Popular Post cctransuk Posted June 4, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Please bear in mind that these are 4mm. scale models, greatly and cruelly enlarged. John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. http://www.cctrans.freeserve.co.uk/ BR Cowans Sheldon 6.5T hand crane. Detailed Tri-ang Hornby crane and Ian Kirk kit runner wagon, both with cast & etched (by Jonathan Hall) detailing parts. Ex-LMS Dia. 2080 FLATCASE wagon. Scratchbuilt using cast & etched detailing parts. BR Dia. 1/645 STURGEON A rail / sleeper / ballast wagon. Cambrian kit. Ex-GWR Dia. O30 non-fitted open wagon. Cambrian kit / cast & etched detailing parts. Ex-GWR Dia. O30 vacuum-fitted open wagon. Cambrian kit / cast & etched detailing parts. BR / TOWNSON TANKERS Dia. 1/307 tank wagon. Modified Hornby Dublo RTR body / scratchbuilt chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. WD / ICI ammonia tank wagon. Airfix RTR body & chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI ammonia tank wagon. Airfix RTR body & chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI methanol tank wagon. Airfix RTR body & chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI methanol tank wagon. Airfix RTR body & chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI ammonia lagged bogie tank wagon. Airfix Esso tank wagon kit bodies / Tri-ang RTR chassis(narrowed) / lengthened Cambrian bogies / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI ammonia lagged bogie tank wagon. Airfix Esso tank wagon kit bodies / Tri-ang RTR chassis(narrowed) / lengthened Cambrian bogies / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI ammonia unlagged bogie tank wagon.Tri-ang RTR body & chassis(narrowed) / lengthened Cambrian bogies / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI ammonia unlagged bogie tank wagon. Tri-ang RTR body & chassis(narrowed) / lengthened Cambrian bogies / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI arcton ferry tank wagon. Hornby Dublo RTR body / Airfix Esso tank wagon kit chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI dyestuffs ferry tank wagon. Modified Airfix Esso tank wagon kit chassis & body / cast & etched detailing parts. ICI heavy organics ferry tank wagon. Hornby Dublo RTR body / Airfix Esso tank wagon kit chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. TRAFFIC SERVICES Dia. SFV 6120 class B ferry tank wagon. Hornby Dublo RTR body / Airfix Esso tank wagon kit chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. TRAFFIC SERVICES Dia. SFV 6120 class A ferry tank wagon. Hornby Dublo RTR body / Airfix Esso tank wagon kit chassis / cast & etched detailing parts. Edited November 2, 2022 by cctransuk 34 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Nice work... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Care to add a little detail to clarify what you have done - particularly to the ferry tanks? It's also nice to see a finished crane. Jon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Care to add a little detail to clarify what you have done - particularly to the ferry tanks? Jon Jon, The finished crane is solely due to the etchings that I bought from you ages ago. It is rigged and operates as per the prototype - I moved the winch drums to their correct positions. I replaced the knurled moulded winch drum stems with machine screws superglued into drilled and tapped holes - the screws were cut short and filed square to fit the bore of some square brass tube that I use to operate the winches. Crane 272 was allocated to Hereford, but I have no evidence whatsoever that it was paired with an O5 runner! It looks the part, though. The ferry tanks? I took the Airfix / Dapol kit chassis moulding and milled off everything above the top of solebar level. I did this on my Unimat, but the same result could be achieved with a large file, care, and a finer file. I also removed the bearings and springs from the solebar / axleguard mouldings, and the buffers from the bufferbeam mouldings. The chassis was then assembled; the springs, bearings and buffers were added using Appleby Model Engineering castings; the brake platforms are etched chequerplate; the handrails and footsteps are soldered up from brass wire and strip; the brass handbrake columns were turned, (easily done with a minidrill and Swiss files); the brake wheel is an etching, as are the brake levers. The Hornby Dublo Traffic Services tanks were acquired as 'less than mint' from Ebay; (anyone want some HD chassis?); and I simply improved the end flame tube detail by using the moulded blanking plates on new plastic tubes. Markings are, naturally, my own Cambridge Custom Transfers. No rocket science here - simply what we used to call kit-bashing'; rapidly becoming a lost skill, methinks! I roll my eyes every time someone says of a new item of RTR or kit rolling-stock 'why didn't they produce this or that variant'! Thats what razor saws and plastic card are for - and it's called Railway Modelling !!! Regards, John Isherwood. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Some very nice wagons, especially like the crane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Might I ask for a bit more detail on the work done to the bogie tanks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) Might I ask for a bit more detail on the work done to the bogie tanks? The chassis and end restraints were narrowed to scale, and the bogies replaced by ones from Cambrian Models; (I shortened the wheelbase of these to exact scale, but it's not really noticeable). The Tri-ang models represents a de-lagged tank; for a lagged tank, use lengthened Airfix / Dapol Esso wagon kit tanks. The holding-down straps are brass strip and wire soldered together. Regards, John Isherwood. Edited October 21, 2012 by cctransuk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hi John, I must have missed the original post somehow. These are very well finished wagons! I am interested to see you use couplings which are either Hornby Dublo or the Peco equivalent. You don't see them used very often these days. All the best, Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) Hi John, ...... I am interested to see you use couplings which are either Hornby Dublo or the Peco equivalent. You don't see them used very often these days...... Colin Yes - you can tell that my first OO trains were HD, can't you? The Peco / HD Simplex coupling has been my standard since then, though they're not cheap nowadays. My stock has massively expanded over the years; (765 items at present), so there is no possibility of changing. On that subject, I saw an announcement that Peco were to produce a Simplex coupler to fit a NEM pocket - but that was some time ago ......!?! Regards, John Isherwood. Edited October 23, 2012 by cctransuk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 They're lovely bits of work, John. You mention the former Triang bogie tanks being 'unlagged'- what traffic were these used for, and what livery did they carry? A colleague has some (in their original boxes) in his attic; I might be tempted to offer him some beer vouchers for them.. The ICI 4-wheel ammonia tanks were used on one of the more obscure early block train workings; from Haverton Hill to the ROF (later ICI) explosives plant near Dowlais. Rather than being routed via Newport or Pontypool Road, it went via Hereford, Three Cocks Junction, Brecon and thence by the Brecon and Merthyr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) You mention the former Triang bogie tanks being 'unlagged'- what traffic were these used for, and what livery did they carry? Brian, This is a lagged tank wagon; note the holding-down straps disappearing into the lagging. It has a larger diameter tank created from Airfix / Dapol Esso kit tanks. This is a de-lagged tank wagon; note the holding down straps visible above the tank surface. The tank is as produced by Tri-ang. Both had the ICI corporate blue livery, as modelled, and were used for ammonia traffic. I am no expert of ICI wagon traffic, I'm afraid - just a sucker for an unusual wagon type. Regards, John Isherwood, Cambridge Custom Transfers. http://www.cctrans.freeserve.co.uk/ Edited October 23, 2012 by cctransuk 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) They're lovely bits of work, John. You mention the former Triang bogie tanks being 'unlagged'- what traffic were these used for, and what livery did they carry? A colleague has some (in their original boxes) in his attic; I might be tempted to offer him some beer vouchers for them.. The ICI 4-wheel ammonia tanks were used on one of the more obscure early block train workings; from Haverton Hill to the ROF (later ICI) explosives plant near Dowlais. Rather than being routed via Newport or Pontypool Road, it went via Hereford, Three Cocks Junction, Brecon and thence by the Brecon and Merthyr. There are photographs of the bogie tank wagons, as well as other ICI tank wagons near the end of their lives at http://paulbartlett....om/iciunfittank The bogie tanks could be in a darkish red as well as the ICI blue. John also used some of the photographs in http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/icichemical which are internationally registered tank wagons. The wagon repairers we visited were always very jumpy about us photographing ICI tank wagons, although the main reception sidings at their own site at Folly Lane, Runcorn was (remains) totally viewable from a public road. Paul Bartlett Edited October 23, 2012 by hmrspaul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward66 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The ammonia tank wagons used on the Heysham-Middlesborough trains in the fifties were lettered M O S as per the Bachmann 33-510 model. The Heysham plant was ICI and I assume the MOS livery dated from wartime or just after. I don't recall seeing any other livery on these trains. The insulation can't have been brilliant as they always had a layer of "frost" form the top to about halfway down the sides of the tank when heading towards Teesside loaded. An interesting modelling challenge to get the texture right. Do you have any pictures of these wagons in service Paul? Edward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 The ammonia tank wagons used on the Heysham-Middlesborough trains in the fifties were lettered M O S as per the Bachmann 33-510 model. The Heysham plant was ICI and I assume the MOS livery dated from wartime or just after. I don't recall seeing any other livery on these trains. The insulation can't have been brilliant as they always had a layer of "frost" form the top to about halfway down the sides of the tank when heading towards Teesside loaded. An interesting modelling challenge to get the texture right. Do you have any pictures of these wagons in service Paul? Edward How old do you think I am? No, I'm a Southerner and never saw this flow, even during the blue diesel era. Paul Bartlett 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waveydavey Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 The blue ICI Ammonia tank that features above John appears to be a smooth sided tank. Did you smooth off the riveted panels from the Airfix tank body or have you replaced it? Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted June 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2021 Hi John, As with others I missed your original posts. These are great work, and it's good to see that the art/science of kit-bashing is still alive and well. The tankers, in particular, are impressive. The shade of blue looks good; what paint did you use for it? Thanks and regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 12:41, Waveydavey said: The blue ICI Ammonia tank that features above John appears to be a smooth sided tank. Did you smooth off the riveted panels from the Airfix tank body or have you replaced it? Cheers David As far as I can recall, the smooth tank would have been filed / sanded down. CJI. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 13:00, Alex TM said: Hi John, As with others I missed your original posts. These are great work, and it's good to see that the art/science of kit-bashing is still alive and well. The tankers, in particular, are impressive. The shade of blue looks good; what paint did you use for it? Thanks and regards, Alex. I had a rattlecan of paint custom-matched to ICI Transport Blue. A complete waste of money - the result is BR Rail Blue !! As Dr. Beeching came from ICI, perhaps that isn't surprising ! CJI. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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