DJ Dangerous Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Fabulous work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Cheers Darius 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 I decided to modify the spare Bachmann Class 08 body from the D3/12 Shunter project to represent what followed - a Class 12 Shunter. A spare Bachmann Class 08 chassis is on it’s way from eBay. Cheers Darius 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 Chassis arrived today and has been cleaned up and the buffer beams painted red. Etched ladders fitted and a coat of Halfords satin black applied to the cab and body. Cheers Darius 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 14, 2023 Author Share Posted September 14, 2023 Finished - bar some light weathering. Cheers Darius 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmail Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 You must be modelling non stop Darius, do you ever sleep? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 14, 2023 Author Share Posted September 14, 2023 27 minutes ago, irishmail said: You must be modelling non stop Darius, do you ever sleep? Well… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 A bogie container flat that I had made using a Dapol LMS coach chassis had responded badly to a spell in the sun… Today I finally got round to sorting the bogie flat out using a hot water immersion bath and judicious bending with a plunge into cold water. The plasticard top plate was scribed to represent planking and stays made from etched brass strip installed in pre-drilled holes. Next step is to add the tie down chains to the containers, which are Bachmann - available as a set of four. Cheers Darius 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Lovely work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 14/9/2023 at 6:23 PM, irishmail said: You must be modelling non stop Darius, do you ever sleep? There'll be time enough to sleep when you're dead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 Oxford Diecast Bedford RL modified and repainted to be a Lowmac load. Before:- After:- I lowered the tilt to “railway transport” configuration. Cheers Darius 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 Turnbuckles and tie down chains next. Cheers Darius 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 When I was a lad... We went from Hampshire to Snowdon in one of them - overnight and very slowly. I would have been about 10 or 11. The other lads were (what I thought was) a lot older, up to 17/18ish. I did a lot of things in my youth that I wouldn't do now, but they had a game that I wouldn't do then. When hanging out of the back, hanging onto the 'entry rope', became a bit ordinary, a new task was started. The object of this was to exit the flap at the back and proceed along the side of the rear bed, using the odd straps that were flailing about in the wind, then finally entering the cab via the hatch, and returning to the back. About half-a-dozen lads achieved this goal. All this happened as we progressed along the A5 on the overnight journey. Amazingly, nobody was killed or even injured. A few car drivers were unnerved by the spectacle, but all the entrants used the nearside of the truck for their passage to the cab and back. On the return journey, also overnight, we arrived back and there was no sign of me when the back of the truck we being emptied. I was discovered underneath a large crate full of equipment that had overturned onto me in my sleeping bag. It was too heavy to shift and I, an extremely heavy sleeper, just went back to sleep for the rest of the journey. When I was discovered, those who were supposed to be in charge were petrified that there "could be paperwork", but I was able to persuade them that I wasn't going to die - I wasn't even injured, just hungry. One for a cameo scene..? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 I never did any extra vehicular activity like that but was at scout camp in Staffordshire in 1976 aged 11 where we constructed a sort of assault course that comprised two ropes strung vertically above each other between two trees about 30 feet above the ground. You got up the first tree via a log propped up against it at angle using a rope to pull yourself along. Then you traversed to the second tree using the two ropes - feet on the lower one and hands gripping the upper one. At the second tree was the “reward” a kind of zip wire that got you back to the ground. Went round it several times. It was great fun with no safety gear or harnesses in sight. Cheers Darius 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 Etched turnbuckles and chains fitted. Chains toned down and light weathering to finish. Cheers Darius 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 23, 2023 Author Share Posted September 23, 2023 Turnbuckles and tie down chains added to be the bogie container flat.. Cheers Darius 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 Added the “timber” baulks to the bases of the containers. Cheers Darius 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 I pity the fool… Cheers Darius 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Started on another MTK model the other day - a Class 109 “Wickham” DMU. Cheers Darius 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Very nice and neat, no messy soldering. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Spot on Darius, echo popeye's words! But as I think I have said before when do you sleep! 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Holman Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 A serious amount of work in that model! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 Driver and peops fitted. Chassis weathering to finish. Cheers Darius 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I’ve never tried one myself but I have read elsewhere that they can drive you mad. Brilliant job. Stephen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) On 20/11/2023 at 3:57 PM, David Holman said: A serious amount of work in that model! Especially as it's MTK.... Anyone who remembers MTK will likely remember the man behind it: Colin Massingham. Colin's been dead for years. It was often said that he allegedly never consulted an engineering drawing when preparing a new model for production, but just looked at a few photographs and guesstimated from there. If you were (un)lucky enough to encounter one of his early Steamcast kits for BR Standard engines, you'll know what I mean. In later years, Colin himself alluded to his idiosyncratic planning methods by releasing O-gauge kits under the brand name "Elcrappo". Edited November 22, 2023 by Horsetan 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Darius, the DMU is remarkable. By an odd coincidence, my late Aunt (died January) and lived in Hiunstanton and her Requiem Mass was in Kings Lynn. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Thanks Leslie. We had a family weekend away in Hunstanton last month. Had a nice time touring the area, including a wander around Wolferton station. John Betjeman did a short BBC programme on the line before it closed. John Betjeman - King’s Lynn to Hunstanton Cheers Darius 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Thanks for the photos of Wolferton Darius, we must visit next year when we are at Cromer. Norfolk is a very good area to visit if you like railways, stately homes , bird watching and beaches. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 As if I haven’t punished myself enough lately… Cheers Darius 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 23 hours ago, Horsetan said: Especially as it's MTK.... Anyone who remembers MTK will likely remember the man behind it: Colin Massingham. Colin's been dead for years. It was often said that he allegedly never consulted an engineering drawing when preparing a new model for production, but just looked at a few photographs and guesstimated from there. If you were (un)lucky enough to encounter one of his early Steamcast kits for BR Standard engines, you'll know what I mean. In later years, Colin himself alluded to his idiosyncratic planning methods by releasing O-gauge kits under the brand name "Elcrappo". I believe he used to say or have printed on the box hammer or nails not included. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shrives Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Darius, The build of the wickam mirrors my experience with a Transpennine unit cutting off the roof with a stanley to allow ends a fighting chance to fit bodies got attached to a Lima chassis, back in the day so the buffet offered pizzas! The 306 must be better proportioned if ends fitted that well, good luck with the build Robert 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 6 hours ago, RedRich said: I believe he used to say or have printed on the box hammer or nails not included. I have a box containing various leftover MTK parts for the GWR diesel railcar. The bogie sideframe castings are comedy, as they are slightly different lengths overall, and the wheelbases of all four castings differ slightly from each other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Robert Shrives said: Darius, The build of the wickam mirrors my experience with a Transpennine unit cutting off the roof with a stanley to allow ends a fighting chance to fit bodies got attached to a Lima chassis, back in the day so the buffet offered pizzas! The 306 must be better proportioned if ends fitted that well, good luck with the build Robert Hi Robert, The 306 ends required quite a bit of dry fitting and trimming before they were finally glued in place - followed by some more trimming filing and sanding of the joints. The main goal is to get the ends fitted square, which, with MTK, is invariably not the best fit position. Cheers Darius 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted November 24, 2023 Author Share Posted November 24, 2023 Joints filled and sanded. Roof panels scribed and ventilators fitted. Cheers Darius 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 There was a member of the Scalefour society in the members forum building an MTK class 59 a few years ago. Hasn't been updated since but I was really interested in seeing how it turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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