Brian's 7mm Workbench JLTRT Class 26

 

by brian daniels

 

original page on Old RMweb

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Comment posted by lancer1027 on Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:51 am

 

Ian, thanks very much . will be very helpful

Rob.

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??? posted on Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:08 pm

 

Just bought a Nikon D300 18-200mm lens. I am still sorting out what does what on it The main thing I did though was increase the sharpening to max, always think railway stuff looks better sharper. I had been thinking should I get one of these or not for ages then I read that Nikon are upping their prices in March so I had to make my mind up now. Be nice to see some pics in sunshine one day.

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??? posted on Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:18 pm

 

Here are a few more wagon pics which I am using to take pictures at different settings on the new camera to try them out so the quality might be a bit variable at the moment. I do have 3 inners for the freightliners to make a 5 set but not many containers. You can't get any transfers for the 1970's firms. I would love someone to do the original Freightliner containers in grey and red.

 

As for Jon's question on the Heljan 37 I believe you could do 37116 in L/L but you should take the roof ribs off to be correct. Apart from that it's green and banger blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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??? posted on Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:17 pm

 

Some more that I did to go with my steam and green diesels. Just get away with them behind a top's blue one though, although they should have tops codes on them.The first one is an ABS GW conflat as this was done before the Slaters one was around. Naxt a Freightman SR van. Then a DJB Mogo van. Then a DA medfit and finally a Slaters conflat. A couple of pics of them together as well. I changed the setting in the camera to take B&W but I can't see any advantage than if you modified a colour pic in Photoshop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comment posted by lancer1027 on Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:37 pm

 

Brian,Brian,Brian, what can i say ,other than EXELLENT . I love the conflats with containers. Who's are they ( i know there yours ) i mean which manufacturer. Ooops just re-read your thread . Are the containers slaters

Rob

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??? posted on Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:44 pm

 

Yes Rob the containers are Slaters. I did scratchbuild one as a plywood plain sided one. I will phot it when I find it! I do have a few more boxes of wagons to take pictures of. All these wagons were made quite a few years ago with just a basic bit of weathering from the air brush but they look fine going round the garden or some continuous layout.

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Comment posted by Dan Randall on Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:25 am

 

Nice work Brian.

 

I've always had a soft spot for rakes of Conflat wagons and your rake does look rather nice. I'd like to see your scratch-built plywood container when you find it please and am surprised that Slater's haven't added one to their range.

 

I also like the Ford Anglias on the Lowfits - nice attention to detail with the ropes and protective cushions. Can you tell me who makes the model Anglias please (and do you know which other cars of that era they make, if any?).

 

Regards

 

Dan

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Comment posted by dibateg on Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:48 am

 

Hi Brian -

thanks for posting the pics of the fitted wagons, the conflat line up is excellent. When spraying the vans, do you do the bodies first and then mask up to do the underframes and roof? I have 12 vans I'm working on at the moment in the workshop currently being sprayed.

 

regards

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??? posted on Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:27 pm

 

The Anglia's were Vangard models, they do loads of the period.

 

I sprayed the bauxite first if I remember then a little bit of brush painting on the ribs down over the solebars.

 

I do have some more conflats so I will take a picture of them all together later.

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Comment posted by Dan Randall on Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:25 pm

 

Thanks Brian - I'll have to check those out soon.

 

Regards

 

Dan

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??? posted on Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:38 pm

 

Some more Conflat pics , both ABS and Slaters. And my scratchbuilt plywood container. The LNER steel open is an ABS whitemetal one. The container is in a Slaters plastic LNER open that I notices the plastic strip tiebar is broke. Oh well

 

 

 

 

 

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Comment posted by hmrspaul on Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:40 pm

 

I have begun loading up more Presflo's, the nearest I have to the large plate Blue circle wagons is in the background of this one

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p56628755.html

At least sufficient to show they persisted until 1975. I don't recollect this visit very well, I appear to have just taken a few photographs from the platform.

 

Regards

 

Paul

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??? posted on Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:31 am

 

Very nice Paul, that lot should be very usefull for any one doing these kits from JLTRT. Love the pic of B8888888888888 or somewhere near that many 8's

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Comment posted by Dan Randall on Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:45 pm

 

Hi Brian

 

Thanks for posting pictures of your scratch-built plywood container. You've made a good job of it and adds a nice bit of variety amongst your rake of planked containers.

 

I think I'll have a go at one of these at some future date.

 

Regards

 

Dan

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??? posted on Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:17 am

 

One thing I picked up at Kettering yesterday were some COVHOP transfers from Appleby. So I can at last put some on this wagon after about 5 years. Pic of an unfitted one in one of Dave Larkins books with this BIS SAND logo. Oh if only JLTRT would do the fitted ones.

 

 

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Comment posted by Ressaldar on Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:21 am

 

Nice one Brian.

 

If you can't persuade PW, then what chance do us mere mortals stand!

 

regards

 

Mike

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Comment posted by Grimleygrid on Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:56 am

 

Excellent photos, the FGA Freightliner wagons look very nice indeed.

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Comment posted by lancer1027 on Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:56 pm

 

Great wagon there Brian.I saw you a couple of times at Kettering,was going to say hello but you looked like you were in deep conversation, one with Pete . I will say hello next time mate if you are'nt busy (at shepshead/halifax or the old trusted Telford.). Exellent work, Could we see some parcels pleeeeease

Rob.

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??? posted on Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:16 pm

 

Have to say hello at Telford Rob. I WILL take a pic of my parcels stuff but it ain't much.

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Comment posted by lancer1027 on Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:24 pm

 

Will do mate. Did you have a word with Pete and order your pair of 20's .

Rob

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??? posted on Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:39 pm

 

I should hopefully have a 20 for demoing at the Ally Pally show at the end of March, or so he said. Lets wait and see.

 

I was picking his brains on what's being doing next. He said the 26 should be at the end of the year As I said earlier I must try and get him to do a covhop.

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??? posted on Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:24 pm

 

Having a rest from wagons at the moment and making a start on a DJH skinhead 31. Must get it looking like a loco for the Ally Pally show in a couple of weeks. All the overlays have been superglued on this one, I managed to solder them all on a couple of earlier 31's but I was hving an off day today and they got glued on, it was that, or it was going out of the window The discs are from JLTRT as they have a couple of pips on the back to fix them to the front unlike the etched ones supplied in the kit.

 

 

 

 

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Comment posted by lancer1027 on Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:33 pm

 

Very interesting Brian . What number and hopefully it's in banger blue

Rob

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Comment posted by F-UnitMad on Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:45 pm

 

You've been getting too used to those Shake-the-Box JLTRT kits, haven't you Brian..

 

I wondered why I'd missed this thread when I saw "Class 31" in the title... I didn't bother to follow all the wagons before it, that's why!!

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Comment posted by d7093 on Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:07 pm

 

I'll be following this with interest as ever Brian, as i have one of these i need to build sooner more than later.

 

Be interested on how you get on with supergluing the overlays, on previous DJH kits i've always soldered these on but it does make for a lot of extra work.

 

Trevor.

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