hello sir, nice to meet you, I also work on the Indonesian railways, I want to ask sir, do you assemble mini locomotives like this yourself or does someone sell them? I want to build my own railroad too
You call your size 5" gauge. Is that the same as 1:16? I am building a Cargo wagon scale 1:14 but I also need weeks? The cargo wagon is part of an scale forklift truck. Because we had the forklift truck to load an unload the wagon. And that is what I want to show in RC. SO inam.looking for rails and wheels.
It's frustrating knowing it's taken you many months to refurbish the brake van with tasks still remaining, while the staffed works decades ago had enough personnel to churn out more than five of these in far less than a month. Keep at it! "With many small strokes a large tree is felled."
Coming along great, I appreciate you have a lot to do but when do you think you will get back to working on the brakevan its how I found the channel and would love to see an update
Thanks for the kind words! Yeh I do need to get back on with the brake van at some point, there’s so many logistical issues in trying to get the next large steps done with it, as well as a graffiti attack and other things. I will see what I can do 👍
Great job Ollie, but please buy yourself a real paint roller and tray, you not painting architraves at home, it’s a massive tank. You will paint it in half the time. Great progress, thanks for the update
Up at Whitwell they have recently finished a tank very similar to this. I'm sure they would love to offer advice to you! Plus you can help us with some old Rustons you may know of up there 😅
In my non expert opinion I think the best thing would be to weld the holes up as doing so and doing a proper job of it could help prevent further issues cropping up somewhere down the line.. no pun intended. but of course it is up to you how you wish to proceed with the restoration
Needle gunning may be noisy and waiting for the compressor to pump up can be a pain but the results are worth it. Looking forward to seeing the next update.
Can i ask if that tanker was ever based at peak rail when i was a volunteer we had one just the same it was repainted and the last time i saw it it was nearly pure rust
i would like to see you fix it up so you could haul whatever is the most common type of fuel that your local club uses and rent it or loan it to the group that way they have a mobile fuel station, and eventually getting a second tanker with the second most common type of fuel, i am sure they would be thankful for this idea
@@WardleRestorationsThat may be true, however I hope that you keep this idea in the back of your mind and maybe in the future when the Coline Valley Railway gets larger with more members and they have more Diesel or Gasoline/ Petrol powered locomotives and operate more often I am sure that would be helpful in the event somebody runs out or critically low on fuel. that is obviously after you have it thoroughly cleaned and properly fixed.
Appreciate it mate, yeh it’s hard to get the time to work on my projects but a few hours here and there still make a difference, Rome wasn’t built in a day etc! 🤣
Great progress, and considering its age the steel is in remarkably good condition. Personally if you can I would get the holes welded . Best time of year doing a project like this as the paint will bond and dry much better on to the warm dry steel. Look forward to seeing the next one.
The weather is all over the place at my end. There's a hole in my bucket, Dear Lizer. Heard of that little ditty? You're doing well, but it's always a worry that a shower of rain might catch you out, and spoil your hard work of a paint job. I just pray you won't end up looking like a drowned rat at some point.
Please weld up the hole(s). Everything else will ruin all the work you put in in just a couple of years. It'll rust out even worse, weaken the tank (and there is going to be pressure on it even if it just holds water) and when you have to patch it after putting the top coat on you will always see the patch and it'll bother you to the end of time 😉
@@WardleRestorations Normally you would cut out the remaining damaged metal and put a small piece in the hole, hold it in place (there are special magnets for that) and weld it shut. If the material is thick enough it may be possible to weld it without a patch but that's not an easy task. Too much heat and the hole becomes bigger or the sheet gets warped when it cools back down.
@@WardleRestorations That sounds like a plan. I wouldn't start practicing on that tank. Normally there are some talented welders to find around heavy steel equipment 😃
Fantastic video as always. With regards to what's under the numbers on the tank sides I believe it's usually the tare weight information but in italics. And on some also the depot name. Also having just done a Google image search I found one the bluebell did. It appears under the numbers on the tank ends is the depot address or head office address at least. Have sent the pic via messenger
Hello Ollie, yep huge steps forward indeed, I'm still amazed that these wagons are still around and with some what seems to be harsh treatments, the restoration brings them back to looking good as almost new. I hope you and Tianna are keeping well ? :) :) :)
Jesus, every comment will be about the brake van! haha... not finished unfortunately, I don't have enough time in the day to do as much as I'd like to do on all my projects! I'll have to do an update video soon...
Brake Van and Box Van are both down the other end of the line in a siding awaiting their turn for some more progress, not enough time in the day at the moment unfortunately !
How do you get to the parts of the outer tank that are covered by the banding and braces? I'm just concerned that it's still rusting through underneath there...
@@locomotionlotion779 unless you go to the lengths of taking the tank off then you can't access them areas. Unusually you get thinning either side of the hold down straps but not as much between them and the tank I'd that makes sense.
You raise a valid point, I can get to everywhere except the top 2/3rds of the banding, unfortunately to remove the bands full I’d need a crane to lift them off, which I don’t have access to, I’ve been able to get under some of it and the rest I’ll have to seal in! Hope it clears that up but I can talk about it further in the next video!
Hello sir, nice to meet you, greetings one step at a time, work as a worker at the Indonesian Railways, looking at the old video, very interested, if I may ask, is this locomotive made by yourself or is there a place to buy it?
brilliant video, i honestly thought, when you said mainline in the title i thought it was going to hit the national network haha,. But hats off to you for keeping these moving pieces of history....well moving once again!. i myself am involved in rail but mainly light rail in blackpool. but only do what i can since im limited in my abilities.
@@WardleRestorations aaah. Hmmm might have been able to do it in sections, one side and then the other. 🤔 been a long time since I've painted owt but I figured with heat looked like rust it might have been easier.
@TechJoe1994 don’t worry there’s plenty more rust to come off, I have an angle grinder, wire wheel, sand blaster and needle gun at the ready to see what works best!
@@WardleRestorations ah good 👍🏻 we used to switch between a grinder or a fine wire wheel to get into the little indents without doing too much damage to the metal. We didn't have a sand blaster and I'm not sure what a needle gun is 😂
in a scrap Yard for 18 years, somewhat it sounds like its lucky its trip abroad failed as it might have ended up abandoned there and possibly scrapped, the little kiddy running for the easter bunny as he wanted to get on the set was Quite funny XD that converted coach for the guard to sit in aswell looks really impressive and so neat and unique
Yes l had one of them wagon but sadly it got cut up by the railway it was on when it changed hands tank wagon are part of the railway history Keep up the good work
