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A blog of the various locomotive and rolling stock projects that will be seen running on my South Brent layout, covering the Great Western in 1947

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PDK 4707 part 9

For the latest update I have managed a fair bit of progress, more or less getting back on track with the build. The first task was to get the tender parts washed in CIF and then sprayed with etch primer, this will mean that at the very least the black can be sprayed on the chassis tonight (as can the green if I make it to Halfords after work.) Most annoyingly the masking tape fell off the buffers mid spray, so they have now been ceased up with grey paint! (I know I could have removed the

February 9, 2018

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PDK 4707 part 8

Modelling time last night was significantly limited, meaning there was no opportunity to do any painting. I have however finished off soldering handrails to the tender and glued on all of the castings to the tender body. I have also made a start on the loco to tender coupling, first I filed a flat on the rear frame spacer and drilled a 1.8mm hole approximately in the centre. This was then fitted with a bolt soldered into position, before soldering two bearings into the holes on the coupli

February 8, 2018

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PDK 4707 part 7

The plan last night was for some painting, followed by the completion of the soldering on the tender. I started with the painting, the chassis was sprayed Halfords Satin Black while the body was sprayed in Halfords Rover Brooklands Green. Unfortunately the latter ran out half way through so I need to buy more before I can finish it off. I will also need to have a look at how best to angle paint onto the model, as I am struggling to get coverage of a couple of areas behind detail (lower fir

February 7, 2018

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PDK 4707 pt6

Things are really starting to come together on the 47xx, at the current rate of progress I would say there is less than a week’s work remaining until it will be finished (so I should certainly achieve my main aim of beating the Heljan model. The first task last night was to finally get those top feed pipes added to the lower boiler, these were formed from L shaped lengths of 1mm brass rod glued into the resin boiler and then soldered to the footplate. There is a certain logic which says I w

February 6, 2018

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PDK 4707 part 5

Given that the 47xx body is now complete (with the exception of the top feed pipes which I keep forgetting to add!) My original thought was towards making a start on the cylinders assembly in order that I could finish off the chassis. However given that it will require shortening the lead crankpin, a task I do not want to do until I have soldered the washers into place to hold on the con rods) the cylinders will have to wait until I paint the chassis. Which reminds me I must go to Halfords

February 5, 2018

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4707 part 4

3 hours in the workshop this morning has seen progress on the chassis, First the missing pipe was added to the valance, so the body is now finished. Onto the chassis, I don’t like the cast metal pony truck, but as I have nothing better I have made do. I have improved it by fitting brass bearings before soldering together. Next was the bogie mount, first filing a gulag surface onto the top and bottom of the brass bar spacer, then drilling a2mm hole Finally the brakes were solde

February 4, 2018

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4707 part 3

My planned afternoons modelling was spent on the side of a road coming home from the shops after tire blow out due to a suspensions spring snapped on my wife’s car. As such I didn’t make as much progress as I hoped. However the body is now finished, hand rails are fitted, as are the remaining details. I have forgotten to add the pipe along the solbar, and keep forgetting to add it. My wife has a friend and her children over today, so hopefully will escape to the workshop and get on wit

February 4, 2018

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Pdk 47xx part 2

Making use of one of my few remaining Friday afternoons off work I have cracked on with the 47xx body. It has now been fitted with all the remaining castings (epoxy) and etches (soldered except for the footplate steps under he smokebox which were too fiddly for me.) The pipe along the right side of the boiler was formed from brass tube, I pinned the cab end onto some 1mm brass rod to hold the two together This was followed by drilling holes for the handrails. There are three t

February 2, 2018

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PDK 47xx part 1

One of the last few major locos that I will need for Brent is a 4700, this is intended for use on the perishables express freight, the milk train and the odd passenger train. In other words of the 3 remaining missing locos which are required to perform a full operating cycle, this is the least important (vs the 4300 and Bulldog which are used on far more workings.) The plan had been that I would buy one of the soon to be released Heljan models, however seeing a partially built PDK kit on eBay

February 1, 2018

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More centenarys

Last night saw further work on the Centenaries, which are now rapidly approaching priming. The first task was to fill the joint between the doors and sides with a couple of applications of Squadron White Putty. Attention then moved to the ends of the Restaurant pair. Unfortunately when working with the sides I based the conversion on minimising plastic removal, and didn’t read the instructions. Net result I have put both on the wrong way round! So the next task was to carefully carv

January 18, 2018

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4547 Finished (DCC installation) and Centenarys

After spending the day looking after the wife and children who have been knocked over by Australian Flu, unsurprisingly I havent managed to get much of anything done. That said, during their naps I have managed to get a few small jobs sorted out. The first major job was refitting an Airfix centenary with its second replacement (Comet) side, unfortunately as mentioned in my previous post the tumblehome wasn't properly formed on this pair of etches (but I only found out after cutting the gutte

January 14, 2018

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Centenary composite

Tonight I have cracked on with the last coach for my down Cornish Riveria formation, a composite again built with comet sides on a Hornby body. This is both for consistency with the rest of the take and as an easy way to add the window detail Construction followed all the other build with one extra step. Comet have cocked up the forming of the etch, so it doesn’t have the same profile as the restaurant pair (it is flatter) so I had to reform the tumble Home. Of course I only realise

January 12, 2018

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Centenary Restaurant Third

Rather than getting frustrated with handrails on my County once again, last night I made a start on the next Centenary build (a Restaurant Third). The process is getting a little repetitive now (dismantle coach, cut the rain strip off the etch, cut a large hole in the side, evostick together. The plus side is that I am getting quite fast at the process, with the removal of the Airfix glazing taking longer than fitting the first side. Tonight I aim to complete the second side of this coach a

January 11, 2018

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County of Somerset: Actually running this time

After a false start thinking the chassis was finished, yesterday I made a start on some modifications to the chassis in order to get it working. The first job was to smear some epoxy along the joint between the two halfs of the gearbox, next time I will read the specific instructions for the gearbox that I am making to avoid this mistake! With that done the second task was to secure the motor to the chassis in the correct position. For this I cut an inch length bar from an old hair

January 9, 2018

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County of Sommerset: Now running

Yesterday was something of a milestone for the county, The first job was to make a start on the pickups, I found some coppercald board (purcahsed years ago as a part of a home etching kit). This was cut into two small squares which were gapped and glued to the chassis with epoxy. While the glue cured, I finished off a couple of jobs on the loco body. I added a Markits smokebox door dart, sprung buffers and the bufferbeam number. The body now just needs handrails adding. Back to

January 7, 2018

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County of Somerset

While I have missed my intended deadline to get the County running, I am making good progress towards that aim and should hopefully have it complete this month. The first area of attention was the tender, Given that the County’s ran with a tender that was 8ft6 (as opposed to the 8ft version that was used with the Hall / Castle) the intention is to build a Falcon kit for the correct tender version. However this project has stalled for some time (the basic structure is complete, but the fin

January 3, 2018

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Stock for Brent: Review of 2017

2017 in Review As is usually the norm at this time of year, I have been looking back at last year’s aims to see what was actually managed. This time I have also tried to include some photos! I will be covering both layouts in their respective threads, so this will purely concentrate on the rolling stock for Brent. Here is last year’s post http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/853/entry-18795-brent-2016-in-review-plans-for-2017/ Locos: Completed Projects: A large number of loco pro

December 30, 2017

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County Lining

Another evenings work and the county body is now nearly finished, the remaining lining has been added (including a First for me in that I have added the lining to the number plate (an effect I must say I’m not entirely convinced with) I have added the plates, I can’t recall the manufacturer but they were thinner than usual and a lot more tricky to use, particularly on he left side where you have hardly any material to glue to. It now needs the detail painting (window frames, minor footpl

December 24, 2017

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Lining the County

As work progresses on the chassis, it’s time to get the body finished (mostly as I want to get it varnished so I can weather the black !) As with the modified hall I have used the hmrs sheet, and again I am regretting fitting the pipes. I’ve now finished one side and just have the fine work to do on the other (I hate doing the fine lining out of the splashers, to the point I’ve only done the top line and will hide the bottom with the weathering (as often was the case in the real thing)

December 21, 2017

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County of Somerset Part 4

Today I have a day off which was originally intended to work on Brent, however with no desire to work on the double slip instead I’ve cracked on with the County I started by unsoldering the slide bars and repositioning to correct the length, along with adding the brackets. It now needs fitting with spacer washers to stop the drive rods hitting he lead crank pin, I also want to add chassis washers (once I find some) in order that I can get rid of the slop in the lead axle The nex

December 20, 2017

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County chassis part 3

With an afternoon spent taking no1 daughter to a birthday party, I haven’t managed to get as far as I would have liked on the county. I have redone the con rods recessing filed down Markits crank pin nuts into the rod (then re testing to ensure it still works). With this complete I prepared the left hand slide bars, again they are 1mm too short. I have checked and they are also too short for the Saint. I am going to unsolder the bars and either add a spacer so that they are 1mm further

December 10, 2017

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County chassis continued

Moving on to the clyinders, the initial assembly was very straight forward, although rather let down by the ridiculous amount of filing needed to get the cross head to slide Once I got the first Half moving I realised that I’ve cut the rod too short. What I don’t understand is that with the crank pin at the furthest point towards the cab, the cross head is 3mm or so off the slide-bars. Everything was assembled as per the instructions so I can’t jnderstand what I’ve done wrong. I will lo

December 9, 2017

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County Chassis

As a break from working on Centenaries, today I have been working on the County chassis (the wheels for which arrived with the Centenaries.) Given the chassis frame was built rigid, and I am building in OO, I have decided to try the Markits wheels along with their screw crank pins. The latter were chosen because I do not like having to solder the rods in place. Initially I was disappointed with the wheels, given the price I had expected higher quality. There was a lot of flash around the

December 9, 2017

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Centenary restaurant first part 2

Onto part two, the second side followed the same approach as the first, with an awful lot of plastic removed from the side to clear the windows. I have also added a fillet of superglue to reinforce the area above the inset doors to provide additional strength. I have also made a start on the roof, although a lot more conversion work is required. I have one question that I am yet to confirm, at the kitchen end on the corridor side is there a window? I know ther is not a window on the non

December 7, 2017

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Centenary First Conversion

While I wait for the Romford screwdriver and crank pins needed to finish my County, I have gone back to working on my Cornish Riveria Express project. Having already built two thirds and a left hand brake, etched have now arrived for the restaurant pair along with the composite. The latter is being converted as I feel it will be a lot quicker to replace the whole side than to just add the new window frames. Work has started on the more complicated build for the restaurant First, mostly

December 7, 2017

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