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Darius43
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DCC Ready… Basic cab interior made from plasticard. Not too much detail as not much is really visible. Cheers Darius
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A few more details to the cab fronts and light weathering to the chassis. Next and final task is to wire up and test the motor. Cheers Darius
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If the shoe beam fits… Cheers Darius
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It’s the “ready to assemble” kit with the wheels package. The glazing is included. It was purchased from his stall at Ally Pally a couple of weekends ago. Cheers Darius
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Motor coach completed. Bachmann DMU motor and bogie shoehorned into the left hand end. Cheers Darius
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World of Books is just up the road from me in Goring by Sea. I have used them many times, usually through the Abebooks second hand book website, which I would also highly recommend. Cheers Darius
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Second driving trailer completed. Cheers Darius
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Query relating to a model train I found in thrift store
Darius43 replied to Mike's topic in General Chat
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Driving trailer completed. Cheers Darius
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Bratchell Models Class 455 EMU under construction today. Added handrails and hosiery to the cab front - unmodified cab front at right. Also drilled out the “printed” lights. Cheers Darius
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Another PowSides wagon kit completed and a couple of old Triang mineral wagons “cleaned up” and weathered. NEM type couplings fitted to all wagons. Cheers Darius
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I think RMWeb is being migrated to a new host. Could take some time… Fortunately for me I am over here as well as over there and it’s much, much nicer over here. Cheers Darius
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Couple of PowSides/Slaters PO wagon kits assembled today. Cheers Darius
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Quick refurb of a couple of 1970s era Hornby SR sheep wagons. Original chunky couplings removed and replaced with NEM types. Plastic wheels replaced with metal ones. Plastic roof painted white. Light weathering to chassis and body. Cheers Darius
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Weathering completed. Cheers Darius
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Buffers fitted and body painted. Cheers Darius
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In the case of the 1973 Piccadilly Line driving car, yes, back in 1987 - in a one room bedsit from plasticard and balsa wood. I remember I had a couple of needle files and a Stanley knife as a toolset. No decals - the LU roundels were hand painted. The red 1938 tube train is more recent - RTR from EFE Rail. Cheers Darius
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More details added and primer coat on. Cheers Darius
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Second brake tender under construction. Cheers Darius
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Buffers fitted and decals applied to the brake tender. The Fox Decals carrier film is applied around each “word” in each decal set rather than as a block, which makes them prone to distorting and “folding under” on application. Fortunately the film is quite strong so the errant decals can be recovered and re-applied with care. I have since sprayed the decal sheet with a coat of acrylic varnish to avoid a repeat of these issues on future brake tenders. Weathering will be next after I have built another brake tender. Cheers Darius
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Where did it all begin? Earliest Photos of you Railway related.
Darius43 replied to Georgeconna's topic in Letting off Steam
As a follow up, my paternal Grandfather was a permanent way engineer and later inspector for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway as witnessed by this photo of a trial assembly taken in 1945. My Grandfather is sitting to the left on the inspection trolley. Cheers Darius
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Actually I know that the body is scratch built as I scratch built it myself from plasticard sheet with paper and cardboard bracing and stiffeners when at University in Bristol. Interesting to know about ERG. Cheers Darius
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Found in the same old shoebox as the 1973 tube driving coach. Scratch built body on a metal Triang wagon chassis. I think a friend and I bought a few of these chassis for peanuts at Beatties in Bristol Broadmead in 1985. Cheers Darius
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Just found this in an old shoebox. Scratch built in plasticard about 35 years ago. Cheers Darius
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The lower double track section of the upper scenic level has been extended around the western end of the shed. The curves were spaced to permit the Rapido APT-E and Oxford Railgun to pass on opposite tracks without clashing.* We have had made a loco running-in/testing station to our own design in laser cut plywood. Cheers Darius * As happened more frequently than you think in real life. Not a lot of people know that…
