The 2023 Christchurch show, this last weekend, was my first as an exhibitor in a long time and Rewanui’s first outing. Deadlines are great for focussing effort, and a great deal was accomplished in the lead up that would otherwise have languished in the ‘too hard’ basket. Rewanui is a work in progress but I…
I’ve been contemplating the next steam locomotive project, now that the F kits are done. The Wa is a fairly obvious candidate as it appears to have so much in common with the W. With that thought nestled cosily in a corner of my mind, I optimistically set out to discover what might be needed…
The W kit has filled the blog for quite a while. The first batch of kits have been shipped and I fondly imagine a tribe of happy modellers out there building them. Of course, the reason I did the kit in the first place was that I want models of 192 and 238 for Rewanui,…
Not NZ Labour party marketing, but the sentiment is probably similar to Adern’s. The W kit has been on the go longer than the incumbent government, so I’m in a mood to move on! Over the last few weeks I’ve been putting together the initial batch of kits, writing instructions and other significant, but not…
Today sees another leap forward with the W locomotive kit, mating our coreless motor to a new gearbox. The urge to develop a new box stemmed from my observation a few months ago that many currently available gears were slightly eccentric and that, as a result, any gearbox using them was prone to tight spots.…
Update: New photo of painted backhead – scroll down. I’ve always loved to add as many of the details of the prototype to my models as I can. When I built my North Yard A, I scratchbuilt as much of the gubbins onto the whitemetal backhead as I could. The NZFinescale Baldwins featured etchings and…
