Darius43 Posted March 19, 2022 Author Posted March 19, 2022 Weathering completed. Cheers Darius 5 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 22, 2022 Author Posted March 22, 2022 Quick refurb of a couple of 1970s era Hornby SR sheep wagons. Original chunky couplings removed and replaced with NEM types. Plastic wheels replaced with metal ones. Plastic roof painted white. Light weathering to chassis and body. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 23, 2022 Author Posted March 23, 2022 Couple of PowSides/Slaters PO wagon kits assembled today. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 26, 2022 Author Posted March 26, 2022 Another PowSides wagon kit completed and a couple of old Triang mineral wagons “cleaned up” and weathered. NEM type couplings fitted to all wagons. Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 27, 2022 Author Posted March 27, 2022 Bratchell Models Class 455 EMU under construction today. Added handrails and hosiery to the cab front - unmodified cab front at right. Also drilled out the “printed” lights. Cheers Darius 4 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 27, 2022 Author Posted March 27, 2022 Driving trailer completed. Cheers Darius 4 2 Quote
David Holman Posted March 27, 2022 Posted March 27, 2022 Now that is rather nice! A typical example too of how a humdrum prototype can seem so much nicer in model form. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 28, 2022 Author Posted March 28, 2022 Second driving trailer completed. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Posted March 29, 2022 Motor coach completed. Bachmann DMU motor and bogie shoehorned into the left hand end. Cheers Darius 9 Quote
Blaine Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 On 27/3/2022 at 4:51 PM, Darius43 said: Driving trailer completed. Cheers Darius Looks well - which version of the kit did you buy, as I always found his pricing to be both high and bit strange that the glazing is separate when its needed as part of the kit Quote
Darius43 Posted March 30, 2022 Author Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Blaine said: Looks well - which version of the kit did you buy, as I always found his pricing to be both high and bit strange that the glazing is separate when its needed as part of the kit It’s the “ready to assemble” kit with the wheels package. The glazing is included. It was purchased from his stall at Ally Pally a couple of weekends ago. Cheers Darius 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted March 31, 2022 Author Posted March 31, 2022 If the shoe beam fits… Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Blaine Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 14 hours ago, Darius43 said: It’s the “ready to assemble” kit with the wheels package. The glazing is included. It was purchased from his stall at Ally Pally a couple of weekends ago. Cheers Darius Nice one, the 319 is tempting me badly Quote
Darius43 Posted March 31, 2022 Author Posted March 31, 2022 A few more details to the cab fronts and light weathering to the chassis. Next and final task is to wire up and test the motor. Cheers Darius 7 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 1, 2022 Author Posted April 1, 2022 DCC Ready… Basic cab interior made from plasticard. Not too much detail as not much is really visible. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Robert Shrives Posted April 2, 2022 Posted April 2, 2022 The Bratchell range also allows enough parts to make for a 450 class unit - I have bits part done but nothing to this standard. Time to dig it out and work on it a bit more. Robert 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Posted April 3, 2022 Couple of Parkside/Peco Insul-Fish wagons built today. Decals are a mixture of Railtec and Parkside/Modelmaster. Got a few more to build before weathering. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Only seventeen more to build… Taking a break from fish wagon building today. Cheers Darius Edited April 9, 2022 by Darius43 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Posted April 9, 2022 The only downside with Parkside kits is that the van bodies are lightly smaller than the floor/chassis. They are very consistent with this fault so it pays to sand the floor a bit smaller all round. Not sure why they have been designed this way - perhaps it’s a shrinkage phenomenon. Suffice it to say that the kit designer would be singing soprano if we were ever to meet… Cheers Darius PS you also have to distort the chassis to get the wagons to sit square on the track - or use compensation. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 Quick spruce up of a Hornby-Lina CCT. Chunky tension lock couplings removed and slimmer NEM types installed. Overall weathering/tone down applied. Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 14, 2022 Author Posted April 14, 2022 Parkside CCT joins the roster. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 14, 2022 Author Posted April 14, 2022 Got tired of spraying them fish vans white… I always thought an SPV was something from Captain Scarlet. Cheers Darius 6 Quote
Sean Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 is that the bachmann 1938 tube stock youve got there? i really want one. Quote
Darius43 Posted April 20, 2022 Author Posted April 20, 2022 Some more Parkside CCT kits built. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
murphaph Posted April 23, 2022 Posted April 23, 2022 I really like the dirt wiped from the datum plate effect. How are you achieving that? I've read that enamels are more forgiving for this sort of job than acrylics as you have time to wipe the area with a bit of turps whereas acrylics dry almost instantly. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 24, 2022 Author Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) On 23/4/2022 at 10:00 AM, murphaph said: I really like the dirt wiped from the datum plate effect. How are you achieving that? I've read that enamels are more forgiving for this sort of job than acrylics as you have time to wipe the area with a bit of turps whereas acrylics dry almost instantly. The initial rail blue enamel finish is sealed with “Klear” varnish before the decals are applied and the decals then sealed in with Klear. After the enamel weathering is sprayed on the datum area is “cleaned” with an 00 brush dipped in white spirit. Had a go at applying chalk markings using pen and white ink - with a bit of practice first. I concede the “handwriting” is the “same” but that’s 30+ years of engineering drawing to fight against. Cheers Darius Edited April 24, 2022 by Darius43 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 28, 2022 Author Posted April 28, 2022 And now for something completely different… Parkside Lowfit with Oxford Diecast Invacar. Tissue paper sacking padding and 0.25mm marine model rigging thread. Cheers Darius 7 Quote
Broithe Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 An uncle of mine had an Invacar - if you weren't an invalid when you got one, you soon would be. I had a little go in it once, after I managed to get it to start for him - truly terrifying. 2 1 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 29, 2022 Author Posted April 29, 2022 Lima LMS GUV repainted into BR blue. Plus new wheels, couplings, cleaned up undergibbons, glazing and glazing bars. Cheers Darius 2 Quote
jhb171achill Posted April 29, 2022 Posted April 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Lima LMS GUV repainted into BR blue. Plus new wheels, couplings, cleaned up undergibbons, glazing and glazing bars. Cheers Darius Superb! I love the BR blue era and the bewildering multiplicity of all sorts of parcel-carrying vehicles of all sorts - and all painted the exact same blue. A collection of these plus an 08 to shunt would make for a very interesting mini-layout based on some sort of parcels shunting depot in the 1970s. 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Posted April 30, 2022 Mainline BR parcels Van with new metal wheels, glazing, window bars and couplings - otherwise oob - plus some weathering. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 1, 2022 Author Posted May 1, 2022 The folk in the know on RMWeb pointed out that the chassis was about 2mm too wide so I set about narrowing it… Cheers Darius 1 Quote
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