Phil Mc's workbench

[Phil Mc]

Pics of the first ten !  :blum:

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[Phil Mc]

21 & 22 with added varnish.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[dj_crisp]

Pics of my hoover fleet

The yellow one must be your favourite

[Phil Mc]

Pics of my hoover fleet

If only they'd called the Green one (Sir) 'Eddie'....

[Phil Mc]

Rebuilt, and ready for weathering. 

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[Phil Mc]

21 & 22 are ready for service.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[MJI]

7 needs a repaint or grafitti saying Hercules

[Phil Mc]

Or another model of it, in its current guise. 

[newbryford]

Or another model of it, in its current guise. 

Been there. Done that...........

[Phil Mc]

I'd probably do Fearless, that's my favourite of the class.

Don't think she's been let loose on her own yet though !

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[Phil Mc]

The start point of my next project.

Must remember to file the bufferbeam lip off.....

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[GRUNFOS]

Arn't 50's supossed to be this colour?

 

 

Great work with yours, how long before you have all 50?

[Phil Mc]

_{Hi GRUNFOS,}

_{I can remember them in Blue, but only with nameplates!}

_{I've got 43 completed models (although a few need the roof fan painting Yellow.) & 4 models that are waiting to go through the 'works'.}

_{The ones I haven't done yet are 25, 30, 34, 37, 39, 40 & 41.}

_{I think 34 is going to be in revised NSE with its oversized BR arrow, & the rest will be LL.}

_{I'll put up some pics of 11-20.}

 

_Cheers,

_Phil.

[Phil Mc]

As Cider is preventing progress on the 56, here's pics of Hoovers 11-20.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[MJI]

I have 17 and 20, refurbished, 17 normal blue, 20 large logo

 

I NEED more. But currently got curve issues with 17, doesn't like curves.

 

I converted 17 around 25 years ago to scale length wheel base and the new gears sometimes grind.

 

I will sort it someday, may get scrap Hornby bogies under it and 20

[Phil Mc]

Bit of progress with the Grid.

Bufferbeam lip and below-door kickplates removed, primed, then Yellow and Silver painted.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[Phil Mc]

_{Next couple of colours applied.}

 

_Cheers,

_Phil.

[Phil Mc]

Ready for action.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[Phil Mc]

The beginning of my next project, a collection of (mainly) eBay specials.

Does anyone know what E-Z couplings Bachmann put in these?

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[newbryford]

The beginning of my next project, a collection of (mainly) eBay specials.

Does anyone know what E-Z couplings Bachmann put in these?

 

Cheers,

Phil.

 

Yeah - cr&p ones.........

 

Cheers,

Mick

[Phil Mc]

Don't seem to have had much modelling time lately, but I have managed to get the wagons ready to enter service.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[Richard Pike]

Looking very good Phil.

 

Out of interest, do you know what the yellow patch on the roof signifies ?.

[newbryford]

Looking very good Phil.

 

Out of interest, do you know what the yellow patch on the roof signifies ?.

 

It's to make the ends of the wagon and roof sections more visible to the crane drivers when loading/unloading the coils.

 

Cheers,

Mick

[Phil Mc]

Hi Richard,

 

I don't know what the Yellow is for, but I'd take a guess it's something to do with helping overhead crane drivers during loading/unloading.

 

Cheers,

Phil.

Mick can type faster than me !!

[Fat Controller]

It's to make the ends of the wagon and roof sections more visible to the crane drivers when loading/unloading the coils.

 

Cheers,

Mick

It was initially applied after a HMRI Report on the derailment of a train on the Swansea District Line; the train was carrying ingots from Duport's Llanelli plant to the works at Briton Ferry. The crane driver had loaded some of the wagons with ingots resting between adjacent vehicles, and one fell down the gap, derailing the train. The Inspector made several recommendations, one of which was, as the loading bay was such a dusty envirionment, attempts should be made to highlight the wagon ends.

Subsequently, yellow or white markings have been applied from new (SNCF 'short' coil wagons) or post-construction (BAAs and BBAs, BDAs etc)