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A blog of the various locomotive and rolling stock projects that will be seen running on my South Brent layout, covering the Great Western in 1947

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A Bird for Brent - Boiler Washout Plugs

In my last post I mention listed the parts still required to finish the Bird. I also mentioned the woes with my wife’s car (which needs a new DPF in addition to parts for the Turbo). Needless to say as we approach Christmas, the modelling budget has been slashed to fund said repairs. (And some eBaying will be needed to get ready for Warley and some layout essentials which are required there.). All in all it leaves nothing left for the Bird. However all is not lost, I can scavenge

October 23, 2019

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A Bird for Brent pt3

Today the focus has been the tender, again with minor repairs and adding a scratch built step. I think eventually I will replace these with the Mainly Trains etch. Bearings have been fitted to the sub chassis, which now runs very sweetly. Finally the nameplates and numbers have been painted black. I now need to place an order with Gibson for the washout plugs, Mud hole covers, boiler back head and superheater cover. Also order some archers rivet transfers (plu

October 21, 2019

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A Bird for Brent pt2

Onto phase 2: Structural repairs. The first task was to resolder the right hand frame back into position. Even with a 6mm 50w iron set to high temp it was hard to transfer heat to the thick footplate. next was the buffer beam, unfortunately I seem to have used the spare which was in my scrap box (which would have given the rivet detail), so had to keep the one from the model. This showed signs of previous damage, with the bufferbeam glued back in place. After stripping

October 20, 2019

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A Bird for Brent

One of the key missing classes of loco for Brent is the Bulldog / Bird. With the class providing the assistance on the front of many workings. Eventually I will need 4 bulldogs for assistance and a 5th for a freight turn. a chance find one Facebook resulted in a purchase of a non running unidentified etched kit built example (based on a couple of grainy photos) the model arrived today and I have set to work. Looking at the design it looks pretty old (X04 motor, lac

October 19, 2019

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SEF Mallard Build pt2

A lot more progress on the A4 first up the body, lots more fettling has been completed (although there is still a fair bit to go marked in red). The lower fairings have been soldered in place, these were prepared by cutting and filing the original fairings to shape. Some A1 models sprung buffers have been fitted to the front Remaining body tasks include the pipe on the drivers side, a little more filler, and the cab roof detail. I'm s

May 29, 2019

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Locomotive Exchanges: Rescuing an A4 kit pt1

I have long had a love of the LNER's pacific, especially the Class A4, starting I believe as a small child seeing Mallard at the National Railway Museum in York. One of the first "proper" locomotive models I purchased was a Hornby A4. Over time modelling interest shifted and the focus turned to modelling "modern image" before eventually moving to the Great Western. But the love of the A4 never really went. At one point I had the latest Hornby Mallard before selling it due to it being out o

May 24, 2019

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Finishing a Siphon J pt1

Way back in 2012 I started work building a Mallard Models kit for a Siphon J. This was the condition of the model when I started: It had also been fitted with a damaged vac formed plastic roof that I was not happy with which had been removed by this point. The remaining work: Fit hinges to the doors Scratch build underframe trussing Add battery boxes Build bogies (the ones that came with the kit are under a Mainline siphon now, so will

May 11, 2019

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A Painted Manor pt2

Last night’s modelling was an attempt to try and finish off the Manor body, adding transfers to the buffer beam and tende, along with the etched names & number plates (Modelmaster). I am very pleased with the end result, the colour makes a huge difference (so I think I will have to make a start on respraying my Hornby locos to match). Of course there is one major omission, I have forgotten to add the handrails! I will clearly have to glue them in place, but will try

April 23, 2019

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Coach Painting - Toplights and Sleeper

A lot of good progress on clearing the paint backlog today. First up the ex LNWR composite getting a coat of LMR maroon. I’m not overly keen on the final shade here, is it not a bit too much towards the pink end of the spectrum? i think once I have added lining and logos etc I will give it a wash of a brown mix to tone it down. If an LMS modeller going to the members day would like to swap a set of 1947 LMS coach logos / numbers for a GWR equivalent i would m

April 22, 2019

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A painted Manor

The Mitchell Manor has now entered the paint shop (along with another batch of coaches that will appear later on once I’ve sprayed the brown.) the loco was sprayed into Phoenix GWR green, while the black areas were painted in a mix of black, black grey and leather. The Hornby tender was also resprayed to sort out the colour (I will do a comparison against a Grange later). Now just need to finish soldering up the rods and add a motor / gearbox to

April 22, 2019

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Manor Chassis Pt4

The chassis for 7804 is starting to come together, The first task was soldering up the Comet bogie, this has been mounted to the body with a home made spring (which needs adjusting to provide less downforce) Without con rods fitted (or a gearbox) the chassis is freely running up and down my test track. Next up was the cylinder assembly, first up it was compared to the drawing in Russell which shows that as expected the Comet cylinders are missing about 1mm in

April 5, 2019

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Manor chassis pt3

I have made a little progress on the Manor chassis. Having decided upon an approach, I have set to work modifying the chassis. 1mm needed machining off the top of the front / rear of the extended frame. The wheels were then refitted and test fitted into the body. Matching up with 1470 and a van, the ride height looks spot on now. Now the clyinders can be assembled, after which I work out what I am going to do about the hole above the front frames.

March 31, 2019

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Manor Chassis pt2

Tonight I have once again been looking at the Manor chassis. Checking against other stock I found that one reason for the fouling wheels is that I had removed too much material from the chassis and it was now running too low. the soloution was back to my original plan, fitting the Mitchell frame overlays to the Comet frames. So far these have only been tacked into place to allow testing, using the break mounting holes for alignment. however now I had the op

March 26, 2019

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Manor Chassis

As I needed to stay in the house to look after the children this evening, there was no chance to work on the layout. Instead I got on with the Manor chassis. First it was modified to get it to fit the Mitchell body, before soldering up the frames using my Chassis^2 jig. The Markits wheels were then test fitted, which brings me on to the first problem. At £36 set you would think that the wheels would actually fit on the axles, I am having more issues getting these on square tha

March 16, 2019

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Oil burning 4855

Inspired by @toboldlygo's effort on “A Nod to Brent”, I have dug out my model of 4855 to get it finished off. Previously I had cleaned up and painted the 3d printed oil tank for the tender but not done a great deal else, so the loco still needed more detail on the oil tank (pipework), renumbering, along with cab side modifications. Renumbering was a simple job, the loco hadn’t been varnished after I previously renumbered it so the etched plates were prised off with a sc

March 8, 2019

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Monday Night Modelling: Some Painting

After the very rare occurrence of getting home at a sensible time during month end reporting, I have managed a little bit of Monday night modelling. First up the J12 sleeper, this has now been fitted with vacuum breaks (including the brackets) which had been removed from a Bachmann mk1 BG that had been converted to air brakes. Battery boxes were added from an ABS casting, but it still needs the dynamo (a casting that needs fitted to a few of my coaches) and a second small electrical

March 5, 2019

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Bachmann 64xx to 74xx - 7427

Most annoyingly the forum just deleted everything I had written and reverted back to the 3 letters I added to allow me to save on mobile when I uploaded the photos (before typing out on the laptop)... Having just sourced a replacement chassis to fit under my 64xx body that has been sitting in a parts box for the past few years, I have decided to convert it into 7427 (a Newton Abbot loco frequently used on the trip freight workings out of Newton Abbot. The work:

March 3, 2019

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J12 Sleeper - Chassis

The J12 sleeper is rapidly approaching the end of the build stage, the body has now been fitted with the missing droplights and given a coat of white primer. Last year when I sprayed the Centenaries I had poor coverage issues spraying Phoenix GWR cream over the grey etch primer, while the process was a lot quicker spraying onto white. The body will eventually need the roof handrail adding, along with the end pipes and flexible corridor connectors. Moving onto the chassis, the first

February 28, 2019

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GWR J12 sleeper - ready for paint

After a little more tiding up of filler and another coat of primer on 7804, last night I got back to work on the J12 sleeper. The first thing to do was fix the chassis, unfortunately it had fallen on the floor and been ran over by my chair….. Fortunately being aluminium it was very easy to bend back into shape, and you cant clearly see the damage! With this fixed I have got on with a few other small jobs. First up the two gas tanks were assembled, rath

February 27, 2019

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Mitchell Manor Pt10 (And some J12 Sleeper)

A minor update of today’s work, after a good clean the Manor body and tender have been given a coat of etch primer. It shows up a few areas that need touching up and some filler, but not a lot. Again unless anyone can confirm otherwise, it will be getting a coat of GWR black during the week. i have also proggressed with the diagram J12 sleeper, first redrilling and adding the roof vents (and filling the old holes). Filling the joint between the cast ends and the sides

February 24, 2019

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Mitchell Manor Pt9

Another evening of minor detailing, and the Manor body is finished. This included adding a Gibson saftey valve bonnet cover from the scrap box. I would have usually used a better quality two piece set (as should have been in the kit) however as it will be painted I don’t need the separate brass part. The topfeed pipes were formed from some scrap wire from a Disney light up wand that one of the children stepped on and broke. The other wire is copper coloured and will be

February 24, 2019

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Mitchell Manor pt8

The body for 7808 is now rapidly approaching completion, last night’s effort was a start on fitting the detail components. Buffers (from the scrap box) were soldered on to the buffer beam, while the plate was soldered between loco and tender. White metal castings for the smokebox door, smokebox saddle, mud hole doors, and a few other small bits were glued in place. The outside steam pipes were a bit of mixed bag, with the brass example shorter than the other. This needed lengtheni

February 21, 2019

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Mitchell Manor pt 7

On to the task I have been dreading, rolling the boiler and smokbox. i was very pleased with how the rolling came out, though the soldering was some of the hardest so far. I have a lot lot of solder to clean up on the joint between boiler and firebox. The chimney was glued into place prior to fitting to assist with boiler alignment.

February 20, 2019

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GWR J12 Sleeper pt1

as I have mentioned before, eventually I want to be able to run every train which ran through Brent in a 24 hour period. The most interesting of which ran in the early hours of the morning. There is the TPO which I will eventually get round to building, and the sleeper services on to Penzance. In 1947 there were 3 down services with a sleeper portion in the winter timetable, (I think there were more in the summer including an LMS sleeper.). In the winter 46 / spring 47 tim

February 19, 2019

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Mitchell Manor pt6

Last night the build finally reached the stage I am much less comfortable with, the firebox / boiler. While I am happy forming angular components, or those with a continuous arc, forming Belpair fireboxes or boilers is a lot more worrying. Its one of those jobs that I wish the kit would come with a set of spare wrappers so I could have a second go… Anyway, yesterdays work started off adding more small components (snifter valves), and working out which part was the sandbox filler li

February 18, 2019

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