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  1. Any suggestions or examples of how to produce whitewashed roughcast harling in 4mm scale? I want to reproduce the look of it over brick - not over rough stone. I've seen a 2mm scale product (Wills I think) but nothing in 4mm Thanks in advance for any suggestions - but would love to see photos too if possible....
  2. Hi Merfyn, regarding the ‘stone’ livery - could it be the grey coloured Scarabs that feature in the middle of this fantastic 1966 video about frieght handling in Sheffield? I love the way that the yards feature a mix of Yellow, grey as well as the older maroon and cream liveries all mixed together - as well as the ‘new’ Townsman.
  3. Thanks Merfyn, that’s really helpful and thanks for taking the trouble to look through all your images too. Your model looks splendid BTW. The only other alternative livery image I found on the internet this morning was this one below. What would your best guess be for the earliest year the trailer would have had this rail freight livery? And what would your best guess explanation be for it’s existence?
  4. Thanks Phil, you are right about the coupling which had been used for years for other trailers but I believe this particular style of trailer body with the side roller door and sloping sides was only introduced sometime in the mid to late sixties. It may we’ll have been designed specifically and exclusively for NCL initially but I am just guessing that one.
  5. Can anyone tell me when these particular Tasker trailers were introduced and whether they were ever used with yellow rail freight livery? The earliest images I have found are either white express parcels livery or yellow National couriers livery. Also, what vehicles pulled them in their earliest years? I have seen Ford D but what about Karrie Bantams or Bedford TKs? I would like to make an authentic model for around 1966/67. Any answers would be much appreciated.
  6. A simple conversion and repaint - base toys Commer cab and chassis plus a Herpa mixer body. Still some details and decals to add.
  7. Was never quite happy with my previous attempts so changed the 4 wheel Foden to a 6 wheeler and the 6 wheel Mickey Mouse Foden to an 8. I think they both look better for it...
  8. Just about finished. I shortened the chassis. Scratchbuilt body with styrene and used model boat decking for the platform itself. The crane is a white metal kit from promod. Probably 1/50 but looks ok. Does anyone know of a source for 1/43 or 1/50 etched wipers? The ones with the original look rather toy like.
  9. As we face another gloomy lockdown I wondered whether anyone would be up for this little challenge? It all started with me when I wanted to practice some home decal making and a bit of weathering. I choose the model I liked least in my collection so that I wouldn't care about the results but after a little tinkering, it's now one of my favourites! So what about cheering-up one of your most loathed models and see what happens? Here is my before and after....
  10. Thanks to your photos I’ve had a go at re-modelling the back of the truck. I haven’t got around to re-numbering yet but I think it is an improvement. With my limited skills I couldn’t replicate all the detail but I think it now has more of the flavour of the original. Thanks again.
  11. Finally found time to modify a Trackside Foden Balleat Truck as well as ceate a suitable trailer. The original model is rather toy-like but i've always liked the quality of the paintwork and lining which is otherwise so hard to reproduce. As well as changing the Ballest body, window pillars were filed, rear window created and RTI wheels fitted. Just some wing mirrors to add still.
  12. I came across this thread and hadn’t seen the Neal Pelican front loder before. I had it in mind to have a go at recreating it at some point based on the Oxford Diecast Fordson. Finally got around to it using a lot of styrene bits and pieces but really pleased with the result. Thanks for the inspiration!
  13. Having seen some photos of the original I couldn’t resist creating this mobile crane by bringing together a cannibalised trackside Coles crane with an RTI Foden cab, some old airfix bits and some styrene.
  14. Here is one example I produced from RTI cab and Base Toy chassis/body with a few additions - A 1958 Bedford
  15. I was looking for a front shovel loader for a long time. Finally bought a Wiking HO scale model but with a new larger cab I think it looks in keeping with 1.76 sca;e
  16. Had another go with a RTI cab and chassis plus a mixer from a 1/87 Herpa Mercedes - shortened to fit. My favourite Foden this time
  17. Thank you - ebay purchases - Kibri Mercedes Cement Mixer and Base Toys Thames Trader (shortened)
  18. Inspired to come up with something myself. Nothing glued together yet but comprises of: Foden cab from RTI, Base toys chassis and a Kibri 1/87 body. Was worried about the scale of the body but I think it just about works
  19. I suppose what I'm really trying to ascertain is what the set might have looked like going from London to Dover. It sounds like it might have been two 4's and two 5's together and then just split at Dover to go on the Ferry, rather than a short working?
  20. I'm coming back to the subject of the 5 (or 4?) set Freightliner Service to Paris in the late sixties featured in these two great little videos https://www.britishpathe.com/video/london-paris-freightliner-service-inaugurated-at-s https://www.britishpathe.com/video/freight-liner-trains/query/freight+train They still leave me with a few questions: Was it a 5 or 4 set? If it was a 5, would it have been two sets of outers and one inner? Or two outers and three inners? Is it likely to have travelled from London to Dover as just a 5 (or 4) set? Tantalisingly, on the second video, the Frieghtliner set is unloaded coupled to a number of traditional conflat type wagons. Might this have travelled as a mixed set between London and the coast? Any thoughts?
  21. Would love to see if anyone could get a Scammell Scarab working using this system. I've seen it achieved on this site using Faller System and even a RC version, but with my limited modelling skills this looks a much easier option.
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