Captain Cuttle Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Due to continuing health problems not so active lately but managed to get my Nigel Stanley Cl.47 finished at last, also recently bought a Heljan Hymek, added blue to cab surrounds, renumbered and weathered it. Now halfway on a Slater's Bogie B Van kit and making a start on four old RJH Mk 1 coach kits which I bought ages ago. Photos of the locos attached Regards Alan 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristian1401 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Love the 47, it looks realistic, not over done in a working condition, keep it coming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Hi Alan, Looking good can we have some picture of the blue Gresley lurking in the background? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 Hi Alan, Looking good can we have some picture of the blue Gresley lurking in the background? Tis a n Ian Kirk kit I built about six years ago just use it to line up the KDs. I am hoping to make up a typical early to mid sixties parcels train.It is standard with extra plasticard strip to beef up the angled underframe also floor made removable and strips of lead for extra weight Regards Alan 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 Love the 47, it looks realistic, not over done in a working condition, keep it coming! Ok, will do, I have a Heljan 47 which is in the same livery but cant make up my mind whether to sell it or weather it!! CC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Pulham Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Thanks for those views Alan, I am really a teak finish man myself but it doesn't look too shabby in blue I have to say. I have a real soft spot for full brakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 I cant believe its been years since i have posted here! Photos of a Dapol milk tanker i worked on back in 2016 below, not completely prototypical but the inspiration came from a photo on the front cover of Southern Rolling Stock In Colour. Alan 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalKat Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Do you have any details as to why they aren't 'right' please? Emma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Hi Alan, I recently finished my Ian Kirk full brake in maroon. It does make a nice model. I also did a pair of Dapol tankers. These are sort of LMS in that they have 3'6" wheels (GWR and LNER used 3'1" wheels) but other underframe detail is quite wrong. I spent of time and effort getting mine to look more like LMS. Maybe it's time I got off my butt and got to grips with more work. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Do you have any details as to why they aren't 'right' please? Emma Hello Emma, If you go to O gauge Milk tankers started by DapolDave from Oct 12 2012, there is a lot of info from various people. I dont know how to create a link from there to here but expect someone will do it shortly. I think it is an amalgam of models which sort of looks ok and you can improve them but its the only ready to run model so far. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Hi Alan, I recently finished my Ian Kirk full brake in maroon. It does make a nice model. I also did a pair of Dapol tankers. These are sort of LMS in that they have 3'6" wheels (GWR and LNER used 3'1" wheels) but other underframe detail is quite wrong. I spent of time and effort getting mine to look more like LMS. Maybe it's time I got off my butt and got to grips with more work. John Hello John, Seems i have part duplicated this thread with another dated 2017, my memory is shot i am afraid! I have also got a maroon Ian Kirk Gresley FB and will post a picture later. I would love to see your Dapol tankers as i got another s/h which i have got to start sometime. Also got through the GOG Sales page, a part built CRT tanker and an unbuilt Slaters one. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalKat Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Thankyou Captain Cuttle .... I shall go search Emma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Hello John, Seems i have part duplicated this thread with another dated 2017, my memory is shot i am afraid! I have also got a maroon Ian Kirk Gresley FB and will post a picture later. I would love to see your Dapol tankers as i got another s/h which i have got to start sometime. Also got through the GOG Sales page, a part built CRT tanker and an unbuilt Slaters one. Alan Alan, here's a thread I did on the tankers: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/131124-br-milk-train-Dapol-milk-tanks-upgraded/ My plan is to build a milk train. I have a CRT 6 wheeled LNER brake and D&S 4 wheeled utility van (aka pigeon van) John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Alan, here's a thread I did on the tankers: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/131124-br-milk-train-Dapol-milk-tanks-upgraded/ My plan is to build a milk train. I have a CRT 6 wheeled LNER brake and D&S 4 wheeled utility van (aka pigeon van) John John, Very interesting, pity they didnt do a better job initially and i wonder why they would not consider doing a more accurate model as its a popular wagon. Here is my maroon Gresley full brake as part of my parcels train. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Thanks for the pic Alan. Here's mine. I have a brake 3rd and all 3rd to do. The milk tanks were done just before Richard Webster (Lionheart Trains) came on board. I read, probably here, that he was appalled with the design but it was too late to change. A new model design might appear but I wouldn't hold my breath. The very first Dapol PO wagons were pretty awful. I only bought one and expended a fair bit of money, effort and time getting it up to snuff. The most recent Dapol PO wagons appear to be Lionheart clones so thats good news. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 08/12/2010 at 18:06, Captain Cuttle said: Tis a n Ian Kirk kit I built about six years ago just use it to line up the KDs. I am hoping to make up a typical early to mid sixties parcels train.It is standard with extra plasticard strip to beef up the angled underframe also floor made removable and strips of lead for extra weight Regards Alan I've got one very similar - mine came from John Emerson's old layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 Martyn, Yes a good kit which makes into an affordable model with a long service life, i tried since to get a Sparmac one and also asked if the Gresley Dia 167 buffet car kit is available and the present owner has intentions of reintroducing the latter but not at this moment [that was last summer]. I put an advert in the GOG Wanted list and was offered a RJH/Cavalier buffet car kit with bogies and wheels for a very reasonable amount. This is mainly etched brass with tinplate roof and whitemetal castings, i intend to paint in in blue and grey as some lasted into 1976 i believe. The Dapol milk tankers are adaptable but be careful in taking them apart, i bought four altogether and also have two Powsides kits both bought half built and one a lot better than the other. Whether i will finish them cant say as now i only build for myself i seem to accumulated a stack of carriage stock, wagons and locos some RTR some kits. The first tanker i put on here a year ago i rebuilt in 2016 and decided to see if it would come apart. As you probably saw, it did however be very careful as the ladder is very fragile and cant be bent even slightly or it will break. i replaced that first one with signal laddering. Most of the parts i removed are held in with a sort of rubbery glue not unlike the type Heljan uses on its coach windows. The tank is actually two halves screwed together and held in with another screw on the underside. I cut off the spring dampers and made a small mould then cast some larger ones as all tankers had these fitted from 1950. There are a lot of variants and as i have said before, so for me i just wanted to improve them and i am reasonably happy with the result. I havent added any extra brake detail and they will be used on the garden railway so need to be fairly robust. ATB Alan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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