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14 hours ago, NeilHB said:

A little bit of modelling accomplished today, just testing out my new Posca Paint Pens which were a Christmas present. 

 

I’ve relined ETCo No.3, changing it from white to straw yellow:

 

 

 

I think it looks much better now with the yellow lining. 

 

I then had a go at lining at the First/Third composite tramcar:

 

Not too sure about the lining around the windows, but I can always paint over it if needs be.

 

Then the fun started and I lined out the W&S Brake Third - the lining makes a big difference and I really like how this looks:

 

I need to touch the white up in a couple of places where the pen slipped, but that will be easy to sort.

 

What do you think folks? 

I like the colour on the coach and the horse box. What is it, exactly?

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Some more updates to share with you all.

 

The NWR Milk Van has now been lettered - plain white HMRS transfers, which have then been painted using a Posca Paint Pen:

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One side will be lettered NW, and the other ETCo. 

 

I then decided that a slight change of livery was in order for the tramcars to match the milk van:

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A bit more work required to touch the colours up. 
 

The lining on ETCo has been adjusted - I treated myself to a set of Rotring drafting pens, which come with a variety of very fine nibs:

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I’ve also experimented with the lining on the W&S Brake Third:

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What do you think please folks? 

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This week I’ve been working on converting an Airfix kit for an Albion 3-point fueller to a more suitable Albion flat bed lorry, which will be owned by the local coal merchants in the 1930s/40s period of the layout.

 

This has been a fun little project, and it’s been nice working on a kit with decent instructions and parts that fit together easily - model railway kit manufacturers please take note! 
 

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The other item on the workbench is a definite hodgepodge of parts:

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This is Wellsworth & Suddery Railway ‘Rognvald’, and has been created by marrying a modified Minerva Peckett body to a Midland 1F chassis. It’s very much work in progress at the moment, having had a new footplate and cab/bunker from plasticard. The next step is to extend the saddletank at the rear by approx 15mm to fill the gap between it and the cab. 
 

It’s not clear as to the origins of the loco, but @Andrew Youngsuggested that it may have been purchased originally by a South Wales mineral railway, so I’m sticking with that backstory! 

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2 hours ago, Corbs said:

Gets better and better. The truck and new loco look great. Would it be possible to see more of the loco cab please?


Thanks Corbs.

 

Yes that’s fine - hopefully these are of use:

 

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I’ve spent this evening sorting out the rear saddletank extension on ‘Rognvald’:

 

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Several layers of 80thou plasticard glued together, cut and filed to the rough shape - lots of filler and sanding required for the next stage. 

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Just a brief update for you all tonight.

 

For a little while I’ve been mulling over ideas for representing a loco at different points in its life, which will help when it comes to running different time periods on the layout. 
 

One of the current occupants on the workbench is W&SR A1 Terrier ‘Edric’, in full W&S two tone green livery:

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What, I wondered, would a later version with A1X boiler look like painted in NWR blue? (I blame @Corbs for this as he posted his 4mm version on Facebook a couple of days ago).

As it turns out, it looks rather nice:

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Its not quite a standard A1X, still retaining the original A1 front sandbox/splashers along the lines of some of the Terriers exported to the Isle of Wight in pre-grouping days. 

It’s still very much a work in progress, and the next step will be to decide on the lining. I shall also need to order another set of ‘Edric’ plates for it so that it can represent said loco in its post-1915 guise. 
 

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It’s that’s pesky time-warp thingy again - do two ‘Edric’s’ cancel each other out?! 
 

Oh and so much for venturing to the allotment this afternoon as was the original plan - this was our garden at 3pm:

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Just a tad chilly here in Derby! 

 

 

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Exciting times this evening on the workbench:

 

Managed to sort myself out with an NCE Powercab controller so have been playing, sorry I mean testing, out the sound chip in ETC No.8 ‘Ulf’ - it’s jolly good fun!

 

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There has been a distinct lack of modelling mojo recently, though it seems to have returned slightly today as I’ve managed to sort out the first three underframes/running gear for a batch of Elsbridge Tramway Company wagons:

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Three up and running, with parts for a fourth waiting for me to stick it all together. W-irons from Peco/Parkside from their NB open. Brake gear will be single shoe and from the same source. 
 

The plan is to have a pair of 4-plank opens, one of which will be fitted with raves for the transportation of sheep, and probably a pair of 3-planks. 

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Thanks Adrian and Corbs.


 

Next up on the workbench has been the ETCo sheep wagon:

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I rather enjoyed making this one (somewhat loosely based on those built by the Caledonian), though I shan’t want to make another one yet as it’s made a bit of a dent in my stash of plastic strip. 

 

What do you think folks? 

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The Elsbridge Tramway Company are pleased to announce their acquisition of a road bus to supplement services on the tramway and provide connections to outlying settlements in the Els and Callan valleys:

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In other words the Chairman been bidding on eBay again...jolly good bargain for £6 in total! 

 

The yellow is definitely not staying, and the model has already been dismantled down into its component parts ready for a dose of paint stripper and a repaint into ETC colours:

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Wellsworth & Suddery Railway “Rognvald” has reappeared on the workbench...now looking somewhat different to its previous appearance. 
 

I wasn’t happy with how it looked mounted on the Midland 1F chassis, and came to the conclusion that said chassis wouldn’t cope with the Peco set track points that I’m planning to use on the layout. I then had a bit of a mad idea, and wondered what it would look like on a Dapol Terrier chassis?
 

Quite nice is the answer to that question:

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It’s still early days but I really like how this looks now, and I know for definite that the Terrier chassis will cope with the points, so will be fine to run on the layout.

 

It makes for a nice chunky looking loco when compared to the W&S’ ancient Manning Wardle K class “Thorkell”:

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The ETCo bus spent last night immersed in a tub of neat Dettol, and all paint (and any germs it had) have now been thoroughly removed:

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Next step ETCo livery! 

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