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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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Page 5 of 11

Comet A20 - almost ready for paint

Its been a long time since I last worked on the Comet A20 kit, mostly because I didnt have the required drill to get on with adding the roof vents. Having finally dug one out in order to finish off the Cargowaggon vans, I carried on and fitted the vents to the First. It now just needs to be fitted with the door hinges, along with a deep clean to remove the tarnishing to the etch, then it will be ready for painting. Given this will be the third completed coach its about time that some re

November 30, 2017

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DJM 14xx renumbering - 1470

Time to finally finish off my 14xx from DJM 58xx conversion, fitting the replacement plates. I started by removing the DJM plates (I used a new scalpel blade to flick them out), I then checked the replacement Modelmasters plates in the hole (if anyone s interested they are a direct fit). I ended up fitting the plate on top of the original, tidied up the gap between the two and then reglued into position. So with my 14xx converted from a 58xx now complete (with the exception of a de

November 21, 2017

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Siphon F

One wagon I have wanted to model for some time is a Siphon F, after finding a bargain part built K's kit on Ebay at the weekend (including a set of Mallard Models 9ft American bogies) this evening I have made a start on finishing it off. The bogies were an interesting build, with a brass core and lots of white metal castings to attach. There was some poor design along the way (the cut outs for the wheels are far too small even for OO, while the castings quality was somewhat of its period.)

November 13, 2017

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Some etched plate fitting

After a rather disheartening afternoons work on Brent, I’ve switched to a spot of loco modelling to reinvigorate motivation. So 4547 and 2921 are both now fitted with etched plates from Modelmasters, the Saint is really coming together now. It just needs a chimney and cabside step fitting to finish the body (both of which are missing). With the tender finished, the need to get on and build the chassis is becoming more pressing. I will be looking again at the crankpin situation soon to try

October 8, 2017

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County and 58xx in the paint shop

A little time in the paint shop this evening has seen the first coat of Rover Brooklands green on both the 5813 (P4 for Kites Croft) and 1004 for Brent. The only slight issue with the car paint is that it is difficult to get into the corners, my logic now is to spray some into a cup and then brush paint into the tight bits. Hopefully should get them both masked tomorrow and spray the black for the running plate / smokebox / roof

October 1, 2017

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A tender for a Saint pt2

Not a lot more progress on any real modelling this week, motivation is rather lacking in the post holiday lull. The other day I picked up a can of Rover Brooklands Green from Halfords, described in the RAF Kinloss list as being a good match for GWR green. The first two items of stock have now been sprayed, 5108 and the tender for Saint Dunstan. Both have now had the green sprayed (2 coats) and the black hand painted (I think next time I will probably spray the black as well.) The ten

September 30, 2017

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Renunbering a DJM 14xx: 1470

Ever since it’s release I have wanted to get a DJM/ Hattons 1400 class, the only problem being that while Newton Abbot had a number of them allocated, they were not used on the Kingsbridge. (At least I have not seen any evidence of use on the branch). Further more there were no mainline turns en route to a different branch which would have taken one through Brent (other than a 1400 stationed further west en route to NA or Swindon for a works visit. This said, in the post war period there were a

September 22, 2017

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A tender for a Saint

Finally back in the UK for the rest of the month, its time to crack on with the layout. Before getting started on a large batch of point blade installation on the down fiddleyard, there were a few outsanding loco projects to complete. Today I recieved last weeks spares order from Peter's Spares, this included a tender wheelset to enable the compleation of 2846 which is now fully operational. The other parts ordered were a Churchward tender chassis, wheels, buffer pack and keeper

August 14, 2017

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Working on the backlog: DCC fitting / Detailing GWR

In the companion topic focusing on the construction of Brent, I recently touched upon the subject of the growing backlog of loco projects that is currently building up stored on one end of the fiddleyard. There are currently 8 locos in store on the layout, along with a couple of extras awaiting component orders (notably bodies for a 94xx and a 64xx which are awaiting High Level chassis, and the Finney and Mitchell kits for which the intended use is still tbc.) Yesterday the focus was on r

August 7, 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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The Saint pt 3

I cannot believe just how much filler is ending up on this model, but the boiler is finally getting close to completion. I have now identified from photos that the outer row of rivets on the smokebox should be flush, which is handy as some were damaged by the original boiler, the rest have now been removed. The next job as fitting the available details, so far adding a cast top feed, the boiler side details / reverser, one cab step and the boiler back head. The other step appears to b

July 21, 2017

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Wills Saint pt2

Every so often I get inspired after reading about somone else finishing a white metal kit to dig out this project, and have another look. The build has now got to the stage of applying filler (lots of it) to rectify the deficiencies of the original castings. As a result this evening I have taken it outside for a coat of primer to show up what remains to be done. Given it will be sprayed black (and that Halfords Satin Black is one of the worst paints I've used for showing up blemishes on the

July 18, 2017

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4547 wartime black

Now that the loco has been fitted with new buffer beam numbers, GWR logos and yellow route indicators. It now just needs some etched plates (and more to the point I need enough locos to make a narrow planet order worth while) I have two more black locos to do, my saint and hall.

July 15, 2017

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A wartime 4500

Over the weekend I picked up a reasonable priced Bachmann 4500 (with decoder fitted) which arrived today. Unfortunately the TCS decoders as fitted in the cab, so has been chopped out and will be replaced with a smaller zimo chip (with the TCS decoder a good fit in the boiler of my 42xx) The intention in buying another 4500 was after seeing a photo of 4547 in period which appeared to be in wartime black. The model was dismantled to seperate body from footplate, remove the cab roof and to r

July 13, 2017

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Modified Hall pt7: Finished (Almost)

So with an envelope from Fox waiting for me as I got home from work yesterday, it was time to crack on and finish off the Modified Hall. The first job was to prepare the plates, as ever its a very tedious job removing the fairing from the bottom of the plate. This is made a little more difficult by the fact that Fox's plates seem to be a little thinner than Modelmasters and hence more prone to deformation while cutting / filing. As ever I wish I could just buy the nameplate on its own for re

June 22, 2017

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GWR Modified Hall Pt6: Finishing the chassis

As it is still far too hot to go in the garage and work on Brent, I am getting on with finishing off the Modified Hall. The first task tonight was to modify the front end of the chassis block in order to provide clearance for newly fitted step down in the front footplate. The Brassmasters instructions suggest using a hacksaw, that sounded far too much like hard work in this heat so I cracked out the Dremel which made short work of it. While working on the chassis I also completed

June 20, 2017

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GWR Modified Hall Part 4: Tender Lining

Following on from my pre work modelling session, this evening I have made another step forward on the modified hall. I have decided to go with the Bachmann tender, the Hornby one will return to the spares box for the moment (though I have seen reference to Maindy Hall running in late 47 with a hawksworth tender which may give it a use...) The first step was to remove the weathering from the Bachmann tender, along with the removal of the BR crests. For this I resorted to neet enamel thinne

June 13, 2017

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A GWR Modified Hall Pt3: Tender conundrums

This morning I was woken up at a ridiculously early hour by both children, having settled them down and got myself ready for work I glanced at the clock and realised there was still an hour until I needed to leave the house. Only one thing for it, crack on with the Modified Hall! The first job was to finish off the lining of the cab side, with this done the cab windows were all masked off and then the boiler was given a quick coat of Halfords satin varnish. The final job on the

June 13, 2017

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Modified Hall pt2: an experiment in lining

A little more work on rebranding of my modified hall, as mentioned previously I have started redoing the boiler lining from bachmanns red to orange. In each case the transfers were pressed into place and the backing paper was removed with microsol (with the aim that it would soften the transfer over the boiler band. It looks a little scrappy in closeup, but at about a 12 inch viewing distance it doesn't look too bad. I do think that I need to buy some waterslide transfers to see how I get

June 12, 2017

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Castle renumbering: Spitfire pt4

Spitfire is now (finally) finished, I had real problems with the HMRS transfers not sticking. Eventually after a couple of failed attempts at using varnish to stick them down, I removed the problem transfers and replaced with a new set. While I was at it I also got on with the final major job, eliminating the green solebar from the former BR 4000gl tender, which was touched in with some Vlajio weathered black paint. I still havent actually tested the DCC installation, but its posed her

June 3, 2017

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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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Dean D14 part 8

The roof is now painted brown, but I forgot to spray the area black first so it is a lot lighter than I would like. Hopefully a bit of weathering is going to darken it sufficiently. While I was at it, the bogies chassis and ends were resprayed in black. Just need to work out how I am going to attach the modified bogies. Given it is now being finished in OO, (and I can't remember where I put the original slaters wheels,) I decided to modified the bogies for a fixed chassis. The problem i

May 29, 2017

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Slaters Dean D14 Clerestory - Part 6 - another roof

With the body pretty much finished, I was left with a choice between adding the bodyside fittings or building the roof. Given I was working outside, the roof seemed the safer option! As mentioned in part 5, I purchased a new roof back at Wells to replace the original which was rather bowed. As I am building a coach at the end of its days the clerestory windows were blacked out (im not sure if that was because they were painted over or the glass was replaced with wood...) Either way I s

May 26, 2017

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Slaters Dean D14 Clerestory - Part 5

This coach has been kicking around for a long time, having started the build a week after the birth of my first daughter in January 2014! I am determined to get this model finished before the end of May! The first job (completed last night) was to glaze the coach and then fit the seats. The latter had been painted previously (using the maroon colour for LNER wheels followed by heavy weathering). The aim was to get a finish which looked heavy faded and abused, right at the end of its useful

May 26, 2017

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GWR Coach Painting

Some good weather this morning has resulted in a little more coach painting, First up is another Railroad / Comet D95, rather a redundant coach to be honest (given that I now have 2 pairs of the new Hornby D95, and will likely add another pair when (if) Hornby do them in post war livery.) As such rather than finishing in post war chocolate and cream (as per my original plan), I have decided that the LH coach will join the RH painted in wartime brown livery. To that end I have dug out a can o

May 21, 2017

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