I love trains and model railways and can genuinely now say I cover all of the main gauges in British railway modelling. How did I achieve this - by being given an O Gauge Y6/J70 tram locomotive. I am genuinely not sure if it's a kit or scratch build or scratch aid kit or what. it was built, and it seems to have been built okay if a little dated. There was some work towards making a chassis for it but I was given a Lima motor bogie which works and will fit on to the body with some work.
Anyw
Yeah, I may have gone mental....
But I don't care, I promised I'd do and doing it I am
BR Blue steam
Rivet counters need not apply.
I've also updated my blog
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Hello, welcome, good to see you all again. Yes, it has been too long, if not for you, then certainly for me. Well, I have been quite busy as of late, but not really doing slot of train lately.
Firstly, a house move, into cottage, with my girlfriend! and her dog, and possibly new kitten. Secondly, UNIVERSITY! too much to do with so little irresponsibly spent money. But my new modelling room...ahem... I mean study is complete so I have been getting around to a bit of modelling.
Arggh
So I finished work a few weeks ago and thank god for that! Despite having another 8 hours a day free, I seem to have less time for modelling with other stuff taking prioirty. E.G preparing for University and the likes. However I did manage to get this little darling sorted. The whole process was just over a week (it would have been less had stuff like friends and life not been a pain in the hoop and wanted my precious time). But I am quite pleased with the outcome.
She is 43050, the fi
That's me at this moment in time, using secondhand and left over bits to creating stuff. The only thing that sets me away from the hindrances of Wimbledon Green is that I'm not called Uncle Bulgaria or Orinoco or even an actual Womble.
I have been mixing and matching however and my latest project is something of a complete mongrel.
It's a Breakdown Train complete with an old Hornby Dublo crane which has been very heavily modified to represent something just a little less toy like an
Right so finally, (I hope) my tanker train is ready to roll. I was a bit annoyed with some of the older club members when I first brought my tanker train which at the time was complete. I had spent alot of hard work and time into getting them ready. I will admit to using the same wheels as the kits which was a mistake since they didn't go well with the smp track. But I felt that their critisam wasn't very constructive unlike other memebers whyo were happy to dish out advice. Anyway, b****y rant
...oh I forget his name.
But what I have remembered is I forget to try and not be funny. Then end up not being funny, tragic really.
In other news I have been modelling, alot of modelling to be done in preparation of our next long anticipated exhibition at Middlesbrough within the fortnight.
So, understably I have been rather busy.
First up are some little bits for the layout which included updating this fine beast of a water crane, originally of Hornby decent and now looking mor
But that's not related to the rest my modelling of the ex-LNER brake van which is now looking more brake van and even more ex-LNER.
I've also made a crack at painting my sulphate wagon using Railmatch early BR and LNER grey to simulated fading wood on the doors. Hopefully this will show when the wagons are properly weathered.
For a more insightful and E.L James hating update, please read my blog. May contain traces of opinion.
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Hello
I'm not dead, just slepth... or so they say.
Well, I haven't been too busy model at the moment but I did some some more wagons. This time some pretty private owner wagons.
I named this after an artist friend of mine, thinking he was understand.... he seemed more bemused.
A lovely stone wagon, the stone was from a balloon ballast from my mums wedding.
My now completed hooded wagon with tarpaulin made from some layers of kitchen foil.
Je
But not before I boast my latest update at you unfortunate few!
I've been building up my wagons (three to be precise) a coal wagon, an open general merchandise wagon and a box van, all from IP engineering.
But not content with the basic appearance of the finished article I decided to give them a bit of do over.
The sole bars had some plastikard pieces added to represents some iron parts for the supports as well as a builders plates. Some of the 00 gauge track pins became us
Well last week was for me. Alot of good stuff happened and left me really happy.
A basic highlight of them were, practical completion of my pugbash.
Painting it up and adding the final details before weathering. I gave the cab some details too such as copper wire for piping.
However, one would like to know as to weather one should give the little blighter some lining. I was thinking LNWR colours as they are the only ones I have available.
In the
I've updated my blog, ready to annoy the world! and here's the jist of what I've been doing this past week... nothing too concentrated but alot of progress.
http://sylviantennantmodelling.wordpress.com/
Well my pugbash is coming along quite nicely.
I last left off at the body work and now she is all black
Here though you can see the main sub-assemblies in this terrible picture I took.
Anyway... here's the latest. There a big bits missing which will be painted over eventu
,Hello there you wonderful people. Before I begin. I've been going it alone with a new and spankingly brilliant* blog.
http://sylviantennantmodelling.wordpress.com/
*I'ts probably not that brilliant.
Please do read it. It's rather irreverent but I'd like to think I've been a life changers
Anyway.
I've been a little busy as well as a little down about things. I've not had a job for nigh on two months now and I'm slightly wound up unable to find a new job and slowly loosing mo
My girlfriend has such strange & creative titles titles for my engines.
Anyway, I shall keep this short and sweet as you pretty much know how I weather my engines. Unfortuantly, my pcitures are terrible
I have finally finished my WD which was once a limited edition K&WVR 90733 and is now an even more limited edition "51E" 90155.
I have some some slightly different weather technique to this engine to see how they would work (hoping they would anyway!)
The first
There it is!
I completed J39! Fully tendered, weathered, watered and crewed!
The fire irons are from Springside and coal lovelingly given from City of Truro (omg not a western engine!) and the foremans coat was made in the same way as the weather sheet (some greaseproof tissue paper, crumpled three times and soaked in water/pva for a day.
Weathered was achieved via the same methods as perviously mentioned.
The weather sheet above the cab was initally painted Tamiya
Just to keep you up dated at this moment in time in regards to my J39 from Bachmann.
I have added doors to the tender as they were there in the drawings I've seen. As you can see I have made one set of doors open, hopefully you'll see as you why later.
I have carved the moulded handle off the smoke box door and replaced it with brass wire. This was a little tricky but is it do-able. I have also given the locomotive a steam heating pipe and added the sand pipes too. In all there appe
Well, I've managed to sort out my issues with the white metal kit.
Also contacted Mr Alexander (twice as I relaised there were a few more bits missi9ng I hadn't noticed before) and on both occasions he was very helpful and issued the missing parts.
Top service
Anyway, I have rectified the wonky issue by filling at the axel holes and had a bit of a struggle desopldering and fettling the offensive part but it is not visably noticable now. Also I'm umming and arrhing to use s
So I'm back onto trains with my latest project, an updated J39 from Bachmann.
I'm also doing one of my many unfortunatly ventures into soldering...
I have a Dave Alexander 3,500 gallon tender kit.
I accidently put it together a little wrong which ended up having the superstructure being a bit twisted which required a resoldering and alot of "Malcolm Tucker dialogue" until I was relatively happy with the outcome.
The othe rissue was with the locomtive not helping matters by b
Okay... so it isn't, what you gonna do?
Recently, I've been a bit inundated with railway modelling which is good, but I felt the need to do something else. Hence I remember as a student I bought a shed load of kits which I had left in the loft! Unfortunatly some of them (although unbuilt) and lost some parts which is a shame as I'd really like to do them. You never know... one day I might get the bits to finish a few off.
Anyway back in the saddle I felt I should have a crack at one of m
Unfortuantly time is against me and I beleive I've posted the process of getting these wagons done before, if not, I may do it later. Anway I shall just put up the finished products as the processes and the weathering is pretty much the same as I have stated before.
Please do ask questions if you would like to know more and also feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Now off to be a poncy actor
... as my girlfriend calls it!
anyway Sorry, I've been really busy at the moment and even now, I'm readying myself for a three night comedy show. I'll blatently plug it too, again. http://www.facebook....57209164384831/
But as well as the match truck, I've been budy with a club project. A Peco OO gauge turntable, anyway, this had been built up and mechanised long before I came to the club and what with the old layout taking priority it remained missing for upwards of 5 years.
Well yet again, I'm busy modelling, amonsgt others things (working and writing) but I've now managed to complete my brake van and van kits, all are currnetly in the process of being weathered now which you shall see the finite product once complete, but whilst you wait... take a look at them "sort of" done!
the brake van if can recall was an old mainline/Bachmann wagon
Please do tell me what you think so far?
I thought I should show you what I have been up to recently.
Next on the workbench have seen a rake of box vans plus an old Bachmann(mainline) Brake Van which was a good little miodel but very much lacking by todays standard.
so some under frame details have been added along with lamp brackets and brass handrails.
I've also been extending some kit built wagons to add a bit of veriaty to the brood. There are some parkie Palvans as well as a parkie shock wagon andth
Well it's all done now. Totally updated Hornby Railroad 9F. Practically complete. Only a couple of touch ups needed where I've glued things after I've painted.
Weathering is the same as the Ivatt, including Red frames.
As I plan to try and give a bit of individual character to all my locomotive stock. I'm going to try and have the crew doing different things. This time the fireman is enjoying the the wind in his face whilst the driver calls
