RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted January 15, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Wolf27 said: Which wheels are you using for these? cheers Shane I am using a bulk pack of Lilliput 10.5mm diameter wheels obtained from eBay a year or so ago. Cheers Darius 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted January 16, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Daleks fitted to bogies fitted to chassis. Decals applied to wagon body and body fitted to chassis. Weathering next. Cheers Darius Edited February 24, 2023 by Darius43 6 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted January 16, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Dunweatherin. That makes eight completed plus one spare and one cannibalised to replace broken parts. Cheers Darius Edited February 24, 2023 by Darius43 9 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Top job Darius. I managed to pull some enthusiasm together this aft to finish painting the bogies for my curtain side ones. I think seeing your progress has given me a boot up the backside to finish mine! Top job as ever, are you keeping your last one in Fisons? All the best James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted January 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2021 Thanks James. I think I will keep the Fisons liveried wagon. Even though it’s fictional, it’s a very striking livery and with replacement bogies and suitable weathering should look rather good. Cheers Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 7 hours ago, Darius43 said: Thanks James. I think I will keep the Fisons liveried wagon. Even though it’s fictional, it’s a very striking livery and with replacement bogies and suitable weathering should look rather good. Cheers Darius Good idea, it is a striking livery, anf almost seems too good to be fictitious in my mind. Lima must have copied it from somewhere I feel. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2021 Now onto the square one and the gullwing one! Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 49 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Now onto the square one and the gullwing one! Mike. Hi Mike, I didn't know Delorean built PWA's, mind you Darius does like his Northern Irish stuff ! Gibbo.gullwing 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted January 17, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) On 17/01/2021 at 09:53, Gibbo675 said: Hi Mike, I didn't know Delorean built PWA's, mind you Darius does like his Northern Irish stuff ! Gibbo.gullwing I do, so I do. Cheers Darius Edited February 24, 2023 by Darius43 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted January 31, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) Another wagon joins the rake - with a bit of artistic licence... Cheers Darius Edited February 24, 2023 by Darius43 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Another wagon joins the rake - with a bit of artistic licence... Cheers Darius Love it, I'm keeping my eye out for some more but it's slim pickings at mo, if I get a Fisons ones in decent nick I'll keep it like yours, looks very authentic 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) Made a start on the last of the original 8 Lima wagons. I have run out of Jon’s etched trusses so scratch built them using plasticard. The plan is to finish it like the heavily weathered BRT example as per the photo on HMRSPaul’s website. Cheers Darius Edited February 24, 2023 by Darius43 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 31/01/2021 at 17:40, jessy1692 said: Love it, I'm keeping my eye out for some more but it's slim pickings at mo, if I get a Fisons ones in decent nick I'll keep it like yours, looks very authentic I think maybe Darius has them all?! (I've been looking, too - not a one on eBay!) Steve S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said: I think maybe Darius has them all?! (I've been looking, too - not a one on eBay!) Steve S Au contraire:- eBay Lima Fisons fertilizer wagon #1 eBay Lima Fisons fertilizer wagon #2 Acknowledged the second item comes with two surplus HO wagons... Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) Good grief! And I did a search for "fertilizer wagon" too! Never thought to search fir "Fisons"! Thank you, kindly, Darius - now watch everyone inspired by your mods start bidding against each other! Steve S Edited February 5, 2021 by SteveyDee68 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2021 Just now, SteveyDee68 said: Good grief! And I did a search for "fertilizer wagon" too! Thank you, kindly, Darius - now watch everyone inspired by your mods start bidding against each other! Steve S Happy to help. Rest assured I will refrain from bidding myself. Cheers Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: I think maybe Darius has them all?! (I've been looking, too - not a one on eBay!) Steve S Maybe not Darius but someone is mopping them up, iv seen at least 6 go this week very quickly and caught me out! I have managed to pick up one though this week but don't worry I'm not after any more fir a bit! A good tip I found when i got the last couple for the blue ones was to spell fertiliser wrong, got 2 for a tenner! Fisons, UKF, pallet wagon, pwa wagon, lima wagons are all good search options- happy hunting! Cheers James Edited February 5, 2021 by jessy1692 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) Door frames and hinges painted dark brown. Airbrushing with lighter tones to follow. The last photo shows where I forgot to place some masking tape before airbrushing. Should make for an interesting effect. Cheers Darius Edited February 24, 2023 by Darius43 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waveydavey Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 You’ve got me intrigued by painting the ends brown Darius. David Ratcliffe in ‘Modern Private Owner Wagons on British Rail’ says the BRT vans were delivered in brown but I believe this may not be correct. The Paul Bartlett photos suggest the sides were grey but the ends do look suspiciously brown under all the road dirt. Sadly I’ve not been able to find a good photo of a BRT van early in it’s life to get a clear idea of how they were painted. Cheers David 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just thinking Darius, have had to or have replaced any of the buffers on yours? I have one due to land today but I think it has at least one buffer missing. They seem quite long to these buffers would you know a likely replacent in keeping with the Lima ones? Cheers James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waveydavey Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I’ve replaced the buffers on mine with 2’ long Oleos with 18” heads from LMS. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) On 06/02/2021 at 10:53, jessy1692 said: Just thinking Darius, have had to or have replaced any of the buffers on yours? I have one due to land today but I think it has at least one buffer missing. They seem quite long to these buffers would you know a likely replacent in keeping with the Lima ones? Cheers James The chassis for the wagon I’m working on now has been stripped of all of its buffers to replace broken ones on the previous wagons. I have obtained some replacement buffers from eBay. I used one of them on the Fisons wagon - closest to the camera. Cheers Darius Edited February 24, 2023 by Darius43 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Darius43 said: The chassis for the wagon I’m working on now has been stripped of all of its buffers to replace broken ones on the previous wagons. I have obtained some replacement buffers from eBay. I used one of them on the Fisons wagon - closest to the camera. Cheers Darius Cheers Darius, I'll await today's post and check out the damage but it looks to be an easy fix. Ta for the info. My next one will be a Scottish & Lloyd's one, guessing yours may be too? James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Waveydavey said: You’ve got me intrigued by painting the ends brown Darius. David Ratcliffe in ‘Modern Private Owner Wagons on British Rail’ says the BRT vans were delivered in brown but I believe this may not be correct. The Paul Bartlett photos suggest the sides were grey but the ends do look suspiciously brown under all the road dirt. Sadly I’ve not been able to find a good photo of a BRT van early in it’s life to get a clear idea of how they were painted. Cheers David Hi David, Paul’s photos show the ends as being so brown/weathered that it’s hard to determine what the original colour was. I have put a dark brown base colour on and plan to airbrush lighter tones to add some variation. The sides do look to be lighter grey with dark brown patches. It’s a case of building up the weathered effect with different shades. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, Waveydavey said: I’ve replaced the buffers on mine with 2’ long Oleos with 18” heads from LMS. Thanks David, will have a gander and see what I fancy. All the best James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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