Thread: First Class Passenger Carriage (Early 1900's)

The Bogie is coming along great Keith you certainly have done quite a bit since I last looked Wednesday evening could not see what you had done until I got back from the middle of a field.

Originally Posted by Dalboy

The Bogie is coming along great Keith you certainly have done quite a bit since I last looked Wednesday evening could not see what you had done until I got back from the middle of a field.

Hi Derek

Thanks for your kind comments about the bogie. After this - still another to do - a long task this build.

Should I be game enough to ask - what were you doing in the middle of a field ? Don't answer if you don't want to mate

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Hi Derek

Thanks for your kind comments about the bogie. After this - still another to do - a long task this build.

Should I be game enough to ask - what were you doing in the middle of a field ? Don't answer if you don't want to mate

Regards

Keith

At another steam rally with our craft stall, the wife does mainly hand knitting with a few others bits to help fill the stall and I have a little corner to sell some of my (mainly) woodturning The marquee is ours and is 20ft X 10ft

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There's some mighty fine craft from both of you there, excellent

Thanks for your response Derek. As Ray said - beautiful work - a credit to you both - Well Done

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by Dalboy

At another steam rally with our craft stall, the wife does mainly hand knitting with a few others bits to help fill the stall and I have a little corner to sell some of my (mainly) woodturning The marquee is ours and is 20ft X 10ft

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When you said steam rally, for a moment I thought you might have been at Lake Goldsmith, Victoria, Australia over the weekend. But then I remembered that you are in the UK and it is a little far to travel for a stall.

No train guys just full size and working model traction engines as well as old tractors, cars, fire engines, old stationary engines, agricultural machinery and many more things besides. OH yes but don't tell Trev shhhhh some old motorbikes.

Originally Posted by Dalboy

No train guys just full size and working model traction engines as well as old tractors, cars, fire engines, old stationary engines, agricultural machinery and many more things besides. OH yes but don't tell Trev shhhhh some old motorbikes.

Any photos of the bikes or fire engines Derek ? Would love to see them if you have.

Regards

Keith

Say what "Old Bikes!".
Photos, info, details come on.
As for trying to keep secrets, Well It's Just Not British!.

Cheers
Trev.

Originally Posted by Repliconics

Say what "Old Bikes!".
Photos, info, details come on.
As for trying to keep secrets, Well It's Just Not British!.

Cheers
Trev.

I think that most of them you have seen when I posted them last year Trev, Besides that I forgot to take any of them sorry mate. I must try harder at the next one which is a military show.

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Any photos of the bikes or fire engines Derek ? Would love to see them if you have.

Regards

Keith

Sorry Keith forgot to take any as most of the time busy talking to people about my woodwork.

Hi All,

I have been working on the hornplates on the bogie. The original had a cast rim around them, so I tried to copy that. In my previous post I drew up and cut out the basic horn plate. To add the rim, I reduced my drawing by 14% in size and then printed that out - it gives me a 3mm rim to play around with. I glued the drawing onto 3mm MDF and the cut out the centre with the scroll saw. I then glued the outer section to the main hornplate body and let it dry for 24 hours. Then I cut the 3mm MDF back to the main body - then filed and sanded (the 3mm MDF is only red because it is an old piece of offcut that I had laying around and painted it red for another job).
I then sanded the rim down to 1.5mm using 80 and then 120 grit paper. Then rounded the edges using 120 grit.
Quite happy with how it looks on the bogie (just sitting there) There is another side of the hornplate and when complete will be the support for the top spring plate. Have added the photo of the beer can to show the size.
Am now working on the other bogie as well so I can get them both looking exactly the same.

Below are the photos of how I made the rim on the hornplate.

Regards

Keith

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Looks authentic.
Its almost the end of the week, you deserve a drink.

Just as well you are only doing one vehicle, and not half a dozen.

Originally Posted by Handyjack

Looks authentic.
Its almost the end of the week, you deserve a drink.

Just as well you are only doing one vehicle, and not half a dozen.

But Keith doesn't like that brand so thus it's become the model reference indicator...........could used anything else that has common use BUT!!