Ffestiniog Funkey Vale of Ffestiniog

[Midwalesstokie]

I thought I'd post a few pictures of my latest project, a model of the Ffestiniog Railway's Funkey diesel Vale of Ffestiniog. I originally intended to construct the cardboard locolines kit and bought one off ebay. However, it just looked to flat and unfortunately too much like a cardboad model so I used the card as a basis for a plastic model. I photocopied the kit and then stuck it onto a large sheet of clear plastic that I had and then just cut the individual pieces out and constructed it from there.

The cab fronts caused me a lot of hassle as they are angled in both faces. i got round this by using four separate pieces and gluing them all together. The loco is battery r/c and is powered by a pair of LGB stainz chassis with the bogie sides built around them. It runs well and I think looks like a fair representation of the real thing.

 

[Lowty1]

A good and respectable effort. It looks great in action, well done.

Tom

 

[Neil Robinson]

It runs well and I think looks like a fair representation of the real thing.

It certainly looks good and there's no doubting the prototype.
An excellent piece of modelling that you can be proud of.

 

[garrymartin]

Super stuff !! love it

 

[CoggesRailway]

REALLY good. I had thought about how nice this would be as a model for the garden. And it will pull well too with two stainze blocks. Really like it.

 

[yb281]

Great job James.

Your railway is maturing nicely too.

 

[themole]

Looks good. Alyn

 

[stockers]

Amazing. Great result.

 

[Zerogee]

Very nice indeed, James! What's the dark red diesel with the yellow lining that's double-heading the Funkey in the fifth picture?

Jon.

 

[KentKeith]

Jon,

That looks like the other Funkey working on the Welsh Highland....and it's what Vale of Ffestioniog looked like before it got rebuilt by the Festiniog.....

 

[3Valve]

Chuffing Brilliant

 

[Gizzy]

Nice model which certainly captures the look of the prototype James....

 

[Midwalesstokie]

The other loco is indeed the F&WHR's other Funkey diesel, Castell Caernarfon. It is built around a Piko BR 218 chassis and is again battery r/c. It's probably a little overscale to fit the chassis but it doesn't look so big that it looks odd. It also still needs a bit of detailing but I got sidetracked building Vale and having a new baby!

 

[CoggesRailway]

I actually thought they looked good together given that the VoR is made to fit FR and the other funkey is built to a bigger lading gauge. excellent.

 

[mike]

a great idea james.. the loco, and the babby