Me again with these little trains. I know this thread was way down the order now but I wanted to put some kind of work in progress pictures on and give some info about the making of these trains.
Engine
Cut list
Qty: 1 - 18mm x 20mm L: 75mm
Qty: 1 - 18mm x 20mm L: 25mm
Qty: 1 - 18mm dowel L: 50mm
Qty: 1 - 20mm x 5mm L: 75mm
Qty: 1 - 20mm x 5mm L: 25mm
Qty: 1 - 6mm dowel L: 10mm
I assembled the components like this...
All glued together, then I drilled a 6mm hole in the top of the tank and popped the 6mm dowel into it as a funnel.
I made a small jig for the wheel spacing out of a scrap bit of mahogany. But if I was doing it the long way I would measure 5mm up from the bottom then rule a line across then along this line mark off 11mm, 38mm & 64mm. Drill through at these marks with 5mm drill bit.
After a tickle with a piece of sand paper to remove any fluffy edges or cut marks I started to paint the engines. First I painted the colour. This one is red but I have done green and blue too.
Then I painted the black parts.
Then fit a small eye into the back of the engine. I didn't have a set measurement for the location of the eye/hooks, I just kinda went for about 5mm up and central across the width. If you look in the background you can see my wheel spacing jig.
Using 9 guage (12mm shank length, 8mm cap diam) split rivets I located the rivet and wheel into the hole and tap down. I found when tapped down the wheels were stuck solid. So gently I put a small screwdriver blade under the rivet cap and lifted until the wheel could spin.
Thats about it for the engine.
Passenger Carriages
Cut List
Qty: 2 - 18mm x 20mm L: 50mm
Qty: 1 - 20mm x 5mm L: 50mm
Assemble like this...
Painted like this...
Use the same method for the wheels as the engine.
Coal Cart
Cut List
Qty: 1 - 18mm x 20mm L: 50mm
Qty: 1 - 18mm x 10mm L: 50mm
Qty: 1 - 20mm x 5mm L: 50mm
Assemble and paint like this...
The coal is made by putting a layer of pva glue on the top and sprinkle coarse sea salt onto it. Let it dry and then paint black.
I also made flat bed carriages and a tanker carriage. You can make anything you want really.