RMweb Gold Joner Posted February 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2021 That looks really good, I can feel my wallet and my wife moaning already Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Morning guys. Todays featured finished loco, slightly smaller than yesterday's! The marvellous Sutton Locomotive Works class 24. This was photographed a while ago part way through it's repaint....it started life as RTC 24081. As the bodystyle was correct, the customer wanted it as preserved D5061. I had to unplate the no 2 end bodyside boiler radiator grilles, same with the bodyside footsteps, and add the foot rungs. The lining was really tricky on this one, but worth the perseverance. 10 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Good morning. Today's post....lighting. Specifically the rather good Heljan 0 gauge class 50. I discovered a small oddity with it, in that the cabfront markers, headlamp, and internal cab illumination whilst all wired for seperate function control, are actually incorrect, as the markers and internal cab lights have actually been wired together. Which means if the headcode box markers are on, so are the internal cabs, which is wrong. After investigation, a small cut to the solder track of the feed to the headcode markers stopped them coming on with the internal cabs, a new feed to it then allowed everything to be controlled correctly. Hopefully you can see this form the attached images. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 A few bog standard out of the box weathered 00 gauge locos today. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Another 4mm completed repaint today...this time in the form of the Realtrack 'Pacer'. I'll be honest, this is the 2nd one of these I have done now, and it will be my last. An absolute nightmare to do! Nice final result though, which is what it is all about. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Still doing OO then Lee, I thought you’d binned that in favour of just O ? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows Close Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Pity the Pacer was such a difficult beast to work on - the result looks mint. best wishes, Chris. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 On 20/02/2021 at 13:16, rob D2 said: Still doing OO then Lee, I thought you’d binned that in favour of just O ? I have, still working on the last few 00 repaints 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 The first of many new locos from Heljan this year, we kick of with the 0 gauge class 17. Never knew the prototype, but this is strangely attractive, in an odd way! Bet these inspire many, many small layouts. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 Afternoon guys. I have just soundfitted a pre production Heljan O gauge class 47....and a start has been made on weathering. I decided to take some pics, thought you might appreciate. There is some very nice detail work going on here to the chassis and undergubbins. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted February 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) 44 minutes ago, blueeighties said: Afternoon guys. I have just soundfitted a pre production Heljan O gauge class 47....and a start has been made on weathering. I decided to take some pics, thought you might appreciate. There is some very nice detail work going on here to the chassis and undergubbins. That certainly is a vast improvement on the original Class 47. Looks very nice Edited February 25, 2021 by jcarta 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Cab interior detail and underframe detail looks superb. Now lets hope Heljan actually took onboard feedback and made corrections to the body shell. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Cantrail lining for this big beast today. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APT Fan Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 25/02/2021 at 14:22, blueeighties said: Afternoon guys. I have just soundfitted a pre production Heljan O gauge class 47....and a start has been made on weathering. I decided to take some pics, thought you might appreciate. There is some very nice detail work going on here to the chassis and undergubbins. Probably the minimum one should expect given the huge retail prices being quoted. I understand that the units are not being supplied with numbering or a DCC decoder, so they will be at extra cost. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 12 hours ago, APT Fan said: Probably the minimum one should expect given the huge retail prices being quoted. I understand that the units are not being supplied with numbering or a DCC decoder, so they will be at extra cost. Not quite getting you. Where are the 'huge retail prices'....there haven't really been any significant increases for a good few years. And O gauge locos have pretty much never been supplied with numbers or decoders. A rather odd comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APT Fan Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 hours ago, blueeighties said: Not quite getting you. Where are the 'huge retail prices'....there haven't really been any significant increases for a good few years. And O gauge locos have pretty much never been supplied with numbers or decoders. A rather odd comment. Why would prices constantly have to go up? Many manufactured goods actually reduce in price, certainly in real terms whilst the quality improves. The future O gauge Dapol Class 66 retails between £276 (DC) and £302 (DCC) with the large retailers, less than half that of Heljan. A spokesman from Dapol was quoted as saying that the O gauge price doesn't have to be twice or three times that of a product half or a third of the scale. The Dapol 66s all come prenumbered, so perhaps the comment about 'never supplied with numbers' might be considered outdated. I'm not getting at you, just pointing out a fair comparison based on the current market to add some context. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Hornby class 50, weathered and sound fitted, no additional detailing. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Here we have the first of quite a large batch of Heljan 0 gauge class 37s to be completed. Fully reworked from the original release model, enhancements include, Bodyside panels and steps filled and flushed. Bufferbeam cowlings cut away, new ones fashioned, and new bufferbeams fitted. Full repaint. Soundfitted. Detailed. Weathered. 37008, in typical mid 1980s filthy GD condition. Lots more of these to follow. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Pretty naff weather today....wet windy and cold. So unfortunately no natural light shots of this beast, which is almost too big to fit on the bench! Heljan 0 gauge class 40. Renumbered as 112, Legoman soundfitted, and weathered. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Good morning everyone. Back to 00 gauge for today's completed loco....one of my very last 4mm resprays. 37069, in glorious dirty TE late 80s blue. This is a full repaint, Legoman soundfitted, detailed and weathered. RSH cantrail dividers added as per the prototype. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 And another big white stripe beast today.....yet another Heljan 0 gauge 37. Fully detailed, repainted and weathered as 37078, 'Teeside Steelmaster'. Legoman sound and a huge EM3 speaker. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted March 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 20/02/2021 at 10:25, blueeighties said: Another 4mm completed repaint today...this time in the form of the Realtrack 'Pacer'. I'll be honest, this is the 2nd one of these I have done now, and it will be my last. An absolute nightmare to do! Nice final result though, which is what it is all about. Damn, and I after I saw how good it looked, I was so just about to email you and offer you the unique opportunity to paint my (STILL!) unpainted 144 centre car conversion in Northern blue. *delete's email* 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Gosh, one busy busy week! Some further lovely completed locos on the menu, here we have the first of this weeks batch, a Heljan 0 gauge class 20. Legoman soundfitted and tattily weathered, numbered as 20031. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Morning guys. Today's finished dirty blue loveliness comes in the form of Heljan 0 gauge class 25, renumbered as 25266, weathered, and Legoman sound fitted. Love these beasties. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 We start the week off with a Heljan 0 gauge 37/4. For a change, not large logo. We have 37427, 'Highland Enterprise'. Scotrail branded, Legoman sound fitted, and tattily weathered. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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