Robert Shrives

I  have just got my N version for the older sprung as the NEM version sold out twice already.  I think they win on things like emus or fixed rake stock as they are easy to point and couple under corridor connections  which you can do with other couplers but heights etc make for unreliability.    I have fitted corridor connections to a 4 CIG emu so that I can make a 3CIG if wanted so a little thought on coupler orientation and corridor ends to fit.   It does mean that it is possible to only couple in the correct formation, which will be a boon at shows when others roped in to rail stock.  

I think they make the interwagon space look sparce and odd having two dustbin lids rather than a "delicate" looking link and a brake pipe.  Tension locks ,kaydees and others mentioned  above give the fussy look in between which my eyes make right to what the grey cells know what should be there.  

N couplers unless using some DGs or similar etched affairs looked after carefully have to be functional but robust to take the rough and tumble of stock in the "wild world" outside the factory gate.  As a result are visually battering rams! 

Happy modelling

Robert       

Nicely Ex Works! Neat construction and a good add to the roster. Hopefully when newness wears off some weathering where crew have battered it a bit and the soft rain has fallen and started the gentle decomposing of the tin! 

Thanks for showing and glad to know almost all ok and life grinds on !  Modelling hopefully gives a get-away period for you.

Robert  

Hi got several part built looked to making a comet style kit with a brass end vice the overlay road as it means less chopping about  with ends available as parts and better bogies available than the lima offerings.   

Robert 

I was lucky enough to have a look in the cab at Stoke where it was converted, bits of  141 cab were on the floor waiting to be inserted - these had been awaited, I offered to tidy up but told only just enough had been supplied .  The cab was a bit of a  mess and it is possible it was never finished in Stoke.  

good project I used some cast parts and a Airfix brake for mine, like you hacking into a locomotive priced coach was somewhere I did not want to go at the time , so good luck and enjoy the journey !  

Robert  

Good stuff ! 4 train operation and you filming shows great confidence and a testament to good track !  It was good to see the orange army no where near the track with such activity. 

Thanks for showing and 8 years have flown by!

Robert   

On 4/21/2020 at 8:59 PM, Noel said:

Thanks guys. This was a first for me (ie double beet assembly and decorating same). Now to figure out suitable seed for a load. I'm glad I primed it grey rather than red oxide.

Given the odd report of seeds getting damp with interesting results is it worth doing a load on a piece of plastic sitting on the braces and then moulding some in resin ?  Or perhaps for variation  is it possible to make a mould that is several wagons in size and cutting shapes to suit and give variation?   

A great build report and yes the lead in resin works well.  I have numbered mine but left in red primer but having seen this It makes me wonder if going over in grey and starting again would be better , I plan to run mine empty so making a removable load might be a way  to finish.  Thanks for sharing.

Like the cautionary top line of the manual, in BR days it  said much the same or "not for publication"  - like the lockdown in UK who obeys when intent of not following a rational course, would you sit in a pub with the 121 manual and tell all and sundry how to pinch one ... not hopefully you would get to far,

Looking forward to the models arrival  but good to see training in progress !

Robert  

Hi 

Good news on accessory pack .

thanks

Robert 

Good to see progress, will save pennies ! I am sure it has been said before but if packaging not fully finalised is there room in the box for a spare stack  of kegs to be squeezed in to the cornner as a bonus and help scenic fun ? 

Stay safe 

Robert 

Lovely work , trying not to fall into the gizmo buying but just ordered a set of the tamyia paint turntables inspired tools with good reviews

Thanks for inspiration

Robert 

Warb,

Great OLE work - in Brass it ought to be fairly bomb/ hooman proof. It will make track cleaning a bit of a pain but I expect you have a plan.  The light weight cross spans are amazingly fine- you must be pleased with them. 

Thanks for up date and more power to your elbow!

Robert 

Ha, I did promise to look at that. pivoting on 0.3 steel wire possible at a push but the sliding back into the void might be fun.

Robert  

Bits of railcar would look good with a C class on push pull look a like.

Robert

The beet container does look very good and gets my vote - 10/10. I short rake of 4 would fit nicely ! 

Robert   

Well another vote of confidence from me, lovely models - graced the office desk today !   I am sure a second run will come in time but after the A , C ,class 80, Beet double decker, BR based heating van and a 47 foot flat or maybe between one of the forgoing !

Not wish listing of course !!

thanks IRM gang.

Robert  

Like the pics - but if anything normal to go by the buffer stop would have been move a coach length up the bay rendering it useless !! So well done for getting the Civils to put in a sensible place...

thanks

Robert  

Thanks guys,

E mail today saying on the way ! Looking forward to these and future A class fun!

Robert  

That says a lot about market demands and careful stocktaking ! Any more bumps in the floor ?  Looking forward to ferts even more now ! 

Robert 

11 minutes ago, Noel said:

Impressive, is it still in service? How do they stabilise it laterally?

 

I had one of these as a kid http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_year_details.asp?itemyearid=2769

 

Fifth photo next to bogie is a screw jack - this on a sliding I - beam - its opposite site friend just to left of it - pulled out and sat on packings, jack to take load,  to spread load and watched like a hawk by crew.   

As others have said  thanks for the candid update , and welcome to the Chinese industrial experience of the new year and factory delays !! A balancing act of being ignored by the factory or inviting an expediting voluntary fee  if you push for a given delivery date or being laid back and letting time take its course.  It is just great dealing with the culture.

Robert     

A great bit of film ! Just a quick question what no. kaydees are fitted ?

thanks

Robert 

Brilliant rendition, What colours used ? 

I too had wondered about lights- seeing how surface mount LEDs now come suitable for N locos I guess these would be suitable.  Top head I guess a light guide in bent perspex with led and heat shrink tube connector would work, the pain being drilling the casting. 

Hopefully not missed it on earlier pages but what power plant in the model - I have looked at several.

Robert  

Thanks for the pictures- a good record of production. Santa - well postie defo very strong carting what looks to be most of the CIE fleet of 42 foot flats ever built, and  I bet the tree was happy to have its protective wall..  happy collecting!

And happy new year

Robert 

Hi Dave,

Just  a little late to the party , but cases look good - on ebay you can get 00 foam trays and Warley club do a cardboard double tray box as well .

Re layout if open to thoughts - if the central bridge was a level crossing it could get a set of signature gates from SSM and surely be made motorised.

Depending on what you had in mind for region then a beet loading point possible, re the tunnel entrance  side perhaps 

 http://www.rosslarerailandsea.com/rathdrum.html   might be an idea of curving and dropping line.  Of course the otherway has  short tunnel cum bridge and  straight viaduct .   Traffic wise route saw all traction types and all coach types  plus ferts, ammonia  tanks , cement bubbles  among freight.  

link to bit on here  

Robert 

Patrick,

Good to see more trains running and yes the beet empties do look good.   I guess ballasting and the back road around the signal cabin next on the long to do list. Meanwhile I wish you and the family a happy new year .  I noticed that you have 4 pawed manager in one shot of the fiddle yard, hopefully respectful of the running of trains.

Robert