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Hornby BR Southern Region BY. A few tweaks.

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A while back I was given one of those excellent Hornby Southern Railway BY's in olive green and decided to repaint it into BR (SR) green. Paul Bartlett's excellent site came up trumps with this photo:

 

http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/srby/h3317da13#h399adca5

 

The thing I liked about this photo of 'S764S' is didn't appear to have the full data panel on the right hand ends this making application of decals easier.

 

The model itself breaks down really easily into its component parts. The bodyshell received a coat of Halfords grey primer followed by Howes Railmatch BR (SR) green acrylic paint. Then the roof and ends were sprayed with Tamiya black and NATO black. Once dry a coat of Klear to the sides give a good surface to apply the HMRS decals.

 

I had to put the wheelbase decal above the 'BY' lettering owing to size. The HMRS sheet doesn't contain the 'BY' lettering so this was made up from other parts of the decal sheet. I managed to find a 'Y' on an old set of Woodhead decals I had. The decals where once more sealed in with Klear.

 

I then sprayed a home brew track colour on the underframes, lower sides and around the iron work. This was followed by a wash of the same mixture which was wiped off with a damp cotton bud once nearly dry.

 

Everything was sealed with Tamiya matt varnish and left to dry.

 

In my eyes one of the weaknesses of the Hornby model is the lack of window grills. Thankfully, I had some of the excellent Roxey etched grills suitable for the 'BY'. These were given a coat of white primer then misted with NATO black to tone things down. Prior to putting the glazing back in I fixed these in with PVA so as not to fog the glazing.

 

Reassembly was straight forward. Here's the finished article being shunted by 46444 somewhere along the Kettering to Cambridge line in the 1950's.

 

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A detailed Base Toys AEC Monarch is parked up next to the line.

 

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Cheers,

 

Mark

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I too have a couple of these in olive as they are too nice not to have even for a GWR modeller.Imagine a siphon g to this standard Mark.A lovely job you've made.Again.

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I too have a couple of these in olive as they are too nice not to have even for a GWR modeller.Imagine a siphon g to this standard Mark.A lovely job you've made.Again.

 

Totally agree with you Robin about the qualities of these 'BY's They look good in the SR olive too.  Your recent link to that 6814 Enbourne  Grange photo at Kingswear shows a SR PMV/CCT in the sidings during 1947. So I guess a run down to from Exeter to Plymouth through Brent gives opportunities to run them.

 

Like I said in the text above I think the absence of the window grills is the only thing that lets them down.

 

Thanks once again.

 

Mark

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A nice model Mark. I do like a nice bit of NPCS. Be careful though - they can become addictive.<br /><br />Regards, Andy

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A nice model Mark. I do like a nice bit of NPCS. Be careful though - they can become addictive.<br /><br />Regards, Andy

 

Thanks Andy,

 

Yes. I know what you mean about addictive.  There's a few Parkside SR CCT's sat waiting to be finished too.

 

These were a few that I built when I returned to railway modelling about 5 years ago and need to be finished to current standards.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Some lovely colouring there Mark.

 

Those muted tones on the van work so well amongst the overall colour balance you've achieved with the layout :good:

 

Good to see your namesake creeping into shot too :D

 

Really can't wait to see the Teign Valley layout after this...

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Some lovely colouring there Mark.

 

Those muted tones on the van work so well amongst the overall colour balance you've achieved with the layout :good:

 

Good to see your namesake creeping into shot too :D

 

Really can't wait to see the Teign Valley layout after this...

 

Morning Pete,

 

Thanks for the comments. As for 46444 you can never have enough Ivatt's! ;)

 

The TVP is in the planning stages in my head, There's a few ideas coming up for track plans and overall appearance.

 

At the moment I'm building up a bit of stock for the layout but hopefully will lay some firm track foundations in the next month or so.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Looks Good.

 

I've started to change the wheels on one of mine for 14mm Romfords.  The axleguards have dimples on the inside that can be eased to take the axles.  The axle arrangement as built is a bit cranky.

 

I will use one for a short Southern Region Milk train,

 

Thanks,

 

Ernie Puddick

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