2mm Andy Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Cor, you're a flatterer, Missy! Actually I'd be really up for it, but time is the current enemy as I'm committed to have an layout built for the ScaleSeven Group's Challenge 33 by October next year. I've got a pile of bits for both an S Scale and S132 projects, but if inspiration hit hard enough a 2mm project could easily leapfrog both of those. Seeing Saxted again stirs the waters that's for sure, and I've just seen David Eveleigh's link from the 2mm Soc site. His etches for a GER K9 loco and various carriages/NPCS are all a bit tempting. Oh he does more etches than those now (the J15, J70 and J67/J69 listed as 'in development' are now available for starters). I can pm you a more recent list if you'd like... Talking of the GER, I found out recently that my newly discovered enthusiasm for it may have some family history to it.... The chap on the right is my maternal grandfather, who worked at Neasden (GC) shed (which we think is where the photo was taken). Andy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) Oh he does more etches than those now (the J15, J70 and J67/J69 listed as 'in development' are now available for starters). I can pm you a more recent list if you'd like... You know how to twist the knife. OK, yes please PM me the more up to date list. Talking of the GER, I found out recently that my newly discovered enthusiasm for it may have some family history to it.... The chap on the right is my maternal grandfather, who worked at Neasden (GC) shed (which we think is where the photo was taken). Very interesting photo. I wonder what 1900 was doing over at Neasden. Edited March 9, 2013 by Buckjumper 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted March 9, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2013 You know how to twist the knife. OK, yes please PM me the more up to date list. Don't let my Association colleagues (n'er-do-wells, the lot of 'em . . . ) start persuading you away from working on Basilica Fields, Adrian. I want to see it finished and it is a thirty year project and I'm 61 now. Do the maths Mmm, on the other hand you could do a lot more of the East End in 2mm scale . . . David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 No chance of giving up the S7 David, but a little bucolic side venture with one or two turnouts and a K9 set in the 1880s...it's a bit tempting! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JohnBS Posted March 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi all, Today I'm mainly doing buildings . . . . Totnes is still woefully short of buildings - necessary to get the contrast between the town and the south Devon countryside, An important group is at the town end of the River Dart bridge, an area known as 'The Plains'. I've made a start on a group which includes a substantial Regency terrace and a couple of buildings at the beginning of Fore Street. This group is in the middle distance on the model so warranted taking a few shortcuts. I started off by researching on Google Maps and sourcing one or two historical photos on line. This gave me enough to produce a set of 2D CAD drawings of the main elevations, which I then printed out. The drawings were separated into layers, the first layer being printed on copier paper and PVA glued to mounting board, This included all the main outlines and the window panes and formed the structural base for the elevations. Second and further layers were then printed on 250 micron card, sourced from our local stationers (A4 sheets of very smooth, hot-rolled card) and these used as overlays for areas of added relief (pilasters, cornices, tile hanging etc). Drawing of the front elevation of the terrace - all layers Each individual building was assembled with a board floor and with sufficient formers to support the roof. For the latter, I used the 250 micron card, printed with a tile pattern. Chimneys, cills, gutters and other basic details were added, in board, card and cocktail sticks. Cottages behind the terrace, (in the card) Finally, it came to painting. I used match pots of emulsion for the basic masonry colours and artist's acrylics for the rest, mainly applied as fairly transparent washes to preserve some of the printed lines. Finer detail in the form of etched balcony and area railings were added to front elevation - a nice contrast to the mass of the masonry. Front elevation Rear elevation The whole assembly is now ready to be slotted into the layout and I shall be moving on to the Royal Seven Stars Hotel, another substantial piece of real estate. John 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted March 17, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi all, Today I'm mainly doing buildings . . . . John Beautiful as ever John. Jerry 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBS Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Jerry, Thanks. How was Nottingham? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted March 17, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2013 Jerry, Thanks. How was Nottingham? John Good weekend, cream crackered now. Will post some pictures of 'guests' on Tucking Mill later in the week. Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted March 26, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) Been spending the last few weeks chipping away at finishing some wagons and bits but several still awaiting couplings Edited December 23, 2019 by nick_bastable 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Very nice, Nick. What is the origin of the coach and the outside-framed vans? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted March 27, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) Very nice, Nick. What is the origin of the coach and the outside-framed vans? Andy Andy the coach is a Etched Pixel / Ultima LSWR 4 wheel etched body running on a scratch ( association w irons) under-frame which looked right for a Colonels railway the middle and left hand van are N Gauge kits on 2mm chassis while the right hand is a Gramodels resin body on association chassis I have also have a Gramodels ventilated van almost finished awaiting buffers / couplings along with a few other bits Speaking with Graham of gramodels at Folkestone last year he will consider resin commissions always liked the SECR round end wagons although I can not justify 20 of them any takers Edited March 27, 2013 by nick_bastable 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Nice stuff Nick - you might want to tweak the transfers on the 16T and 7-plank on the right hand side of the lower photo, the wagon numbers should be on the left of the wagon and the tare weights on the right. Pix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Collier Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Speaking with Graham of gramodels at Folkestone last year he will consider resin commissions always liked the SECR round end wagons although I can not justify 20 of them any takers I'd certainly be interested in some if they went ahead. Is he really happy to only do a run of 20? Gareth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted March 28, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Nice stuff Nick - you might want to tweak the transfers on the 16T and 7-plank on the right hand side of the lower photo, the wagon numbers should be on the left of the wagon and the tare weights on the right. Pix which goes to show how little I know about BR wagons I'd certainly be interested in some if they went ahead. Is he really happy to only do a run of 20? Gareth that what I was told and is printed in his catalogue I will ask the questions and we shall see Edited March 28, 2013 by nick_bastable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Don't worry Nick, even the RTR lads have made the same slip up - http://www.ehattons.com/57728/Dapol_2F_038_006_20_Ton_steel_mineral_wagon_BR_weathered/StockDetail.aspx Pix Edited April 1, 2013 by Pixie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted April 1, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) On 01/04/2013 at 18:31, Pixie said: Don't worry Nick, even the RTR lads have made the same slip up - http://www.ehattons.com/57728/Dapol_2F_038_006_20_Ton_steel_mineral_wagon_BR_weathered/StockDetail.aspx Pix Pix glad you pointed that out as I was going to leave them anyway Still a few more wagon and coaches finished except for couplings this weekend in between wire the layout and now for something silly So what have my fellow 2mm modellers been upto ? Edited December 23, 2019 by nick_bastable 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted April 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2013 So what have my fellow 2mm modellers been upto ? Here's a clue from me... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) So what have my fellow 2mm modellers been upto ? Nothing, except consuming tasty things and navigating the occasional lock. Bliss. And now to prepare for the crash back to reality of work tomorrow morning. Hmph. Pix Edited April 1, 2013 by Pixie 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 So what have my fellow 2mm modellers been upto ? Soldering TOUs and rewiring track. Pretty boring stuff but essential to get the foundations right. I also paid for a PSU for a lathe but am now in the process of a claim through the card company :-( The box van looks nice. Is that gramodels too? I'd be interested in pre grouping wagons as long as they are sized accurately (ie not compromised dimensionally to fit commercial chassis) and they have the strapping and rivet detail the we're used to on a plastic moulding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted April 1, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2013 The box van looks nice. Is that gramodels too? indeed it is and although a few bubbles needed filling it finished quite nicely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted April 1, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Here's a clue from me... image.jpg wheres the 3rd rail looking very nice though still cant work out how to do a multi quote reply though Edited April 1, 2013 by nick_bastable 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin1985 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 After the inspiration of helping to operate Copenhagen Fields the other weekend, over this weekend I've finally got my Association Jinty chassis working well (if not perfectly) and have fitted the sandboxes and brake rigging. It did run pretty much perfectly before I painted it, but on re-attaching the body, it then seemed the worm was having trouble meshing. A bit of fettling of the gearbox assembly has got it running perfectly in one direction, if less so in the other. It seems that in the "forward" direction the worm is getting much more thrust forward from the motor than in reverse, which I think is one the things people were saving when cautioning against fitting worms directly to coreless motors. I'm loathed to tinker too much more, but perhaps a good amount of running in will sort it. (i'm also avoiding soldering on washers to retain the connecting rods - hence the cable sleeve. Any advice on this? Either way, the Jinty was just a practice piece really - at least its given me the confidence to make a fresh start on the Bob Jones J72 that I mangeled before! Justin 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 With the Nigel Lawton motors at least the worm rapidly tears the motor apart (oops.. guess how I know) so you need to have something to take the thrust each end of the worm - eg washers and metal pieces secured to the chassis. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentin Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 This has just left my workbench and now I am working on the "Fence Houses Model Foundry" Universal 0-6-0 Chassis (8' + 8'6" w/b for 10mm dia. wheels): And my work proves that the quartering is not an easy job as I thought after successfully quartering my first 0-6-0 chassis (Association's J94 / Austerity replacement chassis). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 So what have my fellow 2mm modellers been upto ? Trying to work out how to build the 2mm scale etches I picked-up at the Ally Pally show from BH Enterprises - I'm determined that they won't lurk in the gloat box for ever! They're remaining stock from some that David Lidgate (ex-Kestral/Kestrel Models) got shot down from Jidenco kits many years ago. First off the stocks will be a LNWR chemical pan trolley and an LMS cement hopper. The LSWR horsebox and LMS prize cattle vans will have to wait for me to design a chassis etch to suit (I have no intention of trying to use the chassis included in the kits!) Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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