Darius43 Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) Hornby 4-VEP to 4-VEG I started this project several years ago based on the discovery of the Railtec decals for the 4-VEG and memories of these units at Gatwick and Victoria in the late ‘70s and early 80’s. I modified three of the four coaches but never proceeded with the fourth - until today. The existing BR arrow and coach numbers were removed and the Railtec decals applied. I decided to improve the interior by painting the walls and floor and by applying blue moquette upholstery decals to the seating using homemade decals based on swatches that someone posted on RMWeb. I’m now going to have to give the interiors of the other three coaches the same treatment. The bogies had been modified previously to include pinpoint axle wheels in brass bearings in place of the original “draggy” wheels. The coaches are now much more free running. Here’s one I did earlier… Cheers Darius Edited August 6, 2023 by Darius43 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 Almost finished - just three more interiors to sort out. Cheers Darius 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Congratulation on the nice double beet set - hopefully it'll encourage others to have a go - must get more made for Blackrock! The 4 VEG is a very fine piece of work. As 4 VEPs, I travelled in one every morning to work from Farnborough and how I remember the blue moquette which you have done so well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) I used to travel in 4-VEP units every day between West Worthing and East Croydon in the mid noughties. Cold wind blowing through the door gaps in winter and struggling to fit in the middle of the three seat benches were a constant pain. I much preferred the 4-CIGS - more comfortable and warmer. Cheers Darius Edited August 7, 2023 by Darius43 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 But less seats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 Not an issue for me at West Worthing at 6.50 am but more so for those alighting at at Hove and Haywards Heath… Cheers Darius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 Parkside van kit assembled this afternoon. As with most Parkside kits the brake rodding needs to be modified as, if installed as moulded, the wheels won’t turn. Plasticard ribbing added to the roof. Cheers Darius 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Darius43 said: Parkside van kit assembled this afternoon. I like this. Nice to see the mods you've made to this kit to enhance it! Also, they don't seem too difficult for anyone willing to roll their sleeves up, get the glue out and build a kit in the first place 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 Second kit assembled this morning and primed. First van painted. Cheers Darius 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 Third and final kit assembled and painted. Now awaiting decals ordered yesterday. Cheers Darius 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 Cheers Darius 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Very nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Those little Austins are lovely. Just moved into a 1939 house today with an internal garage - built just for such a vehicle! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 Thanks guys. I matted down the blue body colour of the Oxford Diecast Austin 7, which lightened the blue colour and replaced the number plates using homemade decals. Cheers Darius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 12 hours ago, Galteemore said: Those little Austins are lovely. Just moved into a 1939 house today with an internal garage - built just for such a vehicle! If the garage is too small for today’s cars perhaps it might suit a model railway… Cheers Darius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Darius43 said: If the garage is too small for today’s cars perhaps it might suit a model railway… Cheers Darius Don't you have that the wrong way around? If the garage is too small for today's model railways, perhaps it might suit a car.... Cheers. Not-Darius. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 With the radius I’d need for a 36.75mm gauge oval, if looking at 1930s vehicle storage facilities, you’d need a Spitfire hanger rather than a garage! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) Did someone say Spitfire hangar… Cheers Darius Edited August 10, 2023 by Darius43 3 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 In Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in the 1970s, there was a Spitfire in what was effectively a giant greenhouse. This was a monument to Reg Mitchell, not far from his childhood home. That was all very well in normal times, but the years 1975 & 6 were notoriously sunny, as the elderly amongst us will remember. All around the building were displays of model aircraft. These were plastic models and many succumbed to the extreme temperatures, even though every orifice of the building was left open. I remember convincing a visitor that a Liberator, whose wings had subsided to the floor, was actually a model of a folding prototype that was intended for Fleet Air Arm use, but the war ended before it could enter service. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) I visited the Hanley Spitfire several times in the 1970s (we lived nearby in Newcastle-under-Lyme) and remember the model aircraft displays. The museum/greenhouse was located in an area where rows of terraced houses had been cleared. The greenhouse is long gone but the Spitfire is now in the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. The original “Greenhouse” museum opened in 1972. Hanley Spitfire Museum Cheers Darius Edited August 12, 2023 by Darius43 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Darius43 said: I visited the Hanley Spitfire several times in the 1970s (we lived nearby in Newcastle-under-Lyme) and remember the model aircraft displays. The museum/greenhouse was located in an area where rows of terraced houses had been cleared. The greenhouse is long gone but the Spitfire is now in the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. Cheers Darius I remember it being next to the Victoria Hall and in front of the Police Station, but it's all fifty years ago now - amazingly. That is a much better arrangement now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 And now for something completely different… Cheers Darius 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 Decals and light weathering applied to the box vans. Cheers Darius 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 Cheers Darius 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 Another Cambrian LMS 1-plank wagon kit constructed. Cheers Darius 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted August 29, 2023 Author Share Posted August 29, 2023 And one more still… Cheers Darius 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 1, 2023 Author Share Posted September 1, 2023 Two more box wagon kits completed. Just did these as regular box vans without the roof ribbing. Cheers Darius 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flange lubricator Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 They are very nice models virtually the same as the GNR covered vans which CIE inherited following the dissolution of the GNR they also have the same Morton brake rigging. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 1, 2023 Author Share Posted September 1, 2023 “The joint’s full. Keep walking…” Cheers Darius 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 To Abbey Road via Penny Lane ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 My friend’s grandson is a big “Thomas” fan so I have been refurbishing some of of his 1960s childhood Triang train set stock for him… Nice to give models that are as old as me a new lease of life Cheers Darius 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Lovely. What a splendid use of your talents. Those old ‘Nellie’ locos have a real charm. Jim McGeown uses them as basis of his 7mm starter kit….http://www.jimmcgeown.com/Loco Kit Pages/Starter Loco.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) New project started yesterday - Maunsell 1937 diesel shunter. Golden Arrow Models resin body kit designed to fit on a modified Bachman Class 08 chassis. Cheers Darius Edited September 9, 2023 by Darius43 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Beautiful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Decals applied followed by a coat of matt varnish. I used HMRS pressfix decals for the BR emblem and home made cabside number decals. I glazed the cab windows using panels cut from the packaging of a Parkside kit. Each panel was secured in place with a small amount of superglue then “cleared” using a coat of Klear acrylic varnish. The front step handrails were made from 0.7mm dia. nickel silver rod. Cheers Darius 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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