RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, David jennings said: Your weathering is amazing. Is there anywhere in RMWeb where you give mere mortals some hints and tips ? If not, any chance you could ? Please ?! Hi David. Thank you for your kind words. Have a look here.....I'm a bit rubbish at regular updates but you may well get the gist. Feel free to PM me and ask away. I don't do anything special really. I just tinker away until it looks about right really. Cheers, Rob Edited April 25, 2020 by NHY 581 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack Benson Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 15/01/2020 at 18:39, Jack Benson said: Hi and thanks for this information, an order for 2,5mm plates will be placed asap. We have to create 'Bristol' works No1638, seen here crossing Britannia Road (the concrete gateposts still exist) and crossing Belvidere Road This is the work of Colin Boocock from the late 40s. Our starting point is the Peckett No 850, the only major surgery is to replace the dome with a pair of ross pop valves in a modified dome from DMR models for the J37, and to hit wooden buffers BUT our only query is the colour of Bristol in its latter years - presumably a filthy dark green? btw, many of the images of George Jennings were taken from the collection of Leonard Hale Cheers JB This is the outcome, the plates are still in the packet. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted April 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 26/04/2020 at 10:53, David jennings said: Rob very much appreciated. Will have a browse and pm if I’m being dim and don’t get something. Dave Not a problem, Dave. Happy to help if I can. Cheers, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckett 560 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Hi all, I am a young modeller and new to this forum. I have got two Pecketts W4 from Hornby and simply removed the NEM coupling and clipped a three link chain onto the original hook moulded to the model. The chain is a mix of Cumbria and Smiths loops. It works fine and without problems. Regards Peckett 560 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2020 'Brynllefrith' of the Vale of Radnor Light Railway, at Bethesda yard with a short working for the light railway. Nameplates by Narrow Planet. Apart from those, it's just had three-link couplings added and some weathering. 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Peckett 560 said: Hi all, I am a young modeller and new to this forum. I have got two Pecketts W4 from Hornby and simply removed the NEM coupling and clipped a three link chain onto the original hook moulded to the model. The chain is a mix of Cumbria and Smiths loops. It works fine and without problems. Regards Peckett 560 Welcome to the forum - especially the Industrial section where all the best young modellers hang out Well, young at heart anyway! Soon to be popping off to the Ruston Engineering and Distressing Co.'s works to collect my Peckett body. At some time in the near future it may well find itself chuffing along on a Gordon A. chassis. Edited June 15, 2020 by 5050 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 Don't get too excited, it's not half as nice as the Capn's weathering job, above. It almost makes me want to go out and buy another Peckett. As it happens, I'm contemplating a double Peckett bash. I reckon that the tank/boiler on a B2 0-6-0ST is about the same length as that on a W6 0-4-0ST. The W6 and W4 share the same wheelbase and diameter, so it's not beyond the wit of man to join the two together and with a little scratchbuilding, or 3D-printing, a W6 Frankenpeckett could emerge. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Ruston said: Don't get too excited, it's not half as nice as the Capn's weathering job, above. Oh yes it is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I'm no expert in the different classes like you, but a quick look at these drawings freely available on the interweb suggest you are right - the top one is a W6 I think?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 27 minutes ago, Barclay said: I'm no expert in the different classes like you, but a quick look at these drawings freely available on the interweb suggest you are right - the top one is a W6 I think?? Have you got any larger versions? Could you send my PM, please? Or by a link here, if they are viewable on someone's website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Yes freely available on the martynbane website. I printed it off a while back as I quite fancy a W6.... Hope this works I'm rubbish at links and stuff http://martynbane.co.uk/peckett/drawings/drawings.html Edit - yes it does work. Click on each drawing on the website for a really detailed view! Edited June 15, 2020 by Barclay 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 Thanks. The 0-6-0 is a B3 in the drawing. I don't know how that compares to a B2 in terms of size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium maridunian Posted July 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2020 Hi - have a look at If you overlay this E drawing over Martyn Baines' W6 (I have), you'll see the only substantive differences are the smokebox front plate, wheelbase and wheel diameter. Good luck with this ingenious project which I look forward to hearing more about! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 15/06/2020 at 11:49, Captain Kernow said: 'Brynllefrith' of the Vale of Radnor Light Railway, at Bethesda yard with a short working for the light railway. Nameplates by Narrow Planet. Apart from those, it's just had three-link couplings added and some weathering. @Captain Kernow, if you’d be so kind, how did you remove the 74 off the cab side please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted July 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, 1722 said: @Captain Kernow, if you’d be so kind, how did you remove the 74 off the cab side please? Hi, I just rubbed it gently but persistently with a series of cotton buds, dampened with enamel thinners (or Ronsonol lighter fluid, in fact). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 22 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: Hi, I just rubbed it gently but persistently with a series of cotton buds, dampened with enamel thinners (or Ronsonol lighter fluid, in fact). Thank you. Much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Middlepeak Posted July 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2020 Appearing elsewhere on this site in my Friden thread, a recently completed Peckett in P4 with Ultrascale tyres fitted to turned down Hornby wheels, new brass whistle and safety valves, new lettering for the Derbyshire Silica Firebrick Company and crew by Modelu. A little bit of 'might have been' for my layout, but a project that's really restored my faith in converting off the shelf steam locos to P4. Regards, Geraint 22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR71 Posted August 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2020 Still a work in progress but I'm having a go at lining before weathering... How much weathering will depend on how well the lining goes. Very pleased so far for first attempt in many years. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 This is my favourite engine right now. 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted August 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) A final couple of views of my two . I have a third but I'm yet to tinker with it. For little engines they do present quite a presence. Rob. Edited August 26, 2020 by NHY 581 Got over excited and forgot to add images.... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 My tuppence-ha'penny worth...... My B4, lightly rubbed, polished and weathered etc., and then it's stable mate, slightly less well cared for. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matador Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 On 04/01/2017 at 14:00, davknigh said: A suggestion for those who use tension link couplings. Have a look and see if you have some spare NEM wagon couplings from Bachmann stock. These are shorter and with the hook removed are very unobtrusive. Cheers, David Would you have the Bachmann number for these being in the US not sure what to order. David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Matador said: Would you have the Bachmann number for these being in the US not sure what to order. David. Sorry, I don’t know the number. I don’t actually use tension lock myself but the ones from wagons are that bit smaller as to be less obvious than the size which is normally attached to locos. Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Someone liked my dropped footplate Peckett so much that he wanted one himself, so I took his loco and rebuilt, painted and weathered it for him. 15 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ruston Posted December 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 This one is the latest addition to my own fleet. It started off just as the one above did; the PLA-liveried version. I fitted the Pi cab kit and frame extension. The buffers are based on a those fitted to some Pecketts and were milled from brass. They add 16g to the total weight! Weathering next but I won't be able to use it until the New Year, when I can afford a sound decoder and speaker for it. 17 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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