Wild Boar Fell Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 I hope everyone is doing well. A little bit of progress on the 37 front, 37896 has now been virtually completed with the numbers added along with the glazing. The loco has also now been mounted on a DRS 37/4 chassis and then weathered based on photos. My Bachmann 37706 'Conidea' has now been renumbered, I had found 706 was in EW&S colours during the era of WBQ so a suitable alternative had to be found. Therefore petroleum sector emblems were replaced with the Mainline logo and the loco became 37709. This one seems to have lasted a bit longer in service than some of the others, seeing out its days as a sandite loco. Not one to normally attempt weathering locos myself, this was a bit of a leap of faith using Revell powders and the new Humbrol washes. I am however reasonably pleased with the results, although they are no James Makin standard by any means. I do at some point want to add the rust spots to 709 where the double arrows and depot plate previously were. Hopefully some photos of slightly cleaner HSTs to follow... Wild Boar Fell 15 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Wild Boar Fell said: I hope everyone is doing well. A little bit of progress on the 37 front, 37896 has now been virtually completed with the numbers added along with the glazing. The loco has also now been mounted on a DRS 37/4 chassis and then weathered based on photos. My Bachmann 37706 'Conidea' has now been renumbered, I had found 706 was in EW&S colours during the era of WBQ so a suitable alternative had to be found. Therefore petroleum sector emblems were replaced with the Mainline logo and the loco became 37709. This one seems to have lasted a bit longer in service than some of the others, seeing out its days as a sandite loco. Not one to normally attempt weathering locos myself, this was a bit of a leap of faith using Revell powders and the new Humbrol washes. I am however reasonably pleased with the results, although they are no James Makin standard by any means. I do at some point want to add the rust spots to 709 where the double arrows and depot plate previously were. Hopefully some photos of slightly cleaner HSTs to follow... Wild Boar Fell Great job on those 37 my frend 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Rowe 37419 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 The 37's both look great. I think both lasted until 2004 on RHTT. Impressed with the 709. Looking at a 706 currently to be renumbered and you may have swung me with that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted November 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2020 Looking very nice, got to love a retro grey 37! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Thanks folks, yes the triple grey is definitely growing on me as one of my favourites. Still think EWS is my favourite on a 37, probably from seeing them a Fort William on holiday many moons ago. Hoping I haven't mucked these up as badly as the Dyson that is now in need of a repaint. Some more 37s to show. 689 needs its glazing, 046 needs the headlamp drilling out and 429 needs some lamp irons. I'll show the HSTs at some point honest! Wild Boar Fell 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 As mentioned, some work has also been going on with the HST fleet, to try and give a bit of variety a few have been renumbered/ re-named. To give the impression of a bigger fleet, 3 power cars have different identities on each side. There were chosen to be a mix of named and unnamed examples. They have all been given a light weathering, as the photos from the era mostly showed these to be relatively clean. 43155 City of Aberdeen has been given the earlier XC branding, based on a photo of the prototype at WBQ on Flickr. All others have the more familiar revised livery. Namers are: 43153 The English Riviera 43155 City of Aberdeen 43180 City of Newcastle Upon Tyne 43196 The Newspaper Society Founded 1836 (As per the Hornby release but with Fox plates added) 43080 shown previously (Very old photo) is being converted into a buffer fitted power car, but needs the extra van area windows adding. Can't imagine I'll be seeing many more passenger HSTs on my way into work when normality returns, although looks like there will still be a few VP185s keeping the 37s and MTUs company for the yellow fleet. Wild Boar Fell 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) Looks like Bank Quay's fleet of Test Cars is set to increase with the latest 2 donor vehicles. One will be a simultaneous build with DCP who will also be building its current form. The other was a regular visitor to Bank Quay. The question is, which are they? Edited December 21, 2020 by Wild Boar Fell 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Wild Boar Fell said: The question is, which are they? Serco? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 10 hours ago, Railfreight1998 said: Serco? One will be, Test Car 2 will be in the Serco red and grey colours that it carried until the impressive restoration by the Quorn Wagon Group last year (?). My understanding is that TC2 regularly came upto Bank Quay when undertaking slip testing. The dual era build will be of Test Car 3 MENTOR (Mobile Electrical Network Testing, Observation & Recording), mainly because I've seen it in the yard plenty of times and it looks an interesting (read difficult) challenge. My MENTOR will go into Railtrack yellow as Railtec fortunately do transfers for this livery. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 Hopefully I'll post a summary in the next few days, but just wanted to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Peaceful 2021. Matthew 9 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 More lovely locos here Matthew 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Not a proper update, but '412 is currently in for weathering. The loco still needs new plates, lamp irons and warning flashes, but rather please with how it has turned out so far. The weathering is based on photos of the loco from 1999/2000. Horrible close ups... Wild Boar Fell 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Great weathering there! Really captures it well. Run down without over weathering. The rust and scuff marks are especially impressive. All the best Dave 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wild Boar Fell Posted February 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 Apologies for the lack of updates recently, I hope everyone is well. I decided to take a break from the projects I was working on after losing motivation on them. I'll get back to them, but in the meantime I've been trying to get the hang of a different 3D printer. In order to do something vaguely useful for Bank Quay, I've had a go at printing some Tope hoppers. Being vacuum braked these were pretty much culled during the layout's era. I believe until a few years ago the final wagon survived in an overgrown siding (Bolton way?). I've still got a lot of work to do on them, most noticeably buffers and the loading guards. There are also a few more wagons to get to this point. After that I think it'll be a few Rudds to go in the air braked rake. These will all be treated to a ballast or spoil load at some point. The latest job is fitting some 156 detailing parts to a Hornby model, the parts being from 'Midland Valenta' on Ebay (no connection). This example is set to become a First North Western unit. This will require the yellow end to be extended and the First blue to be carried onto the solebar. Unsure yet whether to keep this unit as a 'dummy' or to fit a spare motor bogie. I will need to make an NRN pod for each roof and if I remember to, TCAs. Fortunately I believe the layout pre-dates the fitting of sanders, so that is one less thing to sort. Then its a case of repeating it all for the second vehicle. Wild Boar Fell 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Apologies for hijacking this thread, but I came across this odd picture on Flickr of a lorry parked on one of the access tracks to the Lever Bros factory! By KDH Archive 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackB95 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Are there any updates @Wild Boar Fell? Remembered about this layout yesterday and was hoping to see some updates, but guess things are busy at your end with life. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 On 01/11/2022 at 08:26, JackB95 said: Are there any updates @Wild Boar Fell? Remembered about this layout yesterday and was hoping to see some updates, but guess things are busy at your end with life. Cheers Jack, unfortunately not much has changed with the layout, it is currently packed away having recently moved counties. Hopefully the layout is still mostly intact. I did recently have chance to help operate one of the Warrington club's layouts at their exhibition so a few items from my fleet got a shakedown then. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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