millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) I'm going to start a thread here, which might not seem as much a workbench as more a finished project, or semi-finished project placeholder. I am actively working on stuff so I should be able to add stuff as it goes along but I'm going to start with some projects that are either finished or nearly so. My area of interest is the Waverley route, but predominately the Edinburgh end and traffic known to be used in that area. I am trying to find time to start a layout based on the outskirts of Edinburgh but it will be a small double track roundy and not much more as place to exercise the fleet, which to date has lay in boxes (other than test track outings) for about 4 years now since we scrapped our niddrie area based layout. First up a Chivers long wheel base LNER CCT. A lovely kit and easy to make.... I still need to find a number decal, all other decals in place and obviously needs some grot applied particularly on the roof area.. Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Next up I came across a cheap but tragically weathered black 5 on my travels and instead of fighting with the existing weathering I decided to redo her in austerity black without lining, and gave her a new Carlisle Kingmoor identity. She's been detailed, crewed, real coal (which need pushed down I can see) and still needs cab doors I'd say. As I say she was cheap and I'm happy with the outcome... Even managed to get a legible Carlisle buffer beam decal in place Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Next up a pair of parkside grampus wagons which are a real joy when finished although doing the decals is fiddly but worthwhile IMO. I've got a N gauge society shark plough which would work great with these but I really need a small rake of them, that jogs my memory to order more and get them on the workbench. Even managed to fiddle about with decals to get a Scottish allocated pair to go with my Scottish Shark. Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 I've dug up an old picture of the N gauge society plough I done many moons ago.... I've pre-ordered a DJM one , but the NGS isn't bad at all in anyones book. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) A quite crude attempt to replicate a BR plate wagons.....I had a couple of old Peco ones so tried them out, nothing lost really but the underframe is on the crude side I'd say. Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) A while ago I did a short rake of lowfit wagons.....based on the peco kit. Cheap and easy although I think retrospectively it perhaps shouldn't have the bolster on it if its a lowfit??? Not quite sure. I think I may have done some of the rake as 'twin bolster' but I'd need to dig them out to prove that. and to prove I did a rake :-) here's a picture of the no longer owned Farish 60100 Spearmint hauling the rake on our now defunct layout. Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) A couple of my rake of Dapol dogfish. Sadly I can't claim these to be my work, these were done for me many years ago but stand up well IMO. and in use as a rake many moons ago behind a no longer owned Farish 33->27 conversion. I have got a much longer rake in practice, about 10 wagons I think. Edited August 5, 2016 by millerhillboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) A rake of N gauge society bogie bolsters bought at the Glasgow shows a few years back and just getting finished now:O Think I managed a rake of 6 Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Finally a bit of fun to keep my 4 year old twins happy, and to keep them away from the real models ;-)..... I did buy them an OO gauge Thomas, but they just weren't being palmed off with that!! Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 I have posted this elsewhere but did recently finish this Farish A1, renumber to 60160 Auld Reekie and put into St Margarets livery (i.e dirt) Not the greatest of pictures somehow.... but serves as a record of work. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) A couple of locos which were detailed and renumbered by me by weathered by Alba weathering, and a fine job they were too. An interloper up from Gateshead, but I think done with a Bathgate car train headcode 3M45 if I recall and a couple of Waverley route locos with appropriate headcodes Edited August 7, 2016 by millerhillboy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Order some www.modelu3d.co.uk 3D prints just to see what they were like in N gauge They were hard work but worthwhile to get painted and the detail is still good even after painting... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad McCann Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Looks like present-day Millerhill in the background! ;-) Very nice stuff though, Craig. D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Thanks Dave, yeah sadly right about Millerhill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 St Margaret's 46462, thanks to Mad McCann for the weathering 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Another 64A allocation, thanks to MM as above 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) 70018 nears completion, This is an interesting conversion using western region deflectors from peedie models, makes for a nice change from the standard model. Nameplates came from the N gauge society and tested my eyesight to change the backs from black to red. Still needs crew, proper coal and some road dirt, Edited February 3, 2017 by millerhillboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Not much but some wagon loads added here and there Grampus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted February 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hi there, Love the guy in the brake van. What paint did you use? Cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) Hi there, Love the guy in the brake van. What paint did you use? Cheers Ben A. Thanks Ben, I just used thinned enamels, initially applied with a brush but when it got down to the nitty gritty, like his hat, hands and shirt I think it was done with the sharp end of a track pin. I usually dust over with MIG smoke powder as well to take the edge of the paint. The modelu figures are great and even at this scale they have plenty of 3D definition such that thinned paint will flow into the right places. I've ordered more for the britannia cabside so we'll see how we get on a second time. Edited December 12, 2017 by millerhillboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Added a tractor to a lowfit to see if it looked right. I think a couple of securing ropes and it'll be there. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) A wee bit more work done to 70018 and now awaits weathering including another modelu 3d printed driver, which I thought looked good but the photo showed he's a fraction lopsided. I hacked out the plastic coal load but there wasn't a huge amount of room for maneuvere but I managed to drop the level of the coal a fraction and build a new load out of real coal. A small change but worth doing. Edited March 11, 2017 by millerhillboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Still on the workbench is 70011 which I think to be prototypical needs to be in unlined Austerity green. So that'll take a bit of doing in terms of masking off. Meanwhile 60535 Hornets Beauty nears completion, requiring plates and weathering. Is it just me or do the farish draincocks look horribly oversized. She was bought from Modelrail scotland as ex-display but a runner. It was keenly priced so no complaints but the tender needed stripping and cleaned heavily, it was covered in waxy honey like gloop and ran like a dog. A few hours with screwdrivers, tweezers, IPA and new lubricant and it's now spot on. Lovely jubbly, a cheap A2!! Edited March 11, 2017 by millerhillboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) More work done to 60535, smoke box number and replace the horrid lump of farish coal but unfortunately the pictures didn't come out great, I also got round to trying the 2mm headlamps I bought from modelu 3d a while back, having enjoyed the 3d printed figures these seemed a good bet as well. The only offering I've seen to date in N gauge is on the crude side to say the least. These took careful painting, the biggest enemy being clogging the lamp handle with excess paint, once over that hurdle I also dabbed a hint of yellowy white for the lamp lense. I then toned them down using black weathering powder but it's incredibly hard to be accurate with powders at this scale so I might go back and clean the lamps up a bit again, Edited March 18, 2017 by millerhillboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will J Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Just catching up with this thread, incredible work on the Dogfish interior surfaces.... I'm not sure I could emulate it so I have filled mine with ballast! (but the close up images are giving me further inspiration). PS.. my similarly aged son is keen to see your Sodor fleet develop! Those engines have plenty of troublesome trucks to trouble them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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