markneilp14

Here is a 00 kit of a Lord Nelson that I am working on to now finish off the detail bits. The kit is fitted with a mashima 1428 motor and a high level gearbox with 14 wheel pickups. The livery is a what might have been and is not accurate but meant to be a bit of light heartedness.

The lining on Welsh Pony has been going on and is now complete although a few pictures will say otherwise. Now I need to turn my attention to princess.

A pair of Gauge 3 gresley coach bogies from the GRS kit that have been modified to have internal springs. This has been created by soldering on a short length of 5mm brass angle on the inner bogie frame faces with the addition of an 8BA bolt down facing. The top of each axle box has had a recess drilled into it to allow the spring to be captured. The other end of the spring rests on the underside of the brass angle with the 8BA bolt to keep it in check and to stop it from pinging out. The springs are from my spares box originally from the Smith’s range of 00 screw links and 3 links that I did not need to use.

A loco that is nearing completion is the restoration of a vintage scratch built gauge 3 LSWR wide cab T9 with a 6 wheel tender. The loco is made out of all manner of scrap materials and I think it was originally built in circa 1960. The loco came to me in a pretty bad way. It’s had a lot of work done to it and the final major job was completed this week in repairing some damage to the driving wheel hubs. It currently has a tender drive motor but I am going to try to encourage the owner to replace it with a more modern motor and gearbox on the loco drive axle. The boiler is not in its final position in case you are wondering why it’s inclined.

Thanks guys it interesting reading your comments and input. I would lie to find a list from halfords in excel format so i can see what current colours are still matching the original list i had in the opening post. Cheers Mark

Hi All. Some years ago, someone very helpfully did a chart listing the various Halfords car paints and the equivalent of that colour in model form which is brilliant. However, as the years move on cars come and go. Some colours are no longer used on cars. It is understandable that some of the Halfords spray colour paints may also be discontinued. I have found at least three colours that no longer exist in the list below.They are Rover damask red or the Vauxhall gazelle beige and VW Pargas Blue. I am currently in the middle of painting a gauge 3 railcar into blood and custard. Upon a visit to Halfords I was unable to find/get the Rover damask red or the Vauxhall gazelle beige. It is worthy of note you do not see many beige cars around today as it was a colour of the 1970-80’s. So, my question is has anyone done an updated version of the list below? If yes, then any help with regards the blood and custard colours would be greatly appreciated. I know Railmatch do the paints however the paint batches can be a bit poor on quality control whereas the quality control on Halfords is generally a lot better. Any help ideas or tips greatly appreciated. Cheers Mark

Surely this Gosturde must be aware of the comments on here about his ludicrous pricing for old crap. If it was me would be embarrased and feel shame Cheers

and another clearly a brakevan kit bashed to resemble a pantograph version of a wisbech tram. Asking for a lot of money for something that is not even motorised https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RATIO-KIT-BUILT-NE-0-6-0-ELECTRIC-TRAM-CAR-LOCOMOTIVE-NON-POWERED-nv/372980883903?hash=item56d764a1bf:g:NsIAAOSwnZReZjjt

What a shocking model and what an even more shocking price tag?? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-KIT-BUILT-WORKS-0-4-0-PUSH-PULL-STEAM-LOCOMOTIVE-EURYDICE-nv/362939342917?hash=item5480dee045:g:hUIAAOSwl0xeZjiP

words fail me on this one................ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scratchbuilt-0-16-5-Narrow-Gauge-Steam-Locomotive/114137285390?hash=item1a931cc30e:g:tJcAAOSwxeleXW6w

and another that is tarbrushed https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-SR-ex-LSWR-44-Full-Brake-Van-Kit-Built-00-Gauge/254515719309?hash=item3b4251ac8d:g:1KEAAOSwr0ReSsHH

How can they seriously say its worth £99.99 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-GWR-00-Gauge-40-Passenger-Brake-to-Dia-K15-Kit-Built-rebuilt/254515720599?hash=item3b4251b197:g:D5kAAOSwWI1eSrpi.

I model in gauge 3 and the larger the scale the large the cost but at £4500 this is delusional especially when the loco is in a terrible state. For the same money you can buy a RTR kingscale live steam gas fired Britannia. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-LOCOMOTIVE-STEAM-TANK-ENGINE-G3-2-5-GAUGE-ELECTRIC-3-RAIL-GERMAN/124085560704?hash=item1ce4136580:g:wkcAAOSwOuxc7RVp

Hi All Just seen this item whilst it may not seem overpriced at the moment a kit loco of an LSWR class 700 or black motor i would be amazed if it gets much more than the asking price. Its been horrendously weathered and is on an old Triang Chassis. To be fair to the seller the description does state this (Triang Chassis) but how much would a second hand Hornby black motor go for versus the effort required to make this nice model. If it were mine i would through away the loco chassis and start again as well as dunk the body shell into some paint stripper. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-Gauge-kit-built-Drummond-700-class-Heavily-Weathered-Triang-chassis/153457307237?hash=item23bac4ae65:g:DJcAAOSwv~tcudB4

whoever weathered that has ruined it to the point its value is now less than a fiver!!!