Jump to content
 

pete_mcfarlane

Members
  • Posts

    4,002
  • Joined

  • Last visited

2 Followers

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

pete_mcfarlane's Achievements

6.4k

Reputation

  1. The information is very much tucked away in the website, so that's not surprising.
  2. According to their website it's still possible to buy tickets for a shorter journey: https://www.nymr.co.uk/ticketing-information Just not online. https://www.nymr.co.uk/pages/category/book-tickets And not as obvious as the 12 month pass option. It also doesn't let you do what I did last time I was there, and travel from Pickering to Grosmont for less than the full line fare. The trains to and from Grosmont were a lot less full than the ones heading to Whitby.
  3. The Crystal Palace dinosaurs are really important, because they show how the scientific consensus evolves in the light of more evidence. The irony is that we now think they are related to birds. As for Owen, he seems to be up there with John Chester Craven in the Pantheon of unpleasant Victorians. Nowadays we probably recognise him as having some kind of personality disorder. Anyway, as for colourisations, the best story I heard was about the colourised version of King Kong. Having gone to great lengths to do this, Fay Wray pointed out that they'd got the colour of her dress wrong.
  4. Google gave me this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london-festival-of-railway-modelling-2024-tickets-722011956197 which I used to buy a ticket about an hour ago.
  5. Didn't someone on here correct the SEF D1 by shortening the bunker?
  6. Would that give them extra capacity to run more trains and provide more seats? Every time I've been on it recently the trains were full to bursting, so adding more capacity would help.
  7. The only other Heritage railway type place I've encountered it is the Tramway museum at Crich, although it makes more sense for them as their model is for people to have multiple short tram trips, look round the museum, and then use the pub and cafe. That's something that can stand repeat visits. I suspect there might be a bit of "we did it this way in my previous job so it must work everywhere" going on with the NYMR adopting this.
  8. Nowadays you can order the sides as spares from the Phoenix Paints website. So it should be even more straightforward to do.
  9. Yes, you get common parts for the D1 and E1 with half etched lines to trim some of them for a D1(*). Otherwise it flies together. * In case anyone is thinking that Albion cheated and used the same body for both types and ignored the dimensional differences, like Finecast did.
  10. Aren't the grilles slightly different between the two? In a way that 10 years ago wouldn't have mattered to a RTR manufacturer....
  11. And here's the finished photo (ran out of space on the previous post) So a lot of work, but the result looks OK. Also slowly progressing are a couple of more modern EMUs. I succumbed during lockdown to the urge to buy one of the 3D printed PEP emus sold by Modern Multiple Units on EBay. Again a lot of cleaning up, but these come with some nice etched windows. This was one of the earlier kits with multiple body sections. Curing on the window ledge - they were a bit sticky when I got them Filling and rubbing down. And the current state of play. I'm struggling a bit with underframe detail. The kit comes with some generic 3D printed parts, which don't quite match the photos of the real thing (which are generally 3/4 views, so the rear bit of underframe details are less clear). I also suspect that the two motor coaches are different - they certainly have different vehicle codes. Also moving slowly is this Bratchell 455 (with another 3D printed trailer, so represent one of the units with ex-508 trailers) And the other incursion into much more modern stock is another Southern Pride Mk2, in this case a Mk2a brake. I seem to have acquired or have on order some 1980s diesels, so this will be part of a rake behind them. My first attempt as NSE livery - the stripes are from Fox. SR green units are a lot easier.... On the previous Mk2 I made the roof removable as per the instructions, and there was a slight height mismatch. This one has the roof fixed and blended in with filler, and looks better as a result. Next step is to do the window transfers, and then it just needs final assembly.
  12. A year later and the latest Kirk 2-BIL (2091) is finished. Part of the reason is that I sprayed a load of green EMUs in one go, which (as we would say at work) reduced the effort but increased elapsed time. Here they all are being varnished (along with a Mikro-Mir DH-88 racer in 1/48, possibly the worst plastic aircraft kit I've ever built). It then took forever to add handrails, glazing, seats, window labels etc etc. But I'm there now. The NNK underframe kit was very nice - it's a shame it is no longer available, unlike the Kirk 2-Bil which is available again despite the Hornby RTR model. I'm presumably not the only person stupid enough to enjoy building these kits. The scratchbuilt BUF is also slowly progressing, and is at the painted stage needing interiors and so on. This is the buffet car, which is going to have a detailed interior. The art-deco counters and tables are drawn but just need cutting out on the Silhouette. One of the challenges I was expecting was sourcing a Pullman steward, but luckily Bachmann have done a set of these in the last few years. The MLV is also finished. It's not perfect (the Hornby bogie needed a press stud at the top, which forced me to make the roof removable, so there's a visible join. Future MJT based units will use the Comet approach of body/roof and chassis as two units. But from this (c1996) To this is a big improvement. Finished as one of the original pair when they'd just entered service, with silver window surrounds, light coloured roof etc. Other stuff that I've been working on include this Isinglass 3D printed LNER full brake. I'd fancied trying one of these for a while, and went with a full brake as they did turn up on the Southern (the model is based on a photo of one of the ex-Flying Scotsman ones at Feltham). The kit itself gives you these bits. I struggled with the brittle 3d printed bogies, and so replaced them (and some of the other underframe bits with MJT parts). The sides needed a lot of cleaning up, priming and sanding down to get a smooth finish. They were also a bit thick, so I ended up glazing them with 'Glue n Glaze' which is Ok for the tiny windows on a full brake. So the Jury is still out - it worked out quite expensive with all the extra bits, and I may have got a better finish from the Comet kit for this vehicles. But he does do a vast range of LNER vehicles, and other people have got good results from these kits.
  13. Presumably you can use tender wheels, which is my eventual (i.e. I ordered the wheels from Ultrascale) plan, or use those 1/8" to 2mm reducing bushes that Branchlines sell with a set of Gibson loco wheels. Consensus at the local S4 group is that the frames *might* need moving out a tiny bit to fit P4 wheels.
  14. Repainting something (badly) doesn't make it 'rare' or add value....
  15. As people have pointed out, those were built after WW2. For an actual WW2 vintage LMS shunter you need to look at 700.003 (ex LMS 7106) which is still working in Italy. Mike Edge even does a HO scale kit for it.... Not a train, but you can still travel on Furness Railway and LMS built ships in regular passenger service on Windermere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Tern
×
×
  • Create New...