69843 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 N20? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) 1st V2 done. A1/1 nearly ready for primer Edited August 31, 2014 by micklner 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Really like both Mick!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 4771 Green Arrow ready for primer. Tried too upload some more without success ?? 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 4771 Green Arrow ready for primer. v2 1.jpg Tried too upload some more without success ?? Excellent and do the images need resizing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Managed one more then same unsuitable file when all were taken at the same time!!, no idea what is the matter with the uploader , give up for mo . Images have already been resized. Cheers 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 This worked as long as you don't retitle the picture bizarre 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) Ready for lining. Any weird marks on the bodies is sunshine on the very gloss paint. The Smoke Deflector on 113 is not fixed down. Edited September 27, 2014 by micklner 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Green Arrow . Front steps, Vacumn pipe and front coupling not added to avoid damage as it will be sent back to owner via post Edited October 5, 2014 by micklner 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Hornby C Of N with minor detail updates , Speedo ,Ashpan lever and decent etched Nameplates. GN finished A4 Dominion of Nw Zealand Renumbered and weathered Bachmann and Cambrian kit Wagons. Edited December 16, 2014 by micklner 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Not tempted to do Great Northern in Its LNER blue phase? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) I have already done two of the Blue version !!. I have built a PDK version for myself and a Hornby conversion as above for a customer. The PDK version is here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=547&start=275 The other Hornby version is on page 22 here. Edited December 16, 2014 by micklner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Those wagons look excellent, all very nicely done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 A change from Locos, start has been made on a Thompson Flying Scotsman set. Using old Bachmann Thompsons as a base with Southern Pride etched sides. BG done TK being " teaked " 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Mick,will you be doing and entire Scotsman/capitals rake? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Sorry just reread your post you're doing the rake. I've an Elizabethan in maroon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Mick,will you be doing and entire Scotsman/capitals rake? Er no my layout isn't nowhere big enough!! . The rake was the longest peacetime ever run in 1947 (15 Coaches) including a Gresley Triplet restaurant set in pst war LNER days. I intend to do five at the moment !!. I have a Gresley Restaurant 3 set already built . It also had a Gresley BG at the rear, so I could run of mine as well . Info from Carter and Banks book. Edited January 4, 2015 by micklner 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Thompson TK done. A start made on a Thompson A2/1. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Thompson TK done. IMG_6884...jpg IMG_6885...jpg IMG_6886...jpg A start made on a Thompson A2/1. IMG_6883...jpg IMG_6887...jpg Hi Mick Very nice work indeed. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dominion Posted January 10, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2015 Mick, I am just doing my first GK conversion now, and it's an A2/1 as well. I know this is not your first one but I quite like the method I used on shortening the rear frames so I wanted to share it in case helpful. It keeps all the surface detail and lining, and also keeps the coupling boss arrangement too. I put a diagonal cut (in plan view) from behind the steps angled out towards towards the flat featureless part of the frame just behind the springs. I deliberately used a thick cut using a hacksaw blade, and calculated the angle so that the removed triangular section with the steps could then be remounted slid forwards by about the right amount, because of the space made by the saw cut. The width of the saw cut was about .8 or .9 mm but because of the shallow angle the distance across the cut along the length of the cartazzi was about 3.5 mm. I had to remove a little more by filing, and should have used a slightly more shallow angle to get a little more frame shortening, but it should work. I have not posted a picture before here, but if you are interested let me know and I will try to post one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Please post some pictures. Have you seen Graeme's method? http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2443&start=3405 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dominion Posted January 10, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Please post some pictures. Have you seen Graeme's method? http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2443&start=3405 Hi Mick, The first photo shows the single diagonal cut on each side and the repositioned steps, slid forwards. This method maintains all the original Bachmann A2 rear chassis structure. Edit - the 2 diagonal cuts are visible to the left and the right of the rear mounting screws. (I wish I knew how to add the red lines Graeme and coach use on someof their photos.) The second photo shows what they look like side on. It is almost the right length for the A2/1, perhaps 0.3mm too long. But as I am using the Bachmann V2 body it will not be the only compromise. It shoudl work for your chassis under Graeme's V2 body too. Edited January 10, 2015 by Dominion 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Its hard to tell from the photos. Is there room for the wheels ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dominion Posted January 10, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2015 Graeme's method for the cartazzi wheels themselves may be better. I was mostly showing the cosmetics of shortening the back of the frame and moving the steps forwards for the A2/1. I am currently trying to modify the Bachmann A2 cartazzi arrangement to work under the cab. I have removed a bunch of material from under the cab floor on the body and also from the top area of the chassis casting where the screw slides. I wont know if it is enough till I can test on the track. If not I will either break through the cab floor or try Graeme's method for the wheels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I have already done two of the Blue version !!. I have built a PDK version for myself and a Hornby conversion as above for a customer. The PDK version is here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=547&start=275 The other Hornby version is on page 22 here. They do look great, i hanker after the first incarnation with the really short cab. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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