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Galteemore
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Looking really good. Love the backscene.
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They are from Slaters - ref 7120 from memory. They are 32mm gauge originally but I have squeezed them out to 36.75- they simply slide along the axle.
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Dummy run with loose roof in the sunshine
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Yes - I do get that...Almost done - on wheels now...
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Thanks ! Looks good - was one of my local closed lines when we lived in North Antrim.
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Very nice Patrick. What track gauge are you using?
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Yes, I would have thought coach bolts look similar! I have both tools. Recently acquired the press on the funds of an article I wrote. About £100 stg all in...,
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Ah now we get into the detail, so! Because as I’ve learned, bolt heads and rivets are different beasts, requiring different techniques. For actual rivets one can emboss in plasticard or brass using a rivet tool - like either of these...
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Think they do have some relief detail despite the ‘decal’ aspect. Get great reviews...
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Or like this?
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Yes, or you can also use Archer’s rivet decals as many do ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Archer-Fine-Transfers-AR88001-Rivets/dp/B01F7FY45Y
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Thanks ! Not a job to rush - each one needs put on with a knife point. If you use too much glue the ‘bolt’ dissolves, if too little it falls off... Having said that, at lunchtime yesterday I hadn’t even started this project so it’s perhaps progressing faster than I think...
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Sligo Leitrim 7 ton van under way ...trying a new technique of applying individual bolt heads cut from 10x20 thou strip
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Welcome back. Try Scale Link ?
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Might also be worth looking at Hornby Railways Collectors asociation / that looks like some good stuff there
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My brother is a 16mm modeller and that’s his view too..
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Look for Jim Read’s stuff online....http://ogaugemicro.blogspot.com/?m=1 lots of card modelling tips and he’s very helpful.
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Well done to all concerned. This is a great site - thanks for getting us back online!
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I’ve got Guy’s book, too - recommended. You’ll probably pick up ideas from everyone you read - all part of the fun!
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Yes. That’s the plan. I’ve got the maker’s drawings and will have a go, although I have a few loco kits to build too. I sold all my UK outline stuff in February and spent the proceeds buying up brass kits while they were available - can’t always guarantee to get what you want. So I have 3 locos and 3 coaches to build, not to mention drawings for a lot more...
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The books are different in their approach so well worth having both. I’m thinking of doing an SLNC tank loco but still at early planning stages. Bought the bogie unit and nameplates but that’s it so far. Waiting to purchase a small pillar drill and a few other bits.
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Great stuff. I’m starting out in scratch building a loco fairly soon and so gradually reading around. Simon Bolton’s stuff is very accessible and well illustrated. I use Biblio, Wordery and ABE Books as sources for comparing prices and buying books, also using Amazon as a general tool for seeing what’s out there, reading reviews etc.
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Quite right Eoin - Ahern is mostly there for nostalgia!
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If you like books, these are also very good...
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I’d second Walsall Model Engineering, if you find anything workable in their range, PP, having used their wheels myself. Northants Model Railway Supplies is another very helpful sort of bloke http://www.nmrs-models.co.uk/
