Fourth Attempt
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Well I haven't had much to report this last few weeks as I have been at our other home in Turkey. Unfortunately being there does not lend itself to modelling due to the sense of lethargy that the high temperatures bring. Anyway it is nice to lay in a hammock and read a book now and then.
However back to modelling. Projects completed since returning to England are as follows:
I have finally been able to find the fault with my L.S.W.R. Railmotor which has been 'bugging' me for some time.
The Railmotor is a Jidenco etched brass kit and is painted in LSWR colours with lining done with a bow pen. The problem that I had was that the motor would run and the driving wheels turn but the vehicle just had no grip and would only move sporadically. It took me ages to work out that the motor bogie mounting angle was wrong. This has now been modified and the railmotor now flies round the track (or tries to!) Motor is a DS10 with open gearing.
Second build has been a SEF Crane Tank kit as supplied to the South Eastern Railway in 1885, number 409, and has been left in ex Nielsen Works grey because my 80 year old hands will no longer let me do lining of such precision. Looking at the photo of 409 in 'Locomotives of the S.E.R. by D.L. Bradley the lining would appear to be very fine and my white transfer lining is much too thick.
Some modifications to the kit have been made to make the loco more like the works photo, The power is provided by a Mashima 1015 motor working through a High Level gearbox and it runs very nicely.
Only thing left to do is to put coal on the tops of the side tanks.
Third build has been an open wagon of the East & West Yorkshire Union Railway, built in my preferred way with actual wood, but this time I have taken on board the advice from 'Burgundy' and others, and I have scribed the inside planking as well as the outside planking, which I think can be clearly seen in the photo.
Since taking the photo, I notice that I seem to have lost a door stop so that will have to be replaced.
Next project already under way is a Brighton 'Atlantic', also from a Jidenco kit but modified to bring it somewhat nearer to the many photos. It will probbly end up as an 'H!' Wheels and gearbox, again Mashima and High Level arrived yeaterday.
After that, 'Inspector' is next due in the build shop as the wheels etc arrived yeaterday from Alan Gibson Wheels. Hope to get a lot done over the winter. We will see!
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