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Anything not to glaze a carriage. 40 indervidually cut pieces for the two 4 wheelers, but then I insist on the windows being open different amounts.
The wagon is painted and wheeled.
Just needs transfers and the load added. This will be clay pipes courtesy of the lumi sticks you get for children. It is the joiners so they become a loop. Once painted they should look good. I just need the blond hair of some kind donator to use as the straw packing. How to ask for hair without looking weird?
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A wash over with black really brings them to life.
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Doom and gloom, Clive? Where?
OK, there was some D&G on the death of Gerald Scarborough last year (of course, he was a well-respected man), but it's fallen my way to find new homes for his collection on behalf of his widow and family.
Homes for stuff like the following................
Other than the last loco, none of the above is ever likely to be available RTR. They represent part of a lifetime's modelling, and there are many more locos. I'll post a full list later, though four (not illustrated) have already sold. Yes, they're not top-draw, but they all work, well. Yesterday, I cleaned, oiled and serviced every one.
Aren't they interesting? You can take all your fancy current RTR stuff and enjoy it as you wish. But, this is motive power built by an individual. There is some RTR stuff, but he preferred to make things for himself. That's the key as far as I'm concerned. A true modeller in my view.
Apologies; as usual, I muddled up the pictures.
Those locos look fabulous. Especially like the A5 unsuprisingly given my GCR alegences. I have my own to build, but could I do it to that standard? Hats off to the gentleman especially for doing the red lining which is the hardest to do as invariably it has to be hand lined even if the other lining is from transfers.
Richard
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And whilst the paint on the roof dries I knocked up this GCR 2 plank
This one should be easy to paint - grey
It also went together really easily.
I only received it from bill a week or so ago. Is that a record for arrived to built? I know I have others which will win the longest time before being built.
Richard
Another progress report on carriages once they are glazed .
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Totally away from the discussion being had but......
Has anyone else noticed how this thread, even though it was started two years after the peterbough North one is steadily catching it up in terms of pages, contributions and viewings. I do follow both, however, i just feel this is a small piece of statistical proof that people are more interested in what is made over what is bought, as great as that can look. This is not to start some in fighting - DO YOU UNDERSTAND BOYS THOWING PAPER AEROPLANES AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS!
When will this thread suppase Great Northern's? It is of little consequence but the mathmatician in me has tried to work it out just for hoots.
Will i be right? Anyone want to place your bets?
Richard
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Slooooooooow progress on the painting.
The French grey looks about right to my eye but with only black and white photos to go from, who knows?
It needs touching up and the transfers and glass always bring it to life.
I have just received a parcel from bill....thank you for the speedy delivery, I can now complete the other three coaches in the set.
Richard
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So there we are - restored to service and ready to return home..
So what's next? Finish the Toplights and then a DA 4700...
And in English that is....?
You have been in Wales for a long time as the language seems to be rubbing off on you.
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DittoI had that happen on a Crownline J19 I built. The solution was exactly as you say, slacken a body fixing screw slightly.Funnily enough I built another one not long after and that also developed a twist. Whatever I did wrongly, I must have done it twice.
Which is why when I pick my engines of the track there is the smallest drop in the chassis away from the body a compromise I will take for better running.
I have seen it suggested, but I have yet to try, screwing in from the back rather than the bottom with a clip at the front which the chassis sits in, perhaps this partly avoids the chance of the chassis twisting?
Richard
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I think the key is return on your time. If you spent 90 quid on a drink which lasted 10 mins then it is expensive but if the model will give you enjoyment for many years to come then it is a worth while expenditure. How much do women spend on a dress they only wear once? All this is as long as it is money you can afford. I would like a rolls Royce and would treasure it for years but can not afford it.Personally I feel (rightly or wrongly) that the word "expensive" can easily be mis-used.
To me an item such as Bill's kit could be arguably said to "cost a lot"; it all depends on the customer though. If you earn a hundred quid a week then yes it does cost a lot. If you're working in the city then you may consider the asking price to be cheap, bearing in mind the quality, accuracy, short production run(s) and hours of development invested.
If most shops sell a box of matches for 10p (how much do matches cost now - I haven't a clue) but one down the road sells exactly the same matches for a quid, then yes - that's expensive....
Richard
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Brown, the solebars were brown too. See this photo for the brake ends
Thanks, I had seen that photo, it is interesting as that is the one which convinced me that it was brown bottom half and grey top half. It just goes to show how the eyes play tricks on me.
Painting can recommence.
Richard
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Has it been windy in the man shed? The buildings look to have taken a battering
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A little progress on the horse box.
Both sides as they are slightly different.
Ignore the roof, it is only placed on and needs spraying white before weathering.
The carriages are taking longer, I think they would have had a dark end but black or brown is holding me up
Richard
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It is interesting how different the same loco's colour is in the last two photos, at the platform end it looks most realistic, in the night scene it looks darker and less realistic. Interesting how light etc impacts on colour. It gives me evidence when people question the shade of French grey I have chosen for my GCR carriages.
Richard
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I've just acquired a Crownline conversion kit - I'm hoping that will be a good stepping stone into kit building...
My biggest worry about kitbuilding (or conversions) is the painting/finishing - I've seen too many magazine articles proclaiming the virtues of kit-built and scratch built locos on a layout, and I've thought the finish was appalling!
The paint finish might be, but following simple steps "ensures?" it will look fine. Paint on warm dry days, clean the model before painting, spray paint the main colour, if only from a rattle can etc.
There are excelent books on it.
Like all things in life, the more you do it the better they become.
Richard
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Progress of sorts
Ready for the paint shop, a first and third four wheeler pair and a horse box.
Now when will the rain stop?
Interestingly looking on the web it seems the non bogie stock in French grey carried this round the ends, or is that just on the brake carriages?
I have found a usa supplier of a French grey paint which looks like what I imagine it is from the black and white photos from the time. We will have to see once the carriages are painted up.
Richard
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Sounds to me like them getting hold of any available carriage to make up the numbersDefinitely a summer Saturday train. It's made up of:
3 car clerestory set
A six wheeled saloon
A 5 car London suburban set, possibly with the final brake a clerestory
A six wheeled third
A London suburban third.
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I had not seen this thanks, it is great for senic details too.On the subject of carriage liveries; I'm sure most people have seen this footage before, but I found it again on youtube today. Around the 2:30 mark we see a GC express hauled by one of the named Jersey Lillies. Despite being shot in 1910 most of the carriages are still in the brown and cream livery.
It looks like two of the coaches are teak so what is the painting cycle for carriages? Every five years? So would the last brown and cream go in 1913ish?
Richard
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Hi Richard
Your pace of modelling has slowed down since you stopped coming down the club on a Monday. They do look cute.
My pace has slowed as spring is very busy for me, teaching, coaching track and running the dorm, progress has be made....slowly...on a horse box maybe spider you could move the wife's nag in it.
I will post pics pre paint of the kit once it is at the primer stage.
Richard
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The Colonies ?? Where abouts ...I moved there 22 years ago just digging g my stuff out and fiddling about setting up a joint GWR / SR line ...
Pennsylvania, about an hour from philly, we moved out a couple of years ago.
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I am/ have brought your kits and I am 40, but then one younger one does not make an income.I'm not so sure. I recently been asked just many of my new coach kits were bought by people younger than 60, and I had to rely, not many at all.
Richard
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I know how you feel, that is the necessity of pre grouping building everything.Well its taken some time and a lot of research but its done, at last a project finished.
All that work looking at images getting the colour right touching in the detail I can now put the paint brush down and sit back knowing the job has been done to the best of my ability.
Yes my friends and fellow forum followers here it is unveiled for the first time I give you........
Angus
Yes I know you all thought the day would never come but that day has dawned and I feel my whole modeling life has been fulfilled. Now this major project is done I just need to wrap up the 10 locos, the 30 coaches and a good 40 or so wagons most of which haven't even been started yet.
So I better start thinking what I'm going to do next when that's all done still I guess something will come along.
Steve
Would angus benefit from a wash if black or brown to bring variation to his coat and highlight his hairiness?
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And the next.
A 4 wheel third
It has not worked out quite right on one side but I hope filler will cover the issue up.
Next time I will try fitting the hinges and then the top to bottom half of the sides.
It is complete on the outside just the inside to go.
Just ordered the other two coaches to make the train, and a few extra wagons, just to keep me busy.
Richard
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You asked!Can we ask the Mods to install a "Too Informative" rating button?!?
I promise no more stories.
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Peeing out of as my mother will testify I had to do when very little traveling on a non corridor train in Germany in the seventies. I was held up to perform at the drop light .........not whilst passing through a station.What do you think the drop ligt window was for?
Richard
Dettingen GCR might have been layout
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That will be my wife. She has cut the family's hair for years. It's saved a fortune . Alas non of us are blond.