FfarquharDeveloper's TrackMaster Customs

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I sure am liking what I am seeing Ffar. Question: with the shortened wheelbase I take it he won't have traction rods or are they going to be modified too?

He doesn't have them on the prop. His basis has them but I'm basing Fergus off his appearance in the show.

Blue Circle has coupling rods? I never saw them clearly the whole time, so it must be one of the only steam locos with internal rods.

Unless it's actually a brake, could this be one of them (outlined in yellow)?

I'm referring to the cylinder on the boiler with a coupling rod connected to a mechanism powering it's flywheel.

That makes much more sense because other traction engines have it (except it's concealed on Trevor, George, Buster and Fergus). Turns out the part I outlined does move while the loco is running, but only ever so slightly and not like a coupling rod. Now that I've seen how the actual rod operates, it's more similar to the ones Rocky has to power his arm.

3/16/21 Update

BoCo:
Roof, face, and buffer beams all fully repainted to fix the paint loss.
-- Roof and face handpainted with Apple Barrel acrylic Dolphin Grey
--- Face repainted to match its appearance during the 3rd Series
-- Buffer beams airbrushed with Testors enamel Gloss Red


Diesel 10:
Face repainted to fix paint loss.
-- Face handpainted with Apple Barrel acrylic Dolphin Grey
--- Face repainted to resemble a Fisher-Price Diesel 10


Splatter:
Face repainted to match up with Diesel 10 and Dodge
-- Face handpainted with Apple Barrel acrylic Dolphin Grey
--- Face repainted to match what could've been Fisher-Price Splatter


Dodge:
Face and body shell repainted to fix paint loss.
​​​​​​​-- Face handpainted with Apple Barrel acrylic Dolphin Grey
​​​​​​​--- Face repainted to resemble a Fisher-Price Splatter
-- Body repainted for the second time with Testors enamel Flat Green

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That face color looks to be perfect and I love how Diesel 10 turned out as he looks even more menacing than his original expression. Nice work Ffar

HOW HAS IT BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE LAST UPDATE WHAT OK.

4/16/21 Update 1

S4 Duncan and Sir Handel:
Really just got tired of waiting to get new ones and knew that if I got replacements these two would go unused and seeing as my Childhood Skarloey and Rheneas were repainted I didn't want to let these two just go to waste sitting doing nothing so I primed them, I plan on painting them later. (Before asking these are Plarails; Sir Handel is a C10 and I don't know about Duncan as his Production Date Sticker was removed a long time ago.

Preparations for the priming:


After Priming:


I hope I can get these two done as a weekend project. Slightly unrelated but I am going to be upset if the Duncan prop is revealed after I finish Duncan. (Context: Sir Handel's S4 prop is currently in Preservation with no lighting or filters to mess with the color. I'm going to be upset if Duncan is revealed and I had the paint color wrong because of the lighting filter.)

4/16/21 Update 2

Sir Handel:
Just painted him up with a Blue. I'll have to check what kind and brand it is but he was just painted up in an Acrylic Blue.

Sir Handel in his new Base coat of Blue

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I like that shade of blue Ffar, nice work

4/18/21 Update

Sir Handel:
Mostly painted up and test fitted.


Duncan:
I started painting him up in Yellow.