I got stuck for a few hours on special coupler for my next build, but its finished now and I have also done small progress on my BR 86 build. The wheel parts are ready to be completed and tonight I will bring fresh pictures of finished compressor.








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Back in work, master for Tolkien-Knorr compressor almost finished, little cleaning and another surfacer coat needed before making the moulds.



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Three different size weights made up and glued in wheel rings. Tomorrow I will get slots needed to fit hubs with spokes.



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Rings got their slots and one wheel put together.




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All the wheels glued together, my next step will be mostly about sanding and polishing them. Surfacer coat shows exactly any single spot needed to be filled, fixed or corrected.




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Continued on the wheels, main sanding finished, another surfacer coat applied and now I will do very gentle sanding in areas, where spokes are connected to the rings, then I will shape the curves. In between I got first castings for Tolkien-Knorr water feeding pump, the results are just perfect. Also castings for couplers went well.






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Reinforcements shaped on first wheel, just a few more to be added in weight area. I started building the water feeding pump from first castings I got, I will finish and paint it soon. Also first castings for the compressor obtained just a couple minutes ago.





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First castings of the compressor cylinders obtained. They shoul be look much better painted



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a picture from my busy casting seance



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Not much done this time, just some pieces glued in the wheel to shape reinforcements in my next step.



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Great Work ! milvehfan

Thank you milvehfan, you are very kind
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I have spent last week working on another project, there is a group of modellers working on group BR52 project in 1/25 scale, guys building each the same Polish paper loco, which is quiet good looking stuff anyway, and I was pretty shocked, what can be built from paper, and these guys asked me for come additional detail castings, so I am now making 7 sets of special parts. These are mostly parts used on post war locos, usually in Czechoslovakia that time. Like mentioned before, they come up in 1/25 scale and I feel that makes me more tempted to build some loco in 1/16 one day. In short there are steam generator, brake valves, three way valve, injectors and servo, all almost finished and ready to make the moulds after surfacer coat and some sanding, polishing and so on. In next two days, I should be back on my build.






And here a few pictures of their paper locos and a link:
paper loco builds







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Libor.... Thank you for the link to the paper BR52s. THe level of work and subsequent quality is amazing.

Once again, brilliant work. You definately know the meaning of ultra-detailed and you were right about the Voyager photoetch being a nice product.
This has been my first experience with the company and their etch appears to be very easy for me to work with being a relative newcomer to the hobby.
You wouldn't happen to know what size the metal bolts included with the pro pack are and where I could order some more from?
My darling daughter decided she would play with them and lose them.

The pump you scratched is a work of art in itself and I only wish that I could rustle one up like it too... maybe in a decade if I keep at it every day. For now I will stick with adding a few hydraulic lines.

Just one question Libor regarding the smoke/wind deflectors. They are almost always included with restored BR52s and model kits that are made but I have read (I cannot remember where) that they would not have been applied to many, if any, of the WWII ones.
Do you know whether this is the case with all the research that you have done or if the author maybe got his information muddled?

Thank you again for WIP that inspires me to get cracking with my own kit and gives me the courage to attempt small steps in scratchbuilding myslef.

Joanne.

Hi Joanne, thank you for your kind words. The bolts in the set are 1mm head, I think you can replace them with some available at the links below:
bolt1
bolt2
bolt3
Plastic or resin ones can be glued on easily.
For the smoke deflectors, they are not shown in the pictures too often, however, they were in use sometimes, as I have a few pictures with them mounted on locos, so you cannot go wrong any way, if you use them or not.
My detailing sets for BR86 (partly for BR52 as well) and more will be soon available to get at my website, also some exciting full kits coming up later on this year.
Back in work, finished wheels with all their reinforcements shaped are ready for last surfacer coat and polish, then the moulds will be made. Tolkien-Knorr compressor and pump almost built up from castings will get surfacer coat and final paint soon. Also a mould for interior finished, high pressure steam pump and all the parts for loco and train brakes.






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Wow, since some weeks I only read the updates. Nice progress with your build!
I like the self-made-wheels... but also other small scratched parts!

I also saw the paper-kits... they are great and need a lot of "careful-ness".

Also on my small kit I made a -small- progress... he/she/it got its first 2 teeth!


greetings... and happy easter (or holidays)!
Soeren

Hi Soeren,
thank you for your kind comment (however, the holidays mean for me only harder work, faraway from hobby, because of many more people coming to the restaurant I work in). I agree, their paper builds are quiet amazing, and the scale as well, more nice details can be brought out. One day I will definitely start some steam beauty in larger scale, 1/16 would be just great
Now I will try to get any greater progress in this my build, but there is still too much to be done Something fresh next week, I hope
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Pump and compressor built and ready for surfacer coat and painting tomorrow.








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I am getting primed and painted my adds today and meanwhile I am also casting parts for "paper locos" The pieces coming along pretty well





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Primed and polished, ready for paint






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Wow, the parts look great!!!
I hope, that these will be visible later.

greetings...
Soeren

Thank you sir, all these will be visible very well at the front in very good contrast with black part of the boiler




Here first set for the interior, mostly parts for brakes and steam pump



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BTW, in case of interest, some these spare detailing and correcting resin sets will be available at my website next week

And here completed parts for brake valves, ready for primer and painting.




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Some other castings obtained, box with switches and fuses for the cab, and steam generator for electric supply. Smal socket boxes with plugs will be used for headlights of the loco.



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And the rest ot the parts for the interior, other valves and mainly high pressure oil pump Bosh to supply lubrication of any working part of the loco.





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