Photos of my Pennsy Speeder

Bob,

Cool.  Cool, indeed.

Cheers,

Ed

Looks Great !!!

looks great Bob. that kit has nice detail.

Hey Bob; Nice job, nice detail. Thanks for letting us have a look. 

Franky-Ogee

Neato Bob. Now , to place an N size drivetrain in it.  In reality I believe you when you say it is fragile. Hmm, wonder if there would be a market for a an early edition Da Vinci remote surgical instrument to assist when doing such delicate assemblies?

Dan Weinhold

Bob,

Now that's cool!  A lot of well thought out details to look at. I particularly like that windshield gasket.  And the lanterns are a nice touch!

SleepMac:

I wasn't going to mention this so not take Bob's thunder, but I have crafted a powered underframe to go under a Walther's plastic speeder. Used a N scale double shaft motor and fabricated gearboxes. With the short wheelbase it needs track power from it's trailer too via MU wires to avoid stalling. The issue is it derails or stalls through most turnout frogs from the small 18" wheels.

So the project has been gathering dust.

I'm liking a static model more all the time.

Chris, I see power pickup would be a problem under those conditions. I don't know about your project but I can tell Bob's machine is much too fragile to take on the task of powering it.

Dan Weinhold

Powering such a contraption is the furthest thing from my mind. I had all I could do to keep from dropping this critter. The pewter assembly wants to "crush" if one is not very careful to hold it gently. So I would hold it like a baby bird as I manipulated it during construction. The assembly wasn't always clear either causing rereading often to be sure of what was expected. Maybe I'm just getting old...

Bob

Great build, Bob.

Great stuff Bob!

I have one of those kits tucked away somewhere for "One Day when I get time " job, probably won't happen.

Thanks for posting mate.  Nev..

Really neat and very interesting. Would make for a great static display in so many scenarios.

Very nice indeed! Now you need some leather seat cushions for the seat deck.

That neat speeder is blocking what looks like some really nice track work.  How about a clear view turnout shot?  

Neat.... How did they  start the real  thing up, with the fly-wheel?   Do you also have a few "take offs" on the layout?

Tom Tee posted:

That neat speeder is blocking what looks like some really nice track work.  How about a clear view turnout shot?  

 Well Tom the track work is decent but not remarkable, but here's a different view.

Bob

I know you've been hand laying track Bob. it looks pretty 'remarkable' to me.

I have a speeder...not that one, and have not built that one, but there is series of fragile mining machine kits that demand that jeweler's touch to avoid parts going sproing after assy. I used epoxy, and they are still together.

colorado hirailer posted:

I have a speeder...not that one, and have not built that one, but there is series of fragile mining machine kits that demand that jeweler's touch to avoid parts going sproing after assy. I used epoxy, and they are still together.

I've done some model work using epoxy, but with this particular kit I didn't see any advantage. The waiting period for epoxy to cure ( even the five minute stuff ) verses the continual need to hold tiny malleable parts and subassemblies in alignment being the deciding factor. The quick set properties of a quality ACC has it's place, and for this model it was my best choice.

Bob

Bob, Thanks for the track photo.  Balance detail in every pixel!