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Bodging an SECR 6-wheel Brake Van - part 5

After a brief hiatus, I have progressed a little bit further towards completing the 6-wheel SECR brake van conversion.   I painted the handrails black, except for the end one on the non-verandah end, which is body coloured (SECR wagon grey). I don't think the handrails were white for the period I want to model, but I'm not sure when the white came in. My guess would be during WW1, but it is possible that it was earlier than that.   The windows have now been glazed, and the roof glued on. S
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Bodging an SECR 6-wheel Brake Van - Part 3

After adding the brake blocks, I have been tweaking them a little to get them clear of the wheel treads and flanges when the axles are at full travel sideways. It still runs freely, but not quite as freely as before I fitted the brakes!   I gave it a coat of grey primer earlier on Saturday, and now have applied the first coats of paint, using Humbrol #67 for the initial approximation of the SECR grey (to be followed later with the proper grey after I drill the handrail holes). The roof has had
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Bodging an SECR 6-wheel Brake Van - part 2

Just a couple of small changes have been made since the first part of this build.   I have added the turned brass buffers (as per Simon0r's suggestion in his topic), and I have substituted some slightly larger diameter Hornby spoked wheels, which somehow look more spindly and archaic, and entirely suit the style and character of the SECR brake van, in my opinion. With these wheels it runs even more freely than with the Romfords. I suspect the Hornby axle length is a tiny fraction shorter and t
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Bodging an SECR 6-Wheel Brake Van (Inspired by/Copied from Simon0r)

Inspired by Simon0r's two SECR 6-wheel brake vans converted from Parkside's MR 20 ton vans using LNER 10' wheelbase chassis (see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/112617-buildingbodging-some-secr-brake-vans/), I have attempted my own version of the bodge.   I only wanted to do one van, but as the conversion uses axleboxes cut from a second LNER wagon chassis, I had to order two of the LNER chassis, leaving me with a spare pair of axleboxes for possible future use. Simon cut fou
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Lettering the GW Pre-Grouping Wagons - Progress

The Parkside GWR 10T Open has now had its 'G W' transfers replaced with correct scale 25" lettering, and the load and tare markings put on. It joins the Mink in awaiting only its 5-digit number on each side. The first two photos show the Mink van, with the "before" for the Open, while the last photo shows the "after" for the Open.         The Mink D, as far as I can tell, should retain the smaller 'G W' lettering, but awaits its turn to get the load and tare weight markings, plus it
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SECR (ex-LCDR) Brake Van Progress - Nearly Finished

Quite some time ago I started building a London, Chatham & Dover Railway (LCDR) brake van from the etched brass Roxey Mouldings kit. It was 95% complete when the build stalled due to my problem in effectively attaching the footboards. I have now done so using wire hangers bent to support the boards. The upper ends of the hangers are hooked and superglued into holes drilled into the brass solebars, while the step boards are soldered to the lower supports.   The smaller steps under the guar
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Painting the Pre-Group GWR Wagons

Continuing with the trio of Great Western wagons, I have now painted them: a coat of grey primer, followed by a coat of matt (or satin) black, then brush-painted with Humbrol #79 blue-grey, and a coat or two of SECR wagon grey (which is the closest colour I have to GWR wagon grey). I removed the wheels and couplings before painting the wagons. The van roofs have had one coat of white primer sprayed over the grey primer, followed by a coat or three of Humbrol #34 matt white.   The photos show
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Something Different Again Again Again - GWR Mink Van

So far I have managed one Parkside wagon kit per day for two days, and started the third one today, albeit rather later in the day, so it is only half completed.   The GWR Mink van has its body shell and underframe with wheels fitted, but no brake gear or buffers yet. the roof is only sitting loosely until I put some lead sheet in for weight.  
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Something Different Again Again - GWR 10T 5 Plank Open Wagon

Work on building the Parkside Dundas GWR 10 ton 5-plank wagon has commenced. There are still some components to fit, but progress on the kit was again rapid (like the Mink D I did yesterday).     Adding weight to open wagons is always problematic if one wishes to leave the interior detail visible. I am using some lead ball bearings here, glued on with a liquid contact cement. A few of the balls have stuck in the wrong places but I will clear them out before long. There is still not sufficie
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Something Different Again - a GWR Mink D

For my pre-grouping goods trains, I have quite a few colourful private owner wagons, plus a few southern area railwy owned wagons (SECR, LBSCR and LSWR) but in reality, wagons from other railways found their way over most of the British mainland. The problem for me was that most of the available kits or ready to run wagons are too new - I wanted wagons from around 1910 or earlier. With this in mind, I ordered some GWR wagon kits from Parkside Dundas.   Today was officially the first day of the
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Progress on the Bulleid-style 2 HAP Unit

Every so often, when I show photos of my layout progress, someone will observe and comment on the cream coloured, raw resin 2-car unit sitting on some track in the background on the upper level. This is a Bulleid-style, BR-built 2 HAP unit, utilising resin body shells and seat units from Ayjay Models (bought through Radley Models), sitting on Hornby 2 BIL chassis bought cheaply when Kernow Model Rail Centre had the Southern Railway liveried examples on sale.   I have finally started cleaning u
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Lighting Some Underground S Stock, and Making a 2H into a 3H

I have been contemplating fitting lights into my London Underground S Stock train, and possible to some of the Hornby BIL and HAL units as well, later. I've just fitted lights into the first two of the S Stock cars.   I'm using the strips of surface-mount LEDs that can be purchased quite cheaply from eBay sellers, which are arranged in sets of three LEDs with a resistor included in each set to allow for direct wiring up to 12 Volts DC. I tested one group of three sets of three on DCC wired str
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The Name of the Game is ...

I have had a rolling program of upgrading printed name plates with etched ones over the last few years. I put in two orders to Modelmasters just before Christmas to cover most of the remaining diesel and electric models I have, although a couple were not available for various reasons (either not made or out of stock).   The following photos show the ones I have fitted so far.   London Transport (ex-Metropolitan Railway) Bo-Bo no. 8 Sherlock Holmes has benefitted from having its over-thick pl
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Cambrian Kits Sturgeon A - Final Weathering and Load

And just about complete, now. The Sturgeon A with some additional rust coloured weathering, and with a rail load added, using some cut lengths of rail and some plasticard strips cut to represent wooden battens. Just a few minor paint touch-ups to go and it is ready for service with my model Engineers Department.    
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Hornby S15 - Weathering Continued - 2

I have been contemplating the Hornby S15 and the weathering to date, which came out just a little too brown for my liking. I mixed up some Humbrol coal black #85 as the predominant colour, with a tinge of Humbrol #66, olive drab, and even less Humbrol #62, leather. The whole lot was then mixed with some matt varnish and 'watered' down with turps to form a grey, almost black wash.   I am much happier with the result, but I'll leave it to you to judge for yourselves.    
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Cambrian Kits Sturgeon A - Weathering and Transfers

Normally after spray painting an item, I would brush paint the final coats of paint to fill in any holes or gaps in the spray coats. However, because I want to model the Sturgeon A in a heavily weathered and slightly battered condition, I didn't bother with more black paint, instead going straight to the greys (Humbrol #66 and #79) and browns (Humbrol #29, so far) in washes and dry brushed streaks.   The initial results are shown in the next two photos.         While I should have add
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Cambrian Kits Sturgeon A - First Coats of Paint

The Sturgeon A has now had the first coats of paint. After masking off the couplings, I sprayed some automotive grey primer, followed by matt black from the same source. This will eventually be followed by various shades of black, grey and rust colours to weather it down a bit.  
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Cambrian Kits Sturgeon A - Building Phase Finished

The actual building phase of the Sturgeon A has finished with the addition of the door springs on the other side, handbrake wheels and 'V' hangers (representing an air braked wagon). I have only fitted the outer 'V' hangers, but have not mounted the corresponding inner 'V' hangers as they would interfere with the bogie swing.       This wagon is now ready for painting. It will go into either very dirty black or very dirty departmental olive green.
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Cambrian Kits Sturgeon A - Work Resumes

Has it really been a year and a half since my last entry on the Cambrian Kits Sturgeon A?   I have been putting off doing the fiddly door springs for that long. I have now fitted the springs on one side. One more side to go ... then there is a second wagon to build!  
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Finishing Off a Few C=Rail Containers - PART 2

A little while ago I was lamenting not being able to find the locking bars for some C=Rail containers I was building and decorating. Well, I recently placed an order with C=Rail for some of their new Freightliner containers, plus some extra locking bars to complete the previous builds.   The two 40' containers for Hanjin and OOCL are now complete, apart from possibly a bit of weathering.       The pre-finished Freightliner containers from the late '70s and through the '80s are shown here
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The Hornby S15 Weathering Continued

I have continued with the weathering of my Hornby S15, thus ruining Hornby's beautiful pristine black finish! I have been using two colour photos in the book The Heyday of Nine Elms and its Locomotives (Colin Boocock) for reference to the degrees of weathering 'suffered' by the S15s. The first pic is of 30839 outside the 'New Shed', the other is of 30829 on a local passenger turn.   After the initial Humbrol black washes, I added a wash of their dark brown. This actually came out a bit more pa
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Weathering Continues to Continue - Hornby 08 and Kernow/DJM O2

Continuing with building up (and decreasing, in the case of the 08) weathering effects, here are some more progress photos, taken on the layout near Newton Broadway station.   In the case of the O2 I also 'doctored' two of the photos to resemble older images in black and white and sepia tones. They then give me some comparisons with the photos I am working from in various publications.   The 08 shunter has had a partial wash and partial dry-brush effect with grey, Humbrol #66 (called olive d
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Weathering Continues - Hornby 08 and S15, Kernow O2

This is just a progress report on weathering projects. The photos were taken in fairly dim light with my HTC phone, so are not the best but illustrate what I have been doing and indicate to me what the next steps should be.   I have slightly unweathered the Hornby 08 by dry brushing some BR blue back over the black washed edges and roof panels. It still needs a lot more work before I am happy with it, but I think it does look a little better than before.       The Hornby S15 has had a li
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Weathering the Bargain Hornby Class 08 - 1

Having trawled the Internet and my books and magazines, I decides that the blue 08 I have been working on should be renumbered. D3219 seemed to be the most suitable candidate I could find that matched the body features of this particular Hornby model: wooden cab doors, external hinges on the body side doors, the correct number of footplate 'boxes', and Southern Region based for most of its life. I have no idea when it went into blue, so that is an assumption I have just had to allow. A quick ren
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