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AdeV:
 :jaw:

WOW - That is a stunning model, really beautiful. And like everyone else, I can't comprehend how you ONLY took 6 months making it, shurely there's 18 months work in it?

I think you need to change your forum name to "express coach"!

Is there/will there be any photos of the build process?

slowcoach:

--- Quote from: Rob.Wilson on September 11, 2011, 06:50:33 PM ---Nice one Rob

I thought the CAD had the look of Solidworks  :dremel:

Did you work from an old set of drawings/ engravings ?  ,,,,,,,,,,,,, looks like you must have  in a good few hours at the  computer to model the loco  :smart:WWW


Cheers Rob W

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Rob, I used a 7mm drawing and scaled it up to 16mm. I start with the chassis, then boiler and finally the body. It took longer to draw it than it did to make it. But it's worth the effort.




--- Quote from: kvom on September 11, 2011, 07:16:07 PM ---That's fantastic work, and the fact that it took only 6 months is incredible.   :clap:

A lead weight in the smokebox might help with the traction/balance.

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Funny you should say that Kvom, The smokebox has a huge brass weight on the inside, the smokebox dart holds the door on and the big brass weight. It still wanted to stick its nose in the air  :) 

Cheers all
Rob

slowcoach:
Thanks adev, It used to take me over 18 months to do this kind of stuff, but I guess the more I do the more I gain experience and more importantly confidence (i'm my own worse critic).

Yeah, I will post some pics of the build process  :thumbup:

Cheers
Rob

BillTodd:
Superb :)

Bill

vcoleiro1:
Awesome job.  Do you have any pictures of the build?

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