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Modelling Diesels in P4: Stock for Wheal Imogen (China Clay in the late 80s and 90s) along with builds preparing for my next modern layout (set in either South Devon or Cornwall in 1998)

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Clan Line - Con Rods

The con rods etched arrived today from Bill Bedford, and I am now very confused! I can identify what some of the parts are, but have no idea about many of the other ones (for example the part that I have identified as the con rods, has 8 components. Its very clear which 2 are the top and bottom of each half of the con rod (that would be the parts with half etched detail on them.) but the other 4 bits just look like rectangles that are the length of each component. Is this some kind of tes

January 20, 2010

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Class 67 Detailing

Resurrecting a topic from the old rmweb, I've just set about making the final changes to my artwork, and hit the email button to send it off. Looking forward to getting it back and finally being able to finish off my fleet! Having a serious think at the moment about my choice of locos, with the Hornby EWS management train pack looking incredibly tempting. Just wish they would do it without the name (and include a set of etched plates), as really I want it with the original name......

October 11, 2009

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New Shawplan Class 47 Grills

Further to my post warley thread, I've finally got some photos taken of the new Shawplan class 47 roof grills fitted to the Vi Trains model Before After

November 22, 2009

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Dutch 33s and Regional 150

Not really managed to get as much modelling done this weekend as I had originally planned, went down with flu last week which really knocked me out so theres a lot of unfinished work on my workbench at the moment. That said I am hoping to get on and finish the window frames on my 150 this evening. The etches were painted (blue for the outer frame and black for the rubber surround) then are sanded back to clean any paint off the silver parts. This is taking a lot longer than I would like as i

April 25, 2010

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Vi Trains 47 to P4

So I have finally given in and brought a Vi Trains class 47: Going to need a fair bit of work still (need to carefully sand down the intercity logo & stripes then prime and spray the sides/ends GWT Green. I think it also needs to have the marker lights at one end changing to match my chosen prototype. 47813 SS Great Britain in Great Western Trains green. What I am planning to do is mask off the roof/yellow to spray the green (hopefully at the weekend weather permitting), then respray the

November 5, 2009

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Class 150 Improvements

Today I have received a pre production pack of Shawplan's new mk3 unit windows intended for use with Bratchell's multiple unit kit range (and Jim SW's etched windows). Deciding to be awkward I have set about fitting them to a Bachmann 150 instead. I have discussed before the advantages in accuracy that Jims etch brings over the Bachmann part, so see my old workbench thread on RMweb3 for more details on that. The first thing you notice is how thick the new windows are compared with the Bachm

February 4, 2010

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City of Truro to P4

Well its finally arrived... At the moment I have the model upside down, and assuming that Bachmann havent gone with some odd axle diameter, it looks like the conversion is going to be very straight forward. The break gear will all have to be removed (and will need to be replaced with brass to get it to fit) but other than that it all looks very easy. Not sure what to do with the cranks (I've never brought outside framed wheels for a kettle before, so I assume they come with cranks in

December 23, 2009

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Class 73s

Given the slight change in focus of the layout, Class 73s are suddenly useful again. The plan is to do a rebuild focusing on the chassis for now, rebuild with Bachmann 25 power, full separate underframe, bogie steps. Will fit the old Shawplan roof grills for now at least, and hope for some better parts. I have one model thats been fitted with etched grills for the side grills, and needs new cantrail grills to replace broken parts. I would like to replace the lot, and probably will if some de

December 24, 2009

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Clan Line

Work is continuing to progress at a slow rate, mostly because of a lack of con rods. Loco: The front bogie is now removed awaiting paint, of course this is going to be a long wait as I cant start it until the snow is gone. I have added slimmed down sideframes cut from the Hornby trailing truck, having got these fitted the attached photo clearly shows that the truck is not riding level, so some more washers need to be fitted to the mounting screw. It can also be seen that there is a lot of

December 31, 2009

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Clan Line - Part 1a

Just a follow up to yesterday's posting on Clan Line. I've now got on and taken some photos of the work so far The new wheelsets The wheels fitted to the chassis, ballanced using a file weighted down by a class 37 chassis... The next job is going to be preparing the new thicker sides to the chassis frame. Off to search the net for photos showing Clan Line during its last rebuild, want to see if there is a photo showing its chassis without wheels fitted....

November 23, 2009

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More Vi 47s : 47768

Pretty much what it says on the tin... My third Vi Trians class 47 arrived in the post this morning, 47768 in RES. So far I have removed all of the glazing, and then masked off and sprayed the cab windows & doors with some satin black paint. the roof grills have been removed prior to fitting Shawplans grills. As previosuly mentioned I will also be adding the roof pipe that crosses the roof grills (as can be seen in this photo on the left hand side.) Will edit this to add a photo

November 30, 2009

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31466 EWS Respray

A long time ago I started a respray of a Hornby Class 31 into the Wessex Trains pink livery as part of fleet of stock in 2006 condition. I got as far as converting the body, repairing the damage due to the original chassis expanding, and painting the yellow ends. As part of my process of finishing off old projects either for use on Wheal Imogen or for sale, I have dug it out to finish off. First off a decision was needed on which livery to paint it in, a toss up between Fraggonset Black,

March 1, 2018

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Class 33s

Given that my attention has turned to Class 33s, it seems right to get something posted here about my plans for them. For my early period I am going for a pair of locos to share the engineers duties with my 73s, the first will be 33116 'Hertfordshire Rail Tours' in BR Blue, the other will be 33026 in Dutch. Both will be fitted with the correct style of fuel tanks, have the bogie springs modified into the correct position, and have all of the unpainted details painted. I also have a feeling

March 16, 2010

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37667

Finally got on and 'finished' 37667 today, fitting the Shawplan etched headcode boxes to the end. These were added after suffering issues with seepage under masking tape when I originally tried masking off the black head code boxes. Still not happy with the look of the sandite port, suspect that I am going to end up having to replace this with a custom etch at some point to add the missing bolt head detail (I know the etch came with half etched marks to press through the bolts, but h

January 18, 2010

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P4ing the prototype Deltic (part 2)

Finally finished fitting new wheels to my Bachmann prototype deltic, As mentioned in my previous posting I have used Exactoscale wheels, giving the combination of looks (given that in essence this is always going to be a display model rather than a layout performer) and gives me a loco which will only run when the track is perfect (in other words its just what the doctor ordered for track testing, as if this will go through it, anything will!) All that remains to be done is a needs to repl

December 18, 2009

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A first attempt with weathering powders...

Today's modelling has been focused on painting and weathering. I started off trying to get my A3's new wheelsets painted (with the intention of getting that re-wheeled once the Merchant Navy is finished). After painting the first coat of green, I realised that the wheels are missing the ballance weights, so are going to have to be painted again once I manage to find some. Must say I'm a little dissapointed that the wheels didnt come with any, wouldnt exactly have cost much more to put a small

November 28, 2009

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Research for a charter rake

A chance stumble across an old thread on Demu has revived interest in a project I started planning a while back, One area that I find quite interesting to operate are charter rakes, the combination of all sorts of different traction with rakes of mixed coaching stock is rather appealing. At the moment I have in progress a full VSOE set (which will have an accurate formation of different coach types, and is more of a long term project). Along with a full Blue Pullman set (Although this still

October 21, 2009

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PTAs - the finished wagon

I've now added most of the transfers to one side of the first wagon. (just needs tops code and number) The Fox sheet is intended for the 2nd version of the livery carried by these wagons, this has a slightly wider blue band than the 3rd version of the livery that I am doing. If the transfers were straight it would be a simple case of cutting them down to size, but of course they aren't.....

January 11, 2010

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P4ing the Flying Scotsman

Not really a lot to say on this, other than its a much more difficult conversion than Clan Line was. The big problem at the moment is that there is not enough space inside the splashers to fit the new wheels. Off the top of my head the 'front to front' width of the new wheels is 22mm, the rear and centre splashers have a clearance of 22.5mm between them, whereas the front wheel only has 21.5mm clearance. I can see 4 possible courses of action: 1) give up - not really an option given tha

January 19, 2010

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a 47 Respray - 47709 in Fraggonset

This morning was spent working on 47709, which has now been sprayed up in Fraggonset black. other than a few of the usual areas which could do with some minor touching up its gone on pretty well. Once again the masking tape has failed to do its job so the cantrail stripe is going to need to be repainted (along with touching up the paint on one corner of the cab roof). Now that the paint has dried the next job is going to be preparing the ends to be resprayed. Most annoyingly will have to pr

December 2, 2009

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Clan Line's Tender

Dont you just hate it when you spend absolutely ages looking for a photo, and then when you find it realise that theres a lot more work to do.... Came across this photo last night, http://www.jason-cottage.fotopic.net/p51561520.html, which gives a pretty clear view of the top of the tender. In the process confirming what I was afraid of that the recess cut into the back of the tender does have an open top (all be it with a grill over the top). The problem is that with a thick sided plast

January 21, 2010

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Class 325 conversion

After being given a Hornby Networker shell by a mate on Friday, yesterday I got back to work on my 325 conversion. First off I repeated the process removing the end, side and roof detail on the other 3 doner coaches. With that completed the next step was to replace the glazing strips, I had originally planned to use plasticard for this (thinking it would be a more consistent base for paint than the clear strips), but when taking the dimensions off the Hornby strip I realised that it actua

January 24, 2010

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Warley 2009

Had a very busy day at Warley today, First up the shopping list that seems to be a prerequisite of a post Warley forum posting... As mentioned elsewhere I've been very good this year, with all but ??16 of my spending coming from the cash I brought with me, and the sales of some etches. Those who know me will probably be amazed First up was the all important rail for my 2010 challenge layout, 2 packs of Exactoscale FB steel rail. I'd like to thank Exactoscale for the exceptional ser

November 21, 2009

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P4ing the NRM Deltic

Another quick project which has very little use (prototypically at least) for the new layout. I'm back home in devon for a few days, and given the weather isnt good enough to do the painting I had planned I have dug out a quick project to keep me occupied, converting my NRM deltic to P4 I'm going to set about doing this slightly different than usual, this time using Exactoscale 14mm wheels. My reasoning for this is three fold, firstly the wheels were purchased with the intention of fitting t

October 26, 2009

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Class 50 Detailing

Finally made a start on detailing up my first Class 50, something of a test bed to decide what exactly I am going to do to the rest of them in the future. So far: Roof grill, replaced the Hornby grill with the Shawplan etch. Didnt get on too well with the etched baseplate and ended up scratch building my own. followed by fitting the etched fan. Moving to the exhaust, I removed the Hornby detail first carving off the worst of it with a scalpel then tidying up with wet and dry glued

June 13, 2010

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