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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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Mitchell Manor pt4

Thanks to a last minute change in valentine's day plans (with my wife having to work) instead of going out to dinner I have managed to get a little more done on the Manor, starting with the flanges on the motion bracket. A fairly easy job once I worked out what part needed to be used (no thanks to the instructions!) The next job was the fire iron tunnel, sweating together 3 parts was a bit of a pain (as it kept coming apart when I added the third layer). After a little fettling it was soldere

February 14, 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 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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Mitchell Manor Build pt5

As ever the first week of the month is crazy busy at work, leaving not a lot of time for any modelling once I get home. However over the past few nights I have managed to do a little work, progress on the Bird is now fully on hold pending Spring and warmer weather to allow for painting. (it will be green, but I have yet to confirm the tender branding, with a fair few photos showing Bulldogs/Birds with G W R that is looking the likely choice. This lead to a revisit of the

December 6, 2019

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Mitchell Manor Build pt4a

A little more work was completed on the Manor after my posting last night. First up was some work inside the cab, soldering the cab floor into position and adding the strip to the inside of the cab sides. I think the only etchings left to fit in the cab are now the seats. I am trying to push myself with this build, and a key part of this is trying to solder everything rather than taking the easy option and gluing in small parts. With the reinforcing strips added, the n

February 15, 2019

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Mitchell Manor Build pt3

Another hour's work on the Manor last night and more progress. First up was the cab, the etched beading was completed (adding the mm or so up to the roof) before bending to shape and test fitting the cab floor. Once I was happy with the cab it was soldered into position on the footplate. Next up was an attempt to try and finish off those parts which were missed off in earlier stages, so on went the lamp irons (along with resoldering the joint between the bufferbeam

February 14, 2019

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Mitchell Manor Build Pt2

On to part two of the Manor build… The focus of the work here should have been adding the splashers, however I have had real difficulties getting them to fit. With the splasher rolled to shape and placed on top of the inner splasher (the folded up etch that you attach the detail etch for the front of the splasher), it is about half a mm too short. As a result I was struggling to solder them in place. In the end I tried an alternative approach soldering the splasher to the front pi

February 13, 2019

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Mitchell Manor Build pt1

Now that my Cameo Competition layout is pretty much finished, its time to get back to work on Brent. After months of working with plastic RTR models, I feel a bit of kit building is in order. So its out with a long term project and my Mitchell Manor kit. I started this back in 2015 after buying half a kit from Malcom (a full set of etches and most of the castings), however I have no tender (which will be a Hornby Churchward 3500gl) and no chassis. I am also missing one ke

February 12, 2019

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Mitchell 73xx

Another long term unfinished project is this Mitchell 73xx, with the Dapol model imminent I really want to get on and finish it. The model was built in a complete state (less wheels) from eBay years ago, and the paint finish was never quite up to standard. The chassis is built to P4 standards, it will be rebuilt back to OO thanks to Andrew @ullypug who sent me some left over OO spacers from his own P4 mogul build. the loco will be finished as 7313 based on an interesting photo

December 14, 2019

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Mitchell 7316 pt2

Just a very small update as long days at work finishing year end reporting are not leaving a great deal of time in the evening for myself…. However over the past few evenings the chassis for 7316 has started to come together. I started off chopping the original P4 spacers in half, this was done to assist in getting enough heat onto the old spacers one at a time (whilst ensuring that solder did not fill the slots). With that done the chassis was rebuilt in OO, although I didn’t find

January 7, 2020

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Mitchell 43xx for Cheddar - identity crisis

A chance purchase off ebay of a built Mitchell 43xx kit has arrived this morning. Took a bit of a risk on this as I had only viewed the photos in small size on my phone due to a lack of internet, thankfully it looks in pretty good condition. A little damage in posting (break gear, buffer beam), and a few missing parts (no buffers for a start) The biggest problem appears to be the firebox, which appears slightly higher on one side than the other. short of stripping it down and re fa

May 4, 2012

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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 / Grange Weathering

Another evenings work on the Manor chassis and it is finally complete and ready for painting. The first job was adding soldering up the brake shoes and installing them onto the chassis frames. With that complete, the wheels could be removed (marking the right hand side (looking towards the chimney) with black pen so that they could be returned to the same positions. A slight error was soldering the cylinder assembly into position, as it makes removing the lead driver rather difficult. I have

December 12, 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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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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Loco Building

Finally got my internet connection fixed, Lots of work over the past week, covering locos and wagons... First up 5813, Had another session with a few more detail bits fitting the smaller hand rails. The toolbox on the left hand side needed moving forward, so I cut off the moulding and then filled the gap with plasticard before scratch building a replacement. After which I gave it a quick coat of white primer. This highlighted a couple of issues, in that a lot of rivets are missing on

January 10, 2013

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LMS diag 138 pt 2

Attention and now moved to the roof, first the rain strips and raised detail around the lamp recesses was removed with a chisel blade. I then added inserts of scrap 20 thou plastic and profiled to shape, before smoothing off with some squadron white filler. Once sanded back, the roof vents were glued on followed by a replacement rain strip added from evergreen strip. The second job was the interior, ratio supply the corridor and partition walls but don't give you any seats. Fortunate

January 9, 2016

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LMS diag 138 CK pt 2

A little more progress on this long term incumbent of the workbench, I have now built and fitted the bogies. So the coach is now ready to be painted it might be about time I bought a tin of LMS coach maroon... Eventually the coach will be included in this formation http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/126782-coach-identification-1947/

August 26, 2018

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Lining the County

As work progresses on the chassis, it’s time to get the body finished (mostly as I want to get it varnished so I can weather the black !) As with the modified hall I have used the hmrs sheet, and again I am regretting fitting the pipes. I’ve now finished one side and just have the fine work to do on the other (I hate doing the fine lining out of the splashers, to the point I’ve only done the top line and will hide the bottom with the weathering (as often was the case in the real thing)

December 21, 2017

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Kirk Monster

Its been a few months since I last managed any modelling, but after finishing early yesterday afternoon I've managed to get a couple of hours sat out side with TMS on the radio and a beer in hand. First up was some painting, I am determined to get my D95 breaks finished before the new Hornby model comes out (otherwise the temptation to just buy the better Hornby model and avoid the painting will be too much…) So out with a can of Games Workshop “Skull White” primer, and I now have 2 breaks,

July 10, 2015

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Kingsbridge Branch No.1

The Kingsbridge Branch had two dedicated B Sets, originally E145s but changed to E140s by my period. The basis of the Model is the old Airfix E140, recently released by Hornby in post war Hawksworth livery. Now I have no evidence as to what livery Kingsbridge No.1 should be modelled in for 1947, however there is a photo in the Model Railway Constructor showing Kingsbridge No.2 in Austerity brown. This will be the next coach project to finish off once I pick up a can of Triumph Russett Brown

October 8, 2016

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Kingsbridge Branch No 2: Wartime Brown

Today I have been debating the benefits of lining coaches vs buying a bow pen and painting them on. Working from a photo of the prototype, it was determined that Kingsbridge Branch No 2 was in wartime brown in the late 40s (while No1 was in Hawksworth livery as has already been modelled). Once again I used the Replica OHLE warning line transfers for the lining, and HMRS for the GWR logos / Guard / First. The lining was completed in lots of small lengths, before varnishing the completed side

May 29, 2017

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King Richard I DCC fitting

Earlier in the year I made a start renumbering and rebranding a Hornby King to King Richard I, the conversion hit a bit of a blocker when fitting the DCC decoder (which wouldn't work). This evening I finally made a start on trying to get it operational, and have decided to share the fault finding process here in case it is of use to anyone. Step 1: Check for known issues. So far I have had three major faults with Hornby tenders, potential for a short circuit between the tender pickup connec

July 23, 2017

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