LBSC Canterbury Lamb - running on air

[TimB]

Hi all,

By way of testing posting and links etc etc I thought you might be interested in my Canterbury Lamb (Invicta) running on air.  This was some time ago and the tender is now complete with the boiler well underway.


If anyone can let me know how to get this video on the message that would be great!

Hopefully this is the right place for this and I have not broken any rules - still getting to know the place.

ATB

Tim

Edit Jo: sorted out the video  When you select to reply  one of the buttons above the box is for inserting imgur images or videos. Not sure about the extra lines after 

[crueby]

I dont know about imagur, but I have put videos on youtube and just posted the link here, and the video appears/plays right in the message, no special tags needed.

[springcrocus]

Looking good, Tim   
Regards, Steve

[cnr6400]

  She's a runner Tim! very nice. Is she 3 1/2" or 5" gauge?

[Jo]

That looks so cute      Reminds me I have a mobile beam engine (locomotion)  in my collection that I must get round to building.


Looking forward to seeing more of it coming together.

Jo

P.S. Please don't take "cute" the wrong way 

[TimB]

Thank you for all those kind words!

It is a 3 1/2" gauge.

A still of the body:



I thought I had a pic of the completed tender but apparently not, I will post tomorrow if there is interest.

Cute is OK! 

Tim

[springcrocus]

P.S. Please don't take "cute" the wrong way 

Regards, Steve

[cnr6400]

Thanks Tim for the gauge dimension. The workmanship is top notch!   

[steamer]

She's a runnah!    congrats!!!

Dave

[Kim]

That's always exciting to see it run for the first time! 

Yes, there's interest in seeing the tender 

Kim

[Chipswitheverything]

Beautiful workmanship in your chassis, and the video shows it running to perfection.  I see from your intro post that you are another enthusiast for the fine tools designed by GHT !   Dave

[TimB]

Thanks again for the kind words all,

Tender then , with rear cover on:



And some of the gubbins inside, there is a hand pump - made but not fitted to go in here:



And the other side:




More or less complete, needs making watertight, pump fitting and plumbed then the lid to the tank needs fitting, oh and a touch of paint eventually.
The edge of the body should be trimmed with half round when I get around to it.

Hopefully the photos are of interest.

Yes I consider GHT to be one of the best regarding tooling and have tried to emulate where possible.  He never used emery cloth for finishing apparently and if you see his finishes you wonder how!


ATB
Tim

[RReid]

Your "Lamb" is a very interesting rendition of the very early locomotive style. Small and manageable, and you've done a very neat and tidy job of the building. That tender is coming along to be a little jewel, and  I really like those fancy spoked wheels.

[wagnmkr]

A very interesting build, and the workmanship is wonderful.

[Kim]

That's a very cute little tender, Tim! 

Kim

[Dave Otto]

Nice work on the tender Tim, it sure is cute! I wonder why the curved end? It seem that it would have more capacity if more square.

Dave

[TimB]

Hi all,
I see the ‘cute’ tag is catching on!!

Canterbury Lamb is a homage to ‘Invicta’, a Stephenson loco built 1829, the twentieth he built. It ran on the Whitstable to Canterbury line for ten years or so from 1830. It remains somewhat preserved albeit in a poor state on public display in Canterbury I believe.

The curved tank on the tender is to LBSC design although a number have been built as suggested with square sides. It was the unique shape that caught my interest plus the castings were cheap from that well know auction site, although that is another story!!

I have been working on the boiler but work and real life have taken precedence for the last year so progress has been glacial to say the least.

Again if there is interest I can put the build log on here, a bit of a summary of the story so far then the boiler build.

Let me know what you think. Might have to call it the Cute Lamb build!!??
Atb
Tim

[Dave Otto]

Thanks for the history Tim, I will try to find a better adjective going forward, but it is cute.   I not a loco guy but I do look at, and follow along with all builds on MEM.
So if you wanted to put your build here I would enjoy checking it out and following along. Pardon my ignorance but what does LBSC stand for?

Dave
 

[Kim]

There's definitely interest! 

Kim

[Jo]

Pardon my ignorance but what does LBSC stand for?

LBSC stands for: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. But Tim is referring to a well know model locomotive designer who wrote in the UK Model Engineer magazine:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Lawrence .

He built 50 locos himself and did a total of 166 different designs.

Jo

[Dalboy]

Hi all,
I see the ‘cute’ tag is catching on!!

Canterbury Lamb is a homage to ‘Invicta’, a Stephenson loco built 1829, the twentieth he built. It ran on the Whitstable to Canterbury line for ten years or so from 1830. It remains somewhat preserved albeit in a poor state on public display in Canterbury I believe.

The curved tank on the tender is to LBSC design although a number have been built as suggested with square sides. It was the unique shape that caught my interest plus the castings were cheap from that well know auction site, although that is another story!!

I have been working on the boiler but work and real life have taken precedence for the last year so progress has been glacial to say the least.

Again if there is interest I can put the build log on here, a bit of a summary of the story so far then the boiler build.

Let me know what you think. Might have to call it the Cute Lamb build!!??
Atb
Tim

To add to this information the line it ran on was locally known as the "crab and winkle line" as Whitstable is a small fishing port. The loco is now in the "Whitstable Community Museum and Gallery"