class"66" Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Nice pictures Marcus!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Messing about with ' tractors ' again.....should be a farmer really ! I was bored the plain vanilla Dutch 37 so I made this amendment. There's something a bit wrong with the big T though....it's about a mm too high looking at the pics of the real one. It's rather strange - the T of the big T should rest on the yellow/ grey divide, but that would push the red stripes a tad low. I think there may be something amiss with the tumble home . Anyway I'll change it as it's more noticeable like this. Also gives me something to run timber trains - as this is ' jock mctractor ', it did get to St blazey, didcot and bescot as well though so fits the criteria 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Very nice!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Always nice to have "dutch" transrail 37 my mate.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Rob. . . . a bit of Military Mk2 Cavalier action. . . . . https://www.flickr.com/photos/johndedman/25711995820/in/dateposted/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Are you sure they're not Mk 4 Cortinas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Are you sure they're not Mk 4 Cortinas? Definitely Cavaliers. . . . it's what the RAF Station Commanders used to drive. MOD discount for Vauxhall products; most of the 'normal' vehicles were horrid Astra Diesel estates. . . . press the accelerator wait 5 seconds and off you go :-). . . . . . :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Are you sure they're not Mk 4 Cortinas? Definitely Cavaliers. . . Are you sure you're sure? They still look like Cortinas even after zooming in on the biggest available image and squinting a bit! Cortinas, Cavaliers, Robin Reliants, whatever... nice shot though. Edited April 23, 2016 by Pete 75C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Are you sure you're sure? They still look like Cortinas even after zooming in on the biggest available image and squinting a bit! Cortinas, Cavaliers, Robin Reliants, whatever... nice shot though. As sure as I can be Pete. I saluted enough of them Green Cavaliers with pennants on when in RAFG :-) Never saw a Staff Cortina (joined in 87). Metros were common for Junior staff and hated driving them when Duty Officer :-) Vauxhall cars were common as staff vehicles late 80's and into the 90's. The Mk 2 Cavalier was 81-88 and the Mk 4 Cortina was 76 - 81 and the Mk5 until 82. Taking into consideration that the photo is taken in 84 and the cars are new I'm 100 % confident that they are Cavaliers; Also the boot rakes downward - Cortina was flat. Also train has aircraft tug on it - yellow thing. All Rob needs is for Oxford to add the Cavalier to it's military range. Now off to find some more MOD trains and drink in the nostalgia. Thanks all Edited April 23, 2016 by Melly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard60098 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Messing about with ' tractors ' again.....should be a farmer really ! I was bored the plain vanilla Dutch 37 so I made this amendment. image.jpeg There's something a bit wrong with the big T though....it's about a mm too high looking at the pics of the real one. It's rather strange - the T of the big T should rest on the yellow/ grey divide, but that would push the red stripes a tad low. I think there may be something amiss with the tumble home . Anyway I'll change it as it's more noticeable like this. Also gives me something to run timber trains - as this is ' jock mctractor ', it did get to St blazey, didcot and bescot as well though so fits the criteria Great looking setup good to see nice 90's era been modelled too! On the big T who's is it? As Precision Decals http://www.precisionlabels.com/d94.html does a perfect example and it looks really smart on, he does the different sized lettering too for different class's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiket4 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Yep Cavalier MK2 and Sherpa vans 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Yep, they are cavaliers - my dad had a black cavalier around then - had to pay extra for the colour ! The big T is from Fox. I've refitted another one in the right spot now. I've also taken delivery of red BS decals so I have enough to finish sister Dora now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Looking forward to more 37 pictures... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Well it's my birthday, and I've taken delivery of a number of modelling items. I asked the wife for one of those cheap airbrush deals and have got he AS18 with 2 airbrushes Also got some other stuff - The most holy sister is almost done. Cantrail is all on, plates going on, just leaves replacing the aerials that got knocked off and this will have the chassis from 37043, assuming 043 will fit on another. My mum got me these 2 timber wagons - these fit in with several themes and were in fact seen through the didcot area on their way from Eastleigh to Carlisle and chirk in the period. As I've now got 043 and 116, and some timber wagons, I'm feeling the next plank may have a Scottish flavour. Edited April 27, 2016 by rob D2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Happy birthday Rob. Let us know how you get on with the airbrush. I need to "dip a toe" in that direction soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted April 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Happy birthday Rob your model of 37116 is looking the dog danglies. I've been tempted to do a model of it as I remember it in that condition from my time when I was based at Carlisle. Cheers Colin Edited April 27, 2016 by CovDriver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Thanks guys, I'm kinda happy with it although there has been more compromises than I thought taking a standard blue 37. It's cost about £35 to get its here. It's now had two coats of dullcote, which has made the blue very flat, flatter than in fact it was on the original which was close to the Bachmann blue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Happy Birthday. Some nice presents there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Many Happy Returns for yesterday Rob. Nice collection of presents you have there. 116 looks superb mate. Don't worry, by the time we got our hands on 116 the blue was a whole lot flatter than yours after standing for a couple of years in Eastleigh yard!! Looks spot on to me for her last year in service. Top work mate. Looking forward to seeing a nice 37 hauled timber train. Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Many Happy Returns for yesterday Rob. Nice collection of presents you have there. 116 looks superb mate. Don't worry, by the time we got our hands on 116 the blue was a whole lot flatter than yours after standing for a couple of years in Eastleigh yard!! Looks spot on to me for her last year in service. Top work mate. Looking forward to seeing a nice 37 hauled timber train. Cheers Marcus Thanks Marcus - it's annoying as the blue was perfect and like you saying looks like 2000s when it's supposed to look 1998..... Ah well Anyway it's almost done now. Replaced oval buffers with round Heljan ones.they will need more glue I think. Aerials from brushes are too flimsy as you can see will replace those with 0.5mm wire I think - not as fine but more robust. Will also weather it at some point and work out why the lights don't work.... Here are the last images I'll post of this conversion as I'm sure everyone's had enough ! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Rob. . . . a bit of Military Mk2 Cavalier action. . . . . https://www.flickr.com/photos/johndedman/25711995820/in/dateposted/ The wagons are interesting; they're Freightliner flats which BR modified with a deck to carry road vehicles. The only other photos I've seen of them have been on new commercial vehicle traffic from Luton and Bathgate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Luv your Transrail blue 37 Rob done fab job there my mate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 So we lay some more water in the lake, remembered to make some barriers this time with foam board and maskol. Will be investing in some birds and canoes next, which from Noch and preiser are realistically priced to make you think you are getting full size ones. Scale conundrum - OO gauge golf with HO gauge Volvo. Is it really that much bigger ? And Bachmann man , what is he HO or OO ? Who knows... Tried super strip for the first time on this, worked quite well, this is to become 37516 and will be the first big airbrush project in the summer Still enjoying playing trains, managed to do the numbers and decals on the other side of 37043,but it's being in the fiddle yard, so here's a random picture of the first side. Needs a spray of varnish next. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Looking great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) I do wonder if the figures are H0 ??? Bachmann sell many of the same figures in the US under H0. I just received a pack from the UK and will have a pack arriving from my local dealer this week so we shall see. Edited May 9, 2016 by thebritfarmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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