I saw a Bachmann Stanier Mogul for sale on RMWeb. A swift offer and accptance meant it was shortly on its way to me. Thanks to @Rowsley17D for the quick arrival.
Only problem was..it was in LMS Lined Black. Great but I wanted a BR one. A quick strip down, a spray of Halfords undercoat then a spray of topcoat (Hicoat). New lining courtesy of fox/modelmasters (possibly easier to do the lining by hand but the use of boiler band transfers does speed the process) a new number - 42949 a Br
Just about finished my Hornby/Judith Edge Kits Fowler 2-6-4T.
The Judith Edge Etches ft easily onto the Hornby Body. (I used evo stick to stick them to the sides.) I added some of Dave Franks' "Bent" mushroom tank vents, some Wizzard lost wax cast buffers, Gibson pony and trailing bogie wheels. I painted it in black with Car paint. Lining used my Haff pen and humbrol paint, HMRS transfers were then added and finally a dose of weathering powder used to give it a bit of "life"
Well some more items are slowly getting finished..
A while ago I acquired a DJH Duchess .. named as "City of Liverpool" the name didn't match the loco/tender combination.. (Duchesses and City locos and tenders are a mine field)
Eventually I bought some Fox nameplates for "City of Leicester" a very camera shy loco.
This has been "shed cleaned" but I notice I have not finished - I need a bit of dirt on the top of the boiler cladding (where you can't reach it
A number of locos have been laid aside for a while waiting new motors and gearboxes. Some have already been posted on here but I did catch up a lot during lockdown.
This DJH WD had been built by someone else. The motor was out of mesh so.. a High Level Gearbox soldered to a cheap Chinese motor has been fitted and a smidgeon of dirty weathering added.
This Wills 4F came without a motor or gears but did have a tender cab (used from Skipton as part of their "sn
Having fettled a few locos I have now got around to weathering them using ink?water and weathering powders. I found some good colour photos ( but not of some of teh locos modeled ...
Bachmann renamed Patriot Royal Tank Corps - through mud and blood to the green fields beyond
A 4F with high sided tender - need to go and replace one of the 4s
and a Model Loco Black 5
Baz
Long time since I posted in my Blog. Been away and then ...
Positive thing about the Lockdown is more time to finish items in the "Roundtuit" pile.
I had a number of locos acquired without motors and gearboxes. I had some motors and gearboxes so...
take a High Level gearbox and a Mitsui motor,
add to an existing Wills 4F and
a 4F with tender cab.. do it again and
A 4F with a high sided tender
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To match the locomotives available to the needs of the layout a couple of renaming jobs were required... now undertaken.
first up my Mainline/Comet Jubilee - now Madras
and a Hornby Rebuilt Scot
the Middlesex Regiment
Baz
Many moons ago my father built an M&L Cornwall locomotive together with its Inspection Saloon.
I lined it ..not sure I could do that now and this loco along with a NER Class A 2-4-2T with a D&S NER Inspection saloon has visited a large number of layouts over the years - including Stoke, Grantham and the Gresley Beat...
This is a scratchbuilt item ...
Baz
Taken a long time to getting round to doing something with a DJH Caprotti BR Standard 5MT. I bought it pre-built but sans motor a while ago.
A New High Level gearbox had now been fitted with a round can Mashima motor.
It needs renumbering and weathering ready for use on Chapel en le Frith at Leeds show.
Baz
Long time since I posted on this blog. Today I was looking for a loco and came across a number of locos I hadn't photographed for my loco list. A lot are 2-6-4T - luckily they will come in handy for Mike Edges' extended version of Herculaneum Dock.
DJH Fairburn tanks awaiting weathering and couplings having been purchased recently.
a Trafford Park Loco
and a Bachmann version
of Lostock Hall
and a Stanier 2-6-4T
again last shedded at Lostock Hall. T
As a student at Leeds University I became a member of the Leeds Model Railway Society in 1976. I attended the Exhibition that year in October (Thursday, Friday and Saturday opening in those days in a dark (and cold early and late door) Corn Exchange. I was asked to help to operate a layout by Nicktoix which was also linked to the Wigan Wallgate/Gravity yard built by Mike Edge.
I had a brief overview of how it all worked and.. off we went. One minor problem was that A Ks Black 5 in LMS lined
I bought a second hand Hornby 8f quite a while ago. Before I went on my holidays I had repainted the can sides and renumbered it as a BR engine. I have started to weather it so..
and a bit of a close up
Big problem is that there is oil leaching through the various "holes" in the bodywork... so more weathering will be taking place...
Hope you like this..
Been a while since an update but...
I have a few BR Standards. The Bachmann one
replaced an Airfix on which had a new chassis and running gear fitted. This one can pull most things but does anyone have a way of filling in the screw hole in the connecting rods other than modelling putty?
And another Bachmann loco - an ex LMS 2MT Mogul..
At one time Leeds MRS set off to build a model of Hartford Junction on the WCML (for various reasons it was never finished) . As part of this I started to gather together some AC Electrics - all painted Electric Blue.
First up a Hornby bodyshelled AL1 (or 81)
New pantograph, modified bogies and added numbers/crests
and a Hornby AL6 (class 86)
repainted , new pantograph, modified bogies and Jackson Evans crests and numerals.
I also have a AL5 (Bachmann) but no layou
Just to show that I don't always weather my stock..
a Dapol prototype deltic on a modified set of Lima bogies - I know have replacement wheelsets to get it to run on code 75 rail... just need to fit them..
I have dug out some more locos... this time some Industrials. I apologise for the state they are in they have been in a box for a while and have been moved from place to place in the loft. Now I have my own railway room they should see an update and be joined by some new build locos...
First up No1 Puddleglum a Centre Models Avonside with a Ks HP2m motor and Sharman wheels..
And don't comment on the name - as chosen by her indoors....
then No 2 - Percy again a Centre Models Kit
Finally found the GSWR Baltic Tank - its rough and ready but does give you an idea of how well proportioned these locos were. Built by my father in plasticard on a Triang chassis
As Weaselfish identified my father built all sorts of oddities
So next up a Caledonian 0-8-0 Tank. Plasticard with a scratchbuilt brass chassis and an X04 type motor, Ks wheels.
Painted and lined by me...
some more oddballs coming up..
And just a sample of the BR Standards - strangely enough I have built these..
First up a Standard 2-6-4T - DJH kit built painted and lined by myself.
Of course Bachmann then brought one of these out and it has a lot of pipework not in the DJH kit
Next up a Standard 5MT - again a DJH kit built painted and lined by myself.
and of course just when I finished it along came an RTR version
and finally, for now, a DJH Brit...
- and again.. a new RTR one available.
Sometimes my father built a loco because he liked it - hence an ex LSWR D15.
quite why he built it I don't know - it is fitted with a motor and runs but I don't imagine building a Southern Region layout for it to run on - so its back into storage for this one...
Some of the ex LNWR stock in my stock box
first up a Beames 0-8-4T - scratchbuilt by Dad
its a bit "tall" but does work..
next up a Gem G2
D13 motor and quite powerful but requires a new chassis as the original one has worn out.
and as a comparison the Bachmann version
A few heavy freights locos
First up a DJH Stanier 8F.. interestingly enough I built this as a demonstration at a Hull MRS Exhibition many years ago. It went together well..
and another DJH kit - this time a 9F. This again went together well and has been used on a number of layouts
and finally something different a loco built be my father...
a Ks 72XX - it has Ks wheels and a D13 motor. Originally built for use on Cwmafon but I gave it to my brother in law when fa
So Beauty and the Beast - first up beauty..
Cotswold compound - built by Nicktoix a long tine ago and repainted into BR Black by me - I find the compounds fascinating and really beautiful. This is a Sutherland Kit with the cylinders attached to the footplate so it has removable connecting rods..
and then the beast - a Ks garratt.. built by my father and painted by me - long due a strip down and rebuild but this time with two motors. Could have found its way to Chapel en le frith so
As some of you may have observed I have steam locos (and stock ) from the ex LMS, Ex BR Standards, and ex LNER..
This is due to the fact that my late father and I had slightly different views of the railway world (strangely enough he was very biased towards the LMS despite living in the North East. Despite this he did build a lot of ex LNER engines for me to paint and line...
as in
an ABS L1 - it weighs a ton, uses Romford wheels and a D13 motor and gearbox - and seems to have more
