landscapes Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Great idea Peter you just need a few Bachmann Deltics in two tone green. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 DAvid - I think I might have one in the boxes somewhere - strangely enough I actually have two of the blue one! I also have a Peak, a Class 40, a 37, 08, 25, 26, Falcon Prototype, Kestrel Prototype and even a yellow ochre Western! I may even have DP2 somewhere - I really must get around to opening up all the boxes and cataloguing stock! Talk about catholic tastes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) Hi Peter It sounds as though most of your diesel locos are in blue livery which will not go with your steam locos. You could just have a time on the layout for diesels only in a disused steam shed layout or alternative sell on EBay and purchase new green diesels from the late fifties early sixties era. Bachmann now produce a new Deltic in two tone green without any yellow warning panels in a weathered condition, I am really tempted to go for this myself, it will fit in nicely with the very early sixties and they did share Haymarket MPD with steam in the later years. Keep the photos coming. Regards David Edited October 24, 2013 by landscapes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Actually David, they're all green - I just use the TOPS numbers because I got so familiar with them when I ran the Transport Publishing Group which at the time included The Railway Magazine and Railway Gazette! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 There comes a time in every modeller's life when you just have to day "s*d the scenery, I'm playing trains!" And I'm afraid that, apart from building the scenic bit for the West End and sticking some stonework together, is pretty much what I did today - the roll call includes: 60537 Bachelors button 60534 Irish Elegance 60144 Kings Courier 60147 North Eastern 60161 North British 60028 Sea Eagle 60061 Pretty Polly 60019 Bittern 60039 Sandwich 60035 Windsor Lad 60862 V2 and here's the evidence... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlink Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Should 60028 be Walter K Whigham? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyrood 60152 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Should 60028 be Walter K Whigham? Hi Peter, I see 2 A4s in your fantastic photos so I guess 'silverlink' may be correct about Walter K Whigham ? Between your 'Waverley Shed' and David's 'Haymarket Shed' you're both really taking me back to my late 50s days !!! Keep the posts and pics coming ! . . . and if I can comment on the beautiful flowing trackwork you've got there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlink Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Peter, Back in 2010 when the A2's first came out there were quite a few errors which I had a go at rectifying on my own models. If you go to the thread on Bachmann A2 I have a few posts on there that may be worth a look. If you look at post 277 it shows one I have modified, this should take you to it. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/846-Bachmann-peppercorn-a2/page-12 If you need any help just PM me. Cheers Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Hi Peter Great set of photos, it shows just how much your layout has come on in just the last few weeks. You have a good selection of pacific locomotives but if I may suggest a few smaller locos or tank engines such a J72's or J 83's would certainly improve the look of your layout in my opinion but it is very good as it is anyway. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Thanks for the kind comments folks - indeed 60028 should be Walter K Whigham, but this was the first example of a repaint an line out that I ever did on a pacific and I had bought the nameplates and stuck them on with Superglue before realising the error! Sadly this is one of the original Hornby tender drive A4s, and the wheels are a bit too coarse for the track and ballast that I've laid - all the modern stuff runs fine, but this, together with my A3 Pretty Polly, which is actually a reliveried early Hornby apple green Flying Scotsman complete with XO4 motor, now run really poorly as their wheels are getting lifted slightly off the track by the ballast - of course part of a loco shed is the ballast being quite high in places, but it seems these venerable old girls are going to have to spend the rest of their lives static! While updating my stock list I also discovered that hidden away in a box somewhere I have a blue liveried Bittern in heavy weathered condition courtesy of Messrs. Bachman, so I suspect that will be my next airbrush project. David you're absolutely right about variety - Still boxed and not yet out to play are a J39, J72, N2, Flying Pig ( don't ask) 2 x Standard 4 tanks,, a K3, 2 B 1s, and a brace of V3s, and a few interlopers from the west including an 8f, Black 5, and rebuilt Patriot and a handful of BR standards! And of course waiting int he wings, the oily purr of dieselisation! Unfortunately despite over an hour of programming the Heljan Turntable seemed to have a fatal memory loss, but fortunately the kind folk at Heljan have promised to fix it in return for me sending the bridge and the control box back to them in Denmark - better move those three racehorses over the TT before it goes out of action! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Peter, Back in 2010 when the A2's first came out there were quite a few errors which I had a go at rectifying on my own models. If you go to the thread on Bachmann A2 I have a few posts on there that may be worth a look. If you look at post 277 it shows one I have modified, this should take you to it. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/846-Bachmann-peppercorn-a2/page-12 If you need any help just PM me. Cheers Ian Ian she looks lovely and a beautiful bit of work. I used to hit the same seam problem with the top of Hornby A3 boiler barrels when I was into detailing and repainting them some years ago. After I'd done a fine job of creating a boiler barrel that looked like it have been underneath the Penmanshiel tunnel collapse, I found the easiest way to remove them was with slow, painstaking wet/n/dry using a balsa block as a backer. by using a wet approach I was able to feel any imperfections and once all dried out and sprayed they disappeared. SOmewhere I have the nameplates for Trimbush , so one day I'll have a go at that, but really need a cheap one to get my hand back in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Holyrood, thanks for the kind comments about the track work - it's all Peco 100. I think the secret is only using 5 foot radius points, and taking care over track joints - I always leave one sleeper gap between the tracks and fill this in with a single sleeper before ballasting. Annoyingly, even with five footers, if you try and back a Bachmann Peppercorn through an s curve with its tender close coupled, the tender binds and she falls into the 'cess! AFter much trial and error, I found the solution - only drive them forwards through sequential points! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlink Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Peter, Just check the fall plate between loco & tender, it needs to be well clear of tender or it will foul and derail. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Thanks Ian I hadn't thought of that, I'll look at it tomorrow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 If anyone's still watching, I've just posted a discussion around Hacking The Hornby P2 into a 'what might have been' http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79857-its-not-even-out-yet-but-what-else-could-we-do-with-hornbys-p2/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hi bigwordsmith, I have only now just caught up with this thread. What a great layout and an impressive collection of locos! Keep up the good work and those posts coming. Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Thanks Brian Glad you're impressed, I had planned to spend Christmas getting a proper roof on the shed, but a large DIY project has arisen instead! Heigh Ho, let's hope everyone has a good one! Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 So - a period of amazing progress! With the seasonality of my business creeping in, my Christmas break started in the third week of December, so I tackled the big DIY project - building a platform to allow me to work at the rather smart built in desk we inherited when we bought the house, without getting major sciatica! That was done by Christmas day, so after the family bit we got quite a lot of time to work on the shed building. Back in November I spotted an ad on eBay for a two road engine shed extension kit, which was basically a pair of roofs for the Jouef engine shed. Much bidding later it duly arrived and I reckoned that with a bit of surgery - and a few more of the same, this could save me a truckload of handwork, so I ended up winning four of the damn things! The day after boxing Day the heavens opened and my beloved suggested it would be a 'good day to play trains' so I disappeared into the study, X-Acto and Liquid Plastic at the ready, and started cutting and shutting. Of course all the carefully built girders no longer worked, so they had to come off and the two sides found themselves floating around until they could be glued and fixed. Long story shirt, it appears to have worked - there's still masses to do with paint and detailing, before the whole thin gets suitably weathered, but here it is so far... Also Father Christmas kindly dropped into rails of Sheffield and my daughter got him to bring me this rather excellent water tower... And my beloved not only got me the very useful loco lift you can see to the left... ... but also this interesting arrival from the LMR - no doubt refuelling having brought the Edinburgh Portion of the Royal Scot through from Glasgow! So as for the rest, well - I got kind of camera happy! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hi mate Some excellent photo uploads mate, good layout and that shed is a good length to. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thanks Jamie - just finishing the shed roof today and moving onto the painting and weathering Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hi Peter Looking very good indeed, I like the low level photos as well. I do like your new water tower, do you know who makes it, I was thinking I'd scratch building one for Haymarket but your tower with some alterations would fit the bill and save me a lot of work. Keep the photos coming. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hi David Thanks for that - spent much of the afternoon adding more pair tp the shed and finish the roof. Would you believe the wear tower is Bachmann's scene craft? I got it from Rails of Sheffield - they had the lowest price. ATB Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Waverley Shed's on the move.... Read all about it, and the big dilemma http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/81377-waverley-route-or-aberdeen-perth/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 SO finally managed to shot the progress on the 'shed. Finally got the thing all window'ed up painted and moderately presentable - it sits a bit squint, but when it's fixed down we'll get over that. However we're not going to fix anything while there's the possibility of migration! So a few shots featuring recent changes and arrivals.. Enjoy Peter 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwordsmith Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 And a few more that I couldn't get to upload to the last post... Here are a couple grabbed by my friendly gricer in the process of an afternoon's shed bashing... A sneak peak from the back of the shed finds an A3 and a standard 4 tank slumbering.... A quick peak round the other side along the 'ready road' where locos line up for duty before sliding down to the station... He couldn't believe his luck copping 4 pacifics lined up and waiting to come over the turntable And when the movements were finished he couldn't believe his luck when one of the cleaners about to go up and clean the shed glazing volunteered to take his instamatic and grab a shot of 5 pacifica simmering on the ready road! Then he turned round as a diesel burst into life to cop an EE type 4, and noticed what looked like a Deltic beside it - the source of all the noise.... But when it started moving forward he found it was none other than DP2! Then over the other side of the yard a Cravens DMU propelled under the hoist by the shed shunter!... But before he got the chance to find out more and angry foreman start heading in his direction so it was off ski home for tea and 'tattiescones! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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