A Mouse in the house!

Well everyone, in an unusually short span of time I have completed ANOTHER locomotive on the list.

0 Gauge
-Bayer Garrett (still need Sir Morris de Cowley drawings)
-Cracker
-Diesel Outline
-Minnehaha
-Miss Therm
-Mollyette
-Myrtle
-Steam Mouse

1 Gauge
-Amy
-Chingford Express
-Daisy Drummond
-Dyakette
-Ford Pacific
-Little Jack Horner
-St. Hildas
-WD Stanier

2.5" Gauge
-Economary (also in 0 gauge as Economette, 1 gauge as Miss Economy)
-Bass (Also in 0/1 gauge)
-Mabel Hall
-Nippy
-Sterling Single
-Victoria
-Ajax
-Annie Bodie
-Belle Stroudley
-Canadian Switcher
-FIRS 245 (Six Year Old's 4F)
-Judy
-Kingette
-Lady Kitty
-Mabel Hall
-Mary Ann
-Pansyette
-Pixie
-Rose
-Simple Sally (there are FOUR versions of this one, thankfully it won't be hard)
-Talula
-Lucy Anna (also in 0 gauge)
-Speedyette (also in 1 gauge)

3.5" Gauge
-Dairy Maid (also in 2.5” gauge)
-Duchess of Swindon
-Ivy Hall
-Mona (also in 1 gauge)
-Sister Dora
-Zoe (also in 1 gauge)

5" Gauge
-Eva May (tender and tank. also 2.5" gauge)
-Minx
-Netta (0-5” gauge)



Now then, the Steam Mouse is a simple locomotive, however, much like I have mentioned before I detest the burner on this locomotive- even more than the one on the Rose or the Pixie. I also sort of used this as a practice for using undimensioned drawings for designing parts.

I'm missing a page about the boiler on Pixie, so Ajax will be next.

If anyone would be so kind as to contribute material on the designs I have listed, I would very grateful.

Can't help with material unfortunately, but well done you for taking LBSC on and sharing the results. Please keep it coming.

By the way there are quite a few British da Silvas about - I went to school with one. He wasn't unusually hairy, but another friend sported a full set of Victorian bushy sideburns when he was 16!

You might be interested in the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance too; warms the cockles of your heart as an example of international amity.

Best wishes,

Dave

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 24/09/2017 11:09:21

Dave,

Well the other half of my family is English.
You can't deny it when there is a town with your surname in Somerset.

Before I knew I was English (well Scottish too, but we'll just stick with English) I always said I was English anyhow. I may have been born in America with Portuguese blood but I think my heart has always been English. I've had an affinity for English really anything since I could recall.

My grandmum's penchant for 'Are You Being Served? and mum's dry humour in general did not help matters any. Not to mention that I actually love rain MAY indicate some manner of... being gravely out of place.

Hello Dave. Good morning.

I was born in the north of Portugal, in a town called Vizela. That city has a parish called Tagilde where the promissory document was signed which shortly thereafter evolved into the Treaty of Windsor.
Please read the following URL ***HERE*** and ***HERE*** .

Best wishes
Dias Costa

I'm not alone (happy tear) my family is from Trancoso.

I haven't been slacking for the last few days I can assure you of that.
I have been working on the Ajax, and until the fine folks at Tee Publishing came along, I was starting to actually get caught up on these locomotives.

I would have never guessed that the locomotive that would have the most wonky drawings and instructions to be the Ajax. I would be WRONG if I said that. I think that the problem with this design rests in the port block and the trunnion block on the frame. My guess is that the blocks would need to come out further- since they would need to clear the wheels and what not.

I like this locomotive, it's kinda cute, and I might even have my way with the basics of this design to make something slightly Rocket/Rainhill inspired.

Thanks for the links Dias. I find the history of other countries very interesting, even more so when it overlaps with mine. The Portuguese empire was quite an achievement.

Vizela is very attractive in the sunshine. I love England but it's all clouds and rain here as I type this. Are you related to the mayor?

Plenty of British Costas about too. (Sam Costa was a famous British singer, comic actor, and radio personality.)

Regards,

Dave

I'll skip the obvious coffee joke...

Morning Dean,

Roots are important aren't they? My father-in-law left Scotland when he was 17 and never went back. When I first met him he had a slight Somerset accent. As he aged he got more and more Scottish, and he was speaking Glaswegian by the time he died!

The unhappiest man I ever met was an Argentinian of German stock who had lived in the USA until he was 14. Then his father took him back to Argentina. He doesn't speak Spanish. His family all died before he was 20 so he emigrated to Canada. From there his job took him to the UK. When I met him he was seriously thinking of applying for UK citizenship...

Never mind, at least you've got LBSC, DVDs and the Internet. It's much easier to be an anglophile in Arizona than it used to be. Meanwhile you can amuse the locals with Britishisms, double entredres ('Are You Being Served' is rude), and euphemisms. Next time you're in the mall, ask where you can go to spend a penny. And as for the havoc you can cause by using British spelling - the fun will be endless!

Cheers,

Dave

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 26/09/2017 11:28:48

Dave,

There really is no denying that you are from Somerset when your name is taken from hamlet in Churchstanton when its Burnworth!

I did one time as a joke show up to a Fourth of July event wearing a shirt saying "Happy treason day, ungrateful colonials". Ironically I was in the US military at the time. Even more ironically, I worked on PATRIOT missiles which don't exactly have the best of track record with the RAF.

I'd really rather not live in Arizona for the rest of my life. I know that people in the UK like the sun since it rains a lot there, but I have lived in the desert now for 10 years. When its 50 degrees outside (C not F) it's not "oh what a lovely bit of sun we are having" it becomes more akin to "Holy (bad word) the sun is trying to kill me today!". When it does rain (both inches of it) it's nice for a little bit, until the next day when the humidity rises so much that you want to take up residence in your ice box. Oh, and most houses here have TWO aircon units, not one. Solar panels often are not warrantied here.

Back home in Northern California it's not so bad?
**LINK**

False!
That dam that nearly ruptured back in February is five miles from my nan and my mum.
Did I mention also that Northern California is almost constantly on fire?

I have the worst luck in terms of places to live.

Alright, I can assure everyone I have not in fact died.

Rather my job is incredibly busy and often times that cuts into CAD time.

Here's a little humour:

"Wow, those article copies I ordered from Tee Publishing have finally gotten here! These events would be fun if....



... I WASNT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT!" 


And thus is was that dry English humour has come to a place equally dry. 
Well played Tee Publishing, well played. 
 

Edited By Dean da Silva on 03/10/2017 01:27:21

Alright... so here is the update- so to speak.



I had to put the Pixie on hold, but I will finish that one in due time.
AKA next.

I hope, but at the same time this is going to be a bit of a trick. The article wasn't exactly the most descriptive thing on earth. The Ajax so far is coming along really smoothly, what isn't pictured is all the fiddly little bits under the engine for the reversing mechanism.


So the next after the Pixie and Ajax will be Mabel Hall.
And THEN comes the Eva Mays!
ALL FOUR OF THEM. Bloody hell.

The Bat and Owl might just happen for fun sometime, same with Girton. I have a soft spot for the "Schools" class locomotive. In fact, if I was able to find one in 7.25" gauge that I could regauge to 7.5", I would end up making a very impulsive purchase.

Veeeeeeeeeery impulsive purchase.

So the Ajax is coming along nicely.
But there are going to be a few changes though. The safety valve was poorly described, and as well as the whistle. I am going to have to track down some drawings of a basic little tiny whistle for this locomotive, but the safety valve however I have found the simplest most straight forward solution: it came off of Rose.


I really don't like detracting from LBSC's designs and from the drawings that were in the magazine, but at the same time there is a certain degree of practicality that must be considered if people are to ever build these designs again. I always ask myself if Curly would approve of this change. I think that on a locomotive like this, which is more of a toy, he would approve.

Next up is the burner, followed by the finishing touches like a name plate and the like!

LBSC or perhaps the editors often left out detail parts like the safety valve when they had been described before. It was assumed that the builder was a regular subscriber and so would have the back issues.

He really didn't reference anything. This locomotive is kind of... vague to say the very least.

Hi Dean,

Have you seen Curley's "Shop, Shed and Road"? **LINK** This has details on many of the fixtures and fittings he used on his locos as well as hints and tips on how he manufactured various components.

I'm really enjoying your posts.

Cheers,

Rod

Rod,

Thank you, I am glad you are enjoying my posts, it's nice to hear that my work is appreciated.
I have that book, curiously it didn't cover the exact fixtures in the sketch. When it comes time to start making actual drawings for building I'll probably use the same safety valve as the Rose has and a whistle from the book.

The drawings for the Ajax were very incomplete, and the description of how to build it was equally incomplete.

Regards,
-Dean