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1 hour ago, DavidLong said:

 

An excellent choice if I may say so, Paul. An EE Type 4 never offends!

 

I have these two in my stash. The couplings will have to go and they'll get 2FS wheels and probably sound.

 

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I look forward to further developments at 8N.

 

David

Thank you David, I’ll be ordering Biffo sound for my one soon, love the green split box one you have, I had one just before I jumped up to O gauge but I defo need to get another one, hopefully someone will release some newer retooled 40’s again soon.

 

Thanks again

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A bit of late evening modelling, both boards are now finished so I can have a play around with the track plan tomorrow.  Here’s a rather crude sketch of the track plan, I’m going for the ‘what if’ version I think as it’s got more operational interest I think, I’m also going to move the stores/office block to the other side where in real life there was a lot more room and was also closer to the fuel storage siding which also re-supplied the depot stores.  Although I’ll get away with just 8’ not including fiddle yard in the future I’ll be adding a third board this will give the head shunt to enter the fuelling shed and also allow for some of the imaginary ac loco stabling point to be modelled.  As for the fiddle yard I think I’m going to use the board I started building my O gauge Lime Street diorama on, I was going to sell it but it could be easier just cleaning the top off and using that. 

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Had a bit of time to myself today so can the boards together just to see roughly how it will look, I haven’t got any OO gauge track yet so I cobbled together a metre of improvised track using 7mm code 124 glued to a piece of board and away the 47 went :senile:

 

I’ve also made a start on the lifting brackets for the class 40 and the bogie to body steam pipes, just need to make the swivel plates now.

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1 hour ago, PjKing1 said:

replaced the first of the two headcodes with my own

Photos please, and a run down on how you print them if you could.

Paul.

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I seem to of got more done over the last couple of days than I have in the last couple of months, wheels and bogies are all weathered so just the tanks snd buffer beams to do then the chassis is complete, I might try an make a start on the body later if I get chance.  Still waiting on the flexi so no real progress on the layout but a friend is dropping his laptop off tomorrow (mine died) so I can draw it and print it out on Templot, I should be able to make a start on the points then.

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Made a start on the track plan on Templot last night and printed a few bits off earlier, hopefully I’ll get my final plan down on the boards soon and I can start on cutting some ply for the viaduct and the line on the embankment and incline from the depot

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On 20/10/2021 at 19:28, PjKing1 said:

I seem to of got more done over the last couple of days than I have in the last couple of months, wheels and bogies are all weathered so just the tanks snd buffer beams to do then the chassis is complete, I might try an make a start on the body later if I get chance.  Still waiting on the flexi so no real progress on the layout but a friend is dropping his laptop off tomorrow (mine died) so I can draw it and print it out on Templot, I should be able to make a start on the points then.

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You’ve smashed that weathering job… taking notes for when I start mine soon 

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55 minutes ago, jolt5 said:

You’ve smashed that weathering job… taking notes for when I start mine soon 

Thanks mate I’ve got a weathering thread if your interested although I haven’t updated it lately here’s a link, hopefully I’ll get to crack on with the body of the 40 this week.

 

 

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It's worth looking into lowering the Bachmann 40s a touch. Mine are lowered by about 0.8mm and it's easy to do by removing the plastic piece at the top of the bogie towers and sanding it down by about 0.8mm (measured with verniers). I still have to add the lifting points on mine, and I really should put smaller orange jumper plug/sockets on as well.DSCF0296.jpg.8389768e0dc86059979cd297dd29d12f.jpg

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12 minutes ago, 97406 said:

It's worth looking into lowering the Bachmann 40s a touch. Mine are lowered by about 0.8mm and it's easy to do by removing the plastic piece at the top of the bogie towers and sanding it down by about 0.8mm (measured with verniers). I still have to add the lifting points on mine, and I really should put smaller orange jumper plug/sockets on as well.DSCF0296.jpg.8389768e0dc86059979cd297dd29d12f.jpg

Evening mate, I’ve lowered the older Bachmann 40’s in the past, pretty straightforward once you’ve got past the fear of the first time, I thought the new tooled one didn’t look to bad to be honest but I might have a play around with it.

 

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8 minutes ago, PjKing1 said:

Evening mate, I’ve lowered the older Bachmann 40’s in the past, pretty straightforward once you’ve got past the fear of the first time, I thought the new tooled one didn’t look to bad to be honest but I might have a play around with it.

 

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When I got my retooled examples, I displayed them on the mantlepiece, and it was really noticeable at eye level from my favorite armchair. My early Bachmann 40s ended up with Lima central body sections and didn’t need lowering. I’m also looking to lower my 37s, though I think it’s the bogie sideframes that are slightly too low, judging by the buffer height. Look forward to how your layout develops.

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1 hour ago, 97406 said:

When I got my retooled examples, I displayed them on the mantlepiece, and it was really noticeable at eye level from my favorite armchair. My early Bachmann 40s ended up with Lima central body sections and didn’t need lowering. I’m also looking to lower my 37s, though I think it’s the bogie sideframes that are slightly too low, judging by the buffer height. Look forward to how your layout develops.

Thanks buddy, I’ll definitely take a look at it as yours looks very very good, I’d lowered my old 37’s in the past to snd they looked far better, but I’ll be waiting for the Accurascale 37’s rather than Bachmann this time around.  Here’s my old 37 an 40 I lowered 

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6 hours ago, PjKing1 said:

Thanks buddy, I’ll definitely take a look at it as yours looks very very good, I’d lowered my old 37’s in the past to snd they looked far better, but I’ll be waiting for the Accurascale 37’s rather than Bachmann this time around.  Here’s my old 37 an 40 I lowered 

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Lovely stuff, gives them a much better stance on the track. I think the extra height is manufactured into them to allow the wheels to clear the body on tight curves, but the lowered examples work fine on the smallest radius Peco streamline points, which I think are 2 foot radius. Had some fun with the chassis details (lifting points and the like) on the early Bachmann 40s, but a block a thick plasticard on the end of the water tanks restricted the bogie swing to stop them from being knocked off.

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2 hours ago, 97406 said:

Lovely stuff, gives them a much better stance on the track. I think the extra height is manufactured into them to allow the wheels to clear the body on tight curves, but the lowered examples work fine on the smallest radius Peco streamline points, which I think are 2 foot radius. Had some fun with the chassis details (lifting points and the like) on the early Bachmann 40s, but a block a thick plasticard on the end of the water tanks restricted the bogie swing to stop them from being knocked off.

Thank you, it really does make a huge difference especially on the older 40’s and the 37’s and not that hard to do either 

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@PjKing1Can understand the move to 4mm, I am dropping from O to N (Code 40 mind) in order to fit full length trains, will keep an eye on your work as its always a great standard of modelling. Out of interest how long do Tim Horn boards usually take to be delivered after ordering. We are building a Garden room which should be done around Xmas but I dont want the boards until its done but am keen to start the layout once I have the room built?

 

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John

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58 minutes ago, JBM37404 said:

@PjKing1Can understand the move to 4mm, I am dropping from O to N (Code 40 mind) in order to fit full length trains, will keep an eye on your work as its always a great standard of modelling. Out of interest how long do Tim Horn boards usually take to be delivered after ordering. We are building a Garden room which should be done around Xmas but I dont want the boards until its done but am keen to start the layout once I have the room built?

 

Thanks

 

John

Hi John thanks for the kind words, my boards arrived within two days but Tim had what I wanted as a stock item, best thing to do is email or phone him and tell him what you want and when, he’s a pleasure to deal with and highly recommend.  I’ve got a little side project in the pipeline to in N gauge using code 40 rail, line yourself so I can run full length trains, let me know if yiu start a thread John I’d love to see your progress.

 

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2 hours ago, PjKing1 said:

Hi John thanks for the kind words, my boards arrived within two days but Tim had what I wanted as a stock item, best thing to do is email or phone him and tell him what you want and when, he’s a pleasure to deal with and highly recommend.  I’ve got a little side project in the pipeline to in N gauge using code 40 rail, line yourself so I can run full length trains, let me know if yiu start a thread John I’d love to see your progress.

 

cheers 

Thanks Paul, link to my thread is in my signature Inverbrough Jcn. Nothing to see yet really I have been buying stock and planning till I have the building up. Have 3 26s one 47 one 37 and a pair of HST power cars and some wagon kits and a sleeper train set. 

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6 minutes ago, JBM37404 said:

Thanks Paul, link to my thread is in my signature Inverbrough Jcn. Nothing to see yet really I have been buying stock and planning till I have the building up. Have 3 26s one 47 one 37 and a pair of HST power cars and some wagon kits and a sleeper train set. 

Nice one just followed it, I see your in my neck of the woods to :good:

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