Popular Post andy stroud Posted May 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2020 The layout should have excellent permanent way now that there is a resident tamper! This is my model of a Plasser 07-16 track machine that I have been working on over the last few weeks. My little bit of research showed that these machines were built throughout the 1970s and the design was reviewed someway through. The later versions had a distinctive front windscreen shape that followed the angled body profile. I must admit that I think these look very smart, and I was tempted, but in the end I felt that the earlier version with rectangular front windscreens would be more suitable for my layout. Currently, the tamper is unpowered but there is plenty of room inside for a motor. That is a project for sometime in the future and I will seek some advice on the matter. Currently, my model is running on 5.1mm diameter 009 wheels supplied by Dundas Models as the real machines had fairly small wheels (about 2ft 4 inches, I believe). Also, the track machine has a little friend - a Wickham trolly. This was actually a small practice run, before starting the tamper. I needed practice at cutting very small window openings out in brass sheet. I made the two cabs first, from 10thou brass sheet. One cab is bigger than the other. The next two pictures show the track machine under constuction on my workbench. Many thanks, Andrew 15 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted May 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2020 lovely careful work very nicely done. I am sure a tomix motor and parts from one of the chassis will allow self propelling. For along time they were towed to and from sites by a loco. Class 7 45mph springs to mind but that could well be wrong. Only recently have they been allowed to play on their own - so quite often rest of job stopped when they have a tantrum and expire on the main line. Luckily many are crewed by a fitter driver. So having your 07 towed by a 31 or similar will be prototypical. Still in awe at what you have produced, a great eye for right ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Very impressive scratchbuilding. Bravo. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D869 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Lovely job. Always nice to see something cut out of raw brass. They kinda look more impressive unpainted to folks who know how much effort goes in... but all of us put paint on sooner or later. The only other model I've seen was built by Jim Allwood. I don't know the full story but I think his was made from a heavily modified kit, one of the modifications being to motorise it. There is a pic of Jim's at http://www.2mm.org.uk/layouts/weltondown/index.html 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted May 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2020 Very impressive work Andy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Great work on The Tamper. I need one of these for BoT! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted May 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2020 Many thanks for the replies regarding the tamper. I did find some really nice reference pictures of track machines and indeed plenty of other stuff on http://www.hondawanderer.com/ by Martin Loader. I am fairly pleased with the tamper and Wicham trolly and think I may now have enough confidence to try to stratchbuild some other items of rolling stock, starting with a couple of wagons using some chassis components from the 2mm association. Last week was the first time that I have had the layout set up and running since the Uckfield exhibition last October. It is now in a spare room where hopefully, it can remain set up for some time. Last year it was set up for a couple of months in the front room! Many thanks, Andrew 21 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Super layout . When I was younger I did N gauge and in my head this was the sort of layout I always wanted ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted July 24, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) I have been working on new wagons for the layout. Pictured above is my recently completed model of a BR built (LMS design) unfitted Tube wagon. This is effectively a stratchbuild as the body is entirely plasticard and the chassis consists of various pieces of 2mm Association etches soldered to a strip of brass. For some time I had wondered how to tackle the corrugated ends but then I remembered how I used 0.3mm microstrip while building the pagoda and lamp huts for the layout. The brakegear is extended 12ft wheelbase etch. The real wagons are 17.5 ft wheelbase. The picture below shows the finished wagon before painting. I am still working on my 6V53 'clayliner train' and another eight wagons have been finished. These are 10ft wheelbase as opposed to 'clayhoods' which are 9ft wb. Many of these wagons had roller bearings. Below are two such wagons, from N gauge Society body kits with chassis from 2mm Association. I now have 20 wagons completed and am aiming for 30. They are a mixture of corrugated ends and wooden ends. Below are a few wagons during contruction. This Vanwide is also from an N gauge Society Kit and runs on a chassis from the 2mm Association. It is intended to run as part of a clay train. Perhaps I may have overdone the weathering on this wagon. Many thanks, Andrew Edited August 27, 2022 by andy stroud pictures 38 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2020 Superb work Andy They look great on the layout too... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2020 Fantastic stuff. I recall a comment in the past that the sheets from empty wagons were often carried in a van, so incorporating the Vanwide in the clay train is a nice touch. I still think you're having us on though, these are really 4mm scale. You've just bought a fake double size hand for the picture where you're holding the wagon.... 2 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said: Fantastic stuff. I recall a comment in the past that the sheets from empty wagons were often carried in a van, so incorporating the Vanwide in the clay train is a nice touch. I still think you're having us on though, these are really 4mm scale. You've just bought a fake double size hand for the picture where you're holding the wagon.... Hi Rich. That is my understanding as well, that a van was sometimes used for the empty sheets. I have seen pictures of the train, consisting of a long line of open wagons with just a single van somewhere in the consist. That is the train formation I am aiming for although other wagons were often included such as vans, coal, oil tanks and presflows especially south of Exeter, it seems. Somewhere, I have seen a picture of the southbound clayliner with a mark1 coach at the front of the formation. Regarding the size of the models, because they are small, personally, I tend to simply leave out certain details so in many respects, it is easier than 4mm. Other modellers will work to much higher levels of detail in this scale. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Nice to see recent progress on the layout and its projects. Super modelling. 32 minutes ago, andy stroud said: Regarding the size of the models, because they are small, personally, I tend to simply leave out certain details so in many respects, it is easier than 4mm. Other modellers will work to much higher levels of detail in this scale. And some of us, unfortunately, have to leave out even more detail when working in N. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted July 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, grahame said: Nice to see recent progress on the layout and its projects. Super modelling. And some of us, unfortunately, have to leave out even more detail when working in N. The skill is knowing what to leave to others imagineering skills..... 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted August 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2020 On 02/05/2020 at 08:27, D869 said: Lovely job. Always nice to see something cut out of raw brass. They kinda look more impressive unpainted to folks who know how much effort goes in... but all of us put paint on sooner or later. The only other model I've seen was built by Jim Allwood. I don't know the full story but I think his was made from a heavily modified kit, one of the modifications being to motorise it. There is a pic of Jim's at http://www.2mm.org.uk/layouts/weltondown/index.html Hi This is mine built from the N’thusiast kit which I assume is the same as Jim’s. Cheers Paul 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 15 hours ago, PaulCheffus said: Hi This is mine built from the N’thusiast kit which I assume is the same as Jim’s. Cheers Paul Hi Paul. That looks very smart. Thankyou for posting. It is a model of the later version of the 07-16 featuring a slightly different design including tappered front windscreen which, I must admit, I do actually prefer and I was very tempted to model. However, I did in the end choose to go for the older, more ugly, version with a rectangular front window as I felt that type of tamper seemed more appropriate for my layout, often seen lurking in the sidings in the backgrounds of pictures of my favourite locations such as Exeter or Whiteball Summit during the 1970s. Looks like yours has some nice transfers as well. Cheers Andrew 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted August 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, andy stroud said: Hi Paul. That looks very smart. Thankyou for posting. It is a model of the later version of the 07-16 featuring a slightly different design including tappered front windscreen which, I must admit, I do actually prefer and I was very tempted to model. However, I did in the end choose to go for the older, more ugly, version with a rectangular front window as I felt that type of tamper seemed more appropriate for my layout, often seen lurking in the sidings in the backgrounds of pictures of my favourite locations such as Exeter or Whiteball Summit during the 1970s. Looks like yours has some nice transfers as well. Cheers Andrew Hi Andrew Thanks, and it is indeed the later version . The transfers were custom printed for me from my own artwork. I am planning on getting some more transfers done for a few other projects and will be including a set of the Tamper transfers for someone else so I could add a set for you. Cheers Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, PaulCheffus said: Hi Andrew Thanks, and it is indeed the later version . The transfers were custom printed for me from my own artwork. I am planning on getting some more transfers done for a few other projects and will be including a set of the Tamper transfers for someone else so I could add a set for you. Cheers Paul Thats very kind of you. That would be nice. It would improve the front end appearance no end! As you can see, I improvised and used various wagon transers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted September 18, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) My newly completed southbound 'Clayliner' train 6V53 is seen heading across the viaduct, above. Here the train is pictured sat in the goods loop behind the signal box. As previously mentioned, these wagons are built from N gauge Society plastic body kits, running on etched underframes from the 2mm Association. Below is a close up of a couple of the wagons which differ slightly from the more familiar 'clayhoods'. So I now have two full length china clay trains, albeit one depicts an empty train. The clayhoods are built from ex Parkwood body kits running on modified Farish underframes. And finally.... not a clay train but a block coal train. In my pretend world, I have imagined that Newton Abbot power station was still taking deliveries of coal by rail at this time. These 21 ton hoppers are plastic kits from the N gauge Society. Incidentally, I think it was this weekend that the layout was due to attend the Swindon Steam Exhibition. The layout is instead set up in a spare room at home running very well and providing lots of entertainment. In fact I purchased a new loco today, an unrefurbished class 50 from Footplate in Kidderminter in between trips on the SVR class 50 running day. This model shop has a large stock of N gauge. Edited August 24, 2022 by andy stroud pictures 35 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted February 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) For quite some time I have been meaning to have a two tone green class 47 with full yellow ends and tops numbers. There were a few around in this condition well into the mid 1970s. My one started out as a blue Farish model purchased last year from the SVR shop at Bridgnorth station. I resprayed over the blue but retained the original yellow ends. I also added new front handrails made from electric guitar string but these are probably over scale. I used some transfers from Railtec which are marketed for 40 106 as these include the blue data panel. The 47 is seen passing through the station on my layout with train 1Z45, a returning excursion from Torbay and is also seen below passing the mill building and about to cross the viaduct. While I had the green paint out, I decided to do a class 37 as well. As well as the usual weathering job I lowered the body using the method descibed by @jonasin his blog on RMweb. I have previously lowered the bodies on my other 37s using other methods but this method was quick and very easy. Also new to the layout is plain blue 50 016 which is pictured below, seen standing next to the signal box in the goods loop. Apart from a touch of weathering, the only modification made to this loco was the headcode panel which, as purchased, is depicted far too small. I simply rubbed off the detail that was there and overlayed a new headcode panel made from a small piece of 5 thou brass. The tankers pictured below have had their rather chunky plastic walkways replaced with some very thin brass together with etched ladders from Model Signal Engineering. I only have a few and currently they are running as part of a long mixed freight but it is my intention to make a block train of them sometime soon. Many thanks for looking. This picture on Flickr was the inspiration for my green class 37. I was intending to just provide a link but the picture itself has appeared. Edited August 24, 2022 by andy stroud pictures 35 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan. Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Hi Andy, I hope you are keeping well. I really like the weathering /fading on the 47 I think it is difficult to capture on 2t green locos in N without becoming 'muddy', but I'm not so sure about the 37, but that's a hellishly difficult prototype photo to copy. Cheers Duncan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Always a joy to see update on your layout. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevea Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hi, Andy Thank you very much for the latest update on your excellent layout. On seeing the green Tops-numbered 47, I was thinking how nice it would be to see one of the numerous Immingham ones which were local to me in the 70s. Absolutely amazed on zooming in on the pic to see it was 47220. A bit off-route - I wish I'd been on that excursion train - but great to see one of the 47212-224 batch reproduced so well. Blue class panel a superb touch. Excellent work, and thanks again for many happy hours of entertainment reading this thread and watching your videos. (47220 on the next vid, please?) Regards Steve 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Crepello Posted February 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2021 I like the weathering on the tankers Andy. Great attention to detail. I can almost smell the oil! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted February 18, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Many thanks indeed for the recent very kind comments and likes. On 17/02/2021 at 10:10, stevea said: Hi, Andy .... and thanks again for many happy hours of entertainment reading this thread and watching your videos. (47220 on the next vid, please?) Regards Steve I had actually been thinking of doing another video sometime soon, maybe this time with some commentary on aspects of the layout rather than the cheesy music. In the meantime, a couple more recent pictures. Many thanks. Andrew Edited August 24, 2022 by andy stroud pictures 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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