Si2020 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 (edited) Hi all, So its been a while again......need a few more housrs in the day and days in the.....prehaps not. So as its 2024 and after seeing it on Facebook (yes the evils of FB) I have decided to set my self a challange of doing some modeliing every day for the year. It ha to be at least 30 mins to count and it can be of anything model related. For here it will be most railway stuff that I post but the odd other itme may slip in from time to time. The reason you ask, well basically I've got loads of kits that are either still in the boxes or have been started and need finishing off. This I hope will reduce the amount of boxes that I have around the house and also enable me to get more stock done for the various layouts that I own. Some of the stock for the L&YR layout has been sat in the box for a good few years. Any way enough with the waffling and on with the challange, there has been a coupe of days done already so I will catch you up as quickly as I can. Day 1 0f 366 First up is a new kit, yes there will be a few of them as well, that I picked up at the Manchester exhibtion in 2023. The JS Models warehouse kit. This is going to go on a future project that i have in mind and thought it would be a good place to start. Made a start on cutting out the windows and and side parts ready for gluing . And yes the eagle eyed amougst you will have notice.......... I decided to do this on a leap year!! Edited January 3 by Si2020 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Great NY resolution - best of luck with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 Day 2 of the crazy idea. Put most of the main frame together for the warehouse and its seen here waiting for the glue to dry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Great idea. Planning similar myself. The late Richard Chown used to discipline himself for 20 minutes in workshop irrespective of how he felt. Vast majority of times he stayed for longer. Not sure if anyone else is like this but I often put off modelling for fear of failure. Once I overcome the psychological barrier of actually sitting down at the bench and doing something it’s generally ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 3 hours ago, Galteemore said: Great idea. Planning similar myself. The late Richard Chown used to discipline himself for 20 minutes in workshop irrespective of how he felt. Vast majority of times he stayed for longer. Not sure if anyone else is like this but I often put off modelling for fear of failure. Once I overcome the psychological barrier of actually sitting down at the bench and doing something it’s generally ok. Thanks. I'm the same, once I'm at the bench and getting on with stuff its not a problem. Its just the getting to the bench that can be a struggle with being at it for the day job so setting the challange forces me to do something. I'm hoping it will mean a few kits get sorted out this year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 (edited) Hi all, So Day 3 was the front of the warehouse added and the steps made up. Edited January 6 by Si2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 So its day 10 now and here are a few photos of the items that I've been on with. So first up on Day 4 is a white meatl kit for a L&YR sliding roof van. Can't remember off the top of my head the Dia number but I think its a 10 ton one. May be wrong on that one. Day five, I made a start on installing the instantor couplings on some COVHOPS and gain hoppers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Hi all, Next up has been this wire and rod holder. Up till now Ive been using a plastic box to keep the various packets of wire and rod in and its always been a bit of a mission to locate the wire that I need as its always the last packet you come across. So whilst at the Manchester show I got one of these to keep everything more organised and make it easier to know when stocks are running low to give chance to get more supplies. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Good move! "There's no point keeping stuff that you can't find". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 On 14/1/2024 at 4:56 PM, Broithe said: Good move! "There's no point keeping stuff that you can't find". Also stops the over ordering/lack of wire. I go from having so much .45 wire in stock to having none at all and this will mean I can keep an eye on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Hi all, So the next wagon up is a L&YR single bolster Dia32a for a David Geen kit. This will be run as a single empty wagon for trips to the yard on Wainthrop Bridge. I will be updating the brake gear as I find the white metal stuff is to thick for the rodding and blocks, so I will be fitting some etched parts along with some brass bar and some 3d printed brake blocks. Well thats the plan. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 A couple of new kits arrived and as I have a show in April with Wainthrop Bridge I thought I would make a start on them as the one item I'm missing is a bogie van. With most rolling stock I always start with the wheels first as then I can make sure that all the cleanaces are good. After a bit of work with the bending tool and the soldering iron the 3d printed side frames where added. They will need a bit of work as they are bowed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Did a bit more on the chassis. I had hoped to get the chassis fully done in the time i had at the bench that day but due to the slots and tabs not fitting together and after a bit of file work, I finally got the solebars to sit flush and the floor straight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Do a bit more to the van. Pressing the rivets out using a GW rivet press. Keeps everything even and straight. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si2020 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 So one thing I have been meaning to do for a while is to add a section of removable track on the DCC demo display stand as with the colletion growing and having more smaller locos they need somehere to be displayed. So a a bit of work with some files, soldering iron and drills it was installed. Not much to see granted but will make the stand look more like a light dispaly than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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