jessy1692

Cheers Guy, just signed up. I think k I may have signed up to the taboo one many moons ago so will be good to get onto the latest one. Fully expect to come up with more projects from everything on there! Cheers James

Evening all, been doing some reading up and have seen there are old topics about these but they are locked? So, I have a Bachmann 4 compartment Thompson BSK and I'm planning on doing E1690E (I think) the last one was) in blue and grey. It aparantly ran on the York-Inverness motorail. As far as I can fathom there were 2 conversions in 1957 to make sleeper brakes, only one survived to B&G livery but externally not a lot of change? Any thoughts, info or pics greatly received. Something a bit interesting to run with Newton Chambers wagons due soon. Cheers James

Oh wow, saw NIU had these in the pipeline, they really look good. Once the lads are in position in them wagons itl be a stand out train. Top work as ever Darius. All the best James

All 5 tankers got a coat of humbrol satin spray today, beauty of this stuff is it dries dead quick so within an hour they were packed up for a swap over from the layout. Also good to see progress on the cattle wagons my Dad is on with after I came across a job lot that turned out to be well made on ebay, was surprised to find cattle trains ran to York well into the 70s so fits well with my area and usual time frame. Well and truly back on the carriage painting/modification wagon again now. Currently on the go but not all in picture Southern Pride Bullied SO with comet sides to become a maroon one from the swap deal in the 60s, underframe and roof done and sides rolled this evening ready for priming. Tri Ang BSK to BSO to be B&G just on the last round of filler, my old man did all the mods so I'll do my bit with the paint. 2 triang sleepers, fettled up a bit and will be B&G Gresley sleeper, I think it's a second but going B&G- part made Kirk Kit I think picked up for a 5er or so at Wakefield show last year. Southern van going blue, think its a parkside kit, came from a job lot of 3 from ebay for about 3 quid! 2 coats down, lots to go and orders for bits and transfers to be sorted. Should keep me out of bother for a few days. Bits of coaches scattered all over, glad I'm home alone for a couple of days! Cheers James

Evening all, apologies I missed doing a post it seems of thr Airfix tankers we have been bashing about to make the longer class A ones. These tanks have been made up from second hand ones picked up cheap from various places so there are some odd mistakes on the chassis etc but the barrels got stretched OK. Only things I have added are the RT Models etched walk ways and the very fine ladders, then a coat of humbrol dove grey and black washes before CCT transfers for them. 3 out of 5 done tonight, hopefully get them all done and varnished for the weekend. More projects coaching stock projects looming after these. Cheers James

Morning Mike, iv been doing a bit of research into the Heysham-Teeside ici trains as the ran through Harrogate then Otley and Skipton, I'm sure iv seen the timetable was Teeside-Skipton North sidings to add in/drop off wagons and I'd guess it was the same the other way, so I'd take a punt the methanol tanks at Skipton were getting dropped off full to go to Bradford or one of the other West Riding plants. Reminds me to have a look for some old dublo wagons fir the ammonia train. Cheers James

Oh and last but not least the cut and shut Hachette to make the Doncaster corridor second, lots of cuts by the look of it but turned out well. Interior to go I'm and the roof will clip in properly! Finally, the Cambrian Boplate E, nothing ground breaking and yes I know it's got the wrong number on but itl do. Cheers James

As the family has left me dangerously unsupervised for a couple of days, I made the most of the peace last night to finish off and varnish the current crop of c9aches and the Boplate E. I got everything pretty much fettled by lunch time so left well alone till after tea and I rigged up a spray booth on the hob and leisurely worked my way through. The Humbrol acrylic satin is great and dries pretty quick so after an hour or so I added the silver frames to the Cravens and gave it another go over before bed. Cravens FO, brass sides on a mainline donor. Tri Ang cut and shut FK, Hornby bogies for the time being but will be swapped. Dia 100 Bar Car, Southern Pride brass sides on a mainline donor, just need wheels for its B4's. Thompson buffet E1706E, really like this coach, created from some Bachmann brake end bodies picked up cheap on a chassis borrowed from a corridor second. Still got the interior to build. Thanks to @Signaller69 for paving the way with 1705. Time to pack these away and drop them at the layout on the way to work, been invited for tea at me dads tonight so will no doubt come home with another batch of projects. All good fun but I need a break from blue and grey! Cheers James

To my huge relief this morning the masking tape on the Bar car didn't cause any problems at all so iv spent the day on and off tidying up the paintwork and actually got it lined and numbered and door furniture stuck in. Just a couple of bits and bobs to finish then a light weathering job and varnish. Oh and some B4 bogies to build up once some 12mm wheels appear. I'm a bit sick of white lining coaches now so hopefully back to a wagon project soon. I am pretty pleased with this latest batch of coaches, but I think I nearly have as many catering coaches as normal coaches now! Cheers James

Latest updates, iv pretty much got the Tri ang cut and shut shut FK ready for varnish and the Dia 27 was converted from a dia 23 is also nearly there but have run out of buffet transfers..... The Dia 100 bar is having its blue coats applied, slightly worried on this one as I have a nasty feeling the masking tape may bring some of the paint off, not sure if the primer coat fully attached to the brass sides for some reason. Soon know for sure. Hopefully have most of these ready to head to the layout soon. Cheers James

Evening all, I now have 3 of the coaches fully lined up and numbered and ready for a bit of final tinkering before varnishing, so we now have E1706E W3082 and E25457- this one is a Hachette cut and shut trial which has come out OK but Tri Ang cut and shuts seem a bit better to me. Once it's back on the chassis the sides do straighten up again. As I'm now out of lining again (I'm sure I had more!) I bobbed in to my Dads on the way home and picked up some bogies and Hachette glazing to paint up and also picked up the dia100 bar car to finish fettling. Tonight I added the new cantrails, door hinges and then the window frames so this one should be heading the paint shops shortly. Cheers James

Evening all, paint shops have been going full tilt the last couple of weeks. Had to brush paint the 5 coaches as thr weather was a against me, many coats of blue and grey later and it's lining time! 1st up are the Thompson buffet 1706 and the Cravens FO lined out and some detail transfers applied. I'm waiting for the decal fix to go off fully before proceeding with the yellow and red stripes. Tonight's job was to get the bogie and chassis steps sorted and a coat of paint on. All being well will have these two sorted soon. I do have an interior kit for the FO and I'll build an interior for the buffet but whether I do it now or later I'm not sure. I have an RBR, Fk and Doncaster SK ready for lining but probably only enough lining for maybe 2 of them... Hopefully more soon James

That's a great collection! Not come across them before, thanks for posting. Also worth a read is the mk1 pullman page from EMGuage70's which has details on the cars and formations: https://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/proto_pullman.html Cheers James

Saturday saw the arrival of a couple of things for the projects pile from good old Ebay, a tatty Horby 60 007 body that should scrub up well with a few replacement bits which in turn may get re done as a coal sector one as an alternative to my Load Haul 60 007. Not my usual era but I do like a 60. Another new arrival was an unexpected win of a Heljan Western. I stumbled across the listing, been stored non runner etc so put a speculative offer in and snapped it up on the reasonable counter offer. I couldn't help myself when it arrived to have a look inside and was a little worried when the body wouldn't lift away from the body until I realised it had a sound chip! Anyway half an hour at the layout got it moving and making a noise. I think it's quite an early model with an early chip too so doesn't sound the greatest so may flog it on and re invest into a new sound chip but that's a thought for another day once we have picked a Western to do, think itl end up maroon FYE. After the Western revival early Saturday afternoon I gathered up a batch of coaches to bring back to go through the finishing shops and then set to building boplate E I picked up a few weeks back whilst watching footy, needless to say the kit building was more enjoyable than the Leeds result. Today I set to on the coaches, some are having just a bit of filler added before painting and others are going through the paint shops. I just remembered to put the new hinges on the Cravens before I sprayed it with grey primer! The Thompson buffet is also here for finishing off, currently studying pics of roof vents, I'm trying to do 1706 and I think it has slightly different vents to 1705... bit frustrating as I was just going to copy Singnallar69's excellent modelling, still may do yet! Anyway, more soon hopefully and more coaches and wagons to come. Cheers James

Testing to see if this post comes out OK? Got a new phone so hopefully whatever issues was going on with posting has now gone.. 21ton hoppers now up at the layout after handrails, footsteps and fresh coal added. I really like these and now tempted to coal up and detail my empty couple to add to the rake. The HEA and HAA rakes are also still out on the tracks, going to have to store some soon. I'll be back on the coaching stock again soon, a few more cut and shut/slightly converted mk1s to go into blue and grey. Cheers James

I'm really confused as to what is causing it!

Evening all, the HEA's were numbered and coated last week and are now on the layout. I'll get some pics next The Cravens FO is shuffling along, both sides on and a bit of filler applied at the ends where the sides were ever so slightly shorter than the mainline donor coach. The angle at the bottom over the solebars will have to stay, that's how they came to me and I didn't dare try re roll them to the correct curve as the sides were a bit battered and bruised.

I have cheated a bit and bought an interior kit from Southern Pride when I ordered the bar sides

Evening all, Happy New Year and all that! Not a lot been going on recently apart from stripping the 11 HEAs, some of them were in a real state so it's taken quite a while and I got a bit bored of them. Anyway, I have got 10 good un's the 11th is a bit too far gone with very bent hopper sides. The 10 have had new buffers from Lanarkshire fitted and plastic coal loads which covers the mess of old glue and sponge that were in the hoppers originally. All primed up today between the rain and a coat of freight brown In carriage news, my Dad is on with a dia 100 bar car and iv got a dia 76 cravens FO on the go so plenty to keep me going through Jan and Feb 

Hmm, interesting from TMC after I pre ordered with Rails just last night! Got pre orders I with both now... I best cancel one before I get told off. Cheers James

The Gresley has been running around in the blue and grey rake for a while now, must have forgot to pop a picture on of it completed! Quick pic attached and also the current project going through the filling cycles. Been a bit if a hectic couple of weeks with work and stuff so not a lot going on model wise, hopefully more time to catch up in the run up to the C word. Cheers James

Exactly the ones I had in mind Bob, unless accurascale ones appear back in stock whilst I get round to doing them. Cheers for link! James

Grand, thanks Waveydavey. All the best James

Cheers Wickham, out of stock but 16 inch heads is good to know. All the best James

Evening all, just acquired a tatty job lot if HEA's missing all their buffers. Anyone know what size the heads are as I'm looking at ordering some replacements. Cheers James