon.  Got the front draft gear and coupler made up. 

Also got the hand rails done.  The stanchions are 1/16th stock turned down to a scale inch and a half and the rail scales out at 7/8".  I tried making up a tool to cut them all alike but the brass is too soft and crawls up on the tool. So I had to make them individually...........  not fun..........X 8....

See ya
Bob

[jrmueller]

Hope you are feeling better David.  About what percentage complete would you say?  That is the engine. Jim

[cuse]

Amazing work. I feel like I'm playing with Play-Doh when I see this craftsmanship. Awesome!!


John   

[ReadingBob]

Amazing work. I feel like I'm playing with Play-Doh when I see this craftsmanship. Awesome!!


John   

Boy, I'll say!  Give me the finger paints a big sheet of paper.