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12 hours ago, 6990WitherslackHall said:
My question is what paint matches this the best?
What is the model constructed of???
If card use watercolour!
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12 hours ago, Harlequin said:
Thanks Russ,
The drawing of the 8ft6 bogie from the lecture pamphlet is the very one that is reproduced in Russell's Coaches Vol1 and Coaches Appendix Vol1, along with a significant chunk of the lecture text. I started using the drawing in Russell and then JimC mentioned that a PDF version of the lecture is stored on the GWR e-list and I have been using that since.
I'd like to see the versions on the OneDrive link you posted but sadly none of the PDFs work for me. They won't download or view online.
Try saving as a download, then open the pdf file.
Seems it is a zip file so needs to be opened first!
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7 hours ago, Coach bogie said:
I have just come back to the UK for Christmas where the UK freight are almost silent compared to Aus. I have a freight only line a quarter of a mile from my renter and you can hear the coal trains (remember them?) for a good ten minutes from first sound to fading out, not helped by two severe inclines and the narrow gauge 3ft 6" track. They are all double headed and not much of a silencer on them. The Aussy built HST are definitely noisier.
Mike Wiltshire
Mike,
You reckon they are noisy!
Try living in Vic or NSW.....it's not the loco's making the racket......it is all the flat wheels!
That is the one thing I have noticed up here, it is that the wheels are kept in good nick!
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30 minutes ago, rogerzilla said:
Do you have a link? The type 8 ringfield in the County and Castle is narrower than the other ringfields and i don't think anyone has found a replacement that will fit.
Contact him and see what he says.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/strathpefferjunction?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2559 -
If it was brown, I would have thought that the van would look darker than what it is.
If the possibility is that it is a recent repaint, then the roof is darker than the wagon which to me would indicate that it isn't brown but a lighter colour.
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On 04/11/2022 at 01:19, Lacathedrale said:
Indeed, this LOOKS wrong even though it's probably more TO scale than out of scale:
I for one disagree!
I think it is a mindset we have been used to for so long, we don't actually stop and look at the reality of the world around us.
Eg: We live IN the world, NOT look down on the world, as we do with a model railway!
From that perspective, I would suggest that you would find layouts have to few trees and trees that are to small, except in some circumstances like deserts etc.
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Remotor with the kit (computer motor) that is available!
Available on ebay.
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On 18/10/2022 at 08:49, Railways Forever said:
Thanks for replying, I live in Canada and managed to get a bottle of Railmatch Acrylic BR Blue but I did not like the results (came out way to dark.) I had an old bottle of Enamel Railmatch BR Blue which I am now trying to match. Most hobby shops in Canada do not carry British railway colours and what hobby shops are left do not have scanners. I have 2 loco's ready and primed but no paint. I have tried to find out who would ship it for me but with no success.
Derek
Winnipeg Canada
If you have a sample, take it to your local auto paint people.
Amazing what they can match up by eye!Khris
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On 12/07/2022 at 02:05, brossard said:
I just fixed my thread (reinstated pics) on converting Hornby's 6 wheel Milk Van to something that looks reasonable. The link can be found above. (I also did the Palethorpes vans).
John
Where is that please John?
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Well I was just looking at it again!!!
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22 hours ago, Schooner said:
Test run:
I got distracted whilst hoovering the layout...and now need to order another pack of these levers! I quite like the effect they make, and they're not too tricky to make up. I'd appreciate advice on their installation though - prototype or model!
Cheers, till next time!
Schooner,
Who produces these please?
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8 hours ago, Lacathedrale said:
- notes in my workbench thread shortly.
For those of us who may be unfamiliar with your wb thread....could you post alink please?
Khris
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On 03/06/2022 at 22:20, Penrhos1920 said:
But we all know that we all have too much stock for our layouts.
Nah, not to much stock....we just like realistic length trains
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Jack,
So long as you enjoy it, that is all that matters!
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20 hours ago, The Fatadder said:
I printed the first version of the O5 siphon last night.
Alas the printer has a bit of a failure and didn’t print all of the supports which resulted in part of the solbar not printing properly
Worse still removing the internal supports was a real pain, as you can’t get the cutters in the right place so are reliant on snapping. The roof wasn’t thick enough so it snapped a section out of the middle.
Rich,
How would you go removing centre bits with a dremel type tool, rather than trying to snap off with cutters?
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9 hours ago, The Fatadder said:
Had a very good day at Taunton today running trains on Clive Mortimer’s Pig Lane. I have come away with a couple of the late BGman’s projects to finish off for Brent. With an almost finished park side Beetle and horse box, a Cambrian bogie loco coal wagon all of which just need minor details adding and paint.
more involved is this GWR dynamometer car which he had scratch built using the silhouette cutter. A couple of window bars need to be repaired, more tricky is that the sides have bowed out. I think I have a solution, forming a frame out of two lengths of 2mm square brass with cross pieces soldered between them. Then supergluing the sides to it holding everything nice and square. I haven’t much experience with plasticard coach sides, so I hope this should be a viable solution. Once finished it should make for a brilliant memory of a great modeller.
I would have thought using platicard to bring the sides in would have been a better option myself!
Khris
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10 hours ago, Miss Prism said:
I couldn't find any chisel blades that fit our normal handles.
Apologies Miss Prism,
I used the word scalpel loosely. You are right it is for a knife.
None the less I hope the idea was useful. They are handy for all sorts of fiddly jobs that the scalpel is overkill for.
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1 hour ago, Miss Prism said:
I couldn't find any. Got a reference?
Hi Miss Prism,
No longer listed I see. They were available singly.
They are a Swann Morton blade and if you google:The sixth row down you should see them.
When I got them they were not expensive and they are very handy to have.
I'll have a look tomorrow to see if I have kept the ebay details with sellers name.Khris
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Just a bit of FYI in case you don't know. There are 1mm and 1.5 mm scalpel blades available on ebay.
That is what I used to remove the pipework and did very little damage.
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On 04/05/2020 at 07:01, detheridge said:
Ah - thanks 21C1! I knew that sort of technique was used somewhere. I'm thinking of using it on stone walls. Anyone who's seen Welsh n.g. stone buildings will know that they're anything but smooth. Yes, I know there are superb stone walls with full relief available in Platicard, but I wondered whether it was possible with card and 'old skool' modelling techniques.
David.
A bit late but have you considered printing on watercolour paper.
The texture is ideal for stone.
Just a thought!
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Maybe cheaper to buy second hand one just for spare parts!
Khris
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12 hours ago, Quarryscapes said:
Two or three people , even four to share the cost and it is a good deal!
Surprised there is not more of this happening with modellers to help keep costs down!Khris
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Hi all,
Does anyone know where to source these....book/other
TIA
Khris
Blacksmith Models
in Smaller Suppliers
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Try GWR Modellers on FB....he is one of the owners/mods there!