Derwent Spa

[Rowsley17D]

1 hour ago, lezz01 said:

Very nice Jonathan. I'm looking forward to seeing the Kirtley well tank up and running as it's one of my favourite Midland engines.

Regards Lez.  

 

Thanks, Lez. As I said, I'm waiting for High Level to open up again which I believe will be next week. I ordered some time ago so I hope I'm well up the backlog queue. I don't know about using the Markits' outside cranks as they might foul the platforms. I might take a file to them, I have to see.

[lezz01]

Gibson do outside cranks as well Jonathan.

Regards Lez.

 

[Rowsley17D]

The 2P tank was completed save for lining this afternoon. A Webb Coal Tank sound decoder was hardwired in with a cube speaker in the bunker. The decoder and stay alive were put in the tank spaces.

 

 

The real 6406 went to Buxton in BR times as 41406 with sister 41605 for the Millers Dale run.

 

 

[Regularity]

Would a 3F tank loco not be a closer sound?

[Rowsley17D]

12 hours ago, Regularity said:

Would a 3F tank loco not be a closer sound?

 

I did think about a 3F and a Jinty but I have two 3Fs and a Jinty with sounds already. The Coal Tank just seemed to have the right amount of "chuff" when compared with Youchoos' 1P but not as much as the 3Fs. I'm happy with it.

[Regularity]

Fair enough: very sound reasoning.

 

Sound? Geddit? Oh well, please yourselves…

 

[Rowsley17D]

Next to join my 0-4-4 tank line-up is the sister to 1421 - 1420. Both were at Buxton before and after their Belpaire fireboxes were fitted. 1420 is motor fitted whereas 1421 isn't as yet.

 

 

 

 

I am now on with building the round top box version.

[Rowsley17D]

Seems a while since last posting but have not been idle. We had our grandson to stay over three consecutive weeks, three nights each week in August/September. He doesn't know of the layout's existence yet but we had a good time with his Duplo set.

 

Much maintenance has been carried out since and the 1Ps and 2P have had their bunkers coaled.

 

Edited October 14, 2021 by Rowsley17D

[Mrkirtley800]

That last pic is so atmospheric.  A wonderful bit of modelling.

Derek

[Rowsley17D]

Thanks, Derek. I consider that as high praise coming from you with your wonderful Kirkby Malham layout which is the epitome of Midland Railway atmosphere in model form.

 

For the benefit of those who don't want to trawl through the thread, the girders, columns, windows and doors are from Yorkmodelmaking. The building is an extended version of Bakewell in Scalescenes' textures. The loco was a non-running Craftsmen kit bought reasonably on Ebay, coaches by Hornby. The furthest being converted to a motor driving trailer with ex-Comet parts.

[Rowsley17D]

At a recent Expo Bowland open day I got an Anbrico kit of a Dennis 2 Ton Platform Lorry from the bring and buy stall for charity. The cab was glued with EvoStik so that I could get the cab side angles right. Some has been soldered and where I couldn't get an iron in I super glued. The cab is in primer as I wanted to paint the interior first. The cab roof will go on once the windows have been glazed. It needs some filler before a final paint.

 

 

[MrWolf]

I can't remember the last time I saw one of those Dennis "Flying Pig" kits.

There seems to be a shortage of 30s small trucks available. I remember them doing a GWR flying banana kit too, which got great reviews in the press. Never seen one though. I suppose Anbrico have gone the way of so many other makers?

[Rowsley17D]

17 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I can't remember the last time I saw one of those Dennis "Flying Pig" kits.

There seems to be a shortage of 30s small trucks available. I remember them doing a GWR flying banana kit too, which got great reviews in the press. Never seen one though. I suppose Anbrico have gone the way of so many other makers?

 

Gone but not forgotten. There's a tribute on the old Anbrico site at

 

http://www.anbrico.org/index.htm

Edited November 2, 2021 by Rowsley17D

[Rowsley17D]

The Stationmaster at Derwent is very pleased with the latest arrival in the goods yard.

 

 

 

The lorry is still to have glazing fitted, some touching up of paintwork and a coat of matt varnish.

[Rowsley17D]

More on the Dennis 2T lorry after glazing.

 

 

 

[MrWolf]

I really like that, most lorries available in this scale seem to date from the 20s or the 50s to date. There doesn't seem to be much available for the 30s.

[Rowsley17D]

8 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

I really like that, most lorries available in this scale seem to date from the 20s or the 50s to date. There doesn't seem to be much available for the 30s.

 

This website looks interesting. Not tried ordering anything yet though.

 

http://www.johndaymodels.co.uk/

[MrWolf]

I'd completely forgotten about those. Good to see that they're still available. Thanks for the link.

[Rowsley17D]

While I had the paints out to do the Dennis lorry, I started experimenting weathering the underframe of one of my Hornby coaches. It was painted Railmatch Frame Dirt (L402) to which several drops of matting agent were added. When dry, Humbrol Dark Earth Weathering Powder was brushed over the top, then brushed off with a clean brush.

 

The result.

 

Compared with an untouched Larry Goddard coach (a present to myself for a significant birthday a few years ago, so you know I'm not made of money!)

 

Edited November 4, 2021 by Rowsley17D

[chuffinghell]

3 hours ago, Rowsley17D said:

More on the Dennis 2T lorry after glazing.

 

 

 

wonderful stuff!

[Mark90]

3 hours ago, Rowsley17D said:

While I had the paints out to do the Dennis lorry, I started experimenting weathering the underframe of one of my Hornby coaches. It was painted Railmatch Frame Dirt (L402) to which several drops of matting agent were added. When dry, Humbrol Dark Earth Weathering Powder was brushed over the top, then brushed off with a clean brush.

 

The result.

 

Compared with an untouched Larry Goddard coach (a present to myself for a significant birthday a few years ago, so you know I'm not made of money!)

 

Good to see so many posts here recently, Jonathan. 

 

I think the weathering job you've done on that coach looks very natural. Perhaps just a hint of dirt on the roof to finish it off? I find a touch of weathering powder around the ventilators tends to do the trick. 

 

Mark

[Rowsley17D]

Thanks, Mark. I wanted to see how the underframe would turn out before tackling the roof. That's the next job, sometime. To finish off a modelling day I built a GWR 04 wagon from a pair of Cooper Craft kits I won on eBay at a very reasonable price. I hope the range can be brought back to life as the mouldings are/were excellent. This will be my foreigner in a mixed goods rake. It went together very well once the plastic wheels were ditched.

 

 

 

Must get round to painting those rail sides and I forgot the door bangers!

Edited November 4, 2021 by Rowsley17D

[MrWolf]

Nice job there, it must be build a wagon week! I've got a few of those old Coopercraft wagons to build and would echo your comments about bringing the range back to life. They were the first wagon kits I ever built after cutting my teeth on the venerable Airfix mineral wagons and they were in a different league. 

 

[Rowsley17D]

Would those who are more knowledgeable than I say whether the grey I have painted my GWR wagon is anywhere near correct? I opened my ancient tin of Precision GWR Goods Grey and found it had dried up. However, it appeared to be very close to Railmatch Roof Dirt, so in for a penny... The ironwork is weathered black

 

[CXW1]

I think the GWR wagon looks OK. I once painted a GWR wagon in BR Railfreight Grey, but I would never admit it on a website such as this. It just about looked OK once it was lettered and weathered. 

 

Cheers

 

Chris