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"Some modellling! Hooray!"

S.A.C Martin

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In what seems like forever, FINALLY a blog post which includes modelling trains in it!

 

A friend of mine offered me this turned brass chimney - he'd found it in what he describes as the "spare parts bin", but to me, it's a mecca of unused and long forgot sundries which sometimes may turn up a gem. And this is one of them! The Emily chimney tapers too much, and is too tall, and had to go. After chopping it off, filing the base down, and fitting the new chimney with some adhesive, I used some Humbrol model filler to make it even around the base.

 

And this is the result: it certainly makes it look more like a Stirling Single, even if the chimney isn't quite the right profile (looking at pictures of the preserved single, the one I am trying to model, the chimney doesn't seem to be an exact match for the original chimneys in any event).

 

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I'm nearly at the stage where I am happy enough to spray it in primer. The only obstacle - and one I've chickened out of doing for some time - is the splasher. I absolutely dread drilling into that.

 

It did make me think mind - surely an etched brass overlay, designed to fit the Bachmann splasher, would aid scratch builders? Something to mull over anyway.

 

Until next time - oh, and I might have sorted out the handrails by next time. For some utterly bizarre reason, I was convinced the handrails had kinks in them from the smokebox to the boiler. They don't, they are completely straight. Ergo the handrail at the front of the smokebox is extremely off...!!!

 

Ta ta for now!

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James Hilton

A lovely looking conversion so far - goes to show what you can create from some of the Hornby old range. How does she run? If it's anything like my grandpa's old Lord of the Isles single then perhaps not as good as she looks?

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S.A.C Martin

A lovely looking conversion so far - goes to show what you can create from some of the Hornby old range. How does she run? If it's anything like my grandpa's old Lord of the Isles single then perhaps not as good as she looks?

 

Hi James - would you believe, this is Bachmann 2008!!! They created a model for the Thomas range - "Emily" - which is a stirling single-ish. I have modified it greatly beyond its original looks, including replacing the face with a smokebox door, new chimney, rebuilt cab and almost entirely "new" tender using parts from the airfix stirling single kit, and the wheelsets from the emily model.

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