A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[KNP]

And no hook.....

[gwrrob]

Now I've got this requested beast sat there doing nothing.

[KeithMacdonald]

10 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

Now I've got this requested beast sat there doing nothing.

 

Can you ask the crew to help clean that filthy mogul while they are waiting?

[Siberian Snooper]

39 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

I had hoped to do a photo shoot with a new van but it appears that Sheffield we have a problem.

 

 

" 'Ere Mr yer suvern wagon ain't got no couplings "

 

 

 

[gwrrob]

Just now, Siberian Snooper said:

 

 

" 'Ere Mr yer suvern wagon ain't got no couplings "

 

 

That's the least of its problem although they are kept separate in the box for shipping.

 

[NHY 581]

I'm missing something........

 

What's up with the Rails jobbie? 

 

 

Rob. 

[toboldlygo]

As the dark cloud's of war hang over ANTB in November 1944 and with V1's raining down over the South of England, on a recently captured airfield in Belgium - a V1 hunter has returned from another successful mission...

 

 

Yep the final part of the Tempest V build is up  

[Mallard60022]

3 hours ago, gwrrob said:

I had hoped to do a photo shoot with a new van but it appears that Sheffield we have a problem.

That's a 3mm Van, shirley?

Ar$£$

[gwrrob]

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

I'm missing something........

 

What's up with the Rails jobbie? 

 

 

Rob. 

 

Issues on the van between the body and chassis not sitting right.

[Captain Kernow]

14 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Issues on the van between the body and chassis not sitting right.

Oh dear, perhaps I should check mine.

 

[brianusa]

3 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

Can you ask the crew to help clean that filthy mogul while they are waiting?

 

Indeed!  Never been a fan of weathering ever since the run down in the fifties and sixties when locomotives were a disgrace, covered in soot and grime, burned smoke box doors and steam issuing from anywhere it shouldn't have been.  Never weathered any of the locos in my OO days  and certainly not my current tinplate stuff.  While this is only one opinion, others perform admirable weathering to their liking; its just not my thing, real or model!

     Brian.

[Mikkel]

26 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Issues on the van between the body and chassis not sitting right.

 

Has it not been fitted right or is there something wrong with the dimensions?

 

Thanks for the Mogul though 

[gwrrob]

12 hours ago, Mikkel said:

 

Has it not been fitted right or is there something wrong with the dimensions?

 

 

Apparently they rely on a friction fit as no glue is used on assembly. I can vouch for a loose fitting roof, body and chassis. I've packed mine up to return to Rails as I was scared of breaking something trying to get it to sit square. The BR version Peter shewed last week looked fine. As far as I'm aware it's dimensionally correct.

[colin penfold]

The latest Bure Valley models bargains seem to include some decent GW oferings including  http://www.burevalleymodels.com/p/9830/R3383TTS---BR-Castle-5050-Earl-of-St-Germans-TTS-Sound-Fitted

[gwrrob]

How much would the sound decoder alone fetch second hand I wonder.

[A Murphy]

British Monarch, 105 Sovs, verrry nice.

 

Arfur

[Clive Mortimore]

40 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

How much would the sound decoder alone fetch second hand I wonder.

Hi Rob

 

Do I take your comment to mean you are not of the trendy DCC sound gang?

 

 

[Mallard60022]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

How much would the sound decoder alone fetch second hand I wonder.

Very nice castle......TTS Sound chip = 3/6d

[bgman]

2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

Very nice castle......TTS Sound chip = 3/6d

 

Or 2/0d down the local fryers

 

 

More bang for ya buck !

 

F.Tuck

[gwrrob]

2 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

Very nice castle......TTS Sound chip = 3/6d

 

How many Scottish Euros is that Phil.

 

N Sturgeon.

[gwrrob]

2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi Rob

 

Do I take your comment to mean you are not of the trendy DCC sound gang?

 

 

 

If I was starting from scratch then yes I like the options especially in 7mm.

[bgman]

A little Sunday project on the workbench......

 

Bought this bus on Ebay and thought it would be a suitable candidate for my 7mm layout which will need an Omnibus planted somewhere

 

 

All dismantled and primed

 

 

Getting there......

 

 

 

Nice cheap way to add to the layout ( eventually ! )

 

G

[Siberian Snooper]

9 hours ago, bgman said:

A little Sunday project on the workbench......

 

Bought this bus on Ebay and thought it would be a suitable candidate for my 7mm layout which will need an Omnibus planted somewhere

 

 

On a bridge?

 

 

[45568]

With the discussion surrounding the 'Rails' 3D-printed wagon, last week I received the following two 3D-printed wagon bodies from :

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/stafford_road_model_works

designed to fit on the Airfix/Hornby/Dapol 21t hopper chassis.

This is a GWR N28 loco. coal wagon, I was taken with the provision of three side doors and two end doors, very different from the usual 21tonner. This is mounted on a Hornby 21T chassis, which I prefer over the Dapol alternative for the moulded tie-bar and finer axle box detail.

 

This represents a very early GER steel design, introduced in 1904, which did survive until the 1950's. it is finished in black, the original 1948 livery choice for coal wagons, (which were considered departmental stock initially).

 This is mounted on a Dapol chassis, which is suitable for this prototype as no tie bars were present.

 

Both bodies are supplied in 'white versatile plastic'. I treated each to several thin coats of red oxide primer from a rattle can which helped to fill some of the irregularities. They were then finished with Tamiya spray cans inside and out as appropriate. The transfers are Modelmaster sheet 4680?? for loco. coal wagons, weathered with Vallejo paints.

 The close-up photos do show the texture of the surface, but given the surface of the real thins, this is not necessarily a disadvantage. These will form part of an 'empties' of various 21-tonners, (23 at the moment!!), of all different types and construction. I was fortunate to obtain several Kirk dia. N23 wagons, with the single side door and twin end doors, with care these make an excellent wagon.

 I feel an N34 coming on next!

Whilst the cost of the individual wagon bodies is not that expensive, the postage from USA or wherever can be a significant part of the order. I would recommend a group of mates to pool their orders and cut down on postage if possible1

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

[St Enodoc]

21 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

Very nice castle......TTS Sound chip = 3/6d

HOW MUCH?????