jwealleans Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Well, we're back in business. Soldering complete and I'm down to gluing bits on here and there. it might even be painted this weekend. I had no roof ribs so I made some from 40 x 30 Evergreen. They ought to be T section, I believe, but looking at the ones on the MJT roofs I've built, you can't see the undercut once painted so the strip will be a stronger job. I'm blaming droopy buffers on the extreme heat in the workshop preventing the 'poxy setting as quickly as it's supposed to. Edited July 3, 2020 by jwealleans 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) That looks good, hopefully won't be too long before the re-draw comes back. There should have been the label holders on the etch, (I'm sure I put them on there) Also I must figure out a way to produce multiple roof's. I've looked at getting them swaged in brass but so far the cost is prohibitive unless I'm building a 1000 coaches. Edited June 24, 2020 by chris p bacon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 Label holders are there; my old iron wasn't great at sweating components on so I usually glue things like that. Bit late to try with the new iron now, but it does make everything very hot very fast, so it might do better. Door hinges are the other thing I haven't yet put on. We've started haymaking now, though, so updates will almost certainly slow down for 10 days or so. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, jwealleans said: Label holders are there; my old iron wasn't great at sweating components on so I usually glue things like that. Bit late to try with the new iron now, but it does make everything very hot very fast, so it might do better. Door hinges are the other thing I haven't yet put on. We've started haymaking now, though, so updates will almost certainly slow down for 10 days or so. Well the sun is shining. hat coat...........gone. richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Quote hat coat...........gone. You didn't need to take the sun with you. Hay is still on the ground awaiting any sort of decent weather to dry it out. Update from last weekend - I took to the J6 and added most of what I could without making it too delicate to hack about should any problems show up in testing, although it's fine on the rolling road. The next job will be to add pickups to the tender. Banana van has had primer and this very evening received its first coat of teak. I've lettered a couple more containers. i can only do one an evening before going crosseyed, but it's progress. They've all had the chain eyes added and you might also spot the rest of the Conflats Mr. King cast for me. I had added the undergubbins to these two - that was my demo at Warley two years ago - and the unpainted one then developed a nasty twist. I'm pleased to say it has undeveloped it and can now be painted and lettered along with the other one and in due course the rest. D1830 van has been painted and lettered - just need the roof gunging now. I took my new soldering gear to a D & S Lowmac this week. This was one of a pair bought on Ebay some time ago for not very much. They had been built but not painted and a couple of the castings have gone astray. Now I don't generally criticise other people's building, we don't all work the same way and to the same level and there are some things people just can't do. This, however, was appalling. The components didn't fit together because the etching tabs hadn't been filed off, the solder had either been used without flux or with an iron which wasn't hot enough (or both) and then to make sure it all stayed together some sort of glue had been applied to the underside with a fire hose. I've got one complete one so far and I'll see about replacing the missing castings for the other in due course. I had started with by far the worse of the two, but here's the one I haven't yet touched to give you an idea. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel W Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 That soldering is even worse than mine, and that's saying a lot. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Did not mean to take the sun. I even wore my coat at work to guarantee the sun would stay out. richard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Even though now reported un-twisted, that conflat wagon deck isn't looking thoroughly happy in the photograph..... I wonder if further judicious use of heat and manipulation would assist? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 It's not entirely flat, no, though it is now within the compass of the MJT rocking unit. Hot water may well be applied before it's painted. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium macgeordie Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 Any idea which make of kit it is Jonathan. Built properly it looks like it would be a very nice model. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Which vehicle are you asking about, Ian? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jwealleans Posted July 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) You will tell me when you're bored with seeing this, won't you? This is teaked directly onto the primer, to try to achieve a newer, brighter finish. The lining still needs tidying up and I think I've missed a horizontal. We're still working on lettering so there's no great rush. Now, with four locos stalled awaiting test running and no wagons to hand that I fancied fiddling with, I turned to a new project this evening. Some time ago (just over a year, actually) on Scott's My/our coach, carriage & wagon scratch building thread, I became aware of Gazman424 who was making some really nice carriages using laser cut card. We had a discussion about materials and techniques and in the end he kindly offered to cut me a set of sides for a D265 TL. For those not familiar with them, they're a 54' steel carriage with a lav at one end and an internal corridor so all compartments can access it. They were common across the GE Area and I have photos of a couple at Framlingham, so it was a vehicle I wanted for Wickham Market. This: Why they were built to 54' I don't know, but they're a characteristic vehicle and just a little different. Things went quiet for a while, and Gaz then contacted me again a few weeks ago to say he'd cut the parts out and they'd be with me soon. Sure enough a parcel arrived, but it didn't contain sides.... This is almost entirely card - there are wooden blocks for the bogies to screw into and the underframe components (which I thought were butchered Hornby) are 3D printed by the man himself. It's entirely home made, in other words. This is how it breaks down for painting: For comparison, this is it against a Bill Bedford etched side which I'd laid in in anticipation of building one of these in the future: The end, full width, compartment windows are slightly narrower - I'm guessing that's to keep it within the correct overall length while accommodating the thickness of the ends. MJT roof, buffers and handles to complete once painted. The card has just been primed and I'm told I can finish it with rattle cans, so we'll see how that goes. There's some slight warping of the internal partitions and one of the trusses and I also cleaned up inside the window reveals where the surface was a bit hairy, but overall I'm far more impressed than I expected to be. We'll see how this develops. Edited July 6, 2020 by jwealleans Spelling. 20 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium macgeordie Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 Sorry Jonathan, I should have said it was the Lowmac I was asking about. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 It's the D & S GE Lowmac, LNER and BR Mac K which was the basis of the Lowmac EK in later years. It seems to have been a popular subject as I think the Airfix Lowmac is quite close to it as well. That's one route I shall be investigating for the missing bits. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 13 hours ago, jwealleans said: You will tell me when you're bored with seeing this, won't you? This is teaked directly onto the primer, to try to achieve a newer, brighter finish. The lining still needs tidying up and I think I've missed a horizontal. We're still working on lettering so there's no great rush. Good morning Jonathan, certainly not bored. That is a gorgeous little van and probably your finest application of teak. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 G'Day Folks Love that van/brake. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Seems longer than a couple of weeks since I posted - busy time of year. Most visible progress has been on the D265 carriage as it's all been fairly straightforward. It's been painted, end details added and it's more or less ready to reassemble. Here it's all just placed together, nothing is fixed. It's clearly going to look the part when complete. As someone else observed to me, it will be interesting to see how it stands up to exhibition use. There are a couple of inaccuracies which are both due to the material and its limitations. The end is too thick, so the windows are all slightly narrow to maintain the overall length. In addition, once glazed, the glazing will be recessed which is not right for a steel carriage. For a conventional wooden Gresley coach that wouldn't be a problem. Otherwise I've been impressed by the way it's taken paint and gone together and I wouldn't hesitate to build another. 12 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jwealleans Posted August 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 D265 now finished and put aside for future weathering. It looks the part in among the other contemporary stock I had to hand: The missing door handle has been reinstated. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Too hot to spend long in the workshop so it's been short weathering sessions this week. A batch of LMS vans to D1830 (ish), based on Mick Moore's MRJ articles. These are the 3 variants from the 3 different manufacturers who each built a lot. Also finished the ABS banana vans and a Dave Geen insulated. These are now in the pool for the Scotch Goods on Grantham. 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Eaton Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 05/07/2020 at 21:39, jwealleans said: entirely card Jonathan Card ? or plastic card …. either, fine work ! & nice to see... Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 A bit more done on the WB this week and got the J3/4 completed at last. Next week another session with the workmen, this time replacing 30 year old fencing. So another slow week on the WB. Here it finished. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Peter Eaton said: Card ? or plastic card …. Good old fashioned card, laser cut. Ken, did you mean to leave that there? Is this a reminder to get on with the J4 I have to build? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Hi Jonathan. I wondered what had happened to that post, I forgot to change to my posts before hitting send. I guess I'm getting old 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 7 hours ago, jazz said: A bit more done on the WB this week and got the J3/4 completed at last. Next week another session with the workmen, this time replacing 30 year old fencing. So another slow week on the WB. Here it finished. G'Day Folks Post away, I like J3's. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chas Levin Posted August 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2020 On 08/08/2020 at 23:28, manna said: G'Day Folks Post away, I like J3's. manna Agreed! Very handsome loco, very nice modelling... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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