Hunslet 102 Posted May 15, 2013 Posted May 15, 2013 Superb work,the whole rake with A class looks so realistic. Quote
dave182 Posted May 15, 2013 Posted May 15, 2013 Bloody Hell, fantastic work and I'm ever so slightly jealous! Quote
Weshty Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 That barrier wagon is a thing of beauty, and inspiration for the brass one I will be doing. Nice one, and mucho thanks for the shout out! Quote
Barl Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 That entire train is stunning, from the brilliant weathering on the A Class, the excellent detail on the barrier wagon and the great finishing on the ammonia's! Top class=D Quote
scahalane Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 I didn't get as much work done on the layout over the holidays as I hoped, but I managed to get a couple of signals from studio scale models finished. There a really nice kit and full credit to Des for producing them. I tried to glue them to begin with but the glue didn't seem to like the brass too much so I ended up soldering them. Its the first kit that I've soldered together and after a small bit of trial and error and some choice words I got the hang of it. I'll be definitely getting some more of these. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Nice job,they look good,will fit in nicely with that cracker of a layout you are building Quote
Weshty Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Lovely job Scaha!!! Great to see the rodding with the counterweights and you've done a sweet job on the spectacles. Love the way the light is shining through the lenses. May I use them on the website, full credit etc.? Quote
DiveController Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Lovely job Scaha!!! Great to see the rodding with the counterweights and you've done a sweet job on the spectacles. Love the way the light is shining through the lenses. May I use them on the website, full credit etc.? Very nice. Like these and want a bunch of these eventually. Can these be automated with a point motor from under the baseboard? Any experience anyone? Quote
Dave Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Wow, lovely work, Are they static or can they be motorised? Quote
scahalane Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 Lovely job Scaha!!! Great to see the rodding with the counterweights and you've done a sweet job on the spectacles. Love the way the light is shining through the lenses. May I use them on the website, full credit etc.? Thanks Des, I used plastic colour gels instead of the decals for the lenses, a bit of delicate cutting involved but they came out ok. No problem if you want to use them on the web site. Quote
scahalane Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 Wow, lovely work, Are they static or can they be motorised? I've left mine static but I suppose anything is possible. Fiddly work though! Quote
Weshty Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Scaha Mucho Thanks for that. Cutting up gel?? Very fiddley I don't doubt (that's why I include decals), but sweet result. Franky Gavin would be proud of you. Dave, They are designed to be functional and could work with a tortoise motor, but I have left just what mechanism to be used to the user. Quote
David Holman Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Beauties - signals are far from easy in my experience and these really look the part Quote
scahalane Posted May 4, 2020 Author Posted May 4, 2020 I bought a Peco turntable kit a couple of years ago with the hope of converting it to look somewhere in the ballpark of the turntable that was at Kent station Cork. Its very over scaled and a bit toy like but a good starting base for a bit of kit bashing. The Kit! The support girders are the wrong shape so required a bit of chop and paiste. The turnatable well is far too deep so required building up the base. I also had to swop the over size wheels for something closer to the correct scale. I used card to build up the levels, and some old hornby set tract for the runner rails. v Plastic card was used to create a sharper edge and pilliput to fill the gaps Fine modelling plaster was used to build up the levels and create a solid base. Evergreen angle and tube were used to create the hand rails. Fine ballast added. In situe in the next stage of my layout. A bit of weathering. 12 Quote
David Holman Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Splendid. Peco now do a bespoke motor unit, though the factory is currently closed so you are relying on trader stocks. Kernow Models certainly operating though. 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Well done for not accepting what was available out of a box - a very nice job. I'm afraid that having a Fleischmann motorised turntable from my German days, that's in the middle of Portadown - I'll have a to try a d bit of surgery. In fact, that's today's job - adjusting the Peco level crossing to approximate to the one that was at Richill. Keep it up and stay well. As David mentioned - good old Kernow have delivered to me during lockdown. 1 Quote
Galteemore Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Lovely work ! Proper modelling and good use of a classic product. 1 Quote
scahalane Posted May 5, 2020 Author Posted May 5, 2020 I have the Peco Turntable Power Unit, so that's the next stage. Although it looks a little flimsy...we'll see. Quote
JasonB Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 A perfect example of what can be achieved when a model is pushed to another level. Great work. Quote
jhb171achill Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 18 hours ago, scahalane said: I bought a Peco turntable kit a couple of years ago with the hope of converting it to look somewhere in the ballpark of the turntable that was at Kent station Cork. Its very over scaled and a bit toy like but a good starting base for a bit of kit bashing. The Kit! The support girders are the wrong shape so required a bit of chop and paiste. The turnatable well is far too deep so required building up the base. I also had to swop the over size wheels for something closer to the correct scale. I used card to build up the levels, and some old hornby set tract for the runner rails. v Plastic card was used to create a sharper edge and pilliput to fill the gaps Fine modelling plaster was used to build up the levels and create a solid base. Evergreen angle and tube were used to create the hand rails. Fine ballast added. In situe in the next stage of my layout. A bit of weathering. Looks great. What did you do to put the inevitable gunk and gravel in the pit? Looks very much the part, and prompts me to think of posting a pic of a pristine grey loco tomorrow, just out of the paint shop at Inchicore.......must have a look! 1 Quote
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