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The thing I would most like to see is the addition of a stay alive. I was disappointed that the 121's didn't come with that capability. I'd have happily given up the see-through grills in favour of the stay alive.

Pre fitted speaker would also be nice, even though the older 141 wasn't too badly served in that respect as it had the speaker cradle included.

All in all there was very little to criticize with original Baby GM's. They still hold up very well IMHO.

Looks great! Can't wait to see more....

On 4/3/2023 at 5:37 PM, murphaph said:

 

The crack to the body is going to have to be hidden under weathering. The missing wiper can't be hidden unfortunately and as DJ says IRM don't have any spares like that or none available to the public at least so she shall remain wiperless on that side. I am sure some wipers broke off on the prototype. The main thing is she is back together and running again.

I had to completely remove the main PCB to get in at the worm gears etc. There wasn't enough slack in the pickup wires to push the PCB to one side in this case so I had to desolder the pickups as well as the motor leads and lift the PCB + cab interiors out and off the chassis. The cab interiors sit firmly but will release with a bit of wiggling. They are an awful lot easier to strip down than the MM locos it has to be said.

The missing horn has since been located and glued back on by the way

Next job will be to weather it "extensively" at the wish of its owner so don't blame me 

Great result! Hats off to you with this, it sure as hell looked like a goner....

RIP

On 21/1/2023 at 3:36 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

Every post brings more excitement, there are just less and less appropriate words available each time.

If you're talking weathering, every post should bring more excrement!

4 hours ago, murphaph said:

Bit more weathering before the sealer coat goes on:

Excellent! Same techniques as on the Ferts and container flats?

25 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Weathering the resprayed 111s some more. Not quite done but not far off now:

Like the subtle variations. Very nice work.

1 hour ago, DoctorPan said:

 

Large amount of confusion on shed today as 92038 suddenly appeared. 

The concrete hardstanding looks excellent.

9 minutes ago, JasonB said:

Good stuff. They're a fantastic wagon. I'm sure it won't be long before you have them weathered up   

I've a huge backlog of stuff to be weathered, but I think a couple of these will be bumped to the top of the queue!

Oh and I almost forgot! It was a VERY merry Christmas.......

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all.

OK I'm officially tempted!

For what it's worth, Ivory with CIE roundel.

Weathered a couple of Lima Mk2's over the weekend. Although their obviously not the most detailed models they can be made to look pretty presentable and they run very well.

Weathering was mainly enamel washes with a little dusting of the underframe and bogies with the airbrush.

I view it on my laptop and I don't feel it's a great hardship to close the ad when it pops up. Remember, if you don't have to pay to keep something running then you should be able to accept a slight inconvenience. 

On 17/11/2022 at 3:37 PM, gm171 kk said:

It's soaking in 99% IPA (at least that's what it was sold as) since last Tuesday. I'm surprised at how slow and ineffective it was compared to other people's experience. It stripped metal components better but it took time. 

What model is it? Different manufacturers need different chemicals to strip the paint.

8 minutes ago, murphaph said:

That's very nicely done. The mottling especially.

That was done by giving the model a coat of Testor's Dullcote then airbrushing a coat of a grimy brown mix of Tamiya paint. When that is touch dry, use a soft brush moistened with 50/50 IPA and water and start to remove the paint in downward strokes. The mottling occurs when the Dullcote reacts with the IPA.

Piko tanker wagon….

Here’s a couple of extra pics as I’d forgotten to add the buffer grease!

German “U Boat”,  a Piko BR 119. 
This one was crying out to be grunged up! Hopefully I didn’t overdo it…

7 minutes ago, murphaph said:

The Eal is an open high sided wagon. Typical loads would be scrap metal, coal, aggregates. Even finished steel I think. 

Thanks for that. Scrap metal loads are always fun to make!

More filthy goodness!

These are a couple of HO German wagons. 
 

By the way, does anybody know what type of load would typically be carried in the wagon shown in the last picture?

A little weathering….

Did the first of my 42’ flats and a 20’ container.

Wow! They are really good.

19 minutes ago, MauriceJ said:

Cheers yea I agree on that, i’m really liking this 20cylinder file, it has a low idle that sounds very cool:

http://projects.esu.eu/projectoverviews/search?cat=2&q=75407

I have a Lokprogrammer on order from Germany.. Getting a grip of the software for now.

Congrats on taking the plunge! It was one of the best investments I ever made, it gives you so much flexability. You can even order the sound files from places like Wheeltappers and load them to the decoders yourself if you like.

It's great that you can download the software for free and try it before you even buy the programmer. It's not to hard to get to grips with the basics. If  I can help at all just message me, I'm based in Dublin as well.

Have joined ESU IO group? It's a great resource for information.

https://groups.io/g/Loksound