RedGemAlchemist Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 Decided to give my old Triang blood and custard set a repaint to look a bit more unique and cover up some of the imperfections. I think the emerald and magnolia works well together, don't you? 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxinghobby Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 30/07/2020 at 14:24, RedGemAlchemist said: Ok, just picked up an Airfix Pug kit, half built, from a junk shop down the road. Anyone have any ideas a) what I can do with it, and b) how to motorise it if I do? High-Level chassis kit? Reinforce the plastic chassis with extra plastic bracing and fit it with a small folding gearbox and small motor and metal wheels and axle top hat bearings ? Assemble it and paint it as a stationary rusting wreck or being worked on mini scenario? Cheat! Stick it on a Tenshodo or Black Beetle ready to run motor bogie, I’ve done this with a Tenshodo it fits underneath just right. Unmotorised, cut down cab from an Airfix austerity 0-6-0 kit, scratch bunker sides forward of the cab, the top of the fire box is the original cut away from the spectacle plate which was then refitted a few millimetres back. It will be a rusty wreck scrap yard static model until or if I find a Tenshodo or other motor bogie. Tenshodo fitted Airfix pug, cut-down cab, the plastic valve gear is worked from the rear wheel only and hides the fact there is no coupling rod to see, both wheels driven internally. The saddle tank is full of lead which makes it overall quite controllable and pulls a surprising large train. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, relaxinghobby said: High-Level chassis kit? Reinforce the plastic chassis with extra plastic bracing and fit it with a small folding gearbox and small motor and metal wheels and axle top hat bearings ? Assemble it and paint it as a stationary rusting wreck or being worked on mini scenario? Cheat! Stick it on a Tenshodo or Black Beetle ready to run motor bogie, I’ve done this with a Tenshodo it fits underneath just right. Unmotorised, cut down cab from an Airfix austerity 0-6-0 kit, scratch bunker sides forward of the cab, the top of the fire box is the original cut away from the spectacle plate which was then refitted a few millimetres back. It will be a rusty wreck scrap yard static model until or if I find a Tenshodo or other motor bogie. Tenshodo fitted Airfix pug, cut-down cab, the plastic valve gear is worked from the rear wheel only and hides the fact there is no coupling rod to see, both wheels driven internally. The saddle tank is full of lead which makes it overall quite controllable and pulls a surprising large train. Hmm. Definitely something to mull over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 On 06/08/2020 at 11:06, RedGemAlchemist said: Decided to give my old Triang blood and custard set a repaint to look a bit more unique and cover up some of the imperfections. I think the emerald and magnolia works well together, don't you? That looks very tasteful 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Rather like LNER Tourist livery, only without the black lining down the middle. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 OK, returning to the Airfix kit. I have the gears, wheels and motor from that Fleischmann tank I bought with Martin that I... well, that I broke. I have some bearings for it too... somewhere. Anyway, this motor is tiny so I really think it'll be small enough. Now to test my soldering skills. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) The Airfix tank now has a chassis. The wheels I ended up with were the leftover one from when I rewheeled Peter, with a cog from a Hornby Toby chassis and some reinforcing pieces from the Fleischmann tank. I currently have some metal rods and crankpins coming through the post for it, but right now I'll need to focus on the body shell. Edited August 14, 2020 by RedGemAlchemist 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 The Airfix tank is on the back burner now as I have no idea where I'm going with it. In other news, I made a trip to Great Eastern Model Railways yesterday for the first time this year. Bought some odds and ends, including two Lima GUVs (one bogey, one four-wheel). I just painted the bogey one up to match my green and cream Mk1s. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) Been some big changes in the KLR roster. First up, here's the new No.2 Wild Rover, a Hornby B12/3 courtesy of @Skinnylinny. Have thought about turning it into a B12/1 but I've pretty much decided to keep it as it and just paint it into KLR lined green. I will however be adding the valances from the B12/1 that Linny laser cut for me as I like them and it's not totally outside of the realm of possibility for a B12 in preservation to have them reattached. Meanwhile, the original Wild Rover, which I've never been totally happy with, has gradually evolved over the past few days into something akin to an LNER J17. It'll now be No.21, and not sure on the name just yet. (Sorry about the quality of the last photo, the focus decided it didn't want to cooperate.) Don't have a chimney for it at the moment though, but baby steps. And it's tender drive, but that's what I had to hand. Edited August 30, 2020 by RedGemAlchemist 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Wild Rover II now all painted up and ready to join the fleet proper! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 The KLR now has a J17. I mean the tender drive doesn't work but every step is one in the right direction. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 The scratchbuilt J17 now has a GER tender (thanks @Skinnylinny for sending me that) and a working Jinty chassis under it. Now the KLR has another decent sized goods engine so Tom Hickathrift and Norfolk Rebel won't have to do everything. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 I really need to update this more regularly. So, following a tipoff from @BlueLightning I now have a HD MkI horsebox to go with the KLR's express coaches for use on race days. At the moment it's dismantled for undercoating but the question I have is do I do it in just olive or add the magnolia stripe? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 The horsebox is now a nice olive green to match the express Mk1s. Grey roof with silver pipes and black ends. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 23 hours ago, RedGemAlchemist said: The horsebox is now a nice olive green to match the express Mk1s. Grey roof with silver pipes and black ends. Looks good. I might need a couple on the WKR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Sophia NSE said: Looks good. I might need a couple on the WKR You'd be lucky Sophia. I only got one with the doors still intact thanks to @BlueLightning finding it for me. Most of the ones I've seen have either the bottom door/ramp missing or all of them missing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 KLR No.1 now has a successor, after the motor in the original burnt out completely. Bulldog V2 is a small Peckett side tank inspired by the KESR's Marcia (and also one of the creations of my good friend @TurboSnail), and was made from a Dapol Pug and a Hornby 101, with a boiler made from wooden dowel and a brass chimney. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 hour ago, RedGemAlchemist said: was made from a Dapol Pug and a Hornby 101, with a boiler made from wooden dowel and a brass chimney. You glad I spent so long nagging you about the Pug chassis? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, TurboSnail said: You glad I spent so long nagging you about the Pug chassis? Yes, thank you. I am in retrospect Edited November 20, 2020 by RedGemAlchemist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Phew. Been a while since I did a proper update. First off, an introduction of a new member of the fleet. Meet No.22, a Highland Railway Class X given to me by my good friend @Lancaster622. This will be the new banker based at Kelsby. In bigger news: I, like another good friend of mine @BlueLightning, have joined the esteemed ranks of the 3D printers. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 I really wasn't a fan of my attempted hand painted letters, so printed some little ones off to make them more consistent. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia NSE Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Letters and numbers are something I haven't braved yet. Well, not since Carol Vorderman left Countdown 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Try "Letraset" rub down transfers. Cheap, easy and hundreds of styles and colours! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Finally got around to finishing the KLR's post train. It's a Lina ferry van, a Triang TPO and a Triang Mk1 brake. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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