7mm Gladiator Horwich Mogul

[P A D]

The loco chassis is slowly coming back together. I've already given it a good run in and it now runs nicely back and forth on a length of flexitrack on the bench.


The tender is now done reassembly wise, bar the buffer heads, but they will only be fitted after the buffer beam and hoses are painted.


Unlike the "traditional" Gladiator kits, the cylinders and motion cannot be removed as a complete sub assembly. The valve gear needs quite a lot of disassembly before the cylinders/slidbars are removed independently, one at a time from each side. Reassembly is therefore more complex. This is the state of play so far.


Cheers,
Peter

 

[dibateg]

Nice work Peter, I'm looking forward to catching up!

 

[john lewsey]

That looks really good.

 

[P A D]

Thanks Tony and John.

I was able to get the valve gear back on this afternoon, which was a bit of a fiddle as it has to be taken down so much for painting.


I had to make some adjustments to the return cranks as they were snagging in places, but that was down to me not getting it right in the first place.


Still a lot to do until it's finished, but it's substantially complete now.


As well as the various detail painting and lining etc., I've still to assemble and paint the backhead, which is a very nice little kit from Laurie Griffin.


Here's a closer view of the valve gear.


The boiler bands are on the narrow side so I may resort to 4mm scale lining when I get to it. With hindsight I should have sanded them off while to boiler was in the flat.

Cheers,
Peter

 

[Genghis]

Yummy! Well done. I have to decide if my next build is an MOK 9F (next in queue) or one of these (what the heart says).

 

[P A D]

Thanks David.
You'll enjoy the Mogul. However, if it was my choice I'd go for the MOK 9F, but only because the kit design concept is so different from anything else, as is the prototype. There aren't many with 10 driving wheels. Also, I've built four Fowler tenders, the most recent (before the Crab) being on the Gladiator Stanier Mogul, so familiarity breeds contemp I suppose.
Cheers,
Peter