The target for the weekend was to get the chassis painted and that was achieved, eventually ......
here's the chassis all cleaned and prepped for primer
So, Sunday morning after the storms the sun came out and so did the paint - far too early as it was way too humid still and the primer went on like talcum powder. After an hour in Superstrip and another good go with the Cillit Bang! I was back to stage one ...
Fortunately mid afternoon a breeze was evident and the pool of water
It was far too flippin' hot to work in the loft/workshop/man cave today, so this evening I decamped to the patio to get the last three footboards folded up for the Slater's coach
And jolly successful it was too, all folded up, but I ran out of light before the axlebox cut-aways were filed in the final lower board. A job for tomrrow
It's finished! All detailing added and I've even risked my own hands with an airbrush to give it a basic weathering ahead of the Peterborough BRM show
Here's a few snaps
Pretty pleased, just got to clean the wheels and sort out the chuff frequency on the sound chip. Note cut down Bachmann coupling to allow for the vac pipe on the front buffer beam.
The original 93000 will be prepared for sale at the show (or after). I will be including a copy of the Hornby mag th
Well, a huge thanks to David at Slater's as a package with a replacement sprue was waiting for me when I got home - I only posted off the stamps yesterday, so he must have trusted me
So the truss rod, support, axleboxes, springs and footboard hangers fitted tonight on the other side
also here's a shot of the gas cylinder and vacuum cylinder work from last night
buffer shanks and footboards next, then finish off the delicate bits underneath before (hopefully) a coat of pai
Just a quick update, the truss rod, axleboxes, springs and footboard hangers fitted to one side
I have hit a bit of a stop now as the truss rod support for the other side was broken - I've contacted Slaters and David is sending me a new casting in exchange for a couple of stamps
I'll find something else to do on it I'm sure while I am waiting for Postman Pat
After another couple of sessions we have a rolling chassis (well it would roll if I free off the bearings - a job for when they are removed for chassis painting)
I'm deviating from the order of things now as I will be making as start on the springs, axleboxes and footboards next. Save the delicate underpinnings until all the heaver engineering is done
The job is much easier with the brake third handy as a reference
OK, so as I have hinted in SUs etc I have decided to take a break from the layout to get the second coach built in time for RMweb Live! Last night I spent a productive hour getting the basic frames together.
This is an old kit I have had for some time - bought second hand off Ian Morton, so the etches are quite tarnished. I will need to clean the parts that are soldered but for now the cyano sticks to tarnished brass just as well as shiny
This kit did not come with the later m
A coat of varnish or two found it's way onto the coach over the weekend sealing the transfers kindly donated by Larry (Coachmann). So in my world some of the Vintage Trains stock has been sold on to the heritage railway and one FK converted to a camping coach
The remaining Lima coach might end up as W3125 of Riviera Trains and become part of the operating fleet for Fourgig East, although I would rather build a Slater's C10 Clerestory and flog the Lima one on. We shall see.
Anyway here's
Spent some time this weekend sorting out and unpacking in the man cave.
So around the room from left to right we have the workbench and storage
Clear area for setting up layout boards for work with layout storage behind
Finally tool storage and bookshelves
Again, ahead of the Mansfield Show I've finished off the T34 that I built last year. The buffers were oil finished and fitted according to the instructions and two JLTRT screw-link couplings were put together and chemically blackened.
So here we have the first coach for Fourgig ready for the show.
It will have to run with a green Lima MKI for Mansfield, it's matching all third will be done in time for RMweb Live! in September ......
So here it is again, I've just painted the motor and it blends in pretty well. I still might make some fill panels sometime if the small amount of daylight visible bugs me too much ....
Here's the underside showing the "gearbox"
I've also refreshed the couplings, a few have commented in the past that the 3 links were out of scale so I had a few links left over from the Ivor build which have been put to good use
I did a test run yesterday of just the chassis on a bit of
The Mansfield Show is fast approaching and Ivor needs another engine to play with as well as the sentinel. So the motor I fitted the last time was unscrewed from the mount/gearbox and the bracket unsoldered. The face of the gearbox was made flat and the new larger motor bonded to it.
After a bit of tweaking to get the mesh right we have a pretty smooth running chassis.
I did say this last time.....
I need to find a spare decoder as the last one is toast, the magic smoke escap
Took a few snaps last night of my new 93001 next to the original one I built six years ago. Thought they would be of interest
Shows how short 93000 was with the Stanier boiler rather than the BR3 from the 73xxx
So the Paul Chetter sound chip was duly wired in and a whopping 2200uF capacitor hooked up and lo it did chuff
I know the chuff rate is not right, that's a job for tomorrow
Had a pretty peaceful weekend so in between my Dad's 80th and one of my oldest friends getting wed I managed to get some details done on the Eight.
The tender is done, speaker wired up and installed, coal in the bunker and ladder refitted. Just needs a coat or two of varnish to blend it in with the loco.
The Comet lubricators have been fitted and the holes above in the footplate filled with Squadron White. I've also stripped the lining and cabside numbers ready for painting.
I received the Bachmann class 5 bodyshell from Invicta on Monday so last night I set about persuading it to sit on the Hornby 8F chassis. First obstacle was the lower section of the smokebox which fouled the cylinder block. So out came the hacksaw and slitting wheel!
I cut a slot in the rear of the chassis block to accept the mounting pillar under the cab and fitted the two together, or so I thought .... The terminal block on the motor fouled the extreme back edge of the boiler - s
Way back in the mists of time (2007) I built my first BR Standard "neverwazza" the 8F 2-8-0 that was in the 1956 build programme but never made it into metal
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8690&hilit=+93xxx
It has run successfully on Summat Colliery ever since and always provokes a reaction when folks clock the number and count the wheels etc. However, it's tender drive makes it tricky to add sound to and as the only remaining tender drive loco in the operating
The kitchen fitters have been and gone and the lounge is more or less done apart from the delivery of two 2-seater sofas.
Think the kids have been playing with the TV channel, could have sworn I was watching Top Gear ....
The gas fire is in and connected to it's chimney. Just waiting for the decorators to arrive and paint the interior of the coach walls then some tasteful artwork can be hung
So the fitting out of the coach begins,
thanks to Keefer for supplying loads of info on MkI interiors etc - so we now have somewhere to bathe and the "1st class" sleeping compartment has a bed.
The plan is to have bunk beds in the remaining two sleeping compartments with room for storage etc. Kitchen fitters have yet to turn up and fit the bespoke oak topped units
Made a start today on the camping coach for 4gig. I'd already donated a section of the interior of a Lima mkI, so I set about the remainder with a razor saw.
The remaining compartments will be a bathroom and 3 bedrooms, so the seating had to go.
I then filed the remains of the seating from the compartment sides taking e molded taper away at the same time. You can see one compartment to go in the pic - showing the amount of material removed.
Next steps will to be to fabri
So this build has come to an end (almost) I must say I've enjoyed this trip into GWR land, something I don't normally do. First time with a Bob Moore lining pen too. Anyway, jobs left to do are blacken the buffers and fit them properly and fit some 3-links.
So, that's it until the next one - an All Third to match, need to order seating from Slaters before I start that one though. Camping Coach next methinks ......
Here I go again, dragging a build out with details that hardly anyone will notice, especially when the roof is on!
First glazing bars on the luggage compartment doors. I started with some 0.5mm microstrip, taped it to the bench at 2mm intervals then slid some paper underneath and marked out the horizontals. These were laid and then the area flooded with Plastic Magic.
Once hard, a scalpel blade was slipped underneath to seperate from the paper. After a quick coat of matt black and t
So, the little coach has made another step towards completion. All the HMRS transfers have been applied and the end strapping has been painted black.
Some pipework to attend to, all the brasswork (handles etc) to add then it should be ready for varnish
So,
the lining is almost done, still got some tidying up to do, mainly just some re-lining where touching up has run into the ocre. I've also got the end strapping to paint.
Despite the condition of the coach, no roof let alone windows and a strong smell of paint - some passengers have already taken up residence too!
