The Triang and Hornby 0-4-0 Loco Thread.
The Triang and Hornby 0-4-0 Loco Thread.
I have now seen a great many versions of the various 0-4-0's from modellers and the manufacturer (Hornby) with its Triang roots. I was thinking that this thread is an ideal way to celebrate by posting pictures of your 0-4-0's. The only rule is that they need to have at least one or two parts used from one of the Triang or Hornby 0-4-0 shunters. They can be photos of complete factory spec locos or total rebuilds. If only the odd part has been used let us know what part or parts they are just so we can relate to it. Thanks and enjoy!
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Here's a start. A Hornby 0-4-0 "Percy" with a slightly altered Smallbrook Studio body kit to convert it to a 7mm narrow gauge loco.
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Here's my contribution, a Smokey Joe slightly modified to make it look less like a toy. Looks right at home next to my J94 and the Terrier! Connecting rods are a little shiny though in comparison...
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Re: The Triang and Hornby 0-4-0 Loco Thread.
How about this one from Triang? I have this as I will use its chassis for other future projects. I did a swop from a member in here. The body is battered at the front but is ideal for me to use as it has a lovely old X03/X04 motor. I rather love the old motors. Cant remember if it is an X03 or a X04 as cant remember the small diffences between them.
An interesting thing to note is that the number on the side is the old telephone number of the company.
An interesting thing to note is that the number on the side is the old telephone number of the company.
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Though it is a lot of work, the Triang chassis is a lovely solid chassis. It has two metal frames held in place by cast metal which also acts as weight. The wheel spacing is the same as the Hornby ones so it is possible to use the best parts of both to make a hybrid of the two. It does need new pickups to be made to do this though.
This next one is a different livery to Minipix's Smokey Joe.
This next one is a different livery to Minipix's Smokey Joe.
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Here's a right couple of Nellies, the original Triang Hornby 0-4-0
This one's Nellie put on smaller wheels, given outside cylinders courtesy of spares for a Pug and narrow couplers since the originals would have ended up too low. ...and now for something completely different "I've got a bigger dome than you so there". The Margate factory phone number on a red version of the Nellie body sat on top of the chassis of a "Golden Valley Models" Spanish H0
0-6-0 chassis. For a cheap fun project the bodies and chassies of either generation of the
0-4-0 are hard to beat. Mind you the small wheel version wouldn't have been so cheap had the wheels not been in my spares box.
This one's Nellie put on smaller wheels, given outside cylinders courtesy of spares for a Pug and narrow couplers since the originals would have ended up too low. ...and now for something completely different "I've got a bigger dome than you so there". The Margate factory phone number on a red version of the Nellie body sat on top of the chassis of a "Golden Valley Models" Spanish H0
0-6-0 chassis. For a cheap fun project the bodies and chassies of either generation of the
0-4-0 are hard to beat. Mind you the small wheel version wouldn't have been so cheap had the wheels not been in my spares box.
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The dome looks the same size to me.
This one has a smaller dome.
Don't you have a lovely 0-4-0PT somewhere?
This one has a smaller dome.
Don't you have a lovely 0-4-0PT somewhere?
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And here is a blue saddle tank. These Caldonian locos have been made to several different numbers.
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And there's this. A saddle tank scratchbashed conversion into 7mm narrow gauge. (Sorry for blurred photo).
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really interesting thread, i have a few 0-4-0's in my parts box that i keep meaning to do something with so will be watching out for ideas i can pinch
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I thought it is a bit of fun. If the ideas inspire you excellent!
Here is another design of Hornby 0-4-0. It uses a very similar underframe but without the external cylinders.
Here is another design of Hornby 0-4-0. It uses a very similar underframe but without the external cylinders.
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This is a Smallbrook Studio Clio kit (The green loco) running on a modified Triang chassis using modern Hornby 0-4-0 parts.
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Re: The Triang and Hornby 0-4-0 Loco Thread.
@ Mountain,- It's the same dome as yours but the remark was from my 0-6-0 version to its shedmate, and yes there's the 0-4-0 pannier tank, this is the one. I built it on a Hornby chassis, from which I discarded the cast metal footplate and trimmed off 1mm all around the top edge to get the footplate to the same height as my other locos.
the rumour is that Swindon thought themselves too important to build another 0-4-0, after all they had built No101, so they palmed off the job to Wolverhampton Stafford Road works who were busily turning out Panniers, No1107 is the result. 1101 to 1106 being dock shunting side tanks similar to the Cadbury ones that came into GWR's possession at the grouping.Growing old, can't avoid it. Growing up, forget it!
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Here is my Hornby Bill converted by a Smallbrook 'Mars' kit into a 7mm scale narrow gauge model called Mabel
IMG_8152 by Pink Nosed Penguin, on Flickr
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That's a fine looking little saddle tank, everything seems to be just the right proportions.
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