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NYC fan new to Forum - an introduction

WoodsworksWoodsworksOGR Forum Member

Hi to all.  I have recently joined up, and posted a few comments here and there, before it ocurred to me that an introduction is the proper way to begin.  My name is Paul and it has been twenty minutes since I last thought about model railways, so I'm definitely a lost cause!  The term 'railways' should offer a clue as to where I live, one of those places where we drive on the 'wrong' side of the road, New Zealand.  My favourite road is NYC, late steam/early diesel era, but I'm into any big steam.  Right now I am sketching a plan for a switching layout with a harbourside theme, and building a gearbox for my AHM IHB 0-8-0 kit which I was lucky enough to buy locally - I don't want to assemble it until I know I have the drive working properly, but I'm making life difficult for myself by using a contrate gear and two stages of spur gears to get away from the friction of a worm drive.  I have drawn up a fully enclosed gearbox housing (I am a CAD draughtsman by profession) to be rapid-prototyped by Shapeways, just waiting on finances to allow the parts to be ordered.

 

Further to the draughting thing, I would like to create some parts for some of the more unusual NYC freight equipment - I've always liked the distinctive ribbed ends on older cars - but I'm struggling to find decent plans for these, plus I don't really understand the history/what is appropriate for the period I am modelling, so I'd love to hear from any NYC fans out there who can offer some guidance.  We have a very good brass casting company in NZ, whom I have already used for castings from RP masters, and it is surprisingly inexpensive to create models this way....I just need better information to work from.

 

Regards

Paul Woods

Whangarei, NZ.

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Stephen BloyStephen BloyOGR Forum Member

Paul   Welcome Im just over the Tasman here in Australia, my wife lived there in Whangarei for a short time many years ago, and my Son and his wife were there just recently, your gearbox sounds interesting and Id be interested to see it, what Rapid Model making process are you using, Stereo Lithography ? I have the AHM IHB to, no gearbox thou, have thought of lost waxing the frame for some heft, so it would be interesting to see your approach. Welcome again!

 

Stephen from Down Under     (cTr...Choose the Right)

Ken in NebraskaKen in NebraskaOGR Forum Member

Welcome to the forum Paul.  This is truly a great place for all kinds of information.  Always wanted to get to New Zealand but the closest I got was Sydney, Australia.  Enjoy it all and have a great day.

 

Rich, if you read this post, I'm curious to know if you have a talley on all the countries that are represented.  We just keep getting bigger everyday; also forum is getting better everyday too.

 

Ken.

WoodsworksWoodsworksOGR Forum Member

Thanks to all for your warm welcome - I am surprised at how many people know of a tin-pot little town such as Whangarei!

 

Stephen, I intend to use Shapeways for future projects.  All my past projects were done by a company in Christchurch, NZ, but as well as being several times the price of Shapeways, their high-res SLA machine fell on its side in the earthquake last year, and suffered fatal damage.

 

I have just noticed that the quartering of the 0-8-0's drivers is fairly ornery, so looks like I get to press the wheels off to fix 'em.  At least this will allow me to examine the axles and see if I can fit ball bearing races.

 

Regards

Paul

 

 

WoodsworksWoodsworksOGR Forum Member

K902

K911 at New Plymouth

 

NZGR 'K'-class, built 1932, 145tons all-up, 70ft long, 54" drivers, 2000hp, good for 75mph, built in NZGR's own workshops

 

They may run 'up-side down', but our NZ locos still cut a fine figure, I reckon, and they bear far more resemblance to US steam than British.  That's a lot of the reason why I like US steam, because it looks very familiar to me.  Regards, Paul.

Davy MacDavy MacOGR Forum Member

Hi Paul, Davy from Scotland here, just joined the forum too.  Will be only too glad to help with NYC steam research if I can. I had a go at re-hashing an NYC K11 pacific out of an aristocraft G @ 1/29th scale a few years back.never did finish it though . I think I have a big thick NYC steam book in my collection somewhere too. I'm more into B&O but steam in general always interests me .

Many of your NZ steamers were of course built by North British Works here in Glasgow.(biggest steam loco works in Europe at one time) , sadly no longer the case!  Anyway I'll see if I can dig out that NYC steam bible. Keep in touch   DAVY  

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