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Westernway

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  1. Thank you soony At least I was not looking in the wrong place
  2. Acting on Tim's suggestion, yesterday evening I unclipped the bodies of my 121 and 122, the latter needed her wind screen clipping back into place because it had some how come adrift, and painted the remainder of the interior black. I think it is a big improvement for a little work, nice one Tim I have taken a photo of her in the dark, alas my photographic skills are almost as bad as my modelling ones but it does give an idea of how she looks with her lights on.
  3. Two blind bogies. My friend has three of these and his are the same. Also, looking at some of the photos on trade websites and I can not spot any holes on bogies.
  4. The goods area is not large but is in constant use and gets very busy at times, resulting in the occasional fopar by the workers!
  5. The track and ballast was weathered. I made sure that it still conducted electricity, which luckily it did. I added a fence, a few detailing parts and a few adverts to brighten the fence up a little.
  6. Next I added a buffer stop and ballast.
  7. A slightly longer second siding was needed so that I could move and store the same sized trains on both it and the one for the goods shed. It took an evening to do but made a big difference to ease of shunting. To start I removed the buffer stop and dug out the pile of ballast that was resting on it. The track was then added, I took care to ensure it was level.
  8. I did post some here Rovex........ http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/129324-kingswood/
  9. Not strictly new to the forum but only just spotted 'New Members' Hi every one. Living close to Kidderminster SVR station and having always been interested in steam engines and trains in general I thought it was high time I got into railway modelling. I have always enjoyed making models and painting miniature figures, however I prefer to do something with them rather than have them as ornaments so I use them for Wargaming. In the same way model railways move and look great so the appeal is double to me, however I am totally new to this hobby and work full time as well as doing a lot of commission work on figures, this leaves me with very little time to spend on building a lay out so I have been saving my commission earnings and have used it to get a small layout professionally built. This is my first ever proper model railway, I have owned several train sets over the years, the first way back in 1967 at the age of 4. I have been fortunate enough to make friends, via a model railway forum, with two great guys, one a very experienced, talented model railway owner and exhibitor, the other a very knowledgeable railway enthusiast. I also live next door to the gentleman who runs Kidderminster Railway Museum so I have lots of help and advice on tap. I am looking forward to making friends on here and learning from the members who are so very obviously light years ahead of me in talent and modelling skill. All the best, John
  10. Yes there was one on my 122 also dibber25. John
  11. Thanks Alex. A funny/strange thing happen while I was cutting the hooks off of the sprue, one shot off and ended up standing! Honestly!! I could not do that again if I tried!
  12. Martin, this is a great thread with some wonderful work. First class, the workmanship is very good, I am very impressed with your painting too.
  13. Awesome work! I love the curved bar!!! You are a very talented man.
  14. Thank you Robin. It was a long day but very enjoyable Thank you for the idea Tim T, I will do it this evening. John.
  15. I had saved the hardest model till last. The Dapol 121. I love this model, the 122 also, however I do not like the way the floor looks, being high due to the position of the motor. This problem is accentuated when running in the dark with lights on, which just happens to be how I like to run them most. I am no where near a good enough modeller to move the floor and motor so I set about disguising the problem as best I could. First off the body was removed. I painted the floor matt black allowing to dry between coats, 3 in all. Once dry, I added some passengers then set aside to make sure there would be no super glue fumes to damage the glazing on the body. The hardest part and by far and away the most time consuming was adding the crew. The vacuum pipes were a little fiddly too, however by 11pm all was finished and she was run in. She was very very tight to start off but she soon loosened up and the noisy motor quietened down. One thing to note was the lack of a fixing hole in the boogie for the 'Speedometer' easy to sort with a thin drill bit but annoying on a £125 model. I checked with my friend who has 3 of these and his are the same, no fixing hole! I do not have many clean models on my lay out, this one is. I did want to add a touch of 'weathering' and mindful of the times I have washed my car only for it to get a direct hit from a marauding Sea Gull or starling, I decided to add such a 'package' to this engine.
  16. The next model to be worked on was my Bachmann Class 43 'Warship'. There are a lot of detailing parts to add to this one including some very tiny hooks so I decided to add the crew and paint the interior first. Once this was done I put it to one side to dry while I started the hooks and vents. After a few hours of going boogly eyed the hooks were all in place and I had only lost one! The vacuum pipes etc were ten added, however not the drivers steps, these were left off until the engine was run in. The running in was uneventful and once again a very smooth and quite unit emerged after an hour. Steps were added, the new detail bits weathered and she was ready to go on my lay out.
  17. Next up and a little more work was my Bachmann Class 37. I say a little more work because there was slightly more detailing bits to add and a driver to remove before I could add mine own crew. She is factory weathered but I did add a little more to the bogies, fuel tanks etc. She was then placed on the running in lay out, a little stiff at first but she soon smoothed down and proved to be very smooth with little noise.
  18. I was up bright and early yesterday (04:45) to crack on with the work I wanted to do on my engines and trucks that I was lucky enough to have for Christmas, the weathering had all been done before they were wrapped up. I started with the easiest, my Heljan 128. I only had to fit the coupling hooks and crew. The body was easy to remove and the drivers seat easy to access. Once this was done I put her on my oval of track to run her in. This is a wonderful model, exquisitely detailed, heavy and boy oh boy, that motor! Quiet, smooth and very responsive.
  19. I had to drill a hole in the bogie of my Dapol 121 so that I could fit the 'speedometer'. I checked with a railway modelling friend who has 3x121's and his are all the same. Any one else had this problem? John
  20. I bought two exact same engines, not Bachmann, one ran perfectly, the other was truly terrible!
  21. This is my favourite Bachmann Steam Engine. Very well detailed and runs nicely.
  22. Their Auto Coach is a very nice model (they do make very good coaching stuff) and looks great in this livery.......
  23. ​I made a cover for the end of the board, again out of 1.2mm Aluminium, this was powder coated black and darkens the tunnel really well.
  24. Thank you for the reply and explanation. I have some Heljan engines and they also run extremely well. It is great having a shunting engine I can actually shunt with and not worry about her stalling on points. John
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