RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 While I was at it I completed the last of my stash of wagon kits, another Cambrian SR 5 plank open (as built the other week by Robin of ANTB fame, coincidentally). I hadn't realised I'd bought two of these. But you can never have too many open wagons I guess. After weathering this one will get a tarpaulin, like so: I've still got a couple of old Trix 'Ocean' wagon bodies and two Cambrian 9ft wb RCH underframe kits to put under them, but they can wait. 2020 is supposed to be the year of the coach here at Stoke Courtenay. So I've told myself no more wagons until the OR ex-GER van appears. John C. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Very good recycling work. Still in mink condition! Edit: this applies to the vans, but another post appeared in the meantime. Ruins the joke a bit Sorry. I'll get my coat.... Edited February 26, 2020 by Ramblin Rich updated 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 2 hours ago, checkrail said: While I was at it I completed the last of my stash of wagon kits, another Cambrian SR 5 plank open (as built the other week by Robin of ANTB fame, coincidentally). I hadn't realised I'd bought two of these. But you can never have too many open wagons I guess. I blame you John for me with [ @toboldlygo] doing one of these Aitkin wagons too. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, gwrrob said: I blame you John for me with [ @toboldlygo] doing one of these Aitkin wagons too. I'm just @gwrrob's accomplice 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 Snap! (But don't forget the black ironwork on the wooden solebars.) John C. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 Mine is the Bachmann version and the iron work isn’t so pronounced. Any old excuse! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2020 12 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Mine is the Bachmann version and the iron work isn’t so pronounced. Any old excuse! Was only teasing! And if a coat of paint covers a multitude of sins then a coat of filth, soot, muck etc. covers solebars of any colour. Mine looks a little too clean come to think of it. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 26/02/2020 at 14:30, checkrail said: After weathering this one will get a tarpaulin, like so: Is that tarp from the Roger Smith range John ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted March 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 4 hours ago, gwrrob said: Is that tarp from the Roger Smith range John ? It is indeed Robin. After the wagon's been weathered a bit the tarp will go back on - straight this time. Never sure with these whether to bother with representations of ropes etc. I don't see this type of detail at normal viewing distance. It also gives me the option of taking the tarps off or putting them back as desired. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 Hope we're all keeping safe & well. Been a while since I posted from Stoke Courtenay, so here's the beginning of a game of two kings as Henry V sweeps through with an up express. John C. 36 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 I'd been thinking for a while that 6019 was just a tiny bit over-weathered for my taste. It needed a bit of TLC too to fix a dodgy inside cylinder cover, a mis-aligned buffer beam digit and a wonky lamp. All since done, but I still a hankered after a rather more pristine King for the down Penzance. So here's Henry V again just before it meets the new King on the block. John C. 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 6019 meets sister engine (or should that be brother?) 6027 'King Richard I'. As I'd had a DJ Models King on order before the project's demise it was easy to persuade myself that I'd always intended to have two! John C. 35 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulwell Hall Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Very lovely indeed. You've been missed and it's great to see you back. Gerry 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Hope you and your's are ok? I'm trying to persuade myself that I need a second King. Currently, as I'm modelling 1960/2 the plan is to have a King one way and a D6xx Warship the other! Need to work up a good story so SWMBO doesn't disapprove? Meanwhile, unfortunately, in the real world, and today, the figures don't get any better. Jjust got my fingers crossed today is a blip, otherwise we will all get a three line whip confined to barracks, with just a weekly shopping trip! Glad I don't have a dog, keeping them exercised must be a nightmare with the current restrictions never mind if they get tighter!! I guess we all must try to look on the bright side? Keep smiling and stay safe Cheers Paul. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Bulwell Hall said: You've been missed and it's great to see you back. Thanks Gerry - much appreciated. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 Some more of King Richard I, which like my other King started life as a Hornby 'King Edward V' (still available at pretty reasonable prices). What I've been trying to do is to represent that sooty, oily sheen that even clean locos developed after the ex-works polish wore off. It's a look achieved beautifully by @toboldlygo of this parish so I thought I'd give it a try. Loco & tender chassis had their wheel rims painted black and were then airbrushed with a mix of Humbrol 33 & 34 with just a hint of gunmetal added. I masked the cylinder covers while doing this, then later toned the lining down with Vallejo black wash. Finally some of Lifecolor's dirty grease and oil effects were added to the moving parts of the motion. Loco & tender bodies were then airbrushed with a number of light coats of Vallejo satin varnish to which a little touch of Vallejo black was added. Final detailing included real coal, lamps & crew (both Modelu of course). Name & numberplates were from Modelmaster and buffer beam numbers from Fox. One thing this treatment does, I think, is to disguise that rather flat, pale shade of green that Hornby used for this model. John C. 26 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 Lovely scenes and it’s nice to get out to have a look. I’m intrigued to know how you close couple your leading coach to the loco tender. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 hours ago, checkrail said: Some more of King Richard I, which like my other King started life as a Hornby 'King Edward V' (still available at pretty reasonable prices). What I've been trying to do is to represent that sooty, oily sheen that even clean locos developed after the ex-works polish wore off. It's a look achieved beautifully by @toboldlygo of this parish so I thought I'd give it a try. Loco & tender chassis had their wheel rims painted black and were then airbrushed with a mix of Humbrol 33 & 34 with just a hint of gunmetal added. I masked the cylinder covers while doing this, then later toned the lining down with Vallejo black wash. Finally some of Lifecolor's dirty grease and oil effects were added to the moving parts of the motion. Loco & tender bodies were then airbrushed with a number of light coats of Vallejo satin varnish to which a little touch of Vallejo black was added. Final detailing included real coal, lamps & crew (both Modelu of course). Name & numberplates were from Modelmaster and buffer beam numbers from Fox. One thing this treatment does, I think, is to disguise that rather flat, pale shade of green that Hornby used for this model. John C. Who, me? 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 Hi John, It’s a lovely finish - nice to see a bit of shine on the loco like you see in the pre-war photos. Matt grime seems to be more a post-war thing. Has the nearside topfeed pipe popped out of its locating hole at the cab end? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 44 minutes ago, Harlequin said: Has the nearside topfeed pipe popped out of its locating hole at the cab end? Good gracious! So it had. Thanks for the alert. And now I know what that pipe is. Finally got it to behave only after snipping it short and gluing down - couldn't find a locating hole. I'd do better at this modelling malarkey if I could actually see. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Limpley Stoker said: I’m intrigued to know how you close couple your leading coach to the loco tender. No magic here - just Bachmann short t/l couplings made even shorter. I find that one can couple vehicles quite a bit closer than one thinks. As long as the coupling loop is in line with the buffer faces they're fine to go round the inside radius of Peco curved points in the fiddle yard. (IIRC I think that's about 2 ft radius?) When the buffers are sprung you can get them even closer. On the train we're looking at today the tender buffers are sprung but the ones on the Centenary van third are the original Airfix solid plastic items. 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 hours ago, checkrail said: Some more of King Richard I, which like my other King started life as a Hornby 'King Edward V' (still available at pretty reasonable prices). What I've been trying to do is to represent that sooty, oily sheen that even clean locos developed after the ex-works polish wore off. It's a look achieved beautifully by @toboldlygo of this parish so I thought I'd give it a try. Asking for a friend obviously John but where are they sourced at a reasonable price please. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 Final few of 6027 for now, heading west past the goods yard, while 5557 approaches with the Earlsbridge branch train. Of course, to get this last shot I had to lie on the roof of the leading carriage. John C. 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted April 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Asking for a friend obviously John but where are they sourced at a reasonable price please. Rails of Sheffield recently (at about 108 quid IIRC), but others on eBay in recent weeks at the £100 - £120 mark. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted April 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2020 mind your head on the bridge!!!! 1 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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