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As promised, I've finally got round to taking a few photos.

Dogfish, Crab and Ling in glossy post transfer application but pre-weathering from Cambrian and Chivers kits.

Also a pic of the Conflat Clay in the same state and one of the excellent High Level 03 kit. It's moved on since I took this and I've now done both step assemblies. A joy to build. Fiddly, yes but very rewarding.

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How tall are the boxes on the Conflat Clay- 4'? I remember seeing them at St Andrew's Road (Avonmouth)when I used to get the train to work in 1976/7. Were some of the boxes also another colour? I seem to recall orange with blue sheets.

Brian

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Hi,

I do like the Crab, used to see them at Eastleigh all the time. They were quite common on the Meldon ballast trains. I would love to have a go at one, but can't really justify one on my layout.

 

Cheers Peter,

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The 03 looks like it's coming on nicely. Has the chassis been easy to build?

Yes, I think so. That's not to say it's not complicated in places, but everything has fitted so well and the instructions are highly detailed. It's taken some time to do, but taking it a step at a time, I've encountered no problems. The rear step assembly with the flycrank cover is a lesson in origami but it all just clipped together. I don't know whether a beginner would enjoy it so much because you do need to be able to solder some fairly small components, though I don't class myself as an expert. It's all reached the final assembly stage so this weekend should see the first trial run.

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How tall are the boxes on the Conflat Clay- 4'? I remember seeing them at St Andrew's Road (Avonmouth)when I used to get the train to work in 1976/7. Were some of the boxes also another colour? I seem to recall orange with blue sheets.

Brian

I think I scaled them off the photo at a little under 4ft. One Bachmann 8ft x 20ft ISO cut longitudinally(twice) left about a 2mm sliver. Interesting point about the colour. The book I used just mentions light blue boxes and black sheets, but as I've another one and haven't yet sprayed the boxes maybe I should follow your suggested colour scheme. They're going to have a healthy coating of white yet anyway!

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Hi,

I do like the Crab, used to see them at Eastleigh all the time. They were quite common on the Meldon ballast trains. I would love to have a go at one, but can't really justify one on my layout.

 

Cheers Peter,

I know what you mean. I'm not sure why one would end up at a Cornish clay works either, but I'm going to stick to the script of works on the line somewhere and use of the run round/storage siding on the layout! The Chivers kit goes together so well, though it wasn't until after I'd finished it I looked on Paul Bartlett's site and found the axleboxes were hooded roller bearings and both the Ling and Crab had tie bars, hence a few last minute alterations.

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I think I scaled them off the photo at a little under 4ft. One Bachmann 8ft x 20ft ISO cut longitudinally(twice) left about a 2mm sliver. Interesting point about the colour. The book I used just mentions light blue boxes and black sheets, but as I've another one and haven't yet sprayed the boxes maybe I should follow your suggested colour scheme. They're going to have a healthy coating of white yet anyway!

I knew I'd seen something...

Page 86 of 'Wagons of the Early British Rail Era' by David Larkin has a photo of B947880 taken at Avonmouth in Febuary 1976. Containers described as orange with translucent blue sheets. The wagon is on cast bogies. I wonder if the other livery had been applied to the boxes used on the short-lived Par to Park Royal Freightliner service, which mainly conveyed clay for John Dickinson (Basildon Bond) at Croxley Green.

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