SteelAndSoot Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 I have painted my terrier into wartime grey. All I need ti do now is finish the cab interior and give it buffers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 I stuck the buffers on and painted the cab interior, funnel, number, whistle and those weird pipes between the smokebox and the tanks (Still not sure what those are) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 I gave it a glossy lacquer because I think it looks better shiny as in context of what I am making it for (dads army homeguard) it would be well cleaned. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 I finished my homeguard train. the armour is removable. ii never exsisted in real life but I find it a funny concept. also the armour (corrugated iron or wriggly tin) wouldn't stop anything other than a few rocks. I think it fits with the dads army version of the home guard of making something that looks nice but isn't really viable and they aren't able to paint private property (that is why the terrier keeps its wartime grey and the corrugated iron is painted. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 I wasn't happy painting my manning wardle in LBSC colours so I have decided to paint it in a light green with drak green lining Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 here it is so far. once again like most of my projects it is to design a cheap body that can fit onto pre existing chassis. In a couple of weeks we are having a model show near where I live. I will go there and buy bits and pieces for a new project. I don't know what the project is yet but I will make it up as I go along. unless there is something special there that I really want. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 its a bit wonky so I have made a updated design that fixes most of the flaws Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) So I thought I might as well give an explanation to why my models are no where near the best. 1. where I live it is stupidly hard to buy kits or anything like that for a decent price. 2. I am only half way through high school and so don't have the best experience in making metal kits. 3. I earn less than minimum wage so miney can be a bit tight 4. The school I go to has 3d printers and I'm trying to bodge things together by only looking at pictures (that is why I tend to steer away from making models of pre existing engines as nothing I 3d print is accurate and making my own design is more fun and means if it comes out to large or to small I can just make up a reason). 5. I only have basic tools (craft knife, pen, dremel and I only recently got my hands on an cordless drill) I am trying to do the best that I can. this isn't a sob story this is just me saying my models aren't the best but I am happy with them. oh and also a model show is coming up in ten days and I am going to buy as much broken and spare things as I possibly can. I am also going to try and buy some metal kits (maybe one engine and a couple wagons) so when I buy a soldering iron in a couple weeks I can practice on a cheap wagon kit. Edited April 3, 2021 by SteelAndSoot changed wording 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2019 Keep it up dude, if you even just look at the progress you have made in this thread then you are making great strides with your skills If you fancy having a go at using transfers to do lining, I did a little guide recently on the Railway Mania channel. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 On 31/08/2019 at 20:21, Corbs said: Keep it up dude, if you even just look at the progress you have made in this thread then you are making great strides with your skills If you fancy having a go at using transfers to do lining, I did a little guide recently on the Railway Mania channel. Yeah I am subscribed to your channel. I am going to order some lining transfers in less than a week and have learned a lot from your video. Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 soooooo. the model show didn't go to plan. There was nothing there was nothing but military kits for sale in the sale stands at the model show I said I was going to. Therefor I won't be able to start that project I wanted to. BUT. there is good news 1. I bought lots of military kits (not sure if anybody would be interested but I will probably post some images) 2. New plan So I have decided on plan 2. Just earlier this week I was on YouTube at break time between classes when I found something amazing. I found a YouTube channel called "Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels". I would imagine some people have heard of him before but for those that haven't he makes videos about. Well, Mechanical marvels. Now he owns his own ruston hornsby 48ds and at some point he was contacted to have his engine be the lucky one to open a new preserved railway. And now we get to the plan. The railway he was helping to open was called the leiston works railway. And uhh. Its definitely special Here it is (some of the only pictures I can find of it. but Lawrie has two decently lengthed videos of it) It is a tiny stretch of track between two gardens. some sources say it is 250 feet long and others say 500. Either way it is a simple stretch of straight track as seen here I think it is brilliant and because of that I have decided to make a model of something similar. I say similar because I don't think I could make an accurate model and honestly I don't find that kind of stuff fun. I find making a replica of somebody elses work a bit boring (no offense to anyone who likes building that. it is still nice to see but I don't find much fun in building it) I find it a bit like homework. So I am going to build something VERY similar but with my own twists and interpretations. So within the next couple days or so I will have the track layed. The baseboard is already cut to size I just have to wait to get a piece of track back from a friend who is soldering wires onto it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 I went onto google maps to circle the railway just to show what it looks like I think it is the most strangely endearing thing ever. The place where I volunteer is just a loop of track around a field and I thought that was small. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Oh and two more things 1. I can't wait for the Hornby ruston 48 as I have loved them for years (I saw one in the thumbnail of a video and that is how I found Lawrie's channel). 2. This is a bit bigger. A lot bigger than a ruston 48. So I brought $190 to the model show and I only spent $80 (I bought some really cool stuff). So I was left with $110 and still had the model bug. and so things may have gotten out of hand. Long story short a railway gun is on route to my house. I bought the new oxford rail Boche Buster and it will be here in a time frame between 1 to 4 weeks Most likely 2 weeks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 I recently finished one of the kits that I bought at the recent model show. Its a 1/32 staff car. Specifically the airfix version of Bernard Montgomery's Humber. I am quite pleased with it considering all the fiascoes I had with building it such as buying paint only to find it is a different shade to what it is sold as (it was supposed to be Brunswick green but it was black). Plus one of my dogs stepped on it four times even though she only has three legs. But I like it and I intend to do a German staff car as well. And maybe an american staff car but I am not to interested in those. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 Oh and I found these $20 for all four when each one by itself is usually $23 each. When I got them the man I bought them from stated that he only bought them for the boxes and didn't want the actual models. If anyone may know why someone would do this please elaborate as it doesn't make any sense to me. Oh and he said he didn't have any of the trucks. Therefor he didn't want the boxes as replacements for more scammel mechanical horses. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 My Boche Buster arrived I absolutely love it. For anyone who likes OO scale go get one before they sell out. It is really well made and decorated. It also runs like a dream and can make it round any bend at a reasonable speed. Its one of those things where you can't tell just how good it is by an image. plus it weighs the same as a loco 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 I have also finished work on another project. Granted it isn't model railway related, But it is a NZR lamp. I forgot to take pictures of it in its original condition but just know it was coated in mud and rust. We have a night run coming up on the railway I volunteer at and I am going to bring this along so I can see. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 I laid out the rough design of the new layout a couple days ago. The white bricks are buildings and the balsa wood is representative of brick walls. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Last night I plonked the buildings down on the layout. The buildings are nowhere near finished with only the brick colour added. I havent added one of the buildings on (you can see the white template in the back on the right) because I hadn't actually got it at that point. I also put the road in place as well as the gravel and sleepers on the ends of the rails. We are just about to go into our holidays so I will have two weeks to work on it so progress will be coming at breakneck speed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 A couple more things. 1. I have just gone to the 3d printers and have found that half of my brick walls have printed and have now started to print the other half. 2. there will be a lot of vegetation on the layout despite the urban look. 3. we are now very close to the release of the ruston 48ds and I am going to buy two of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 I will update soon on the progress of the new..... Layout? I am just going to call it a layout. anyway I have made very good progress on the layout and have got everything planned and most of it built. All I need to build is some items for the gardens of the houses and put in all the scenery. I have almost entirely finished the actual walled in track area and it runs perfectly. Anyway more progress soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Here is what I have so far. All I need to do is finish the little details on the buildings, the items in the gardens (flower beds, sheds and playsets) then I can add the grass. Then I will go on from there The pictures aren't that great but I will get better pictures once I am done 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 here are some more images. And I just bought one of hornbys new ruston 48s and it will arrive within the next three weeks (anywhere from a week to three weeks) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 oh and I wasn't happy with the original brick colouring so I changed it to grey with blue doors 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelAndSoot Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 finished some other bits and bobs 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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