Locomotive

Hi all , I have started my Train engine ordered plans ,they were posted In USA and I got them in Australia 16 days later which I think is very good .
I started on the Boiler second attempt a block of Spotted Gum Photo attached and then body , I cheated and make the tracks before .
will keep you all posted .
Regards Rod


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Great start Rod on will be a superb model.
Cheers crowie

It does not matter where you start, but that you get to your destination.

I see the engine is a ?-6-?, my guess is a 4-6-0.

Look forward to more of the build.

Great start to a fine finish!:2tsup:

Just a few more photo's .Made disks and cut in half and fitted to groves in boiler .working on cabin I make window opening on my models by making a template and using a flush cut router to cut them out making round corners .
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Regards Rod

Looks like you are off to a flying start on this model looks good so far and I will be following:2tsup:

Hi Handyjack , I am not sure what model the engine is I looked up google and the closest one I could find was a 4-4-0 which has 4 drive wheels where mine has 6 drive wheels .
A very distinctive thing is the tapered boiler on the one I am making which I can't find on others . It may be that the one I am building has a bit of a mixture .
Thanks Rod

Here's a picture of a 4-6-0 class loco.

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The Class Hv1 was built from 1915 by Tampella and Lokomo. They were nicknamed Heikki and were numbered 545 to 578 and 648 to 655. The class remained in service until 1967. One, no. 555 named Princess, is preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum.

Thanks all ,now I know what model I am making a bit more progress made the curved cabin roof using a plane which I do not use enough of now .
and the tender which is just dry assembled ,in fact nothing is fixed or glued together yet .
A few more photos attached .
Regards Rod
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Nice looking turn of the century 4-6-0 tender engine.
4-6-0 in 'Whyte notation' Whyte notation - Wikipedia indicates 4 pilot wheels, 6 driving wheels and 0 trailing wheels (under the firebox & cab). The lack of a letter indicates that the engine's fuel and/or water is in a tender.

Looking great!
Really going to be a nice one when done, have you given any thought about what cars you might build for it.:rolleyes:

Hi ,Thanks I have been busy doing other thinks in the past few weeks getting back to the workshop soon.
Yes I have thought of others maybe a cattle wagon for a start .

Hi all the last spike has been driven ,all finished ,photo to prove that , also a hopper full of coal from a local mine .
very pleased with the result truck and low-loader next .after I complete a few other jobs first .
Thanks for watching .
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It has come up a treat. You have the essentials on the backhead (in the cab), the (water) gauge glass and pressure gauge.

Top looking loco - Great job :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Regards

Keith