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Page 5 of 11

Parkside RCH 5 Plank 12 Ton Wagon - 2

Basic construction is done on the Parkside wagon. I've fitted the Bachmann NEM pocket mounts - took more fiddling than I expected to get the height right. I ended up carving off the vertical projections off the mounts and then cutting back the underframe bracing until the correct height was achieved - silly me for expecting that they would just fit Here's a pic of the underframe prior to priming and here's it replendant in red oxide primer I might keep it this colour as i

November 11, 2009

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7mm Sentinel Brakes Fitted

Well, I've finally managed to get Pete Harvey's excellent etches soldered together and fitted to the Sentinel, and mighty fine they look too! Just need to do some final fettling with a glass fibre pencil and then it's primer time. Should have it in satin black for the Member's Day.

June 28, 2012

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Model Rail Sentinel - Ready for duty

Santa brought me a MR Sentinel, bless her and after clearing the deask recently I thought I'd get it ready for duty on Summat Colliery. I initially chipped it with a Hornby R8215 just to test it out and was pleased with how nicely it ran. However, in an exhibition environment I don't want a slow moving shunter to be prodded by the hand of god too often, so a StayAlive capacitor was in order. Space being an issue I investigated the TCS DP2X-UK - no wires to worry about for a start. Looking a

March 20, 2013

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Golden Arrow Crosti - Loco in Photographic Grey

Had time for a quick dusting with grey primer, sorry Chris, they really show up the porosity in places. It really does not look this bad to the naked eye looks like more fettling is needed before the black goes on but that's why we do the grey primer thing, it not only keys the top coat but it's great for showing those minor little imperfections.

December 10, 2009

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Slater's All Third Part 3

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

July 15, 2014

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Deltic Prototypes - Craftsman Kit Applied

Been busy adding some of the Craftsman kit to the prepped Lima bodyshell, the main constituents are in place, grilles, nose lights etc. The "whiskers" and body stripes will be applied after painting the body. As you can see I've started on the sandbox fillers which are very time consuming to do. First a 2x4mm hole needs making in the body then the etched part folding in a off-centre V shape. This is then inserted in the hole and glued in place. Any etch left sticking proud is filed off

January 19, 2010

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Slater's All Third - Primer!

Bit of a jump forward, but all the detailing is now done on the body and this morning I masked off the windows and got a few coats of grey primer on Now baking off in the sun. Should get the bits that will be yellow masked off and the brown on later

August 9, 2014

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Standard Eight - continuing the merge

After getting the body and chassis together the next step was to sort out the tender coupling/drag box area. I filed 1mm off the sides of the chassis at the rear and then cyano'd a 1mm piece of plastikard over the top. A suitable hole drilled in this allowed a shoulder screw to hold the chassis in place and also provide the pivot for the Britannia tender coupling. frame extensions were then fabricated to fill the gaps and a new plate was cut from 10 'thou brass as the Bachmann one did n

September 6, 2013

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Kaydees, no thanks

What to do when your 13 year old takes a shine to an old Atlas loco at the Mansfield Model Railway show. Prize out the Kaydees and glue in some spare NEM pockets. He likes the big old style couplings so we have standardised on them. Plenty of spare small Bachmann style ones for me

March 4, 2019

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O Gauge Sentinel - Done

So the crew climbed aboard (driver needed his right leg amputating below the knee to clear the motor) and I've added a little coal around the door bottoms and chassis ledges to simulate spillages during loading. Not sure how prototypical this is but is made me smile last night So here's some snaps ahead of the photoshoot for the MR article So, that's it, on to the next project - rebuilding the L&Y Pug I bought from Scanman ages ago - the chassis is already s

September 28, 2012

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A dirty gathering

After doing a little more tweaking of the Crosti I'm building for Gavvy2 I took the opportunity to take a low light snap of all three locos recently received back from Roomey. My Crosti is behind '021 with an O1 at the back. The O1 has had real coal added and the detailing pack fitted before weathering. A Paul Chetter (pauliebanger) L1 Zimo sound chip awaits, which whilst not strictly accurate is at least a Thompson 2 cylinder loco First outing for my two new locos will be the Linc

February 21, 2013

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Slater's All Third Part 4

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

July 16, 2014

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Pipework, valves and burnt fingers

Detailing has started on the bodyshell, the Comet Britannia/Clan/Duke detailing pack has been opened and the following added so far: Smokebox dart Safety valves Clacks and feed pipes Vacuum ejector Steam manifold Carriage warming valve Injector steam valves Here's a quick shot of the right side of the firebox showing the pipework so far. A few more evenings to go with this one then it's the deflectors and footsteps. Once these are done then I think I will be in a position

October 19, 2010

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Golden Arrow Crosti - Loco More Pipework

More pipework and handrails today. I'm still waiting for some guitar strings to do the main boiler feed pipes. These need to be done before handrails and the smoke deflector can't be fitted before the handrail .... Fitted the blastpipe etc to the underside of the side chimney though - starting to look like a Crosti now

December 3, 2009

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Standard Eight - an unholy marriage

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

September 3, 2013

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Servoset II - Complete

So I finally got it finished Pretty pleased with the finish, could be better but having the drill press made the machining of the case loads easier One thing I would do different, and this goes out to anyone else who is contemplating building one of these bits of kit is that the LEDs are mounted on the track side of the pcb. This makes them very prone to being caught during subsequent handling and wiring up which cracks the pcb track! I should have drilled a couple more holes in th

February 19, 2015

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Servoset II - Continued

Last night I managed to get the LEDs and push buttons fitted to the pcb and then fitted the front panel. The front panel was tricky and takes time to get anything like right. A bit disappointing that the legend for the rotary controls does not line up fully. Something not quite right in the print methinks. Anyway, here it it ready for the next stage which is completing the electronics.

February 13, 2015

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Buffers (no longer) Wanted

I've started detailing the front end and of course as soon as I started looking at a close-up photo of a Brit it's all too clear the the standard Hornby buffers do not, as they say, cut the mustard. A pair of Comet ones would be lovely, but they come in a pack of four and are no-where near the minimum order charge. I've put out a wanted ad in classifieds here so if anyone has a couple to spare please PM me UPDATE: Geoff at Comet made me an offer I couldn't refuse so watch out for b

October 28, 2010

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O Gauge Sentinel #5

Well, the castings from Meteor arrived as promised and mighty fine they are too. I ended up with quite a few spare bits including 5(!) buffers, a round chimney, a cast roof vent and what I think is the internal chimney. Some modifications were needed to fit the model though. 5mm was removed from the height of the filler and the driveshafts tie bars had to be lengthened - I guess the Lima chassis has a wider wheelbase than a prototypical Sentinel. Here's how I did this: First I cut off th

May 3, 2012

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George's Train Set - The Rebuild

George's train set whilst operational had it's issues. The main one was the need for the S bends on the centre board. This was because the layout was originally just two 4 x 2 ft boards with an oval across the corners to maximise the run length. When the centre board was added by Santa it had to have the curves to make everything join up. All those curves meant that my APT-E would not run and even the baseboard joints on curves gave the occasiona

January 18, 2019

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Golden Arrow Crosti - Loco Even More Pipework

More pipework, a part of a build that I actually really enjoy and always end up doing more detail than I intended at the start. So here's the steam pipes to injectors with the control valves made out of fine wire and some old electical insulation. Note new Hornby pipework below the cab. I've also fitted the safety valves from the donor bodyshell and some nice Bachmann sprung buffers. The reverser rod is some mains wiring cable I found lying around that was the right diameter. T

December 7, 2009

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O gauge Sentinel ready (almost) for varnish

Here's a quick snap of the Sentinel as it stands this lunchtime All I need to add is the "RA 1" lettering (will have a dig around in the transfers box tonight) and then it's varnish time I am going to have a go at oil finishing the steel buffers, not done this since school, but I have a blowtorch and some nice dirty engine oil - what can possibly go wrong

August 21, 2012

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Standard Eight - Ready for Peterborough

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

October 1, 2013

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Golden Arrow Crosti - Loco Preheater and Handrails

My attention turned to the pre-heater today, so the chassis was stripped down to release the Hornby underboiler/motion support and the resin parts trimmed up and superglued on. After a quick test assembly to make sure everything was in the right place the joins were re-inforced on the insides with epoxy resin glue. After leaving the epoxy to set, a final fettle was needed to ensure a good fit with the chassis block and job done (apart from painting). Note also from the photo the sec

December 8, 2009

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George's Train Set - The Rebuild Part 2

So another damp cold Saturday allowed me to get all the track laid on the centre board. The adjustment the screws allowed for at the baseboard joints worked really well - allowing for the differences in alignment that somehow crept in between mine and Santa's workshops Just need to wire up the centre board and then we at least have a layout for the Mansfield Show Didn't take long for George to move in though ... The lack of power does not deter

January 21, 2019

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