The Derry Road Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Hi all and a warm welcome to the work shop. Over the next few weeks I will be relocating all thats required, benches and work stations, spraying booth, shelves, tools etc, its the ground floor of my garage complete with electricity, house phone link and wifi. I have a space of 16ft by 22ft to operate in, my old place as some members have seen was a 8ft x 6ft shed. I hope to scratch build various wagons and other items that may be of interest to some forum members. First on the bench will be the curtian sided cement van, constructing a rake of at least 16. Thats the introduction over, watch this space for updates. TDR Edited June 6, 2016 by The Derry Road Quote
ttc0169 Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Looking forward to your projects and good luck with them Raymond. Quote
Old Blarney Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 Raymond, All these plans for the great relocation sound very exciting. I wish you well with the great move and wait with interest to view your efforts. One problem that may arise, it usually does; the greater the space, the more we wish to put in it. What are the chances of your purchasing the property next door to you home, the one adjacent to your Garage? Best of luck, David. 1 Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 Hi guys and thanks for the good wishes, support and interest. The place is currently upside down with everything just placed inside and the car has to stay outside until relocation is complete, The design of the work areas have to fit in with the car being inside also, So I had drawn around the car to see what actual space was available allowing for walking around. Fitting around a stair case also had to be considered which leads to the railway. It’s amazing how much junk you find when moving. Thanks to all. TDR Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 11, 2016 Author Posted June 11, 2016 First wagon nearing the end of the production line as a trial, made from a modified chassis, plastic card and plastic channel. Couplings to be refitted and transfers to still be applied. TDR Thanks for viewing Quote
JasonB Posted June 11, 2016 Posted June 11, 2016 Great start to the workshop,one of my favourite wagons,a fine piece of modelling Quote
Kirley Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Looks the part Raymond, only another 15 to go. Quote
enniscorthyman Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 First wagon nearing the end of the production line as a trial, made from a modified chassis, plastic card and plastic channel. Couplings to be refitted and transfers to still be applied. TDR Thanks for viewing Cement wagon looks brillient. Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 13, 2016 Author Posted June 13, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated TDR Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 16, 2016 Author Posted June 16, 2016 Quick update showing two of the rake completed and delivered to St Stephens Green depot hand wheels still to be purchased and fitted TDR Quote
MOGUL Posted June 16, 2016 Posted June 16, 2016 Those cement wagons look the biz, any chance of a step by step on how to make the TDR? Quote
MikeO Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 TDR Really good workmanship. Are they on 20ft chassis and would the body height be about 6.5ft(excluding chassis). Something similar in N gauge would look well, hence my question about the length and height. MikeO Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 20, 2016 Author Posted June 20, 2016 (edited) MikeO & Mogul Hope this helps Chassis is a Dapol 21ton hopper type. Both buffer beams cut off, a further 2.5mm was removed from each end of the chassis and the original buffer beams refitted, giving an overall length of 80mm (excluding buffers) Body is 40 thou plasticard cut as follows Roof 80 x 32.5mm Ends 20.5 x 32.5mm Floor 80 x30 mm Roof ribs are cut from 20 thou plasticard 4mm wide Curtain sides are cut from a Hornby R234 curtain sided van body you will need a piece cut containing 10-12 buckles on. £1.99 buys two bodies These are available from Des Ellison 110 Rosehill Road Burnley Lancs BB11 2QX Transfers are from Railtec Paint's are Humbol French Blue no14 and WW1 blue no 109 Phone:01282 |832 754 Email:desmond975@btinternet.com Edited June 21, 2016 by The Derry Road Quote
Jimbo325ci Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 The pictures are just showing broken links for me... Quote
Jimbo325ci Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 Figured it out - some photo hosting websites are blocked here - had to use a VPN to bypass it. They look very nice - good work! Quote
MikeO Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 TDR Thanks very useful information. This will in due course allow me to build one or two. the information about the use of a Dapol 21 ton hopper chassis may also allow me to build a proper sized Lyons Tea wagon. The one I have made is a little too long as i used a 15ft wheel base chassis. MikeO Quote
flange lubricator Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 lovely job on the pallet cement wagons Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 Just started this morning the second NIR Hunslet (DL) number 102 FALCON, to be in NIR light blue with Bachmann class 20 DCC sound chassis (same as maroon version posted two weeks ago). The main difference is this body will have, molded hand rails removed along with roof and side grills, and replaced with brass ones. also considering head and marker lights TDR 2 Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Galteemore said: Love your paint shelves! Thanks, it keeps them in a tidy order for access to when required, TDR 1 1 Quote
David Holman Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 Puts my drawer of tinlets to shame and have seen exhibition stands less well stocked! 1 Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 26, 2019 Author Posted June 26, 2019 A few pictures showing the progress thus far on the hunslet, moulded side and roof grills bored out, removed and new brass one in their place. I have also removed the hand rails hopefully fitting replacement brass ones tomorrow, on both cab fronts and doors. Head lights have been bored out and tapered from inside to outside to accept LED lights. I’m still wondering about fitting marker lights, I’ll sleep on it tonight. TDR 6 1 Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 27, 2019 Author Posted June 27, 2019 Further progress on the hunslett today, new brass hand and step rails fitted to door sides and cab fronts. I removed the remaining side grills and fitted brass etches, they provide a better finish. Marker lights also bored out, some test running beside my other hunslett, a few pictures and a short video Project_hunslett_2.mp4 4 1 Quote
NIR Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) Any plans to open up the blank side windows? I'm in two minds about that with my 104 Class, the moulding is fairly thick there, maybe just darken the blank and float some varnish or something into it as 'glazing' Edited June 27, 2019 by NIR Quote
The Derry Road Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) Hunslet primed and head lights temp fitted, temp wired selecting the correct resistor, positioned and tested for light bleed, working perfect happy days Edited June 29, 2019 by The Derry Road 8 1 Quote
JasonB Posted June 28, 2019 Posted June 28, 2019 Lovely work. Always nice to see some old school modelling being posted from the workbench section. 1 Quote
DiveController Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 What chassis is the Hunslet on, class 20? Quote
The Derry Road Posted July 27, 2019 Author Posted July 27, 2019 1 hour ago, DiveController said: What chassis is the Hunslet on, class 20? Yes, bachmann class 20 is in both my hunslets 1 Quote
The Derry Road Posted March 27, 2020 Author Posted March 27, 2020 Currently under assembly, 14 MIR curtian/drop sided cement wagons. 5 1 Quote
David Holman Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 Now that's what I call a paint shop! Models look rather good too... Quote
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