What I did this weekend CLOCKWORK

[crackingjob]

You have one!

Find it and have a historic run one day....they were made to run...though are they valuable???

Either way fantasic.....clockwork is enviromental friendly

Crackingjob

[Bill Wray]

You have one!

Find it and have a historic run one day....they were made to run...though are they valuable???

Either way fantasic.....clockwork is enviromental friendly

Crackingjob

As I recall, we used to play with it (abuse it?) some when I was a kid and yes, it would run like a (fill in your favorite metaphor).

[dmaynard]

Years ago I had a wind up O gauge locomotive, I think it was a Marx. Anyway it would really fly. A speed control on it would have been nice. It also would have been nice if the spring didn't have a knack for winding down on the other side of the layout. 

[Bill Wray]

It also would have been nice if the spring didn't have a knack for winding down on the other side of the layout. 

Nowadays, that bit of technology has been transferred to live steamers.

[crackingjob]

who mentioned steamers on the clockwork blog??

I've great plans having aquired a couple more motors

a loco based on Richard Trevithicks locos...'clockithick'

a loco based on a Guinness brewery loco .....'can can' or 'Tou can'

and a garrett....'clockarrett'

In the meantime, I have obtained a partially rebuilt hornby 4-4-0. I has no leavers, and no key but works....Emett??  Barnfield??  or?

Suggestions please (clean and unusual )

[Annie]

Crikey that's a bit scarce to go messing about with.  I like clockwork locos too, but I've always been careful not to modify anything that's prewar and on the old side.

[crackingjob]

Annie...from what I understand, the chap i aquired it from said the drive was 1927-31 and the body was aquired separately...and from the looks its a replica body.

I have a deep sense of history and preservation, so I agree its not a thing to mess with.

The plan now is to make new leavers for the drive in any case.

However I have found plans for a speculative Hunslet 4-4-0 loco that never was for Lynton and Barnstaple railway which appeared in a 7mm narrow gauge socitey magazine Narrow Lines in the 90's and build to 16mm scale with card and wood body  to drop over and preserve the loco as it is. There will have to some mods to the body but being a modern copy I shall not worry.

Now if i could only get my PC back (I'm on a borrowed PC) I will show whats what,and some how go AWNUTS with it...hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Crackingjob

[Annie]

A Hunslet 4-4-0 in 16mm sounds seriously interesting, - I'll look forward to seeing that.

Good to hear that the clocker isn't a rare one or anything  :)

[crackingjob]

glad you approve....though knowing Uk narrow guage...it will be more Peter Barnfield

Crackingjob

[bkbates]

This stuff must be contagious! I spent some time last week banging the drivers off the works on an old Marx clockwork motor that I have. The shafting is ordered to get this unit running on 45mm track. I have no idea what the superstructure might look like.

B2

[Annie]

I've got various old Lionel and Marx mechs about the place and now I'm starting to wonder if I could regauge them to build various small timber tramway locos that have taken my fancy.  Those old AC electric motors are just about bombproof and it's not so difficult to set them up for running on DC current; - though I do wonder how they'd go with battery operation.
I much prefer battery operation because it means my locos can run on any sort of track including wooden rails which were commonly used on timber tramways here in NZ.  It also means during layout visits I don't have to worry about what variety or species of control system is being used as my locos will run regardless which isn't always possible with track pickup.  I like hand-in-the-cab as a way of operating my locos, but it is important to have everything sweetly setup and it's not so good for anything that runs at high speed.

I've got some old clockwork mechs too which I'm itching to do something with after seeing this thread.  Must find a nice bush tram prototype and see what I can do......

[crackingjob]

There is always something getting in the way...however I got my frustration out by getting on with a few projects....'what am I doing darling???....just relaxing and thinking dear!'.....

So the loco the NEverWas (NEW) on the Lynton and Barnstaple is a further along

It looks a bit higgly piggly but getting there..cabs a little low but I can live with it (only drivers under 5'6" 16mm scale!!! required.)

Crackingjob

[Rowan]

CJ,
Is that card you're using? If so, how do you make those circular cut outs?
They look v  e  r  y neat........

[Annie]

Cool, - that's looking really promising.  Mind you if you look at photos of some narriow gauge locos at work it's fairly plain that there wasn't always that much headroom in the cab.  Makes me wonder if after a while footplate staff could be recognised by their permanent stoop.

[crackingjob]

Thanks for the comments

Yes the cabs were often low.....low bridges etc

The curves were done with a swivel head knife and puches, the portholes with a compass with a blade (can't think of the proper name)

Yes its card, mounting board sort used for pictures, very tough but cuts easily
Peter Barnfield used it on his.(I have copies of his articles if you want one I can photo copy and post to you...personal message me with an address)

Bit of adjusting to do as I have a large overhang on the loco.

Crackingjob