Tonight I reassembled it and took the following photos before dropping it off at Warren’s for painting.
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Ian Kirk All 3rd almost ready to rock
To fit the no smoking transfers I made up a little jig from a piece of 20thou styrene which was the width of the window from the outside. I measured half way up the window and marked the styrene. I then added 1mm and marked it again. After measuring the with of the transfer I subtracted this from the total width and divided the remainder by two. I measured the result from each edge and marked a vertical line from the high line to the middle line at each side and then cut the styrene out leaving me with a rectangle of styrene with a notch cut out that centres the transfer in the middle of the window both vertically and horizontally
The All 3rd end is near…
Gladiator B16-1 First Test Run
After my mistake with the wheels on Saturday, I sorted them out and with the weather being not too bad we cleaned up part of the circuit on the garden line and gave it a try.
Sadly, the rigid chassis doesn’t take well to my less than generous curves but it is alive and now just needs final detailing.
Here’s a video of it running up and down the straight section.
Chris also took a few photos of it in the sunshine. Just a few more details to add before it goes of to Warren for painting.
Ian Kirk 7mm scale All 3rd, a few more details completed
Gladiator B16/1 Bodywork Complete, Chassis final details next.
Painting the Kirk’s
Gladiator B16/1 More Body Details
Detailing the loco body
Next I made up and fitted the operating rod on the right hand side that was fitted to some locos. The casting was provided in the kit but I scratched the level from some scrap etch. This was all fairly straight forward as was drilling the foot plate and rear splashers and fitting the other oil boxes with the pipes. The boiler furniture again all went smoothly apart from the dome.