Hi Guys,
As stated in my Lion Thread, the next build is a 1910 - 4-6-2 Tank Locomotive which ran on the suburban passenger lines around Melbourne, Victoria. It was withdrawn from service in 1960 after travelling 998,809 miles.
The beauty about building this locomotive is that it is only about 90klm up the road from where we live. If I need extra photos or measurements - it's only an hour and a bit up the road and entry cost to get into the museum.
The Lion was difficult because you could only see photos from the Liverpool Museum and the Lion Website in the UK. That being said - the guys in the UK have been great as well as a contact I have in Canada and also Kevin's expertise.
I have done some calculations and a little design work.
What I did at the museum was take photos along the length of the loco in 3 separate locations. All at the same distance away. I printed these off and cut and glued the locomotive "together". I also took photos of the front of the loco. The "aggregate" photo compared to measurements I took - works out to be 1/21 scale. I made various calculations to confirm this scale.
My locomotive will be 3 times the size of my main photo (primary working sheet). I will get this laminated and see if a local Geelong firm can enlarge and laminate this copy to the actual size of the model loco. If not, I will just work off my original.
Therefore, my locomotive will be 1/7th scale. That will fit on top of my display area and won't "hit" the roof.
The length of the locomotive will be 1800mm. Height from rail to top of stack - 540mm. Width - 385mm. Main drive cylinders diameter - 90mm. Piston shaft dia - 15mm.
Below is a photo of the sheet I have compiled that will be the basis of the build - along with the numerous (heaps) of photos taken and dimensions measured. Thanks for your interest.
Looking forward to this
Regards
Keith
loco plan.jpg
As stated in my Lion Thread, the next build is a 1910 - 4-6-2 Tank Locomotive which ran on the suburban passenger lines around Melbourne, Victoria. It was withdrawn from service in 1960 after travelling 998,809 miles.
The beauty about building this locomotive is that it is only about 90klm up the road from where we live. If I need extra photos or measurements - it's only an hour and a bit up the road and entry cost to get into the museum.
The Lion was difficult because you could only see photos from the Liverpool Museum and the Lion Website in the UK. That being said - the guys in the UK have been great as well as a contact I have in Canada and also Kevin's expertise.
I have done some calculations and a little design work.
What I did at the museum was take photos along the length of the loco in 3 separate locations. All at the same distance away. I printed these off and cut and glued the locomotive "together". I also took photos of the front of the loco. The "aggregate" photo compared to measurements I took - works out to be 1/21 scale. I made various calculations to confirm this scale.
My locomotive will be 3 times the size of my main photo (primary working sheet). I will get this laminated and see if a local Geelong firm can enlarge and laminate this copy to the actual size of the model loco. If not, I will just work off my original.
Therefore, my locomotive will be 1/7th scale. That will fit on top of my display area and won't "hit" the roof.
The length of the locomotive will be 1800mm. Height from rail to top of stack - 540mm. Width - 385mm. Main drive cylinders diameter - 90mm. Piston shaft dia - 15mm.
Below is a photo of the sheet I have compiled that will be the basis of the build - along with the numerous (heaps) of photos taken and dimensions measured. Thanks for your interest.
Looking forward to this
Regards
Keith
loco plan.jpg
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