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Unfinished Business

richbrummitt

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Sometimes it will be the case that when you post a photo of your work on RMWeb there is a helpful person who will kindly point out what is wrong with it. That was the case with my MR coke hoppers. What was missing?

 

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The handrail at the right hand side of the wagon. Now they are finished?

 

I was waiting on some more container securing chains from N Brass Locos to finish off the GC machinery/implement wagon. They arrived earlier this week and I probably spent as long cutting the hooks, screw link, and securing eye up and splicing them onto some very fine chain acquired from Fleetline as I did assembling the wagon! I think the end result is worth it though.

 

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In the same parcel I got some of the driver/fireman figures. There is a third figure in the pack with a shovel, but he is waiting for a tender locomotive to ply his trade: he'd be a bit wasted in one of my tank engines. I soldered the small bases of the figures to some wire so that I would hold them in a pin chuck for painting (an idea I got from Mikkel). I am quite pleased with how they turned out, although close up I am not convinced about the shape of the cap for my time period.

 

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Here they are fitted in 1425. Although the cab number is rapidly wearing off due to handling. This the drivers side.

 

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and the fireman's side.

 

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Along with a lick of paint they hide the fact the motor protrudes a long way into the cab, although it doesn't really obscure the view directly through the opening from one side to other it used to noticeable when looking down into the cab. The locomotive has been re-motored recently and had a few touch-ups cosmetically. There is a lot more that could be done to improve the appearance, however I wish to concentrate on other matters and one day I will get around to making the locomotives to portray the early 1920's pre-grouping scene, for which 1425 is not suitable.

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Chalfytich

Were the 14XX left hand drive then? All the other GWR engines I've seen were right hand drive, including 5637 when I drove it on the East Somerset Railway a couple of years ago

 

Dave

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richbrummitt

Were the 14XX left hand drive then?

 

Not that I know of. The GWR was right hand drive. I've got the pictures muddled with the text: the driver is the one that is paying attention rather than staring out of the cab. What is worse is that I didn't notice when replying to my brother above. Bad Rich.

 

I'll go back and change it.

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scanman

Not that I know of. The GWR was right hand drive. I've got the pictures muddled with the text: the driver is the one that is paying attention rather than staring out of the cab. What is worse is that I didn't notice when replying to my brother above. Bad Rich.

 

I'll go back and change it.

 

 

Rich -

 

I don't think they are muddled - it's just that the 'drivers side' description is above the image (as is the 'firemans side' however, it '*could* give the impression that the 'firemans side' refers to the image above it, which is the 'drivers side'. Just to add another bit of confusion!!!

 

Regs

 

Ian

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I don't think they are muddled - it's just that the 'drivers side' description is above the image (as is the 'firemans side' however, it '*could* give the impression that the 'firemans side' refers to the image above it, which is the 'drivers side'. Just to add another bit of confusion!!!

Ian,

I swapped the pictures around yesterday by the time you posted this.

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Mikkel
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Great stuff. Painting figures in this scale must be very challenging. Maybe the caps are a bit too wide, but as they got wider over the years I think they're not too far off for the period?

 

Those chains on the machinery wagon must be very fine. Where did you get them?

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Great stuff. Painting figures in this scale must be very challenging. Maybe the caps are a bit too wide, but as they got wider over the years I think they're not too far off for the period?

 

Now I know what they look like painted they'll be getting the filed round and flatter treatment when I use them on some of the earlier locomotives that I am yet to construct.

 

Those chains on the machinery wagon must be very fine. Where did you get them?

 

The chain is the smallest that I could find at Ally Pally. They happen to come from Fleetline. Their catalogue number is N707 and it comes as a 12" length. You'll find it on this page of their website.

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Mikkel
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The chain is the smallest that I could find at Ally Pally. They happen to come from Fleetline. Their catalogue number is N707 and it comes as a 12" length. You'll find it on this page of their website.

Many thanks!

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