RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 23:13, St Enodoc said: Very nice. Can you tell us more about the nameboard please? It came from Scale Model Scenery as did the bench sitting in one corner with the GWR lamps on it. 16 hours ago, durham light infantry said: What aircraft is the Vallejo SEAC paint set going to grace? It was on special on Amazon and all the colours I use quite a lot - so it made more sense to buy them like that 16 hours ago, railroadbill said: Hope you're feeling 100% now. Re the Timber Tracks "Thornbury" signal box, one detail that really stands out to me is the signalman figure with his cloth seen over the lever! Earlier on in the build you showed lighting being fitted, there is wiring leading to a "bar" that fits in the roof. Can't see what that actually is, is it a lighting bar of some sort with a bulb at one end, or is it just one bulb - or more than one perhaps? At a about 80%, as I've still got the pinched nerve in my neck and a dodgy left knee. The figure is from Modelu (painted by me), he's actually got one foot resting on the lever frame too. The bar is just a bit of a wood BBQ Skewer glued in between the roof frames to attach the wiring too. There is a LED pointing towards the rear in the center - I've put a box round it in the photo below 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Thanks for that, see how you fitted the light now. Another use for one of those handy coffee stirrers Costa Coffee keeps giving me. Box interior does look good. I'm thinking some illuminated buildings would look good on layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2019 As well as working on the Rescue Launch - a certain Corvette is back hogging the dining room table.. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 By coincidence I've also been doing some maintenance on my corvette which still needs some details fitted although it's had several hours sailing time. Several of the protective bagging that goes on the outside of the bridge had disappeared, probably at the bottom of the lake. [Not sure what they were called on the full size or what they were filled with]. So I've moulded some replacements by pressing one of the kit parts into a piece of plastoline to make a one sided mould, then taking the part out and filling the indentation with epoxy resin. That's actually worked quite well and they look ok painted. Just got to glue them back onto the ship now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 14/12/2019 at 23:40, railroadbill said: By coincidence I've also been doing some maintenance on my corvette which still needs some details fitted although it's had several hours sailing time. Several of the protective bagging that goes on the outside of the bridge had disappeared, probably at the bottom of the lake. [Not sure what they were called on the full size or what they were filled with]. So I've moulded some replacements by pressing one of the kit parts into a piece of plastoline to make a one sided mould, then taking the part out and filling the indentation with epoxy resin. That's actually worked quite well and they look ok painted. Just got to glue them back onto the ship now. I'm not sure what they are called either. In the meantime.. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 "splinter protection padding" is all I can find so far. Your corvette making good progress! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 19, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 17/12/2019 at 14:04, railroadbill said: "splinter protection padding" is all I can find so far. Your corvette making good progress! It is, but it's very time consuming.. Also I've put up two blog entries for it this evening.. Part 1 and Part 2 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2019 A bit more work done on HMCS Snowberry, before I put her out of the way for the Christmas Period.. In the meantime, I pulled my finger out and did a few blog entries on my various Timber Tracks builds: Engine Shed Part 1 Sand House & Westbury Stables Goods Shed (C) Signal Box 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 28, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2019 A few projects I haven't been able to show you till now, as they were for @gwrrob Clerestory Brake in Wartime Brown: Millcast Humber Scout Cars: Rails Dia.1424 SR Box Van: Hattons WD 50T Warwell: I've been busy with a couple of my builds: The RAF Air Sea Rescue Launch is progressing well.. And I've built the Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles over the festive period.. Both of these will get Blog Entries in the New Year. Also I've recommenced work on HMCS Snowberry this evening and this kit arrived: 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 10 hours ago, toboldlygo said: The RAF Air Sea Rescue Launch is progressing well.. Nice! 10 hours ago, toboldlygo said: And I've built the Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles over the festive period.. I suppose its "heel" was not having a lid on the turret? I suppose that makes it a Chelsea Tractor..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 31, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2019 Well my last post on my thread for 2019 and an update on HMCS Snowberry... Another 18 parts to add and that will be it for this stage of the build - but that will have to wait till 2020... And on that bombshell, a Happy New Year to one and all! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2020 More progress on the Corvette.. And Part 3 of the build blog. More work on the Achilles too And another kit arrived.. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2020 So I've got carried away over the last few days, so much so that there could be 2 more blog entries coming your way.. First up - the M10 is finished (I will get the blog entry up for this tonight). A bit more work on the RAF Rescue Launch - this will be my focus of modelling work over the next few weeks, as I need it finished by the 26th.. My current focus has been the Corvette, I've got a lot more done than I originally planned.. She's moved on from there too.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2020 I've put the blog entry up for M10 IIC Achilles Tank Destroyer as promised. Part 4 of the HMCS Snowberry build blog will come tomorrow 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2020 As promised Part 4 of HMCS Snowberry's build blog is up.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Looking good! A quick question, as you've probably painted loads of them, what is your opinion of the Hornby star class? When it came out the "design clever" features got some flack, but it could still be a reasonable representation. I've seen them behind glass, but not running. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2020 I have two good runners that have scrubbed up well with some rather nice weathering. Here we see 4019 along side my King. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Thanks. gwrrob, looks good. I had an idea of modifying an old Hornby Saint body and fitting it on an old model Hornby Castle chassis, but getting the Hornby Star is becoming a better proposition the more I look at it, especially if they run well. cheers Bill 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 12, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2020 20 hours ago, railroadbill said: Looking good! A quick question, as you've probably painted loads of them, what is your opinion of the Hornby star class? When it came out the "design clever" features got some flack, but it could still be a reasonable representation. I've seen them behind glass, but not running. I've weathered and modified a lot Star Class, but only repainted one. They've got a lot of flack for their design-stupid features and poor QC, but on the most part they behave themselves. Obviously the MFI shelves on the cab-sides have to go and be replaced by wire handrails. Also dependant on the batch the bogie wheels have the wrong number of spokes. The green is like Marmite - you either tolerate it or hate it (I've found an easy fix ). Plus the packaging can sheer the permanent coupling mount on the tender clean off, two main options here replace the tender chassis or glue the mount back on (again I've found an easy fix) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2020 So back to the RAF Rescue launch... More to come in the next week 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Enjoying this thread rather a lot, as much for the variety as anything else. I built a RAF rescue launch many years ago (as a child-young teen). Mine was finished as 156. I want to say that there were three numbers to choose from - 127, 143, and 156 - but I may be wrong. There were also detail differences between the vessels, but I forget what they were. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, dvdlcs said: Enjoying this thread rather a lot, as much for the variety as anything else. I built a RAF rescue launch many years ago (as a child-young teen). Mine was finished as 156. I want to say that there were three numbers to choose from - 127, 143, and 156 - but I may be wrong. There were also detail differences between the vessels, but I forget what they were. Many thanks. Mine as the later red box release (2013), has 127 & 156 as the late war versions (more armour & guns) and 130 as the early war version (with just the two turret guns and a lot of yellow paint lol). Also I've been told by a reliable source on another forum, that the real life ones may have been constructed on one of the island's on the Thames near Hampton Court. Edited January 16, 2020 by toboldlygo Text 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 Some progress to report.. Rescue Launch is nearly finished.. And I started building this at around 11.20 this morning.. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 Flying the RAF ensign - the Rescue launch is finished.. Which means a blog entry is due.. Oh and easy on the Sherman Easy 8.. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted January 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2020 The blog entry for the Rescue launch is now up and can be found here. Nearly finished the Easy 8 too. Weathering to do obviously 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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