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GWR J12 Sleeper pt1


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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 timetable these each contained one J12, (which were all combined into one working back to London.)  The first of these that I am modelling is a newspaper train with a sleeper include.  

Formations:  (the section I am modelling is in green, I have tried to model one section of the train in order to cut the length down.  these were long services!

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the kit is a Phoenix model, with pressed aluminium sides and roof along with details.  6 wheel bogies still need to be sourced.  The first job on a set of Phoenix sides is to scribe on the doors and drill holes for handrails etc.

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i decided to to go with evostick construction, and started off the build phase by fitting the sides to the ends.  Along with drilling and fitting the vast quantity of roof vents.

 

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Once dry, the roof was glued into place  

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the inner window frames were glued in position for the left hand pair of windows.

 

next the chassis and detailing 

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Can you soak it in some solution that will dissolve the evostick ?, there's an evostick cleaner maybe.

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Can I be very awkward...?

 

"In the winter 46 / spring 47 timetable ..."  You do realise that from late January '47 to mid March '47 we had possibly the most savage winter weather of the 20th century , followed in the second half of March by severe flooding as the whole lot melted... ?

 

This was the time when the LNER borrowed a jet engine off a nearby RAF station to see if it would clear the snow on the line across the Lincolnshire Wolds. (The experiment was not a success....)

 

So a snow- plough train really ought to be on the list.

 

There's also the question of how you are going to do the scenics - winter trees with no foliage? A snowscape - as it actually was for 7 full weeks? 

 

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Thankfully I don’t need to worry about the snow, the winter timetable covers October to June, and the only reason I am looking at the 46/47 version is I can’t find the necessary documents for 47/48.

The layout is set October 47, late enough to get Hawksworth coaches and my ex works Modified Hall with Hawksworth tender, but before the leaves have fallen 

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