Redshift Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hello, denizens of the dusty end of the forum. Thought I'd pop down here to show off my latest whittling project: a pre-war Peckett 0-6-0 ST. I chose it as a starter loco project as it didn't have too many wheels to carve in case I found the going a bit tough. Everythign is hand carved from wood with a few brass wire embellishments. Oh, and soeme galvanised felt nails for buffers. Hope you like "60 ton angel falls to the earth / Pile of old metal, a radiant blur" 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Nice work! Particularly for no power tools! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Fuelled with fire wood and lubricated with Linseed oil? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 This looks absolutely wonderful, what a fantastic model. Great work. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Brilliant, love it !... I've (somewhere tucked away) got the basis of an Irish narrow gauge loco I started making in cardboard, you've inspired me to dig that out again and have a look, if I can find it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshift Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Glad I can be of some inspiration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Timmy Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 NICE!!! What scale is it? I like the wood grain look, but are you going to paint it? I once built a "scratch-bash" Shay locomotive out of wood dowels and built the cab using coupons that came with packs of cigarettes.... took a lot of paint to keep the Camel image from bleeding through ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshift Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Little Timmy said: NICE!!! What scale is it? I like the wood grain look, but are you going to paint it? I once built a "scratch-bash" Shay locomotive out of wood dowels and built the cab using coupons that came with packs of cigarettes.... took a lot of paint to keep the Camel image from bleeding through ... The scale is whatever it worked out to be when printing the plans to fit a4 paper. Its 205mm buffer to buffer, so roughly 1/38. The chief domestic engineer has decreed that she likes it as a wood sculpture rather than painted, so wood it shall remain in the interest of marital harmony 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I was meaning to ask if it was going to be painted...erm, clearly not ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Great model! 😀 hand made wooden wheels! 😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redshift Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Bandsaw Steve said: Great model! 😀 hand made wooden wheels! 😱 Thanks. They turned out easier than I was expecting, I had a curved gouge of exactly the right radius which helped, some diamond needle files and a large box of scalpel blades. The wheels are boxwood, which is amazing stuff almost like plastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasticbasher Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 That’s a piece of real craft work! I think it looks great in the wood finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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