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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
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Move VSOE

This is part copied from another topic I started earlier asking for help finding photos:     Just came across this passage of test in the Pullman safety case   Clearly this shows that for my 1998 formation, just having the green Mk 1 RKB 1566 is all that is required (and one of the steel sided Pullmans (i.e. the 1928 met cams or the ex 5Bell coaches).   Another interesting point picked up from the report was that in 1998 'Gwen' was under heavy refurbishment (shown as a bare frame) so I
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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
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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
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59004 - Chassis ready for paint

Having sourced a pack of Evergreen 5/16th" tube at the Warwick show yesterday, I've now got the air tanks fitted to 59004.   This was a case of fitting the small tank end to the 2 lengths of tube, then filing to shape before gluing on the other end. 2 lengths of 40thou by 80thou strip were glued to the top to act as a base to glue to the main chassis.   All that remains now chassis wise (other than painting) is to add the missing bits from the no2 end bogie.  
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Modelling the VSOE in 1998

Edit 1/1/20:  I am debating reserecting this project later in the year, so have been spending some time updating the research. Updating this old blog as a good starting point... My intention is to revisit this post again later this evening to add in photos of the current state of each build.   This is another one of those long term projects which rears it head now and again, given the length of the rake it is far longer than anything which can realisticly be fitted on my current l
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Warick show and ramblings

Spent today at the Warick show demonstrating on the demu stand.   Didnt manage to get a whole lot of modelling finished (a combination of traders not managing to make it there, and me forgetting to bring stuff) but did have a good day despite it. Impressions of the show was something of a mixed bag, some good layouts (although not really enough of real interest to me other than Almwich), if ICM and Bill Bedford had been there trade would have been 'ok', without them it was only really shawpla
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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.....  
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Yeoman PTAs

My first PTA is now finished, awaiting transfers (which will hopefully arrive tomorrow)   The rest still need a 2nd coat of grey paint, the conditions at the moment were very awkward so I only bothered putting the effort in spraying the wagon that I have finished bogies for (the rest can wait to be painted once I have a better conditions!)   Transfers are by Fox, using the sheet intended for PTAs, a sheet of CAIB logos and a sheet of big Y logos intended for POAs. The large Yeoman logo wil
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Clan Line

Rear truck mk2   Thanks to Dave Holt for sending me some photos showing the rear truck & cab area, I've set about trying to correct the position of the rear truck. In my last post on this it looked much too low, partly this was as a result of me fitting the spacer washer on the wrong side of the mounting arm (meaning that it wasnt lowering the truck). I also remounted the sideframes a little higher, so that they were better located.   Looking at the attached photos it still looks like
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PTAs - Nearly Finished

I'm slowly getting nearer to finishing this rake. Manage to get the undersides sprayed up last week before the snow got too bad to get the car out of the garage, but they all need another coat to paint the insides and a couple of bits of touching up to the sides. Still aiming to have at least one finished for the weekend.   I have also finally got the first pair of bogies built, without proper spacers these really are proving to be something of a pain to get square. The last thing I can thi
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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
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47709

A bit of roof painting this afternoon, and 47709 is now 'finished' (well sort of).   Still need to add the boiler port detail to the no2 end, along with the boring stuff needed to get an operational loco (new lights, P4, couplings and DCC) but from a modelling point of view the interesting stuff is now finished. (I've just realised that the photo below was taken before I re did the OHLE flashes that came off with the masking earlier.) One other job that still needs doing is replacing the
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O&K Yeoman JYAs part 2

As cockups go, 2010 will have to be a pretty bad year to top this.... I have managed to build the first side of the first JUA the wrong way round (foolishly I thought I knew better than the instructions...) Given that this kit is already missing its floor I think I will call it a day on this one and use it as a source of spares.   So its decision time now, buy more kits (assuming that ICM actually have any to sell me), or give up and crack out the plasticard and scratch build some instead...
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Vi Trains 47s

7th January 2010 - heres hoping the blog problem is fixed soon, running out of times to set that will keep new posts at the top of the list!   Having ran out of work to do on the 59s, and lacking parts to work on the 73s (wheels), buildings (brick sheet), 325 (new ends), FGAs (instructions!) I have turned attention back to my Class 47 fleet.   I started off fitting 47709 with the new Shawplan roof grills, (so thats now the whole fleet fitted), once that was out the way made a start on detai
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Intercity Models O&K JUA/JHA

I have just started building a pair of Intercity Models JUA box wagons to form part of my Mendip stone fleet. The initial intention is to build a pair, and add to the rake over time to get a set of 6 which will be mixed up with my PTAs and hopefully some Mendip Rail JNAs.   Having only just started I have already began to make changes to the kit. First of all I found the top rail a real pain to bend to shape, the thick brass coupled with my Hold & fold being about an inch too short made th
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Clan Line pt 5

Having ran out of work to do on the other projects I was working on, its back to Clan Line.   My original plan was to sort out the loco to tender coupling, but I am still struggling to work out what is needed for it (as I am combining the fitting of that, with scratch building the missing bits under the cab/firebox. Starting to think that I am going to have to try and get to see the prototype with camera.....   In the end I moved onto the tender, I was going to start building the Masokits su
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59104

Given that work on 59004 has now come to a halt through lack of parts, I've made a start on my 2nd Class 59. This will be 59104 in Hanson livery, again fitting to a Bachmann Class 66 Chassis. Unfortunatly I've left the lima body/chassis back down in Devon and wont be able to pick it up for a couple more weeks, so theres only so much that can be done without it.   For the most part this will follow the same process that I have used with 59004, with the main differences being on the headstock. T
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More on the 59

A lot more progress on 59004 today, which has now unfortunately got to the limit of what work can be done on it for the time being.   The headstock was finished off adding the triangular plates behind it (after removing the Class 66 sand boxes.) I have also added a strip of 20thou on the top edge to space it out to get a tighter fit with the body.   I have added the damper between body and bogie, its a little under scale but I re used a part cut of the Class 66 bogies. Speaking of bogies, th
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59004 - Part 2

A little more progress this evening, First up the underframe. So far I have got the fuel tank and battery boxes built and fitted, the fuel tank was the Bachmann moulding shortened to the Class 59 length, this still need the gauge and filling point adding (although for the next model (59104) I will make 2 cuts on the tank to reuse the Bachmann gauge/filler point.) The battery boxes were a bit easier, a simple case of fitting a plasticard back to the Lima moulding and gluing into position. Now n
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Class 59/0 repowering - The Headstocks

5th Jan 2010   The work on the chassis follows 4 main areas, Underframe, bogies, headstock and details.   The bogies is the easiest job, simply cutting off the Bachmann sideframes and replacing with Lima. To further improve the detail, I also removed the break shoes from the bogie frames to add separate items.   Underframe will follow the same procedure as in my Class 67 thread, photos will follow when I get round to gluing the bits together tomorrow.   Details are exactly that, the pip
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Converting Hornby mk3s to a Class 325

Having pretty much finished my PTA rebuilds, I am now in need of another project to keep me busy. Realistly I aught to be working on either my 73s or 59 detailing jobs, but instead I have dug out another major project to work on, conversion of 4 Hornby short mk3s into a Royal Mail 325 EMU.   The plan:   First step is to strip down the mk3s and do the prep work. The coach has the window strip and bogies pulled off, followed by cutting off all raised detail and the corridor connectors. The roo
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Virgin HSTs.

4th January 2010 Going back to the Virgin rake, I have finally finished the renumbering of the powercars. Just need the City of Aberdeen nameplates now, and to convert the roof grills to the other type. Planning to get some wheels for them (hopefully at the Warick show on the 16th), then the final job will be adding the kaydees to the rake.   Starting to think about replacing my converted TRSB with the new Hornby one (depending on how good the model turns out to be.) While the Hornby model
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PTAs Part 4

3rd January 2010   Why oh why cant I just put up with an inaccurate model.......   Looking at a photo before adding the box/leaver thingie on the left hand side of the wagon, I got distracted by the profile of the side ribs. I had originally decided to stick with the model as it is on the side, but realising where the difference was (its only the ribs over the chassis ribs that matches the original PTA (and the model) I decided to do something about it   So, every other rib was carefully c
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The Flying Scotsman in P4

Yes I know I still havent finished Clan Line (still awaiting the con rods), but I've now made a proper start on my second P4 steam loco, 4472 in preserved condition (i.e. the Hornby NRM release)   The planed work pretty much follows that of Clan Line, with the model gaining a new Tender chassis (this time from Comet), new front bogie (I think the sideframes for the LNER bogie that come in the same pack as the Buillid one used under the MN is the right version for the A3? If so I plan on scratc
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