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Darius43
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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…
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It is indeed. Inspired by an article in the latest Hornby mag. The article used 3D printed body but I thought it’s flat-sidedness would make it relatively easy to make from plasticard. Cheers Darius
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Painting completed. Just awaiting decals (Fox) and buffers (Lanarkshire). Cheers Darius
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Dunrivetin… Cheers Darius
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Got the plasticard out this afternoon - plus some spares box Ian Kirk bogies. Cheers Darius
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Also converted an Oxford Diecast Robin Reliant with some home made decals and a roof rack soldered up from brass rod. Cheers Darius
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Second wagon painted. Cheers Darius
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Hi DJ, The bogies are the original IFM resin bogies supplied with the model. I added brass rods and actuator arms to the vacuum brake cylinders that were already moulded as part of the wagon chassis. Cheers Darius
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Second fertiliser wagon constructed. Cheers Darius
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Decals and weathering applied to the fertilizer wagon. Cheers Darius
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Received this morning - Niu Models LNER Ammunition Wagon kit. 3D printed and a joy to build. Built to accompany Oxford Rail’s Gladiator rail gun. Cheers Darius
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Hi Leslie, I have built two of them so far. I came across the box with the spoil wagon kits when I found the two MIR fertiliser wagon kits. I had better get back to finishing them - plus an unfinished Watford DC EMU - plus an unfinished LMS Clerestory Coach - plus another Brown Van in NIR maroon - plus… Cheers Darius
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Painted. Decals and weathering next. Cheers Darius
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I found two of these MIR Fertiliser Wagon kits in a cardboard box with no instructions. Assembled one wagon today with additional plasticard bits to the under-chassis truss work. Not sure what these parts are..? Cheers Darius
