Skylark Update

 The PDF Skylark kit is slowly coming together, the story is told in pictures

Some colour has gone onto the kit with the cylinders being painted first.

The chassis in one piece with the motor fitted.

The top of the chassis and the boiler unit temporarily fitted and it is looking more like a locomotive.

The buffer beams have been fitted 

Unfortunately I broke a piece off the body, the plastic is quite brittle, super glue to the rescue.

The firebox is slowly getting its detail added.

The body is now under construction. It is made from clear plastic but to aid construction I used glass paper to rough up the surface to make it easier to see.

The side tanks were filled with roofing lead and the body sides glued to them making a very heavy body which should aid the locos traction.

The loco is assembled to check fit and get an idea of what it will eventually look like.

The buffer beams are getting their colour.

The water tank fillers are fitted as the body approaches completion.

 

The side banding and door frames are in place

A coat of filler primer is added, not a complete coat as it ran out but enough for the next step

And that step is the rivets, lots and lots of rivets!

With all the rivets on the body gets a proper coat of primer and a few tweaks before paint.

 

The body has most f its paint and will get further coats before its done.

All paint is on, now the connecting rods, details, electrics and roof still to be done.

Skylark

 

The loco is in bits again ready for paint to be applied. Hopefully tomorrow the parts will look good and ready for reassembly on Monday.

The PDF Skylark

 The new loco is slowly looking more like a railway engine.

The chassis is slowly coming together and will soon be disassembled for painting. 

The boiler, smoke and fire boxes have been fitted to the running plate and the side tanks placed to see what it all looks like.

Lockdown jobs

 As we will be going back into lockdown this Thursday I have been looking at what tasks I need to do now I will have some time on my hands. I have plenty of stock that could do with some extra details like loads or rivet detail etc., I have several locomotives that need completion plus I have an oval of old Triang track that needs sorting out so I can use it as a test track and Christmas Train track around the base of our Xmas tree.

I also need to sort out the spare room where my workdesk is located, getting rid of the large double bed that is rarely used and replace it with a sofa bed. This will give me somewhere comfortable to sit and read or watch the TV plus a nice big area of floor space to work on railway and Cosplay items.

More details as and when this happens.

PDF Skylark Kit

 I have just taken delivery of one of the new PDF Models Skylark kits and I have begun to put it together. I am in no hurry to get it finished and will add extra details as I go along.

Started with the smoke box by assembling and fitting the chimney and then fitting the smoke box door and its dart

All assembled and ready for rivets

Rivets going on

Boiler back has been fixed in place

The boiler assembly ready for some undercoat before I continue although I will finish the rivets first

New 3d printed wagon kit

 I am now building a small tank wagon from a 3D printed kit from a company called Rraven Kreativ. It is nicely printed with some striping but it is not too bad. The parts need some work to make them fit but thats not really a problem. The tank supports were not in the kit so I will make some from balsa wood.

The tank body showing the banding.

The flat bed and chassis being built.

I hope to get this built over the next week.

The wagons nearing completion

 Both the new wagons are almost complete with just a load and numbering to add plus couplings.