crompton 33 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 This is a common fault with SE Finecast glazing . You get a nice smoke glaze look Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isambarduk Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 ... SE Finecast glazing sheets for Lima Mk2 coaches, stil in their packets, but they have gone yellow. I have never found that problem with microscope cover slips David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2018 Is that an O5 4-planker? And could I convince you to part with it? Sorry - just spotted this (oops!) - if you'd still like the O5 kit, by all means, just drop me a PM. Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave John Posted January 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2018 Many years ago I played with N, when most British outline was Lima or minitrix. Anyway I was digging through some old envelopes of transfers today and found this, 70s vintage I think. If I get really stuck for something to do I might build it.......... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
orford Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) I've never really understood how anyone can bear to have un-built kits in their drawers. Whenever I buy ANY kit I am always absolutely itching to build it and can't wait to get stuck into it just as soon as I get it home, or as soon as it arrives at the door. Always have been like this. And if I buy say, three or four at once I will have them all on the go simultaneously and jump from one to the other as I go......usually (and usefully) whilst waiting for glue to set or paint to dry on one of them. In answer to the original question I can absolutely honestly say that I doubt whether I have ever had an un-built kit in my possession for more than half an hour. - Don Edited January 8, 2018 by orford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Many years ago I played with N, when most British outline was Lima or minitrix. Anyway I was digging through some old envelopes of transfers today and found this, 70s vintage I think. highfield kit.JPG If I get really stuck for something to do I might build it.......... Now that is a blast from the past! Manchester Liners disappeared in the early 80s although the writing had been on the wall for a decade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginelane Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 The Hornby announcement of the Class J36 means that I will not have to complete the Gem version I started in 1973 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lyonesse Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Last week I finally finished one of the LYR 6-wheelers I started back in 1987 --- three thirds, a composite, brake third and birdcage brake third. As I remember, D&S produced the LYR 6-wheel family saloon, then one of the LYR society members did artwork for a range of LYR coach bodies, to use the chassis from the family saloon. These coaches were later incorporated into the D&S range. I bought six, to go with the Barton-Wright 4-4-0 I had scratchbuilt. Most of the assembly got done in the 1980s, and the chassis were finished then. The bodies were sprayed in the 1990s, using Cherry scale enamel. In the last month or so I did the lining, added transfers, varnish and glazing. The two brakes still lack some transfers as I ran out of "3RD"s from the sheet I was using. Still, the end is finally in sight. Now I just have to finish painting the 4-4-0 and I'll have a train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2018 No pics but I found a class 50 kit that I vaguely recall buying from John Dutfield when I was still at secondary school so likely early 1990s. It was second hand then - already started (badly) and I've not touched it since. No idea on the brand and no instructions. I have no need for a 50 as much as I like them so will probably take the ebay gamble on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Got an old Cotswold kit for the L&Y 0-6-0ST, which I bought second hand, also from John Dutfields, between 20-25 years ago. Did nothing for at least 10 years. London Road models kindly sold me a chassis etch from their much nicer kit, then I discovered the Cotswold tank casting is a very poor shape, very slab-sided. Back in the drawer for another 10 years and London Road in their mercy have bailed me out again with a nice resin cast tank. This kit may yet survive to be built - it's still on life-support but the signs are good. I should have put the thing on ebay years ago and bought a nice London Road Models kit instead but I have to admit I rather like making a half-decent model out of a less than ideal starting point! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted January 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 30/10/2017 at 21:08, Northmoor said: DC Kits Class 304, bought 2000 Old Oak Common Open Weekend, that's one of the more recent ones. I have two Roy Gould VGA Van kits (who remembers them), never started, from Geoffrey Allison's in Worksop. I worked there in 1992-3 (for Pandrol, yes, as in the clips). Definitely still have a Peco Station House, probably bought in about 1984. I'm sure I have a couple of not started model aircraft kits from that era as well. If you include kits bought by my Dad but which I still have awaiting building, there are some Ratio Midland Coaches and Airfix buildings which pre-date 1984. However, it's not the dates on the packets/boxes that I am guilty of, it's the numbers. I dread to think how many there are. Oh dear. This could quickly turn into a Maoist Self-denunciation thread. Resurrecting an old thread: I'm pleased to report that one Airfix model aircraft starter kit that was bought for my son about ten years ago has been finished! Not by him, he was never interested. As far as my model railway kits go, I recently started working on a Dapol BoB which I got in an eBay job lot 11 years ago. It had been started by the previous owner but they'd only built the loco chassis. It's going to be a withdrawn example (yes I know, not a new idea) but unlike some of the "professionally-built" examples being sold on eBay, it won't still have nameplates and coal in the tender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjp23480 Posted January 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) I have lots of things started, but not much finished. Most extreme example is a DJH Clan, received for my 18th birthday mostly built but still in works grey 37 years later! Someone will probably now tell me that Clan McKenzie was never fitted with AWS gear and I will have to start again! Edited January 25, 2022 by sjp23480 Added text 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty1966 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 2 hours ago, sjp23480 said: I have lots of things started, but not much finished. I feel your pain.... 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I believe that the correct response to the thread title is "Too long"... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Revell kit of USS Forrestal - 56 years. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locomad2 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Rake of Kitmaster Maroon coaches with peco paper interiors, couple of early airfix 0-4-0, boxed mineral, tanker cattle wagons, airfix footbridge, station canopy etc Built a scale craft railroad trailer a few years back Most over 50 years old if not 60 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 11 hours ago, locomad2 said: Rake of Kitmaster Maroon coaches with peco paper interiors, couple of early airfix 0-4-0, boxed mineral, tanker cattle wagons, airfix footbridge, station canopy etc Built a scale craft railroad trailer a few years back Most over 50 years old if not 60 Oops! I had forgotten them. Three green Kitmasters somewhere and an Airfix Pug with motorising kit and Romford Terrier 7 pole motor, which I failed to convert to narrow gauge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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