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[Highgale station]

Hello, I decided to start a thread on here to keep a  log of things I have done and also to gain some feedback from other fellow modellers.

This will be updated with models and projects I embark on over time.

Edited October 6, 2020 by Highgale station

[Highgale station]

Hi all, Happy new year.

I haven't posted on here for a while but i have made a lot of progress on my main layout and a few pieces of rolling stock.

 

A project I started a while ago was  to make a caged OAA wagon:

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The base model i started with was the infamous Hornby OAA which has been in its range for an extremely long time meaning i could get a lengthy rake of  wagons for cheap.

I managed to get these three wagons for around £15. 

 

At first glance these wagons don't look great but with some painting and weathering they should come out pretty nice.

First thing i had to so was to cut up the wagons sides:

 

 

I then glued the ends directly onto the wagon so i could construct the mesh sides around them.

Next up was to fit a false floor to the base of the wagon using plasticard:

 

 

Now i had to cut the mesh sheets into strips and make plasticard uprights to make the separate cage doors

 

 

 

 

 

Another project i have been working on for a little while is a Hornby class 47.

Now, i know  Hornby 47s are not known for their detail or their great 'ringfield' motors but im hopefully going to sort that out at a later date.

I started by stripping the paint off of my northern belle class 47:

 

 

In the picture above the paint still looks pretty bad but i cleaned up the body until it was all  just the soli red colour.

Next i brush painted on a a really thinned down Tamiya blue, which took along time due to the amount of coats it needed.

 

 

Im going to leave this update here as its getting a bit long, but i have lots more pictures and projects which i have done over the past few months which i will hopefully post in the coming days. 

Can anyone guess what livery and loco i am making  above?

Thanks for reading all feedback is welcome.

[Highgale station]

Hi all, 

I'm going to start the update with my class 47 repaint.

If you couldnt guess from the last images in the thread the livery the 47 will be in is ROG blue.

My next job on the 47 was to cut out the decals and to make sure they fit on the model:

 

 

Now that  i knew the decals fitted the model properly i decided to apply them to the model and give them a spray of varnish after applying them:

 

 

Then i had to fit the chassis back onto the model and glue the nameplates onto the side of the loco:

 

 

Then all that was left for me to do was to make a wire loop coupling, paint the half yellow ends, paint handrails white, and fit the flush glazing (on order).

 

 

I Will post a picture of the model once it is 100% finished later on in the thread.

 

A few months back i started working on an old 20 which I had. I have wanted a pair of20/3 s for a while now but once ii saw the Bachmann price for one I knew I could not afford it as I do not work yet. so I decided to adapt my old Bachmann 20 and I bought an old lima 20 for £20. I First started with the obvious difference of the 20/3 which was the extra fuel tanks on the running boards of the loco. These were constructed from  plasticard. I then cut off the headcode box at the front of the model and filled in any holes on the front, This was done to achieve the flat nose of the 20/3. I also built the Ariel mount on top of the cab out of 1mm plasticard. and I also made the window frames more square by scraping the windows with a scalpol until it went square and then i cut some strips of plasticard to make the window frame:

 

 

 

I will post another update on the 20s tomorrow as i have now finished 1 but i dont want to make these updates too long.

Thanks for reading, any feedback is welcome.

[Jack374]

A couple of great projects to start off on RMweb! Like you, my class 20/3 pair is a mix of Bachmann and Hornby (ex-Lima tooling)...the latter was my first foray into 'proper' modifications and I used plasticard for the fuel tanks like yourself.

 

I look forward to seeing this develop!

 

Thanks,

Jack.

[Highgale station]

Hi guys, Been a while sorry about that.

Anyways i have been doing some work on my stock.

Hope you like them:

1st on the list is my HNRC class 20s. These have been completed for a couple of months now. Since the last update i have painted them in orange which was watered down heavily which caused the need to do about 6-7 coats of orange paint on each loco .  When i started these models i knew that the lima 20 buffers needed replacing but in the end both have been replaced with white metal buffers (http://www.lanarkshiremodels.com/lanarkshiremodelsandsupplieswebsite_137.htm). I then painted each grille and the roof in black, Followed by painting the yellow ends, transfers and some light weathering and i was done. Still needs a touch up from the picture i have posted bellow (have now been fixed). Overall i am very pleased with how these have turned out considering this was my 1st proper rebuild and repaint. ps: sorry for the bad picture i will post better ones in a later post.

 

My next project was to build myself a few MXA (lobster) wagons.

I achieved this by buying 5 Cambrian C26 wagon kits, i then got the measurements of the MXA box and scaled them down to 1/76 (oo gauge) and made a cad model of one. This was then printed on my 3d printer using PLA.

 

I then glued the two together and sprayed them using a red plasticote spray. Decals from Railtec were then applied and some weathering was done. For now i am very pleased with my attempt at this wagon, Its by no means the best ever attempt but good enough for me.

 

I have now completed all 5 of my MXA wagons but have no decent photos to hand. 

I have also been detailing my 66s 

1st job was to put on all of the valences this was easy on both Bachmann and Hornby models although the Hornby models took a bit of hacking around. On my Hornby 66s i had to cut off the valences bogie mounts so i could permanently glue them to the underside of the loco like in real life. I also fitted the false coupling and the pipes.

 

However on my other Hornby 66 i had to make a valence from scratch as i had lost one somewhere, so i cut out a piece of plasticard and fixed it to the model and gave it some black paint.

I have started some more projects since my last post but i would prefer to document them all at once done.

Thanks for reading, any feedback is much appreciated.