Dunluce Castle

Thank you David for your comment and kind words, I must say I've never thought about making a resin casting, it's certainly a good idea and I must re-search into it, thank you.

Thank you scahalane

The van is so nearly complete, just final touches and transfers then she'll be finished.

Please don't feel like that Stevie, everyone can do it, just takes time.

Certainly cg-Antrim after I come home from the club

Thanks glenderg,

Thank you Hunslet

I've decided in the end to have her as ex works, and not weather her, I love the grey that she's in.

Thank you murrayec, I'm thinking of building a few more seeing as these were common in NCC days, I'm now not sure to weather her or not?

Complete and ready for painting, ignore the roof, it isn't stuck down yet, I'll do that after painting.

Note the handrail on the right hand side, a nice small feature.

Thanks

Nelson

Thanks cg-Antrim

And yes glenderg, the axeboxe covers from 30tho sheet cut out and filed, the outside W irons from individual strips cut out from a sheet of 20tho plasticard and the springs, 4 layers of 10tho plasticard. A very timly process but I hope you can agree that they look rather good, the hard bit was the half circle on the solebars, this was carefully cut out then filed to the correct shape x4.

Nelson

Hello everyone,

Today saw the van getting its door and roof made, small details such as the door handles and straps were also put on the van.

Sorry about the poor lighting in the pics, I'll tidy the van tomorrow and get it ready for the paint shop.

Many thanks

Nelson

That NCC carriage is beautiful, the rover damask red is a great colour, must get some for myself. A LMS crest in the middle would finish her off.

best-laid schemes of mice and men ... Never always go to plan (I think, read the book last year lol)

Thank you Kirley

Further progress today,

I'm a slow modeller...

Nelson

Hello everyone,

Sorry I haven't made an update sooner, I've been very busy with the club and it's Easter running specials, but here we are, I've cut out the 4 sides, made the corner supports out of balsa wood, these have yet to be shortened down, and others you can see in the pics below, the body fits onto the chassis perfectly, next is to do the door on the side and more supports/frames on the ends and sides.

Inside

Many thanks

Nelson

I ain't too keen on the finish that 3d printing gives, sometimes it can be very hard to make it look right.

It's the future of model railways, but I don't seem to keen on the idea.

Hello folks,

I've taken some pics of my LNER wagon, it was a very nice build and I'm quite proud of her.

You may notice that one coupling is missing, reason for this is that it came off during an exhibition but I got it fixed now.

Many thanks

Nelson

Captures the look brilliantly, nice one.

Hi again, found it, it's Rover damask red which is a close match for LMS red, I haven't tried it myself but others say it is.

The layout and rolling stock is coming along very well, I've never thought about modifying the ratio kit to make a NCC 6 wheeler (although ive built one in UTA colours) that's a very clever idea, as for the halfords spray, it's LMS crimson you want and I'll find it now which halfords can is a suitable colour now for you.

As someone kindly pointed out on another forum, the brakes on my wagon won't work, I need a Morton clutch so that will need to be changed.

Hi warbonnet,

I'd love to help, but sorry I don't have a clue what dia the wire is, I just found some in the garage and used it.

Sorry

Nelson

Hello everyone,

Now that the LNER 6 plank wagon is complete I've now started a new project and this time I'm going all out giving it my best, it's going to be a model of the 10ton van that the NCC had, the unique feature about these vans is that they have outside framed W irons, which stand out so this aspect of the wagon had to be captured perfectly and I hope I've done this.

First up was removing everything from the Dapol chassis and shorting it down to the right length, then the sides came on followed by springs and W irons, the springs consist of 10tho plasticard and the rest in 20tho plasticard. So far about 4 days have went into the Underframe only because as you can hopefully see everything is cut out individually, the V hangers were also made from 20tho plasticard. Brakes and brake lever were spares that came from the Cambrian kits. And finally wire connects the 2 sides together.

Now onto some pics,

Note the brakes are only on one side.

Looks a bit messy but I've yet to tidy the underneath.

The outside W irons really makes the Underframe stand out from others.

Hopefully today the body will be cut out.

Many thanks

Nelson

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A vid of the layout in action.

Beautiful work, what livery you hoping to put her in?

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Here's some really fantastic footage of the spoil wagons and powerful jeeps in action, makes me wish I was born then to see them, such atmosphere it's amazing.