34006 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 There seems to be a lack of quality control on Dapol wheelsets. You may peruse at your leisure my findings about Dapol wagon wheels on '3 Pots Yard'. Cheers Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Dapol has a quality conrol problem full stop. (apart from the Lionheart MK1's) Just about every wagon I have had from them has one problem or another Paul R 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 Mojo seems to have returned, Yesterday I bought a Parkside/Peco wagon kit PS20 the double bolster kit. Anexcuse for using it is still ciculating through my head, any suggestions would be useful. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2021 I do like a bolster wagon or two myself and usually use tube or I beams to simulate a load that I can chain down. Looking forward to seeing your build Alan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 That will be interesting to see being built up and particularly the painting results. Several bolsters have been built for my layout in the excuse of the amount of timber produced in that part of the country for construction, pit props and fencing. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Forgot to mention yesterday that the kit was purchased at my local Norwich model shop, Great Eastern who carry all the the Parkside and Slaters O gauge wagon kits. Any way progress to date. Body done and other bits added and wheels painted. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 More work done chassis now completed with buffers and couplings added. Next will be painting and finishing off the bolsters, adding transfers and then weathering and adding the load. The thoughts I've had on the load are the pipes which come with the kit for work being done athe colliery or tree trunks for Forest Furniture (Trees not naturally occurring in the Forest. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, westerner said: Trees not naturally occurring in the Forest. As daft as that may sound, the Forest of Dean was certainly less forested in the 1950s & '60s than it is now. Some of Ben Ashworth's photos taken along what is now the D.F.R. show views that were quite open at the time, but are now blocked off by woodland. The D.F.R. did run an actual revenue freight train in the mid-1990s IIRC, that was new plastic pipes for the gas main; there was a photo of it in one of the old 'Forest Venturer' magazines. Back in the day, I'd have thought the most likely reason for a 'metals' load was traffic to or from Fred Watkin's Boiler Works on the Sling Branch. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted November 19, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2021 I seem to have been in the railway room a fair bit this week finishing off the double bolster wagon and giving it a load-------------------------------------------------------------- of tree trunks. Tropical hardwood heading for Forest Furniture/ In actul fact prunings form our Silver Birch. I also spent time at long last painting the fascia. For ages I was going to paint it the shade of brown I used on Louville Lane, but it was suggested to me on the GOG forum that brown was alright for an urban based layout but that gree might be more approbriate for a rural layout, and you can't get more rural than Blackney. However being a bit of a scrouge I was loathed to spent 20-30 pounds on a pot of paint of which I would barely use any. However a chance visit to Homebase , I found Heritage paints whose tester pots are actula 125ml tins of paint and in the velvet matt section as DH Grass Green the sort of colour I was after. As I thought I might need two coats I bought two tins for £8-00 and i still have half a tin left. Anyway the end result. I thinks as does the wife that it seems to bring the layout to life. 28 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted November 21, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2021 Ben's been visiting again. 18 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 I really do seem to have got my mojo back as a new kit arrived through the post on Wednesday morning, (by the way excellent service from David Parkins, ordered at 11.am on Monday and arrived at 9.00am Wed.) David has taken over quite a bit of Adrian Swains kits including the old Bob Barlow Classic Commercial kits. I decided it was time for Frank drake to have a smaller vehicle ie a van to deliver smaller items that need a bit more protection than a flat bed. Hence I ordered the Morris Commercial PV 15cwt van. The kit looks good with excellent castings and resin body and chassis, Almost no flash in fact none to speak of. Some pics of the kit. and the instruction seem to be very good. Looking forward to building it. I'll keep you informed of progress. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Taking advantage of being indoors due to inclement weather I've started on the Morris van. Friday it was given a good scrub and yesterday it was primed. Today the painting started, chassis, inside of body, roof, wheels and bits for the cabin. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34006 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Don't know if it's just me, but that gear lever looks a bit long? I'd say Frank would be banging his head on it............... atb Phil 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Van body now painted in Frank Drake's colours ie Tamiya Sky Blue. Th blue rod/tube which you can see in the second photo is to house the side lights and winkers and rear lights which will be pin heads. You may notice that the gear lever has been shortened. I do seem to remember that gear levers were far taller than they are now. The grill I'm not sure about, some were chrome but others were just painted black. So a choice Bare metal foil (chrome) Paint it silver (more aluminium type finish or just paint it black 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 You can get away with any colour for the grille it seems. The badge above it was chrome with a pale yellow enamel background. These vans were originally fitted with trafficators, rather than flashing indicators ( flashing indicators were illegal pre 1955.) so I wouldn't worry about those too much. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Don't forget I'm modelling the early to mid sixties so I am thinking that winkers might by then be compulsory. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike morley Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Legislation of that nature is rarely retrospective so trafficators on a vehicle from that era would very likely still be street-legal now. EDIT. He's retired now, but my brother used to be a traffic policemen. I've Whatsapped him the question but as he's laid up with Covid at the moment an answer is unlikely to be prompt. Edited December 1, 2021 by mike morley 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Flashing indicators have never been made a legal requirement on vehicles not originally so fitted, you're quite right. IIRC the only retrospective requirements are for twin tail lights and stop lights and a windscreen washer on vehicles without an opening front screen. As for the flashers, they were available as aftermarket items, either as the orange "Teddy bear's ears" fitted to car roofs, or conventional round indicators. One thing to remember if modelling an early sixties scene is that the front indicators were often white lights. Orange didn't become compulsory until around 1965. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 6, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2021 Some slow progress on the Morris Front now nearly finished, sidelights added grill painted. the two black things sticking out of the blue foam are the wing mirrors which will be the very last things fitted. some slight touching up to do on the side of the grill only revealed in the photo. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 14, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2021 Almost there. Signage to do, if I do it, and then wing mirrors and then some weathering, and I suspect a bit more touching up. The flush glazing was a pain as my hands don't work too well so unfortunately there is some glue on the glazing, and I dropped the chassis and broke the rear back axle on part of the wheel. Some brass tube was used to make the repair and some plasticrdtube to do the broken wheel hub. and then covered with paint and when I weather some Forest mud. 23 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Nice work there Alan Paul R Quote 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Searching through my archives I came across this B&W photo possibly taken in the appalling winter of 1963 at Blackney. I decided to make a Christmas card from it. Seasonal wishes to you all. 13 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggies1961 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, westerner said: Searching through my archives I came across this B&W photo possibly taken in the appalling winter of 1963 at Blackney. I decided to make a Christmas card from it. Seasonal wishes to you all. And the same to you Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34006 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 1 hour ago, westerner said: Searching through my archives I came across this B&W photo possibly taken in the appalling winter of 1963 at Blackney. I decided to make a Christmas card from it. Seasonal wishes to you all. Likewise from me ,Alan. Hope it's a good one. Cheers, Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year...... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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