Dunluce Castle

Hello everyone, Sorry for not updating sooner, but here it is, the completed hurst Nelson wagon and bachmann wagon. A fair amount of filing and cutting down had to be done, mainly because I glued the buffer beam/headstocks too far back resulting in the solebars and body being too long, but here it is completed, I was planing to have it empty but I didn't like the colour of the inside wood so I jus added a coal load and personally i think it looks more better with the coal load added. I followed the instructions and left out the brake gear on one side and painted per instructions, the strapping took ages to complete but I like the finished look of it, it stands out from the rest of the wagons. Weathering consited of some rust and oil stains to the Underframe and a light weathering coat applied to the body. Now the bachmann wagon, all I did to this was added some real coal and repainted the Underframe, looks much better than before in my eyes, Also what I am currently beginning work on is a GNRI resin cattle wagon kit, Many thanks Nelson

Beautiful

Great locos

Thank you Mike, there's more to come soon.

Great job, and great technique on how to make the handrails, they look perfect.

Railtec models have a good range of transfers,

Looking good, nice job

I love that NIR blue 201. Great job.

Fantastic work

8.99 I think, which is a bit too much in my eyes.

Already been done, it's on YouTube, both hornby and Bachmann chassis fit perfectly.

It's 3 quid well spent, I may get another one to super detail it and try out some weathering on it, and if the Jinty one comes soon then that will be changed into a NCC Y class locomotive.

I got the mallard one, it's alright, not super detailed but it is nice and worth the money.

Beautiful, was it a kit?

Very nice, great job

Damn, I would have bought this if it wasn't for school congrats to the buyer.

There's 5 here up North so far planed.

Thank you Heirflick

Thank you George and Jhb

Very nice small fine detail there, looks good.

Hello everyone, Whilst major surgery is going on with the hurst Nelson wagon (body joins) I thought I might tell you what I bought at model rail Scotland and what's to come very soon. The kits: 1) Cambrian LMS 12ton van 2) Cambrian 7 plank owner wagon 3.) Cambrian LNER 6 plank wagon 4) Cambrian 7 plank coke private owner wagon (with railings along the top) 5) Parkside Dundas LNER 5 plank wagon 6) Parkside Dundas BR 12 ton pipe wagon 7) Parkside Dundas 8 plank coal wagon And I also managed to pick up some white metal coupling hooks, point rodding, ballast and other small things. So I managed to tick off nearly everything on my list. So all of the above is what you'll expect to see in the upcoming months (hopefully). I also picked up a rather nicely painted Bachmann wagon but the coal load needs to be replaced and the paintwork fixed a small bit and other details are needed to be added, this is only going to take a couple of hours so it's a nice small project, picked it up for £4, not too bad I think. Here's some pics of the wagon in the condition I bought it and once repairs are done ill take more pics. Many thanks Nelson

I'm going to be leaving this one LMS, (future layout hint, hint ) But if I was doing this in NCC, would the LMS letters be smaller and the NCC letters underneath?

Thank you Jhb. I was going for a early ex works wagon (rarely used) and lightly weathered. But I do have plans for a very heavy run down wagon with what you mentioned, replacement planks, letters covered over etc... Thanks Nelson

Thank you

Thank you Popeye, I bought a few more at model rail Scotland so they well be started soon.