WCPR No 5 Part 5 - undercoat & WCPR show
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First of all, thanks to all who came and said hello at last week's WCPR anniversary show in Portishead. Numbers were in excess of 750 through the door for the day and it was busy from opening all the way through until closure. So busy in fact that I didn't get to take many photos at all! Highlight for me was meeting Howard Carey, whose father was a guard on the line. Howard has been an amazing source of information over the years and his memory (given the line closed 76 years ago) is astonishing.
All didn't go quite to plan on the layout front. Weston worked pretty well considering the lash up of a 43 year old Marshall transformer and a proliferation of crocodile clips. Clevedon however suffered an electrical failure on one of the cab control circuits which meant we had to improvise. Turned out only to be a blown fuse but it didn't help my nerves!
Worryingly, I also bought a rather nice 7mm wagon from Antics to go with their WCPR Terrier. That's two items of O gauge stock...
I didn't manage to get No 5 complete in time for the show unfortunately. Pressures of work during the week meant I didn't have enough evenings at my disposal.
Since last week however, I've managed to fit and quarter the wheels and rig the motor and gear box. All appears to be well, though I haven't wired it up yet. I haven't fitted the worm yet as I wanted to check clearances with the body before I committed myself.
The wheels still need attention; the semi-circular holes need to be cut through and the axles filled - for some reason I have a short set of Alan Gibson axles. No matter.
The body has been undercoated and smokebox, chassis and roof given a coat of satin black. The body has been sprayed a curious pea green and I'm just looking at Ian Rathbone's book on lining before I attempt to find the bow pen. No 5 alas has a complicated lining livery and I want to do it justice.
Anyway here are a few pictures of where we were as of last night. I've not taken one of the final coat on the engine yet.
The layout's out and about at Tolworth on 11/12 November and I'm hoping to have No 5 running by then.
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