Il Grifone Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 22 hours ago, 45568 said: This is rather unusual, and in the spirit of H-D I think? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Dublo-3-Rail-Kit-Built-LMS-LN-WR-Claughton-4-6-0-1914-Patriot-The-Fallen/333593684134?hash=item4dabbba8a6:g:p6AAAOSwAdFetTpm Cheers from Oz, Peter C. "Selling for a friend who inherited and has no interest in model railways." ???????????? How can this not generate interest? Even just 'stuffed and mounted' as a decoration! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 The Hornby Cl.71 SR electric 3rd rail loco.I wanted to convert one of these as there is a dearth of Dublo SR locos.These were used to haul the Night Ferry from Waterloo which was the heaviest paseenger train at 800 tons in the UK at the time,they also hauled the Golden Arrow as well.The 3 rail conversion was one of the most challenging i have had so far but it runs & is a powerful loco.I hope to have a youtube video in the near future.The couplings are a bit of a problem but hopefully here is my answer at the moment to the NEM Dublo coupling,A Trix plastic Mk1 coach coupling with a piece of plasticard welded to the shank & shaped to fit the socket for a friction fit.It shouldn`t have been cranked but i welded the card to the wrong side of the coupling,Hopefully,the Mk2 version will be better. Ray. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Nice Conversion. I think that you will find that both the Golden Arrow and the Night Ferry trains ran from Victoria in London... https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Night_Ferry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Memory failing due to age of course it was Victoria. Ray. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 The pity of this loco is that after trundling round the layout with the lights working ok,it decided to blow out the circuit board and now,the lights don't work, I believe that this is a common problem with today's models,they are certainly not rugged like our HD locos. Ray. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Here`s the Video,full details on the vid. Ray. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Another one to go with the Claughton? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Dublo-3-rail-kit-scratch-built-L-YR-Aspinall-4-4-2-Atlantic-black-no-box/333598726766?hash=item4dac089a6e:g:QAYAAOSw4VdevWYd Loco looks nice! Cheers, Peter C. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Interesting... The tender is from Tri-ang Railways. It's from the R.251 "Deeley" 3f 0-6-0 loco. R.33, when it was sold separately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Hi Sarah, Yes, the Deeley tender is rather inappropriate, but the loco looks very good, I do wonder how these will run, but, given that they are 3-rail, they would seem very much in the spirit of H/D. Cheers from West Oz, Peter C. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Yes, I agree, both very nice locos, and the first one will soon be at a new home. Not mine though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, 45568 said: Hi Sarah, Yes, the Deeley tender is rather inappropriate, but the loco looks very good, I do wonder how these will run, but, given that they are 3-rail, they would seem very much in the spirit of H/D. Cheers from West Oz, Peter C. It was inappropriate for the 3F too! AFAIK only one (not 43775! - scrapped before the model appeared in any case) ran coupled to a Fowler tender (to which the Tri-ang R.33 tender has only a passing resemblance). Since the loco is part of a collection, she was probably just paired 'temporarily' with this tender.... I'm surprised the model only made £29.99 though. There's also this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Dublo-3-rail-kitbuilt-106-4-6-4T-Baltic-Class-N1-Furness-Railway-brown/333597897684?hash=item4dabfbf3d4:g:HFAAAOSw8-5evABQ Edited May 16, 2020 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 QUOTE ...I'm surprised the model only made £29.99 though. Yes, that would be a bargain, but I suspect it went for much more than that, despite it's 'holier than thou' pretence, Ebay is full of holes!! Cheers, Peter C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 May be of interest to an OZ H/D collector? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRITISH-SOUTHERN-RAILWAY-SCHOOLS-CLASS-LOCO-FOR-Hornby-DUBLO-3-RAIL-A-JEWEL/133412951590?hash=item1f10081626:g:heIAAOSwJChev26P Cheers, Peter C Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Latest addition to the SR loco fleet,a Hornby Cl.73 Electro diesel. Ray. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I have almost finished repainting a Dublo Co-Co diesel in BR blue with yellow ends. I am going to name it Meld (I already have the nameplates to hand), as Meld was the first Deltic I encountered - at Montrose station on a train to Aberdeen. I was looking at it just now and realised that I have now got to obtain three or four BR blue and grey coaches to go with it. I wasn't really planning to buy more coaches....... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2020 How about trying your hand at repainting some Hornby Dublo coaches. There are plenty of scruffy tin plate examples to be found, less so scruffy SD coaches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: How about trying your hand at repainting some Hornby Dublo coaches. There are plenty of scruffy tin plate examples to be found, less so scruffy SD coaches. I thought about that, but I can't see how I could get a satisfactory finish on the tinplate sides as regards doors, handles and other details. Plus I have so many locomotive projects on hand, the last thing I need to do is to start work on a rake of coaches. I think I'll either wait for some Trix ones to turn up at a reasonable price, or I'll get some Tri-ang ones and change the couplings. Here's the soon to be named "Meld" although I still have to finish painting the ends and affix some transfers: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Trix look way out of place against Dublo in my opinion being at a smaller scale. I know Sagaguy runs them but it all looks odd to me. Even the Trans Pennine, which is a lovely model, looks odd although it is a stand alone model without a loco pulling it. Trix were good runners but that was it. If you dont want to paint the tinplate then i would guess the Tri-ang 8" coaches would look better with a Dublo Deltic than the later scale length ones. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtis Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Wolseley said: I thought about that, but I can't see how I could get a satisfactory finish on the tinplate sides as regards doors, handles and other details. Plus I have so many locomotive projects on hand, the last thing I need to do is to start work on a rake of coaches. I think I'll either wait for some Trix ones to turn up at a reasonable price, or I'll get some Tri-ang ones and change the couplings. Here's the soon to be named "Meld" although I still have to looks good what blue did you use neil Edited May 24, 2020 by gtis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 The doors are merely black lines. A proper pen will solve that. the handles and grab irons can be printed either as adhesives or transfers (or made from wire, super-detailing the coach). I can understand the lack of desire for yet another project though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Il Grifone said: The doors are merely black lines. A proper pen will solve that. the handles and grab irons can be printed either as adhesives or transfers (or made from wire, super-detailing the coach). I can understand the lack of desire for yet another project though. Even they are no problem now, MM4499 TWENTY FOUR Black Door Outlines, with Black Hinges, Gold... https://modelmaster.uk/116-4mm-replacement-door-outlines-for-coach-sides Ray. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Il Grifone said: The doors are merely black lines. A proper pen will solve that. the handles and grab irons can be printed either as adhesives or transfers (or made from wire, super-detailing the coach). I can understand the lack of desire for yet another project though. Even they are no problem now, MM4499 TWENTY FOUR Black Door Outlines, with Black Hinges, Gold... https://modelmaster.uk/116-4mm-replacement-door-outlines-for-coach-sides Ray. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) On 25/05/2020 at 03:49, sagaguy said: Even they are no problem now, MM4499 TWENTY FOUR Black Door Outlines, with Black Hinges, Gold... https://modelmaster.uk/116-4mm-replacement-door-outlines-for-coach-sides Ray. Thanks for the link. I have dealt with Modelmaster before, but I had no idea that they, or anyone else, had such a product. I will order a sheet. On 25/05/2020 at 01:47, Il Grifone said: The doors are merely black lines. A proper pen will solve that. the handles and grab irons can be printed either as adhesives or transfers (or made from wire, super-detailing the coach). I can understand the lack of desire for yet another project though. I do have a very good lining pen, however I do tend to often set myself higher standards than I can achieve, and what has held me back from doing this is the thought that, once completed, I would be unsatisfied with the result. I would not want to spend considerable time on something if there was a likelihood that I might not want to run it on the layout.......... On 25/05/2020 at 01:31, gtis said: looks good what blue did you use I used Humbrol RC411 Diesel Blue Matt, not because I specifically have a preference for it, but rather because it is pretty much all that is available out here. As with most of my other models, I am brush painting it to this stage, to be followed by a couple of spray coats of semi gloss clear. Edited May 26, 2020 by Wolseley Clarification: left out brand name of paint 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Since my Dublo coupling conversion in an NEM pocket on my Hornby Cl.73 didn`t work,i had a spare Dublo SR SD coach with export couplings which were attached with a shoulder screw & nut.I made this adapter plate from 1mm plasticard for a tension lock coupling for a converter coach. Ray. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernowtim Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 In the 1980s I built up a fair sized dublo 3 rail collection, mainly from the local swapmeet and usually found in the boxes under the tables, so most was a bit tatty, seem to remember paying £4.50 for a green duchess with tender! Also had Red duchess missing its tender and front bogie, and a couple of N2 tanks, a rake of crimson and cream coaches and various wagons, including a trix brake van with lighting! Got an A4 less tender of a school mate too. All sold on ebay about 20 years ago now, except for a vacuum tank wagon I rewheeled and a 2 rail standard tank loco my dad got me off a market stall. Should have really kept the Dublo but wanted to downsize and rationalize my collections, have O gauge tinplate now! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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