Let's see your Airfix/Kitmaster kit

[Enfys_Rainbow]

Here's an (other) Airfix 16t mineral wagon. 

 

 

And another one under construction (slightly modified). 

 

Edited April 13, 2021 by Enfys_Rainbow

[380John]

7 hours ago, Ian Major said:

John, you have certainly captured the crusty state the locos got into during their time at Barry scrapyard.

 

It took me back to a visit I made to the model railway exhibition in Westminster 1965. In it there was a cameo showing part of a semi derelict station with several (actual Kitmaster kit)  'Schools' in various states of destruction. It was a very well executed model though distressing for an impressionable, young steam enthusiast to see. I can't remember the name of the builder. I do remember the name he gave to the cameo - "Class Dismissed."

 

Ian.

Thanks Ian, 

 

That is interesting, I hadn't heard of that. It sounds a thoughtful cameo. These are popular models for scrapyard dioramas as they're so inexpensive, but that sounds really well done and a cracking title! I'll have to try and find some more information on it. 

 

Many thanks, 

John 

[westernviscount]

Another meat van kitmaster/parkside hybrid

[roythebus1]

On 23/02/2021 at 20:13, tarifa said:

Airfix cattle wagon.  Put proper wheels and buffers on it.  I like this model so will build another.

what buffers did you use on that? I've got a few cattle wagons and other airfix wagons that have lost buffers.

Edited May 26, 2021 by roythebus1

[tarifa]

Obtained the buffers from Lanarkshire Models and Supplies.  www.lanarkshiremodels.com   The website lists all buffers.  I used 16" heads.

 

Mike

[GRUNFOS]

First wagon kits I've built for 45 years! There's two more waiting for transfers to be fitted.

 

[westernviscount]

I hope non-railway vehicles are welcome here too.

 

[33C]

Picked up an Airfix "Biggin Hill" kit in the original box, made and badly damaged, at a bootsale for a £1. What do you think of my Bullied, "Sea Battle" class Atlantic, no.21B 5, "Gravelines"/ no.21B 9, "Taranto"? (different name/number each side.)

 

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[33C]

Here's the "Sea Battle" class as rebuilt. One side 21B1/30551 "Battle of the Atlantic", and the other side,  21B11/30561 "Trafalgar".

 

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[33C]

Bootsale finds to work in progress......

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[Ruston]

Perhaps this one isn't eligible for this thread, but it was part of the Airfix range of railway models as it originally came with the Lowmac wagon. Even now the current JCB-only kit still comes with the brake levers for the Lowmac on the sprues.

[kevinlms]

On 10/03/2021 at 08:11, Chas Levin said:

Hello all, here's my first Airfix build (though it was actually the Dapol reissue), from last autumn:

 

 

The guard is a modelu figure, and below is a view showing the DCC Concepts LED lamp in action, powered from the track via phosphor-bronze wire wheel pickups - it doesn't look as over-bright as this in normal use, but after too much time spent trying to balance the lighting to get the van itself visible but the light not too bright in defiance of my phone camera's attemtps to re-balance it, this shot seemed the least bad:

 

A digital camera will always make LEDs look brighter than they appear to a human eye. It's how they work.

 

Try testing a remote control by looking at it through your phones camera. You will see the flashes of the infra red. Handy for testing a remote!

[Chas Levin]

On 03/09/2021 at 09:36, kevinlms said:

A digital camera will always make LEDs look brighter than they appear to a human eye. It's how they work.

 

Try testing a remote control by looking at it through your phones camera. You will see the flashes of the infra red. Handy for testing a remote!

Thank you - that's very interesting, I didn't know that. I fit LEDs to all sorts of things and only occasionally photograph them - I tohught it was my poor lighting and/or photography skills that made this happen! I also assumed that the digital camera was recording mor accurately than my eye, but from now on I'll trust my eyes over the camera when it comes to LED brightness...

[33C]

What can i do with this lot? GWR Garrett, that's what!

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[33C]

A little bit of fiddlin' 'n' faffin' and South Devon Banks conquered! (The bunker does revolve.....)

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[Ruston]

18 hours ago, 33C said:

What can i do with this lot?

Scrapyard scene?

[33C]

On 07/09/2021 at 12:54, Ruston said:

Scrapyard scene?

Not much left in the boxes after my G.W.R./W.R. Garrett! 

Edited April 27, 2022 by 33C
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[33C]

An old Kitmaster Deltic on a plasticard chassis with Hornby ringfield motor. Bodysides were VERY warped but a couple of boiling kettles later.......flush-glazing yet to be done (when i find it.)

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[Ruston]

Another mineral. I have tried to make this look like one of those that seem to have had just a thin spray of paint, and rust is coming through almost everywhere, but not in patches.

[380John]

That's very effective Ruston. How did you do it? 

 

John 

[Ruston]

4 hours ago, 380John said:

That's very effective Ruston. How did you do it? 

 

John 

The entire thing was painted in a rust colour and left for several days for the paint to properly dry. The grey coat was painted on and within minutes I rubbed it lightly with a cotton bud that was soaked in thinners.

[Ruston]

Here's another, converted to clasp vac brakes.

[Jeff Smith]

Great paint job!

[Pierview]

This is my Airfix prairie tank kit motorisation which I originally completed in 1997. it has just been given a heart transplant with a replacement Comet chassis kit together with a High Level RR+ gearbox and a Mashima 1420 motor. Needless to say it both looks and runs better than the previous mechanism which,  in more impecunious modelling times, I cobbled together from an old K's chassis and a tri-ang  XT60 motor.  This was very much a locomotive on the cheap and I didn't even use a complete kit. Instead I put together a collection of parts from my scrapbox, a couple of which were original Kitmaster bits,  and begged the rest from a friend. I can remember spending an enormous amount of time carefully scraping off the raised lining from the tank sides whilst at the same time trying to preserve the rivet detail. The plastic handrails also had to be shaved off and the surface gently smoothed down with fine flour paper. I am not sure I have the same patience for all that these days! I fitted wire  handrails  , replacement chimney, safety valve bonnet and whistles together with other extra details including lamp brackets and bunker steps. Looking at the model now I can see that there is more that I could have done but with these upgrades you have to draw the line somewhere. You can't really make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! 

 

Barry 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by Pierview
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[Killybegs]

It was the thought of removing the raised lining that put me off. Well done!