RAILS TO BLACK ROCK A blog about the construction of a 5.5mm scale model of a fictitious Ffestiniog Railway branch line to Black Rock Sands via Borth y gest. This was a railway that was proposed in real life but never built. Although a model railway, the model has an equal focus on the distinctive architecture of North Wales.The picture above gives an overall view of the area of the village being modelled.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Today has been spent making the scratch built body for the large tender. The measurements were taken from a 7mm drawing and scaled down to 5.5mm scale. The tender is much bigger than the tender supplied with the MSM kit, there was a moment when i placed it next to the loco when I thought I must have calculated the dimensions incorrectly, however a quick look at photos of Welsh Pony displayed with a large tender this summer confirmed that the heights were accurate.
The wires sticking out of the cab will be routed below the footplate to the tender. The tender will have pick ups on all wheels to improve the engines reliability. The original cast chassis for the tender has been used but Romford pin point bearings have been inserted.
Here the difference in the size of the tenders is clear.
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