Some time has passed since the last update mainly due to no work actually being undertaken all thanks to a lingering cold. However getting back into the project and noticed something.
Whilst trying to identify the various markings on the underframe I noticed I had made a bit of a boo boo. I had made the assumption that the underframe sides were mirror images when in fact they are handed. This becomes apparent in the location of the various markings.
Unlike British rolling stock which l
A considerable amount of work has been completed since the last update.
Underframe detail including the air brake and reservoir tanks has been completed and mounted to the underside of the body. All brake rigging is in place and awaits fitting to the clasp brake shoes and tie bars when installed. W Irons are now fixed in place. The finer details to the sides of the wagon is also complete all bar the rope/lashing points located along the side of the wagon. These will be formed us
Some more work completed on the Op wagon progressing slowly to getting one side of the body “nearly†complete. One sides worth of stanchions have been fabricated and located along the body side. These were made using 2mm dia. brass tube with a 0.25mm brass wire looped and soldered into the tube. Once cooled down a file was used to shape and create the eyelet at the top of the stanchion.
Unfortunately, unlike the prototype the stanchions are not removable. I looked at the possibility of u
Today a bit more time has been spent on the Op project. More work on the underframe has been completed, with the addition of some microstrip to enhance its appearance. I couldn’t help think that it was looking a bit on the weedy side.
The cut outs in the headstock/ underframe has now been completed and just require a general clean up to remove any final swarf, debris and tweak with a file to complete. Another W iron has also been fabricated.
Pictures show progre
As work on the Gp van continues, I have had to take a break away from it simply as I was losing the will to live. The thought of the hundreds of bolt heads still to be applied is demoralising enough to prevent me doing any modelling at all, so I have had to take a brief diversion.
Designed in 1942 these large open-standard two-axle freight wagons were designed to fill the general purpose role previously occupied by the older wagons of various vintages and designs. The original desig
Work on the Blitz nears completion...
Some time spent this evening finishing off the weathering to the lower body and inside the load bay. Final details are STILL to be added in the form of door handles, bonnet "mascot" and mirrors...
Some images...
Three Quarter View
Side Elevation
Cruel close up of the rust and worn paint effects
(In)Sanity Check
So the bolt heads mentioned in the previous post arrived... and what great little things they are. A Stainless Steel etch of what looks like 1000's of tiny highly detail bolt heads of various sizes and types all ready and waiting to go on the Gp Van. I do beg the question however of the worth of etching such minute detail into the etch as with a couple coats of paint I am sure the detail is lost.
Having spent many hours messing about with the DC Kits door hinges on their
The Project
Both myself and my father are keen railway modellers.
Up until earlier this year, we have spent many an hour discussing many potential projects, often circulating around our interest in 4mm P4 Finescale modeling.
With a number of local exhibitions under our belt demonstrating "Frampton", it soon became clear that many of the exhibitions were a bit "samey". Not withstanding the excellent modelling often on display at exhibitions, a number of layouts genre's appeared to be t
