1/200 L.N.E.R 'Pacific' A4 Class Locomotive & Tender (New Micromodels) - Page 3

**Philip** · #21 03-15-2022, 03:18 PM

Nice going. I'm looking forward to the rest.

**Marcin Jakubiec** · #22 03-18-2022, 03:39 AM

It's so smaaaaal, but looks cute

I'd love to see your model standing along 1:48 one :D

**Diderick A. den Bakker** · #23 03-19-2022, 03:05 AM

After finishing the Micro version of this famous locomotive, why not have a go at the O-gauge model i published a few years ago?! See my website!

**Aloniuk** · #24 03-21-2022, 04:58 AM

Locomotive chassis completed and footplate glued on.

I strengthened the bottom of the chassis with extra card (first photo, coloured black) and reinforced the rear (first photo, shown before trimming). I added a length of card shim along one side so that the wheels will sit square.

The second photo shows the footplate after curving the front.

The third photo shows the A and B bulkheads glued to the footplate. As they are printed, they're too thin/bendy to use as proper bulkheads to which the boiler casing must be attached to; so I strengthened each one by gluing on a piece of 1mm card cut to the same profile and I used sections of 1mm card butted up against each side of the bulkheads where they join onto the footplate - these are now rigid enough to accept the boiler casing. The C bulkhead is not attached yet as I am attempting to add some pipework detailing from copper and brass wire - to mimic the actual cabin (fourth photo). I will also add two seats.

**Aloniuk** · #25 03-21-2022, 05:59 AM

This will do.... I added a door for the furnace from a piece of round tubing, squeezed to get the right shape .....

**Aloniuk** · #26 03-21-2022, 06:07 AM

Bulkhead C glued in place, representative of the front of the cabin. Second photo shows cardboard butted against bulkheads for strengthening.

**Aloniuk** · #27 03-21-2022, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diderick A. den Bakker

After finishing the Micro version of this famous locomotive, why not have a go at the O-gauge model i published a few years ago?! See my website!

Bit large for me, Diderick 👍🏻😄✂️

**Aloniuk** · #28 03-22-2022, 05:10 AM

Forming the boiler casing using a wooden stick over foam...... It should be slightly conical......

**Aloniuk** · #29 03-24-2022, 12:58 PM

Boiler casing now attached to footplate. I wasn't looking forward to this step, but it seems to have gone okay.

First I applied UHU clear glue to the B and C bulkheads and held the casing in place. The lower edge of each side of the casing was then glued to the footplate by applying dilute PVA along the length..... I used two straight-edged pieces of plastic to keep the casing in place while the PVA dried.

Photo 1 is me applying some dark blue along the running boards/footplate. In photo 2, I apply a lighter blue on the white leading edge, upon which the front section is to be attached - a trial fit showed a portion of the white band would otherwise be exposed. Photo 3 shows I've managed to obtain the slightly conical profile from back to front.

**Aloniuk** · #30 03-25-2022, 07:11 AM

As I've done some cabin detailing, I thought I'd cut the cab windows out to make it more realistic and enable viewing of the inside...... After cutting and touching in, the cabin can be formed/curved to fit......