I saw these road rail cherry pickers today near my house and thought they would make so interesting scene on a layout featuring OHLE.
I've got photos of more road rail vehicles which I will upload in the near future too.
Progress has been quite considerable over the past few evenings..
The next stage was to get spraying.
Now, it's been a very long time since I've used my airbrush in anger. I needed to add an in-line filter to the Compressor outlet to prevent moisture in the line, something I had remembered had begun to happen previously with prolonged use. It was a simple fit - a few 1/4" to 1/18" reducers sourced from Ebay and we were good to go. The airbrush I use is only a cheapo one from the Draper
In this case it really is the little things!..
Here is one of two Stop boards I have knocked together which are situated on roads around the depot area of my layout. They are based on the real ones made by MC Electronics.
They are a bit fiddly, but easy to make. If anyone wants measurements, then drop me a line.
They can be positioned either raised or lowered. Unfortunately they are non-flashing, but I think they suffice for my requirements.
P.S. I'll give you a fiver if you c
Well, some progress has been made today.
The window blanking plates were superglued in place yesterday. However, there is very little contact surface for the glue to adhere to, so for longevity I opted to apply Araldite Epoxy Resin to the insides.
Once set, a trip to the spray booth was the order of the day for a coat of primer. (As an aside - I can recommend the portable "fold up" spray booth, they are good value for money).
Halfords Grey Plastic Primer was applied evenly, and th
As I eluded to in a recent status update, I appear to have developed a fascination with Barrier Vehicles lately..
A while back there was an article by Mick Bryan in Rail Express Modeller section, detailing a conversion of 2 x Bachmann Mk1 Full Brakes into a pair of Neville Hill based Barrier Vehicles.
I duly ordered a pair of the etchings from Mick, the necessary roof vents (From MJT) and sourced some cheap coaches on Ebay. That was as far as it got at the time as there were more pressin
