RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 9, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2019 I have only done a small amount because domestic chores have taken priority over models. This included cutting down next door tree which was taking all our light in our back garden. If I had known how long and how hard this was going to be I think I would have past this back to my neighbour to do. Anyway I have managed to put a few nuts on. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 10, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2019 I have started to put the coach bolts in the interior woodwork. This is going to be a long and boring episode, so I will only do a few at a time. I have been thinking about the canvas covers over the axleboxes. I have some foil from the tops of wine bottles which may work so i have cut one to see if this is going to be a viable option. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Are they the same shape as Midland ones (they don’t look it...!) if so I have some artwork for paper ones which work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Foil from wine bottles now I can put the buying of wine down as a business expense! Yippee Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2019 Are they the same shape as Midland ones (they don’t look it...!) if so I have some artwork for paper ones which work well. Do they have a uniform shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 11, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 11, 2019 I am not sure if the canvas covers are the same as the ones used by the Midland Railway. I will just be using this photo as a guide but I have not decided on the material as yet and will play about with some black paper wetted with some Resin W. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I am not sure if the canvas covers are the same as the ones used by the Midland Railway. I will just be using this photo as a guide but I have not decided on the material as yet and will play about with some black paper wetted with some Resin W. Doesn't look like it...! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 13, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2019 Continuing on with the ironwork after fitting all the coach bolts to the interior, I have come to do the end catches which have a taper to the ironwork. I will need 12 catches for the 3 wagons. So that I get them more or less the same shape over the 12 catches I glued one down on to a piece of black plastikard to act as a guide for the rest. I also drilled out the first of the buffer base plates to take the .9 hex bolts. I could of just left the moulded rivets of the Peco base plates but the bolts on these wagons are very prominent. I have only done 2 buffers so far just to see how they look but I think I have made the right decision . 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 So clean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 13, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2019 Pity about the workbench ! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Ha ha! Love it! Thanks for letting us all know you are actually human after all! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted January 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2019 Ha ha! Love it! Thanks for letting us all know you are actually human after all!I met Mike once, many years ago.He is a fine example of a human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krusty Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Pity about the workbench ! I wish I could keep my workbench that tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted January 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2019 I wish I could keep my workbench that tidy. I wish I could find my workbench! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 14, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2019 My wife may not agree with all this praise on here because I am always in the doghouse for something ! Still we have been together for 35 years so I can't be all bad. I have done a small amount this morning on the end of one of the smaller wagons. The end catches are small curvy things that will tax my patience some what. I have made one to see if it looks like the drawings and photos. The discoloured plastic on the right hand side is just that, discoloured after I used some old plastic that had been left in a window. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted January 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2019 My wife may not agree with all this praise on here because I am always in the doghouse for something ! Still we have been together for 35 years so I can't be all bad.I have managed ⅔ of that, and I ascribe the continued “success” down to my having assumed a default position of being in the doghouse, it’s just the reason which varies.Still, gives me some variety in life! Nice progress on the wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 15, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2019 A bit of a change today. My friend Peter has bought a Dapol Private owner wagon that had a very large number. So he rubbed off the numbers each side of the 991 with a fibre glass scratch brush which changed the colour of the body. So he asked me to lightly weather this wagon to disguise the change in colour. I am not sure if my effort is what he wanted but it has blended in where the numbers were removed. Compared with my own wagons it show how much smaller the early wagons were. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted January 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2019 The weathering looks good, but he might want to paint the inside a lighter shade of beige/grey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 16, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2019 I disagree with your statement, they are excellent scratch built models that I would be proud to own. I think they are such unusual prototypes with the different sides and I can't wait for you to paint them. Are you going to use the early stile of lettering with the small letters in a cross formation ? Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Star Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I agree with Mike, the GNR cokes look superb models so just why do you think that they are "not up tp the standard"? Of course, if you do not like them then please attach a "one journey only" label and forward c/o West Wycombe GW&GC Jt where I shall be pleased to give them a good home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 16, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2019 Having built wagons from scratch for over 40 years I am aware of the amount of work that has gone into these coke wagons. They are a credit to you and I do look forward to seeing some more of your work as I expect others will too. I am intrigued by inside ends ? Could we have more photos of the internal arrangements and underneath if that's possible. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coal Tank Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 These really are very very good John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted January 18, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2019 Thinking I need to get started on my planned layout and finish my chopper tank I made a list of the things that I have to do to complete the loco. It didn't amount to much, the tank fillers and the cross members between the brakes and maybe one out two small items. One other item is the glass in the cab spectacles. I remember an article in MRJ about using microscope glass slips, so I dug out a small pack I have had for years and never used. But how to cut out the round shape ? I thought long and hard because I could not find the issue of MRJ with the article in. I came up with the idear of turning a bit of brass bar the right diameter for the glass and sticking the glass to it with double sided tape and then shaping it with a diamond file. The first attempt did not go according to plan and the glass broke. Then I remembered who ever wrote the article stuck 2 panes together and had more success. So I stuck 2 panes together with superglue and tried again. This second attempt was better so I may have another go. I used this remover to release the glass from the brass. I don't have many glass slides left so if I don't make them work I may have to go back to plastic. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted January 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2019 My method of making round spectacle glasses is to drill/bore out a piece of brass bar to the diameter of the glass then turn a piece of clear acrylic rod to a sliding fit in the brass and glue it in with Araldite. When the Araldite is cured I then face off the front of the brass/acrylic, turn the outer edge of the brass and part it off. To finish things off I rub the faces of the spectacle on gradually finer grades of wet and dry paper ending up with Brasso or similar on a piece of thick paper. This works every time for me and results in a very convincing spectacle that can be glued into the cab front or back plate. Dave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I can’t wait to see how you get on with your layout. If it’s anything like the standard of your work on here so far, it will be very special indeed. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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