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1 hour ago, kevpeo said:

Most of it is indeed N-Brass Kat, the rest is brass section and wire with Sommerfelt insulators.

 

Sorry to say that not much (ie nowt!) has happened lately but the modelling juices have slowly started to flow again. A few small projects for Loch Dour have been finished and I want to get this finished before re-starting the EMU's.

 

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25kv Plastic! For a mate! I really need an exhibition deadline badly! Kev.

 

Don't we all......?

 

Nice work on the 88.

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1 hour ago, kevpeo said:

Most of it is indeed N-Brass Kat, the rest is brass section and wire with Sommerfelt insulators.

 

Sorry to say that not much (ie nowt!) has happened lately but the modelling juices have slowly started to flow again. A few small projects for Loch Dour have been finished and I want to get this finished before re-starting the EMU's.

 

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25kv Plastic! For a mate! I really need an exhibition deadline badly! Kev.

Oct 2022

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On 22/03/2021 at 11:17, kevpeo said:

Most of it is indeed N-Brass Kat, the rest is brass section and wire with Sommerfelt insulators.

 

Sorry to say that not much (ie nowt!) has happened lately but the modelling juices have slowly started to flow again. A few small projects for Loch Dour have been finished and I want to get this finished before re-starting the EMU's.

 

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25kv Plastic! For a mate! I really need an exhibition deadline badly! Kev.

Do you have any info on how you made this loco?

I presume it is on a CL 68 chassis and a modified body?

 

Thanks

 

Peter

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On 11/12/2022 at 18:52, kevpeo said:

After a long,(very long) hiatus, I finally summoned up the energy to push on with the 309!

Once I started, the mojo came back for a bit! First the interiors -

 

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Mostly made from Replica coach interior moulding seats. These were chopped off the mouldings. It was a lot of work but I had them given! And here she is posing on Parrot Hall -

 

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The pantograph is a rare beast, a Hurst Models non high speed pan! I built the first two of these back in the day, one for Andrew Hurst and one for me. And I wrote the instructions, if they were ever used!  She made her first showing on Coppell at Newcastle show and ran all weekend with no issues.

 

Parrot Hall will be appearing at Canterbury show in January if anyone south of Watford wants to see it in the flesh! Kev.

 

305 next ???? 😂 

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On 12/12/2022 at 09:34, Pete the Elaner said:

The 309 looks great, but I have always had a soft spot for them, but I was used to seeing them in blue/grey then Jaffa & NSE before they were re-located.

The other thing which I noticed is your track: Is it Peco with the sleepers re-spaced? What a huge improvement this makes.

 

Thanks Pete, the track is, if I remember correctly, P4 track co, even though it isn't P4! Kev.

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On 13/12/2022 at 10:26, kevpeo said:

 

Thanks Pete, the track is, if I remember correctly, P4 track co, even though it isn't P4! Kev.

I used the same, I think it was made as flexitrack by C&L, but I think they’ve stopped making it. 

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Parrot Hall has had a good clean up ready for its trip to Canterbury this weekend.  Finally a few small details I've been meaning to do have been added too -IMG_4456.JPG.a0de08f1e46cf3f62a59d92c69a45f3d.JPG

 

The ''mysterious fridge'' for one, I cannot believe the other Kev did not get that reference!  Seen above that is a small parts bin outside the factory and alongside the fridge a discarded mattress!

Further along -

 

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The obligatory discarded shopping trolley!  Just the EMU's wheels to clean now. See you down south! Kev.

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