I have started construction of Festiniog Cariage 22 in it's current guise with large windows, as opposed to the earlier wooden panelled and smaller windowed body style, for more details, see here http://www.festipedi...iki/Carriage_22
I have the Worsley Works etches for the wooden body version, but, at present the newer body version is not available. Using the etches as a guid for the windows and overall dimensions, I have begun construcion in plasticard.
I intend to use Parksid
I've been busying myself painting figures of late to populate my layout. They are, so far, a mix of Slaters and Aiden Campbell figures painted with acrylics from the Tamiya and Games Workshop ranges.
A number of seated passengers have been fitted to my carriages, Aiden Campbell whitemetal ones in Festiniog semi-open 'Tourist Car' No.37 to ad weight, and slaters in the Talyllyn 3 compartment, as it has a whitemetal underframe and enough weight. My two 'teak' coaches already have passengers fi
...but not a lot! I've been catching up on jobs that I've been meaning to do for quite some time, and they are as follows...
1) drill a hole for the point motor at the end of the station run-round loop
2) continue fitting of insulated rail joiners - this has disrupted a bit of trackwork, so some re-ballasting is required!
3) permenantly fit the baseboard to the frame- this may sound silly, but when it was origionally built it was as a shelf and so had to be separate from the framework.
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I've been tinkering with the body of my Double Fairlie (Backwoods 009 kit) and have come up against a bit of a problem regarding the motor and it's mounting.
Fitting it is no problem, but it can only be done once the motor mount assembly is fitted to the body, and needs to be done before the cab and second pair of tanks are fitted. The problem this poses is thus; once the motor is fitted I will be unable to wash the flux off and subsequent building stages, of which there are many as this wou
Having built a set of five Parkside two-ton Festiniog slate waggons, I set about working out how to join them together. I intend to run them in a semi fixed rake, so in a block that can be shunted as one, but can be altered lengthwise in the fiddle yard. Either end will have a standard Bemo-style coupling, the operating end will be a Paul Windle (when I can find them!) and the other end is simply the moulded one from the kit.
For the rest of the couplings, I have fitted the 'buffing/coupli
Now that the warm weather is approaching, apparently, the modelling 'season' should be coming to an end. Hmmm, not likely! I've been tinkering with details for Scrayingham, my 009 layout, and decied it was about time to weather the buildings a bit.
First up is the water tower.
This is the standard Wills SS34 Stone Based Water Tower kit, built by Bexx, my better half! It has stood, unpainted for around a ear now, so I thought 'why not?'. With my layou being set just North of York, it
A recent house move has almost halted my building progress, but fortunately, I took my tools and some brass with me on holiday this week (to Primrose Valley, Filey, North Yorkshire) and of an evening did a bit. Both kits are from the Mercian 'Knightswork' range, and are the FR Closed Van (Side Door) and FR Carriage Wagon.
Both kits go together pretty quickly, and are easy to fettle to get smooth running out of them (I'l be adding some weight to them now I'm home). They come with wheels and
As I've been moving house I haven't had much chance for modelling, in fact I haven't done any that is railway related. I haven't even put Scrayingham up yet! Fortunately there is sace in our 'spare' room for my modelling desk and asociated paraphenalia, along with my layout to stand so I can work on it so hopefully in the near futre there'll be some updates on it!
The house is not too far from the racecourse in York so Easter weekend was not without my annual trip to the show. I picked up
It's taking shape, the cylinders have been fitted to their backplates and the lower body valances are progressing. My fingers keep getting a little bit hot, but it hasn't caused me to throw anything across the room in agony yet! There's something very pleasing about the smell of hot metal when creating a locomotive, it's almost like it's a real one! It's not long now until the wheels go on and that's when the real test of my chassis starts. The axles turn in their bearings now, but once the whee
There has been a bit of progress on the Double Fairlie this week, hopefully soon(ish) there'll be wheels on it and I'll have a rolling chassis!
The cylinders ready to be soldered up and motion brackets waiting to be attached to the frames
One of the power bogies with the motion brackets in place and axles slotted through the bearings to make sure it all still turns (it does, phew!)
The N Brass Locomotives GVT Tar wagon I bought at Doncaster, all ready for the paintshop. The s
Yesterday I attatched some wires to the motor for the Fairlie to give it a spin, and it worked (unsurprisinghly!). I also bent the running plate, which took rather a lot of work and ended up with me making a jig to get the two curves right. The layshafts for the gears have been cut and the gears Loctited in place.
I also put together one of the Mercian kits that I'd picked up at Doncaster. the FR Tank wagon, more information of the prototype can be found here http://www.frheritage.org.uk/wik
After Doncaster show yesterday, I have a few more bits of stock to build for Scrayingham, and plenty of inspiration regarding the hopeful future extension. I also got a couple of bits I need to get on with my Fairlie. Here are the things I bought...
Also, it's been a while since I updated the proress of the Fairlie itself, so here goes...
The second bogie unit has been put together and I've fitted the rear spacer to both units. Now that I have the glue, I can fit the gears to th
I have pretty much finished painting the crew for the Fairlie. They were undercoated with a flat black spray, then brush painted with Games Workshop acrylic paints. Now they need something to stand in, so I'd best build it!
J
Will these puns ever end?! Probably not, but they should!
To be brutally honest, I haven't done anything on my Double Fairlie since my last update. I've been trying to convince myself that painting the crew figures (see the unpainted versions below)
I had a stroll into town (York) yesterday, and while I was there decided to nip to the NRM to have a look at Livingston Thompson. Obviously this counts as research, so I have done something (hmmmm). I didn't have my proper camera with me
I've made a start on the Double Fairlie, and in an hour or so managed to fit and dress the bearings for one of the power bogies. The drive gear needs sorting out next and then I can fit the frame spacers at the open end to make a rigid unit, but it all seems to be going well so far (famous last words!)
I've also ordered some figures from the Aiden Campbell range; a driver and fireman (for the Fairlie) and a few passengers and other figures for my passenger vehicles/layout and I'll pos
Yesterday I had a session building Paul Windle couplings, so my box van is now operational (the heights do need a bit of tweaking though).
I've also made a bit of progress on my various bits of Festiniog stock; Worsley Works push-pull driving trailer Carriage 111 has had some more work done on it's interior, also a Worsley product, Carriage 104 is now all in one piece barring the roof (which is cooling after being annealed as I type), and Parkside open carriage 37 is awaiting passengers
My P-way box van has now been painted and numbered, I'm just waiting for the couplings to arrive so it can be properly finished! It's pictured in the headshunt of Scrayingham with a couple of the other P-way waggons, the rest of the train so far is a pair of bolster waggons which will have a load of spare rails (once I get some sorted out!)
J
After a coat of Games Workshop Chaos Black spray (which is very expensive, but gives such a nice finish), the main body is now ready for it's slightly shinier coat of paint, just to break up the solid colour.
I've also made a start on another waggon, this one however is a bit more involved than the box van. It's not being built as part of my P-way train, but could conceivably run in it, but it is pretty much all of my own invention (I think, there may be one out there somewhere. But if
The van is now ready for the paint shop (in fact the lower area of the body has had a quick brush of black already).
The roof was formed by cutting out a piece of plasticard then forming it to shape around a mug filled with boiling water (any excuse for a cuppa!). Once it had cooled, it was fitted, followed by the rain strips over the doors.
There'll be another update once it's a bit more colourful, although with an all black livery, colourful may not be the word!
J
A bit of an update on the waggon today, end ribs, hinges, door handles and brake wheels have been added. Once the glue is dry I can get on with forming the roof, and then painting can begin.
Thanks for looking
J
Well it's been a while since I built any stock for Scrayingham (see the layout topic), and after sorting out some un-needed 'N' gauge stock to sell on, I decided to have a play with a Peco van chassis and some plasticard.
The waggon I've started is a box van which will fit in as part of my p-way train, for stores and tools etc. Below are a couple of photos from the construction thus far (about 24 hours so far, including a shift at work and some sleep!) The main body is made from 1mm plastica
