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[RThompson]

Hello,

 

I have finally finished my 4mm scale Backwards Minuatures Beyer Garratt.

 

The kit has been a bit of a pain to build and have put it off over the years and the footplate along with the buffer centre line being too narrow.

 

Anyway, I've forced myself to finish before starting anything else and have built it to as close to Sneyd Colliery's example and will be such named.

 

I will be priming it tonight.

 

I have also purchased a Oxford Road Janus recently, not a loco I ever wanted but thought why not.

 

The buffers have been replaced with RT Models Yorkshire engine oval loco buffers and the hole on the bufferbeam filled in,

 

[RThompson]

Hello everyone,

 

the Garratt is now finally finished and will be weathered shortly to be as close as it was late in life at Sneyd Colliery. The nameplates supplied in the kit appear to be too long to me so will get some custom made at some point.

 

 

 

[RThompson]

It's been 3 years since I last updated this. I have been doing model making since then but admittedly not a lot, mostly plastic wagon kits when working away, usually sat on one of my buses when on standby at a railway station.

 

This week with a itch to build a layout in 009 gauge, I wanted to crack on with something simple that would be perfect for it.

 

When it was announced Small Run Batch / Meridian Models announced they would be producing a batch of kits of the 4mm scale, 009 gauge Baldwin 50hp Gas Mechanical, I wanted one as it's a prototype that has grown on me over the years.

 

So this is my latest build (not that I've had time to weald a soldering iron this year) of  Ffestiniog railway No:11 before the revitilised railway altered it to its current condition.

 

This is the result of about 15 hours work.

 

I actually built this without any instructions and modified it to have rocking beam compensation on the front axle. Runs beautifully and was a joy to build.

 

Only problem I found was the cast cab roof which was very detailed did not fit on as per the prototype so made my own brass sheet which will have lead added underneath and pressed the rivets out.

 

 

[RThompson]

My 4mm scale, 009 gauge Ffestiniog railway No:11 Baldwin now painted and weathered, seen hauling a appropriate rake of wagons.

 

 

[RThompson]

So for something completely different.

 

In 4mm scale, 00 gauge I built a Mallard Models kit of a North London railway 0-6-0T.

 

This has fitted a high level gearbox and coreless motor.

 

The standard romford wheels that came with the kit dictated which of the final 2 that operated from Devons road in London I could model.

 

Plenty of scratch built and alterted parts from the kit.

 

I do need to scratch build a set of brakes for it though at some point.

 

Edited Monday at 01:05 by RThompson

[RThompson]

 

The finished North London tank and weathered going off the only colour photo I found of the loco, not like its clean sister used on a railtour.

 

Also the opportunity came to apply transfers to the Dapol pug which I compensated the original chassis and replaced the original dumb buffers with larger ones as per the real loco as they did vary. Also the smokebox door was reshaped as it wasnt quite right in profile just like with the North london tank.

 

Unusually this gives me 2x Devons road locomotives for someone who usually models the southern but then I do a mix of bits anyway!

Edited Monday at 11:12 by RThompson

[RThompson]

 

And now for something different and in another country! 

A dundas models kit of Ffestiniog railway Van 2/Coach 10 which has been sat around built, but unpainted for well over a decade.

 

Was built to run with a backwoods minatures double fairlie kit which in itself is half built.

 

So after lots of research, this is my interpretation of the yellow livery it carried at one point in the colourful era before Colonel Stephens arrived.

 

The yellow is BR cream as I found various proper yellows didn't look right and the brown, southern goods brown, both brushed by hand.

Edited Tuesday at 10:03 by RThompson