Austerity
Entry posted by Chris Nevard
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A freshly detailed and repainted Hornby J94 Austerity shunts on Brewhouse Quay - click to enlarge to 1280 pixels across.
Work so far has been as follows, a nice way to soak up the sunny garden at the same time and you don't have to worry about vacuuming up the bits!
- Remove the silly clumsy moulded handrail loop midway along the base of the boiler.
- Fill small cutaway below the above.
- Replace the moulded smokebox door handles with brass.
- Remove moulded lamp-irons and replace with brass.
- File away and replace the cab entry grab rails and replace with brass.
- File away mould lines on the chimney.
- Remove moulded coal.
- Repaint the whole loco in matt black and Ford Meadow Green.
- Add 3 link couplings.
- Blacken wheels - this makes a huge improvement, short of actually replacing them.
- Etched bespoke name plate 'RADSTOCK' from Narrow Planet.
- Add coal load to bunker.
- Weather.
- Add a crew (there's still a vacancy for a fireman).
Still to be done
- Replace the moulded pipework below the cab at a later stage when I source something suitable - suggestions of a supplier greatfully received.
- Add slightly larger diameter buffers (probably using an overlay) to avoid occasional buffer lock on the sharp quayside bends.
Things that won't be done
- The line along the base of the saddle tank will sadly have to stay, the top section of the tank comes away to allow access to the motor! There probably is a way around this, but this is a quickie (as are most of my projects out of necessity).
Want to know a little more? http://nevardmedia.b...label/Austerity
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