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    halfwit

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    Hi John.It is a reduced version of the Warren Shephard kit as you say. Does the hopper body on the 7mm version need sectioning as the 4mm one does?I'll be taking my time and doing a lot of checking and rechecking before soldering the hopper up solid!Paul.

    I didn't cut it but maybe that was part of the problem!! I have 2 more to build so I'll make more investigations as to why it didn't square up so easily.

    JF

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    halfwit

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    Hi Paul. I've built a couple of the 7mm versions. (I take it these are a reduced version of the Warren Sheppard kit?) The hopper was a ****** to get square and my first attempt wasn't quite!

    Looking at your excellent work so far, I'm sure you've got it sussed but it's just something to watch out for. When I came to fit my first hopper to the chassis, even though it looked square (as did my chassis) it pulled the chassis out of line and a slight "compromise" had to be accepted (grrr).

    JF

    Jon Fitness

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    Dinghams; hook and loop on each end of small locos, back end of big 'uns and just hooks on each end of fixed rakes. Hooks on one end of each brake van with rakes of wagons tacked in between. Also about a dozen odd wagons with couplings each end just to knock about in the sidings.

    Uncoupling by permanent magnet only.

    They seem ok so far....

    JF

     

     

    Jon Fitness

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    Terrific! How did you get the stone colour to look 'just right'? Is there a wash of white applied after the initial dark colours?

     

     

    Hi Pete,

    I paint the whole lot with Railmatch "concrete" colour or similar, allow to dry for a day, then mix up a brew of matt black/leather/brown and scrub it across the raised stone in a diagonal direction both up and down, and in both axis. This way it catches the raised areas but not the mortar courses. If it still looks too bright, dry brush it with the same browny mix over the bright bits. After it has dried you can go back over with a dry brush of matt black or even matt dark green in places. Try it on a bit of scrap stone card until you're happy with it. The whole paint job took about 10 mins for the cream and 20 mins for the dark colour.

    I'll have to do the rest of the retaining wall to match now!.

    If you look at the Saltney gallery pics of Astley Bridge station area you can see I've had a bit of practise...dry.gif

    JF

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