Wright writes.....

[Clive Mortimore]

37 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

On that theme ... and whilst there seems to be a latest - and enjoyable - outbreak of 'show n tell':

 

Only taken me nine months (albeit no more than 4-5 hours a week).

 

Who can spot the deliberate mistake?

 

Hi Graham

 

The train alarm indicators on the brake end of the twin set. 

 

Lovely looking coaches.

[Tony Teague]

1 hour ago, Tony Wright said:

It's getting towards that time of year when we look back at what we might have 'achieved' in our railway modelling over the last 12 months.

 

 

Blimey!

That Geoff Haynes has got a lot of painting to do!!

(Amazing output Tony, and all to the highest standard).

[micklner]

57 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

On that theme ... and whilst there seems to be a latest - and enjoyable - outbreak of 'show n tell':

 

 

 

 

Only taken me nine months (albeit no more than 4-5 hours a week).

 

Who can spot the deliberate mistake?

 

Weird end door compartments? on the Comp.  Marked as 3rd ? where would the seats be ?

[Darryl Tooley]

24 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

The train alarm indicators on the brake end of the twin set.

Right idea, wrong vehicle, I should have said, Clive.  4901/2 did have alarm gear both ends: the clerestory, I  wouldn't have thought so.

 

D

[New Haven Neil]

Well, I started the year with this layout....

 

 

....and the self same place now looks like this.....

 

 

Different scale, country, inspiration.  A change is as good as a rest?

Edited December 11, 2020 by New Haven Neil

[LNER4479]

34 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

The train alarm indicators on the brake end of the twin set. 

 

11 minutes ago, micklner said:

Weird end door compartments? on the Comp.  Marked as 3rd ? where would the seats be ?

 

7 minutes ago, Darryl Tooley said:

Right idea, wrong vehicle, I should have said, Clive.  4901/2 did have alarm gear both ends: the clerestory, I  wouldn't have thought so.

Nope - all above built / lettered as per drawings / photos (what few of them there are).

 

Something else ...

[Darryl Tooley]

7 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Something else ...

Destination board racks? - I'm guessing now.

 

D

 

 

[micklner]

2020 output

 

NB Models ex NBR Brake van

 

Blacksmith Thompson BG

 

Langley Models NER Autocoach

 

D&S ex GCR MIk Van

 

Model Wagon Co ex GNOS Cattle van

 

 

 

Nu cast NER G6 BTP

 

 

NIU models 

ACFI conversion of a Hornby A3 The White Knight

 

D&S Coaches Dia 5 ,Dia 18 x 2

 

 

 Little Engines LNER A7

 

 

 

Current builds are a  Geo Norton J25 (Tender done still in unpainted Brass) and two D&S Clerestories Dia 14 all third and a Dia 7 Comp. I doubt if any will be finished this year.

Edited December 11, 2020 by micklner

[micklner]

D&S Dia 18 Brake 3rd. missed on the above post

 

[LNER4479]

31 minutes ago, Darryl Tooley said:

Destination board racks? - I'm guessing now.

Nope - not really a 'draw the line' detail that I haven't fitted; more something deliberately wrong in appearance (one of the vehicles only) but in agreement with the intended owner.

 

I'll give it till the end of the evening ... 

[Headstock]

23 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Nope - not really a 'draw the line' detail that I haven't fitted; more something deliberately wrong in appearance (one of the vehicles only) but in agreement with the intended owner.

 

I'll give it till the end of the evening ... 

 

The mini me clerestory? Or is it a long legged twin?

Edited December 11, 2020 by Headstock

[LNER4479]

Clerestory

 

[Tony Wright]

1 hour ago, micklner said:

2020 output

 

NB Models ex NBR Brake van

 

Blacksmith Thompson BG

 

Langley Models NER Autocoach

 

D&S ex GCR MIk Van

 

Model Wagon Co ex GNOS Cattle van

 

 

 

Nu cast NER G6 BTP

 

 

NIU models 

ACFI conversion of a Hornby A3 The White Knight

 

D&S Coaches Dia 5 ,Dia 18 x 2

 

 

 Little Engines LNER A7

 

 

 

Current builds are a  Geo Norton J25 (Tender done in Brass still)and two D&S Clerestories Dia 14 all third and a Dia 7 Comp. I doubt if any will be finished this year.

Prolific!

[Tony Wright]

1 hour ago, Tony Teague said:

 

Blimey!

That Geoff Haynes has got a lot of painting to do!!

(Amazing output Tony, and all to the highest standard).

Like all the best builders/painters, Geoff has an order book stretching into the distance, Tony.

 

Since I'm not a fan of model painting (particularly my own), I build as a sort of 'sub-contractor' for him. His clients know if I've built the loco (and all seem happy), and he 'pays' me by painting my locos. Symbiotic? It works.

 

Next on the list are two more GWR locos, and more in the pipeline. However, I can't see my building any more Thompson Pacifics for his customers....................

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

[Chuffer Davies]

12 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Next on the list are two more GWR locos in the pipeline. 

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

Do tell?

[PMP]

3 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

 

Anyone else like to show what they've done this year? 

Sold Shelfie1, completed Shelfie2 (above) and started Shelfie3 (below). Shelfie2 was very satisfying, it’s operated completely hands free, with Dingham couplings and all points electric. It runs without the hand of god to a high 90 percentile reliability.

 

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by PMP

[micklner]

48 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Clerestory

 

No glazing !!!

[micklner]

45 minutes ago, Tony Wright said:

Prolific!

Its called lockdown !!!

[mullie]

In the spirit of show and tell I offer the following:

 

Rather than stock I mainly concentrated on extending the layout.

 

I did model some 16 ton minerals for the 1960s era stock.

 

 

My biggest achievement was probably the scratch built wagon turntable.

 

 

Having to work online from home during the first lockdown  and not being able to go abroad on holiday I definitely got more done. I could not have got all this done under normal conditions.

 

There were other things too. Sadly I missed my chance to exhibit a layout for the first time as the SWAG event moved online.

 

Have a great Christmas everyone and stay safe.

 

Martyn

[Headstock]

51 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

Clerestory

 

 

MMMM,

 

It's really an East Coast Double Jointed, end vestibule, non corridor, low roofed, centre Lavatory composite.

[LNER4479]

1 hour ago, micklner said:

No glazing !!!

It's definitely glazed - including the clerestory lights. Trust me on that one ...

 

56 minutes ago, Headstock said:

It's really an East Coast Double Jointed, end vestibule, non corridor, low roofed, centre Lavatory composite.

Well, you're actually closer that you might think with that. The clerestory is actually an ECJS Dia.19 TK and, in GNR days, it was a ECJS liveried vehicle so it's actually a bit of nonsense to have it lettered up as GNR at all! However, the intended owner wants a 'representative' GNR train (to run with his Locomotion Atlantic No.251) and we agreed to letter the vehicle up as if it were a GNR vehicle. The real ones were taken into LNER stock in 1925  and so the number is based on the LNER number for one of the vehicles - 41638 - with the '4' simply left off.

 

And if that hasn't sent you to sleep, nothing will. Good night!

 

 

[landscapes]

5 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

It's getting towards that time of year when we look back at what we might have 'achieved' in our railway modelling over the last 12 months.

 

From a personal point of view, I've not had such a productive one for many a long year - a tiny silver lining in the Covid cloud?

 

Anyway, a selection of what I've built/completed this year....................

 

 

Originally built by a friend of a friend's late father, this MPD 3F was given to me as a donation for CRUK. Built in EM Gauge, it didn't go. I built an OO set of frames and completed it (the centre steps have since been removed), painted it and weathered it, and sold the EM chassis to a friend on behalf of CRUK, making a donation to CRUK myself. 

 

 

Seen more recently, a DJH 8F. Geoff Haynes is painting this.

 

 

And also recently, yet another SEF A4 (also with Geoff Haynes now for painting).

 

 

A Craftsman 36XX, built on commission for Geoff, who's also painting it (watch this space).

 

 

A Mallard/Little Engines D16/3, painted by me.

 

 

A part scratch-built J6, from the estate of Roy Jackson. I completed it, erected a chassis for it, made a tender for it and painted it.

 

 

Another J6, this time a Nu-Cast/SE Finecast one. Built for Geoff Haynes, who eventually painted it. I've also made a further SEF J6 (for myself). 

 

 

A Crownline J17 (the originator of 'fireboxgate'!), painted by me, and now with Tom Foster for weathering. 

 

 

An MPD Lanky 0-6-0. Geoff Haynes will make the EM chassis for this go  - friction-fit wheels! He'll then paint it.

 

 

A superannuated McGowan B12/3. Bought for not much, really just a 'layout loco'. I painted it. 

 

 

An equally ancient Millholme 2P. The property of a friend, I built a new chassis for it and weathered it.

 

 

The brace of MJT 3D-printed V2s; almost now completely painted by Geoff Haynes. Watch this space.....................

 

 

And another one with almost-finished painting by Geoff. A further SEF A3. Again, watch this space..................

 

 

I built the body and frames for this Alan Gibson 517 Class. Geoff made it go and painted it.

 

 

A Model Loco Black Five, with a Bachmann tender. Seen recently, this is now with Geoff for painting. 

 

And the latest (so far; there's still some time to go in 2020, and I can't stand Xmas TV); the (almost) completed Millholme Ivatt 4MT. Can you tell the expansion link is the wrong way round on this side? I'll paint this one.

 

Along with completing Little Bytham, getting several more donated locos to go and repainting them, and building a carriage or two and several wagons, I'm quite pleased with this year's tally.

 

Anyone else like to show what they've done this year? 

 

 

 

 

Hi Tony

 

Over the past three months I have almost completely dismantled Haymarket to allow me to wire up and weather all trackwork.

 

Most of the trackwork has now been glued down to the baseboards with additional weathering applied to the main shed building and smaller structures around the latyout.

 

LED lighting has been fitted to the main shed building as well, this was completed by Gareth of Replica Railways and the inspection pits have now been formed.

 

Still lots of work to do but I have have put most of the layout back together temporarily to see what the overall effect is starting to look like.

 

A few photo views enclosed.

 

Regards

 

David

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by landscapes
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[Barry Ten]

I'm surprised at how many non-railway modelling projects I worked on, or finished, this year, such as this 1/24th Focke-Wulf F1190:

 

 

Or this Fireflash from Thunderbirds:

 

 

Or a 1/48th US Coast Guard Dauphin:

 

 

Another 1/48 P51D:

 

 

A 1/350th USS Nimitz and Eighth Air Wing:

 

 

A 1/16th radio control KV-1 tank:

 

 

A  Comet chassis for a Fowler tank:

 

 

Mostly finished the painting and lining on this E1:

 

 

And largely completed this rake of LSWE carriages:

 

 

A friend and I also collaborated on this 1/8th radio control Mustang, which is still going through the works:

 

 

And I spent a bit of time helping with the servo setup on this even bigger P51:

 

 

Apologies for all the non-railway stuff, but hope that some of it's of interest. Personally I've found that building these models usually ends up with me learning a new skill or dodge that can be applied to railway subjects, so it's all good.

 

Thanks to Tony and all for the inspiration and distraction during what has been a very difficult year.

 

Al

Edited December 11, 2020 by Barry Ten

[Headstock]

9 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:

It's definitely glazed - including the clerestory lights. Trust me on that one ...

 

Well, you're actually closer that you might think with that. The clerestory is actually an ECJS Dia.19 TK and, in GNR days, it was a ECJS liveried vehicle so it's actually a bit of nonsense to have it lettered up as GNR at all! However, the intended owner wants a 'representative' GNR train (to run with his Locomotion Atlantic No.251) and we agreed to letter the vehicle up as if it were a GNR vehicle. The real ones were taken into LNER stock in 1925  and so the number is based on the LNER number for one of the vehicles - 41638 - with the '4' simply left off.

 

And if that hasn't sent you to sleep, nothing will. Good night!

 

 

 

Good evening Graham,

 

I figured it was probably ECJS. 

 

After the War, there was an unidentified number of eight wheelers operating as Friday afternoon strengthens and as a part of SuO expresses on the London extension. I never looked into them in too much detail, mainly because a possible source of a kit drew a blank. They were also definitely lower down the pecking order of what absolutely needed to be built. I have a couple of nice photographs of them in action though.  As a result, I'm not that familiar with them beyond a nagging recollection of the basic outline.

 

Both the clerestory and the twin are rather fine looking models though.

[Iain.d]

6 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Anyone else like to show what they've done this year? 

For 2020, my first modelling completions were these two SR vans from Parkside, a PMV and a CCT. Both have had a reasonable level of additional detail added which includes improved brake gear and undergubbins, handrails, brake pipes, screw couplings, etc and substituting plastic parts for metal such as step boards and roof vents.

 

 

Then I managed two former GWR special cattle vans, again Parkside. These look the same but are different diagram numbers – not hugely apparent side on. Their level of detail has been improved as the per the SR vans. I’m not a fan of identical rakes of vehicles, I will always try and vary vehicles of a type, if only ones that will be neighbouring. For example if a CWN states 3 x TO, I will make each of the third opens to a different diagram number.

 

 

And then I did this Parkside SR BY.

 

 

All of the above vehicles are intended to run in a representation of the mid 1950s 8.35pm Templecombe to Derby perishable service.  Vehicles of this type are listed in the train make up although I suspect the cattle vans would be southern ones rather than GW ones.  In addition all of the above have MJT rocking axles at one end. Not sure if they’re really needed but being longer wheelbase, they could have issues on non-level track and point work. They all need some weathering and the transfers on the cattle vans need replacing.

 

Next up was a SR Maunsell 3 coach set from Roxey Mouldings. I’m pleased with these and think they turned out quite well. On opening the box they seemed quite daunting but by breaking them down into manageable chunks they were quite easily completed.

 

 

For my intended layout I needed a two coach set to form the 6.05pm Bath Green Park to Binegar service. So I added sides to an old Airfix non corridor composite. It rides on Comet bogies and I scratch built the underframe and painted it crimson. I think it pairs quite nicely with the Hornby brake third on the right, which in itself has been slightly improved by painting the edges of the glazing (to reduce the prismatic effect) and spraying with a coat of satin varnish. This has lifted the otherwise dull Hornby colour.

 

 

Following on from the Maunsell 3 coach set, I did a former LSWR set

 

 

Below are three former 1980s Hornby Stanier coaches that have been completly updated; only the ends, solebars and roof remain, everything else having been replaced. The brake is a D2123 and the third open a D1999.

 

 

The composite (D1903) will be paired with a Restaurant Car. I have since added corridor connectors / bellows.

 

 

Just about finished – and will be before 2020 is out, well assuming I can find a can of Tamiya Primer (having not  been able to purchase any for some months now from my local shop) is a GW A44 Driver trailer

 

 

and a D1938 Restaurant Composite

 

 

Apologies for these being ‘old’ photos (from November…). The builds are complete and the models have been cleaned pending painting but I don’t want to handle them to photograph them. They’re currently in a sealed Tupperware type box just waiting for the weather to be cool enough to spay them! It’s been quite warm recently; Perth has been in the 30s all week with a high of 39 on Tuesday or Wednesday. My garage, where I spray, is currently 27 and its 7.30am – mind you that warmth has accumulated through the week. I'll post some pictures when they're done.

 

On compiling this post I just realised, this for me, was quite a productive modelling year!

 

Thank you to all those who contribute to this thread and share their work, suggestions and nuggets of modelling knowledge – it has been an inspiration to me. Long may it continue.

 

Kind regards and stay safe,

 

Iain

Edited December 12, 2020 by Iain.d
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