rob D2 Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Some nice Transrail action there, Rob. As for the signs there's quite a few now on the platform ends on stations on the WCML. If it makes someone think twice then that can only be a good thing. Unfortunately I've had one under and it's not a pleasant experience. Shame to hear you've lost interest in the plank as it was coming on really nicely. Looking forward to whatever you do next. Cheers Marcus I'm sure my enthusiasm may well return. I'm concentrating on unfinished stuff, and assembling the stock for the next one at present. Yeah, that can't be nice regardless. My brother in laws a MOM, so he's picked up the pieces more than once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted January 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2017 I've noticed the Samaritans signs too, they have them at level crossings down our way, be good to model these real life edgy details, something you don't see in the Hornby catalogue!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I agree with your Tardis light comment. (Unless cab lights were ´´upgraded´´ into something harsh at a later date and away from that warm glow. Being stuck/trapped in the early 80s I am not sure on these things) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 So day off today, bad weather so I didn't take the cube out for a cycle as I'd intended. Did some more work on 683' Toning down the weathering in the bogies to make it darker and also some work on the roof. I've discovered two areas I don't think I can recreate without an airbrush - roof exhaust staining, and snowplough splatter , anyway here we are so far Main work has been thinking about couplings . I quite like the idea of paper clips and magnets for hands free tension locks as described elsewhere, so I spent some time glueing paper clips to couplings, my hands, the floor and everywhere else. I've also been experimenting with combining a sawn off Bachmann snowplough with a small tension lock. I like locos that had ploughs to have them as I think it looks ' cool ' or as cool as toy trains get ! I'm not bothered with all the bufferbeam detail as , to be honest , I normally knock it all off. I also don't want to go down the route of bufferbeam detail and then install a massive metal loop thing - I think that defeats the object. So this may work , ill see when the glue dries ! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 Transrail fetish getting out of hand. Thanks to tractor-37260 for selling me another 37672. This will change identity in due course..I've already got the name plates from fox . These came too. Not easy to find in top condition anymore. I've almost got enough stock for a Cornish plank. Need a couple more CDAsand some of those clay tigers when KMRC put them out. Oh and maybe a EW&S 37 to ring the changes. Ive got evidence that most of my existing 37s have worked into cornwall - the foreigners mainly on stoke services. The only one I can't find is 37116. I don't think the sister went on holiday ! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Can never have too many Transrail tractors. Perfect for a nice Cornish layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 I totally agree...... I'm busy building the stock for the Cornish plank, which means the yard has temporarily moved to Plymouth or thereabouts . I've just modified this 37 with new plates from Fox, didn't realise I'd run out of black TOPs numbers though so they are on order from Fox. 37683 will become 37672 ( again, but the fox numbers are better than Bachmann so no bother ) and it may get the " freight transport association " plates as I like them. That would place it 1996-97. If I leave the plates off and just put MPD plaques on , that makes it 97-98. I'd also like a couple of more Cornish tractors. From my existing stock 274/174/043 all made it to cornwall at one time or another. Also got 60026 which is suitable . I'll be starting a thread on the Cornish plank pretty soon 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparxD428 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Looking great Rob. How is the snowplough/coupling working out? I completely butchered a set from my new 37 trying to shoehorn them on to 50024 somehow but have gone back to the drawing board on that one so be interested to see how those work out. Liking the underframe dirt on the 37 as well. Cheers Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Looking great Rob. How is the snowplough/coupling working out? I completely butchered a set from my new 37 trying to shoehorn them on to 50024 somehow but have gone back to the drawing board on that one so be interested to see how those work out. Liking the underframe dirt on the 37 as well. Cheers Stu They work ok, but they are a bit high off the track. A slightly more involved option will be required but strangely 683 won't need them when it becomes 672 again as not many Cornish ones had them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Great little snow plough modd Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Took delivery of this today, from derails. It's a very nice looking loco, but slated to become 37669 with a nose change. Not sure I can bring myself to hack it up though... Also got some of this, a lot cheaper on the Brooklyn trading website than their eBay page That's mainly for experimentation for the Cornish plank. Can't help but think that the scalescenes concrete colour paper is closer to worn concrete though, although lacking texture. Current thinking will be to place brackets over the yard , and put another 10' x 18 " plank above this one. That'll be plenty for a china clay type set up. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Work continues on wagons mainly. I got some more wagon loads from " make your mark models " . Excellent service from them as usual. This is industrial coal in MEAs I'm also working on the BDAs. Painted the decks, frame dirt on the...frames....still and. Long way to go. These eventually will get aluminium section as imported through hamworthy These are both generally more relevant to the new plank which will come late this year, early next maybe. It's about 50% designed in my head now. As the summer gets closer I really must try my airbrush which I've had for a year since my last birthday and not used yet... as the weather improves the number one candidate after I've practised a bit is this, Should be a relatively simple job to make loadhaul black and orange. But first the horn recesses must be totally sanded flat, and the roof vents made and replaced 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Two of my favourite liveries .... Started messing about with the plank again. I was never happy with that bridge and there was just too much track. I also can't really see the merit of 5' fiddle yard and 5' scenic. So rather than begin a new layout just yet , I'm going to use the front bit of the fiddle yard to make a scrap yard , fed by a single line off the loop. I really fancy a scrap yard for some reason. I've brought an EWS 66 off eBay so that can run some scrap trains. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Nice work Rob and a good idea for the scrap yard. You succumbed to a Class 66 then. Nothing wrong with that at all and it will fit in well for the period modelled. I shall look forward to seeing it on the layout. Cheers Marcus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Yeah the 66 is on its way ! I'm looking forward to making stuff again... I don't have the time or inclination to start a new plank just yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Well that's the beginning of the end then ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Layout looks good but can't not like a 66 me and my dad have got around 16 already and got more on order 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Layout looks good but can't not like a 66 me and my dad have got around 16 already and got more on order Well the warehouse behind is also full of disposable goods ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 More nice stuff I see Rob Just had good catch up here.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 More nice stuff I see Rob Just had good catch up here.. Nice stuff and a shed..! I think I have enough locos for a plank now. I won't be posting much as we come into the good weather, as holidays and getting on the bike will take preference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Wil stil pop in from time to time see how this progresses... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 IMG_8639.jpg Well that's the beginning of the end then ! I've got a plank in a shed, but I wouldn't put a shed on a plank. You are teetering at the top of a very slippery slope, Rob... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 (edited) Hi everyone, It's been awhile. I'm still at it sporadically but I'm mainly concentrating on improvements to rolling stock. I'm slowly filling all my wagons with resin loads from " make your mark models " I also actually won something on eBay - a loadhaul 60. I've been after one for ages. This one was actually surprising as it was weathered already and had a decoder in it. Which wasn't mentioned on the description, but the weathering is nice so that's fine. I now have all the " modern image " locos I ever invisaged for planks - 7x 37, 1x47, 1x56,2x 60 and a red death as well ! One thing I have been experimenting with is a mix of black pastel and paint on roofs. It didn't really have the desired effect of exhaust but could be useful as a weathered metal effect maybe My chair decided to dump all the air out of the strut, thus I now sit at eye height to the plank. One thing I immediately noticed is how much I hate seeing the brass pickups on bogies through the sideframes so I've been painting those black. This is the loco shelf Sister Dora in to finally try and gets the lights working - although it appears that's a chassis problem. I was also looking at t cutting the testers dull coat off and doing it in satin instead but that would be a big job. Dunno why people rave about testers - it's very flat but very patchy with a dodgy patina I find. 37516 - behind still in progress. 47078 - BR blue fleet is getting some work and weathering too. Layout wise - no progress . I've absolutely no mojo for building buildings at present. I'm not sure whether to change the plank or go straight to a new idea For modern I have in my head - either Cornish , West Midlands or a better take on Home Counties. For BR blue I like the idea of somewhere west like tenby ( but unless I can run full length passenger , blue era loses some of its appeal ) That's it for now .. Edited April 25, 2017 by rob D2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Rob - why don't you think about a track layout that is flexible and can be multi era with the change of structures. When operating PMPs Albion Yard for the first time I was surprised how it was a plain chassis with all buildings and even trees "plonk and play". https://albionyard.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/img_8878.jpg?w=640&h=625 I was also impressed with the track layout with 2 run-round loops, especially the geometry created by using Y-Points. https://albionyard.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/img_7790.jpg As a sectorisation modeller I find Ringburn Yard vey pleasing (pun intended!) http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?threads/sat-2-feb-2013-stafford-railway-circle-exhibition-stafford-showground.10969/ Hope to catch up soon - perhaps at the Kemble Café ? Melly 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted April 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25, 2017 Looking good Rob! Completely agree on the brass pickups, makes such an improvement! I've had similar experience with Testers, most disappointing, reluctantly have gone back to Railmatch aerosol varnishes, they used to block regularly (despite following procedures) - had some bad luck recently with Humbrol aerosol varnishes giving a patchy finish! For the exhausts, one tip I read about and use these days is adding just a smidgen of oily blue to the exhaust weathering, well worth a bit of experimenting! Have you got any more classic 90s locos following these? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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