simon0r

Looks a lot better around the wheels. There's still work to do around the boiler.

Thanks, I'll go ahead. They are models of the SECR 01 in WW1 austerity grey, the black wheels don't look quite right.

I have a couple of resin models that are sitting on the standard Hornby 0-6-0 chassis. This is the modern chassis with suspension on the rear axle. I would like to give the wheels a bit of paint - they should be grey and slightly weathered - but they are made of some kind of plastic with metal rims. I think the plastic may be ABS or nylon, the sort of plastic that does not take paint well and may peel. Does anyone have experience of painting these type of wheels?

This is Halfords 'Rover Brooklands Green'. Terrible paint job on an old battery case but it gives some idea of the colour. Under indoor lighting it looks darker and colder.

I like the HMRS transfers but they don't have everything. Fox Transfers fill some of the gaps.

Hope this isn't straying too far off topic but sometimes the little byways are interesting. The picture earlier of a British soldier - WW1, infantry (tropical) - may be somewhat idealised. My grandfather was in Egypt and Palestine in 1916-18 and he sent back a few photos. The mighty British army looks surprisingly ramshackle in this picture, are any two hats the same? I like the Terry Thomas character in the middle. The photo has 'Lewis Gunners' written on the back of it. This second photo has 'Cairo Train' on written the back, it might be the train from Alexandria, where they arrived by boat, to Cairo. This is the Egyptian State Railway, 3-plank open wagons built up with roofs to keep the sun off I think. Where are the brakes?

Traction engines being transported from Ransomes' : https://www.flickr.com/photos/imt_image_archive/24206337434/in/album-72157663756160010/ Another load, they look like horse wagons on railway wagons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/imt_image_archive/24716658692/in/album-72157663756160010/ All on the Great Eastern at Ipswich

I got some Archers rivets a while back when I was building locomotives, I got sheet AR88001 which is a general purpose set. They are nice but I think they are a bit small as a representation of the mighty fastenings the Victorians used. Mostly I have used the largest on the sheet, 0.36mm, the others are tiny. If I was starting again I would probably get sheet AR88009. Ideally I would have both: AR88001 - 0.008" (0.20mm), 0.011" (0.28mm), 0.014" (0.36mm) AR88009 - 0.015" (0.38mm), 0.025" (0.64mm), 0.035" (0.89mm)

The Ipswich Maritime Trust have put some interesting pictures of the docks in this archive, including quite a lot of railway content: https://www.flickr.com/photos/imt_image_archive/albums Like this - https://www.flickr.com/photos/imt_image_archive/24228993273/in/album-72157664185274902/

I came across these beautiful colour photos taken in Brighton in 1906. They might provide some inspiration - http://mashable.com/2016/07/03/otto-pfenninger-early-color-photography/#UPFX6xyZikqt

Now you've got me thinking. I've been building SECR stock but this 1908 map of the lines out of London Bridge shows the SECR and LBSCR running alongside each other. There is also the East London line which would have included Great Eastern goods traffic. All sorts of possibilities here. Perhaps my next loco will be yellow? source: Wikipedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bricklayers_Arms_%26_New_Cross,_Midhurst_RJD_91.jpg

I'm modelling one of Brighton's neighbours but this is a very interesting read. Will future issues be openly available or is this for members?

Similar wagons on the far right of the photo in this post: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/81756-new-train-sets-and-gift-packs/page-4&do=findComment&comment=1339355

Slightly tangental to this but possibly of interest; my grandfather joined the Artists' Rifles around 1915 and was posted to Egypt and then Palestine. He took quite a few photos, this one has 'Cairo train" written on the back of it. I assume that ESR on the wagons means Egyptian State Railways. ( EDIT to add - I hadn't really looked very closely at this photo before. It seems to me that they are simple 3-plank open wagons with a wooden superstructure bodged on. Also, I can't see very much by way of brakes on them! )