paulprice Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 This little lot arrived today, which will need to be run through the paint shop, at the very least to get a coat of weathering. I also got my hands on a Stove R which I have not photographed, and I have a bargain Jubilee yet to come in a terrible BR Green livery, so she needed rescuing When the Domestic Overlord finds out I;m dead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Well should I try to do a little lining? or find something else to do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atso Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Well should I try to do a little lining? or find something else to do? Lining!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Lining!!!!!! Do I have too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 This is why I have decided to give up lining for a while 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Will anything ever leave the WORKBENCH of DOOM or is it just going to slowly fill up to such an extent I will never get into the spare room again 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke123 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Hey, There's some great looking models there, i can barely paint walls never mind painting and lining a full loco fleet! How did you build your princess? I really want one for my N gauge layout but im not sure where to begin and what I can Frankenstein to create one (im still a noob!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 Hey, There's some great looking models there, i can barely paint walls never mind painting and lining a full loco fleet! How did you build your princess? I really want one for my N gauge layout but im not sure where to begin and what I can Frankenstein to create one (im still a noob!) Trust me when it comes to painting I can walk past B&Q and get covered in paint. I think I much prefer simple black freight engines, they are much easier to make, as for the Princess its a real miss-match of parts, if you accept a few compromises you can sort of cobble together something that looks like the prototype. I have never really been a fan of the Princess's so put off adding one to the fleet for a long time, but after I thought the older farish Std 4, 2-6-4T chassis was a good place to start it all sort of snowballed from there. Oh and an older farish Black 5 body is a good place to start believe it or not. The next job is to fit some parts to mount the chassis, and then work on the leading bogie and the trailing truck. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 Before I covered her in paint this was the beast in the bare metal 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke123 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 I have never really been a fan of the Princess's so put off adding one to the fleet for a long time, but after I thought the older farish Std 4, 2-6-4T chassis was a good place to start it all sort of snowballed from there. Oh and an older farish Black 5 body is a good place to start believe it or not. Thanks that's a good tip, I am happy to compromise, its part and parcel of modelling in N! I'm thinking maybe cobble one together using a duchess and a black 5, hopefully their offspring will roughly resemble a princess! Although I suspect i'll also potentially be making a huge rod for my own back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Mine is a real rag bag of modelling, a bit of a Frankenstein really, In not giving away all my secrets (not that they are worth keeping) but.... If you start with one of the old farish Black 5 bodies (the early ones with the top of the firebox level with the cab roof - especially because they are dirt cheap to buy) and an old castle body, or a king if you can find them, you can lash something up that resembles a Princess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Am I the only one who seems to find new projects to do, quicker than I can complete them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Im getting totally fed up with lining locomotives, I think I may just construct simple black engines from now onwards, easy or what 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2018 Am I the only one who seems to find new projects to do, quicker than I can complete them? Nope! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Nope! Thanks that makes me feel a lot better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 A little bit more work has been done on my Princess, but as you can see there is a hell of a lot of work still left to do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) I really need to find some modelling time, at least enough to allow me to number, band and weather this locomotive and hide a lot of the wonky lining, Oh and fit all the details and the buffers and paint the buffer beam, and sort out the chassis and, and, and Once complete I think this will be the one and only 4-6-2T in the fleet. Edited November 6, 2018 by paulprice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 how come I seem to take a step forward but its immediately followed by several steps back??? AAARRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Well after months of trying I have finally managed to get this site to reset my password so that I can gain access. The bad news is that it means I can start to add posts, be afraid be very afraid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Well before my 2+ month stay in Hospital I managed to obtain another cheap Jubilee, which was in that terrible BR green livery (why do the manufactures keep doing this?). As I am such a nice person I thought I would repaint her into a decent LMS crimson livery, then my health got in the way and all progress stopped. Since I have been home recuperating I have been a very good boy and managed to find another poor Jubilee that needed rescuing on EvilBay that just happened to happen to fall into my hands. The only problem is that one of the side effects is that I have problems with my right arm, and so have had to try using my left arm, I have managed to get a coat of crimson on both of them and a little black in the right places, but there is a lot of touching up to do. Only God knows when I will be able to line them, perhaps I should stick to black freight locomotives in future 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Trying to line with my left hand - Oh dear the results are not good to say the least, this ambidextrous thing is not as easy as I first thought 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Why did I ever think lining locomotives in N gauge was a good idea 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted March 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2019 nil disperandum Paul.. don't give up.... just take it steady away (and you can always weather over it... which is where I started weathering!) Baz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 24/03/2019 at 18:21, Barry O said: nil disperandum Paul.. don't give up.... just take it steady away (and you can always weather over it... which is where I started weathering!) Baz Baz Thanks its a very slow process even slower than my recovery from Hospital Still challenges are good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 This is the current state of play 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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