Popular Post Bryn Posted December 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Recently painted plate wagon from a Stephen Harris nickle silver etched kit. Click here for full range of kits. The kit was built as per the instructions and the finishing process is as follows; - Grey self etching primer - Acrylic base colours (dark brown chassis, light grey body, light brown floor - Oil paint washes in thinner washes - Clear gloss acrylic as base for transfers - Transfers - Clear gloss acrylic to seal in transfers - Clear matt Dullcote - Dark grey enamel wash all over - Various weathering powders - Clear matt Dullcote Edited December 14, 2019 by Bryn 13 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nigelcliffe Posted December 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2019 I've been making a bus. Or, more precisely, the mechanical stuff inside the bus. Radio controlled, Deltang receiver and transmitter. Front axle is a Faller spare part, moved by a Plantraco actuator. Rear axle driven by a Microantriebe motor/gearbox with a couple of pairs of diodes to drop the voltage. And a small Lipo rechargeable battery cell powers it all. - Nigel 17 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted December 14, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, Nigelcliffe said: I've been making a bus. Or, more precisely, the mechanical stuff inside the b impressive and revoked memories of sitting in the garden after the GJLC dinner discussing such things with Steve Sykes Nigel so are you now running a rail replacement service ? Nick 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted December 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2019 That really deserves two clever awards one for building it and another for driving it while filming. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Donw said: That really deserves two clever awards one for building it and another for driving it while filming. I'll let you into a secret.... the camera is on a tripod. Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisveitch Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 16 hours ago, Nigelcliffe said: I've been making a bus. Or, more precisely, the mechanical stuff inside the bus. Radio controlled, Deltang receiver and transmitter. Front axle is a Faller spare part, moved by a Plantraco actuator. Rear axle driven by a Microantriebe motor/gearbox with a couple of pairs of diodes to drop the voltage. And a small Lipo rechargeable battery cell powers it all. - Nigel Is it a coincidence that this is in the same T&W PTE livery as those on Mick’s Callaton? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John57sharp Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 22 hours ago, Nigelcliffe said: I've been making a bus. Or, more precisely, the mechanical stuff inside the bus. Radio controlled, Deltang receiver and transmitter. Front axle is a Faller spare part, moved by a Plantraco actuator. Rear axle driven by a Microantriebe motor/gearbox with a couple of pairs of diodes to drop the voltage. And a small Lipo rechargeable battery cell powers it all. - Nigel There’s that bar rising again! Very, very impressive. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 11 hours ago, chrisveitch said: Is it a coincidence that this is in the same T&W PTE livery as those on Mick’s Callaton? I was at Mick's sometime early this year, and discussing the bus garage, its new sounds, and that it would be good if the bus could back out and turn in the yard. I said I thought a radio controlled bus was credible given the size of components available. So Mick gave me a bus from his collection of them as encouragement to make good on my words. I don't know if anyone took the picture of Thomas and Bertie the Bus at the Forth & Clyde group meeting yesterday, but thanks to Jim W for bringing Thomas (disguised as a Caley loco) along. Unfortunately, the road (more like a farm track) on the group layout was too rough and narrow for driving the bus - it was thrown off course by the pot-holes, and frequently grounded by the changes in slope and camber. So had to revert to driving in the fiddle yard and around the plates and cups on the table. - Nigel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted December 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2019 We’ll have three for CF please. Very impressive! Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted December 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2019 6 hours ago, CF MRC said: We’ll have three for CF please. Steady on Tim, you'd then need some blue diesels to go with them! David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 7 hours ago, CF MRC said: We’ll have three for CF please. Will work out price list. 47 minutes ago, Kylestrome said: Steady on Tim, you'd then need some blue diesels to go with them! They come in handy for rail replacement work, when the trains are broken for some reason.... Buses with front axles near the front, like Routemaster's and Lodekka's need a bit more thinking. Should be possible, but can't use a Faller front axle "as supplied". - Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Could Kelso be about to rival Falkirk as a centre for bus building? To be fair, Alexanders only build the bodies on other makers chassis, whereas Kelso are building chassis for existing bodies! Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisveitch Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 20 hours ago, Nigelcliffe said: I was at Mick's sometime early this year, and discussing the bus garage, its new sounds, and that it would be good if the bus could back out and turn in the yard. So you're going to do a r/c bus with sound? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bryn Posted December 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) A Stephen Harris etch of a Catfish was given set of transfer and weathered this week. Here we see the first etched kit I ever made, around 15 years ago I assembled this old N Guage Society Sealion brass etch kit totally with super glue. It's been surprising durable and has held together, part finished in my stock box ever since. I've added some association bogies and given it a lick of paint, I'm happy it's come out reasonably well. Edited December 17, 2019 by Bryn 14 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham R Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 15/12/2019 at 23:51, Nigelcliffe said: I was at Mick's sometime early this year, and discussing the bus garage, its new sounds, and that it would be good if the bus could back out and turn in the yard. I said I thought a radio controlled bus was credible given the size of components available. So Mick gave me a bus from his collection of them as encouragement to make good on my words. I don't know if anyone took the picture of Thomas and Bertie the Bus at the Forth & Clyde group meeting yesterday, but thanks to Jim W for bringing Thomas (disguised as a Caley loco) along. Unfortunately, the road (more like a farm track) on the group layout was too rough and narrow for driving the bus - it was thrown off course by the pot-holes, and frequently grounded by the changes in slope and camber. So had to revert to driving in the fiddle yard and around the plates and cups on the table. - Nigel I included a video in the FCAG blog, here. Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mmKiwi Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 7 hours ago, Bryn said: A Stephen Harris etch of a Catfish was given set of transfer and weathered this week. Here we see the first etched kit I ever made, around 15 years ago I assembled this old N Guage Society Sealion brass etch kit totally with super glue. It's been surprising durable and has held together, part finished in my stock box ever since. I've added some association bogies and given it a lick of paint, I'm happy it's come out reasonably well. They both look nice Bryn, especially the inside of the Catfish. Have you considered adding a small amount of the rust shade to the springs, and a dab of an oil colour around the bearing boxes? I also add a little silver shading to the buffer shafts. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 19 hours ago, 2mmKiwi said: They both look nice Bryn, especially the inside of the Catfish. Have you considered adding a small amount of the rust shade to the springs, and a dab of an oil colour around the bearing boxes? I also add a little silver shading to the buffer shafts. Steve Thanks Steve, The inside of the wagons are light rust enamel washes covered in powder. Catfish didn't have hydraulic buffers so wouldn't have the usual chrome finish on the cylinder rams. Also it doesn't stand out that the bottom of the axle boxes are black, I might give them a touch of gloss varnish to make them more noticeable, but I do agree the springs are much to clean! As for the Sealion, I fitted the wrong style of buffers all those years ago and maybe silver rams might be a nice compromise to give the look of the OLEO design. I've yet to weather this, but the bogies should hopefully tone down a shade once the powders go on. Bryn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -missy- Posted December 21, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2019 I'm playing around with this. Don't know if it will work out or not. J. 15 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Its just like being at work. A bit of gearbox design. For me 3D CAD just makes it so easy. You can see exactly where everything fits (and doesn't). The trouble is you just don't get any sense of scale. J. 8 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentin Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 57 minutes ago, -missy- said: A bit of gearbox design. For me 3D CAD just makes it so easy. You can see exactly where everything fits (and doesn't). The trouble is you just don't get any sense of scale. I'm following this with interest as I try to make sense of a slightly larger, 2ft 6in gauge, outside frame engine... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 8 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atso Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 A couple of kit bashed brake van kits to round off the decade from me. You never know, 2020 might just see some items actually get finished! Happy New Year and all the best for 2020! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted December 31, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2019 I've just been painting some ModelU figures to populate 'Freshwater'. The magnification of the photos show cruelly where they still need some touching up. They looked OK to the naked eye. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisveitch Posted January 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2020 What's on my 2mm workbench is absolutely nothing unremarkable. It's a Farish 24 with a few wagons. What is remarkable is that after many, many years trying to get somewhere with 2mm scale I've finally got myself a running loco and some stock with couplers that work, etc, etc. Not I just need to get on with finishing the turnout and I'll nearly have a shunting plank! 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted January 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2020 3 hours ago, chrisveitch said: What's on my 2mm workbench is absolutely nothing unremarkable. It's a Farish 24 with a few wagons. What is remarkable is that after many, many years trying to get somewhere with 2mm scale I've finally got myself a running loco and some stock with couplers that work, etc, etc. Not I just need to get on with finishing the turnout and I'll nearly have a shunting plank! About this time in 1983, I had almost exactly the same train, except my Class 24 was a Langley body kit on a Mike Bryant chassis and the wagons were Peco conversions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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