RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 8, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2020 Some of those I made from Talyllyn bits are shorter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 There has to be enough length for the door to slide fully open, which is why those Midland vans are asymmetrical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 Well spotted Stephen, that's why I've extended the door runners right to the end of the body. Actually I replaced them with microstrip as that looked better. Basic assembly is now complete. 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2020 I've been painting. After glazing I added the cross bracing piece at the top of the sides, adding strength to the body. The roof will eventually be held on with mini magnets. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 26, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2020 The original kit roof was shortened, microrod rainstrips added and a brass tube chimney. Here are some photos of the finished model, along with a non-shortened one. 13 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2020 Minitrains Henschel Riesa loco My latest purchase is the new one from Minitrains. In terms of scale it's the usual Minitrains vagueness of not quite being HO or OO. Most importantly for us the cab height makes it compatiblewith OO9 as this photo shows. It's a nice model but by no means perfect. One issue I found was a complete lack of support for the rear of the cab, it's a all a bit wobbly back there. The cab on mine wasn't particularly well secured to the footplate either. To fix this I made an insert to sit between the cab floor and chassis, from a 3mm wide strip of 1mm plastic card. This was glued under the cab. I also modified the rear coupling to raise it to the correct height. As the side tanks were hollow I filled them with lead. This extra weight is above or ahead of the rear wheels. Lots more to come... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 11, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2020 The original idea was just to repaint the boiler to match the rest of the loco, but as usual things went a bit further. The boiler is mostly held down by the plastic clip underneath, the screw at the front doesn't do much. I wasn't happy with the dome and having studied lots of photos I concluded it was only correct for the 'Greif' loco on the Schlossgartenbahn So I modified it to look like a normal dome, with plenty of filler around the base. I also tidied up the join around the sandbox. Some time later here it is painted. The boiler bands were made up from Microscale decal strips. The black could have done with being slightly wider, the white will be toned down with some weathering. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 Boiler refitted to chassis and plumbing fitted, plus some extras. I've added sand pipes for the rear wheels, and feed pipes from the injectors to the clack valves. The headlamp, which I'd knocked off, has been replaced with a lamp iron made from a piece of a staple. Some holes have been drilled for more bits which will be fitted after the cab. 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangoOscarMike Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 13:13, Nile said: This picture interests me. I've been using my Parkside coach kits as a size reference for my tentative plans, but with a strong suspicion that they're a bit on the small side. I've just acquired one of these Peco brake coaches (a green one with buffers), and indeed it makes the Parkside coach look rather titchy. Not necessarily out-of-scale, but definitely a bit cramped for the poor passengers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2020 It could be because of a lower ride height of some stock, like underground tube stock. With some coaches the tops of the wheels are above the floor. The new Peco FR bug boxes are only about 2/3 the height of a GVT coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, TangoOscarMike said: I've been using my Parkside coach kits as a size reference for my tentative plans, but with a strong suspicion that they're a bit on the small side. I've just acquired one of these Peco brake coaches (a green one with buffers), and indeed it makes the Parkside coach look rather titchy. Not necessarily out-of-scale, but definitely a bit cramped for the poor passengers. Which kits are these? If it's the DM59/61/64/69 ones then those are doubly small in the compartments. The prototypical one is DM59, which is FR van 2/carriage 10 which started out as a luggage van. As such the floor was higher than the typical FR bogie coach but, because it still had to go through the original Moelwyn tunnel, the roof was no higher, resulting in very cramped compartments. The other three kits were spun off that. I have used a combination of DM64 & 69 sides to make an H0-9 (yes, 3.5mm, not 4mm scale) bogie coach and even then I extended the sides down by smoothing the solebar section into the sides and adding a new solebar below: The Dundas DM10A VoR coach is much more a 'normal' size 009 coach as the VoR didn't have a particularly restricted loading gauge. The FR rolling stock was very much limited by its horse drawn origins. Their modern stock is less stunted because they built the new Moelwyn tunnel bigger. Ironically the 'Bug boxes' give much more headroom inside because of their very low floors. Indeed they almost appear to have no underframe at all! Edited October 13, 2020 by BernardTPM 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) The DM17 VoR Brake sides can be combined with the DM10A to make a freelance compartment brake. Edited October 12, 2020 by BernardTPM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsheldrake Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 17 hours ago, Nile said: Boiler refitted to chassis and plumbing fitted, plus some extras. I've added sand pipes for the rear wheels, and feed pipes from the injectors to the clack valves. The headlamp, which I'd knocked off, has been replaced with a lamp iron made from a piece of a staple. Some holes have been drilled for more bits which will be fitted after the cab. Looking good! What paints do you use Neil, as I love the look of the models? Cant wait to see the finished product Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks William, in this case I used Revell Dark Green acrylic (363). I t was the closest I could find to the rest of the loco. Humbrol acrylics also get a look in at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangoOscarMike Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I've put a coach-size-comparison picture in my own thread, so as to provide a coherent narrative for future archaeologists. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 14, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2020 I painted the cab interior, light grey upper and black lower, and glazed the windows. This cab is quite spacious as there is room at the back for figures without resorting to major surgery. I used some ex-Airfix figures to avoid moving the CofG too far back. With the cab refitted I was able to add some control linkages to the sandbox and the regulator on top of the steam dome. The new whistle is a GW one from Branchlines. The air tanks under the cab had to go, only the 'Greif' loco has them. I made some foot steps from brass strip to go there instead. 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted October 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2020 Lovely work Nile, a very attractive little loco. As for that Airfix figure, couldn't he have waited? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 18, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2020 Final detailing done. I made a new rear buffer beam from plastic card and painted it and the front red. Romford vacuum pipes added and a rear lamp iron. On the top of the steam dome I've used some brass rod to represent the tops of the safety valves. This is a post war preservation era loco and will probably get a name eventually. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Nile Posted January 15, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Happy New Year everyone, and now for some modelling. Many years ago I made this standard gauge coal wagon, with its door open and small amount of coal inside. I recently set about replicating it in narrow gauge form, to be planted at the end of a siding being unloaded. I used a Colin Ashby/009 Society kit as I had one and thought it would be easier to modify than a Peco wagon. I cut the side door from one side and assembled the kit. On the other side I've modelled the brake gear 'applied', with the lever down. The couplings are dumb buffers without the hooks, so that nothing will couple to them, using parts from another kit. Painting was completed before gluing the door on. Some real coal was broken up and added around the sides, glued in with PVA. A view of the other side after painting and weathering. Edited January 15, 2021 by Nile PVA 17 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2021 I've been thinking about wagons caught with their doors down. In this most recent case, you've apparently used the door you've cut out of the side, which implies the use of a very fine razor saw or similar. My thinking was that as one would only see the inside of the door, one could roughly cut the door out of the side and then get a neat finish to the edges, making a new door from scratch. Next up, a wagon with its bottom doors down... ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted January 30, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2021 More modelling... I found some Dundas slate wagon kits in a box, so set about making a small train. I've added lead as I don't have any matching loads to give them weight. They will run as a fixed rake, linked by Peco close couplings. Painted and weathered, no exciting colours here, just grey. The finished rake. 17 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2021 It’s amazing what a difference the coloured buffer beams make on the loco, it just looks more British as soon as you add them! Looks great in either format but a nice comparison. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted May 23, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2021 Not much happening 009 wise as I have plenty of stock for my various railways. So I've turned my attention to some O scale kits that Matt Chivers has recently re-introduced as FIVE79 , both British and American. First up are some British 0-16.5 kits. The van hasn't been re-released yet, it's an old model I bought second hand. As the doors are separate parts I've modelled one of them open for a bit of variety. American On30 kits, a side dump ore car and a gondola, both 14ft long. The ore car has an interesting interior. The new kits don't come with wheels or bearings, so they have to be sourced. This can be awkward as they were designed to use 24.5mm long axles. On the O-16.5 kits I've used Dapol OO wheels as they are cheap, available and non-magnetic. The solebars need to be moved out by 0.75mm each side, I used 30thou microstrip as spacers. For the On30 kits I've used 11.5mm wheels from Peters Spares as these have the correct axle length. As they are larger than those originally used notches need to filed in some parts for the flanges. These are solid brass so add some weight to the model. 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Does anyone know what make the wheels formally supplied were? I have used them in other models and they give usefull low-down weight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 11, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2021 Not having any real need for more 009 stock doesn't stop me tinkering with it. One thing I've wanted to try was reducing the height of the Chivers Innisfail Tramway coach, which looked a bit tall to me compared to my other stock. This turned out fairly easy to do as there is a raised section at the top that can be removed by running a blade along its edge as a guide. This leaves a door 5'6" high. Some comparison photos with one I built earlier. Now painted. The brake pipes came from Peco wagon. I happened to have a Peco GVT brake van in plain red livery, so I tried painting it in a matching livery (Humbrol 62 and Railmatch BR crimson if you must know). 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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