Johnson044 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Thanks Garry - much appreciated. I've ordered some Railmatch pre-1928 GWR green enamel. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 A TT Castle having a repaint with Railtec 3D smokebox number and shed plate fitted along with cab number. Ignore the chimney shape as the plastic has been reduced for a proper deeper copper one to be fitted later. Garry 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Beautiful finish to that paintwork. Very impressed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 La France doesn't bear such close inspection. The Brunswick Green Humbrol Nr 3 will serve as an undercoat for when the Railmatch Pre-1928 GW green arrives. A bit more of a rub down needed, plus some sundry details such as whistles and reversing rod and the wheels need painting. Not sure where I'll go with any attempt at lining out as time's passing and I plan to hand the loco over on Sunday. Well - at least the wheels rotate but the valve gear, such as it is, is greatly simplified and best viewed from a considerable distance. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, Johnson044 said: La France doesn't bear such close inspection. The Brunswick Green Humbrol Nr 3 will serve as an undercoat for when the Railmatch Pre-1928 GW green arrives. A bit more of a rub down needed, plus some sundry details such as whistles and reversing rod and the wheels need painting. Not sure where I'll go with any attempt at lining out as time's passing and I plan to hand the loco over on Sunday. Well - at least the wheels rotate but the valve gear, such as it is, is greatly simplified and best viewed from a considerable distance. For its size the valve gear looks quite neat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Well - it turns around and the crossheads go back and forth in the proper manner. It hides a dreadful secret though - and it's very happily quite hard to see until you look closely. There are no coupling rods and I feel a bit of a fraud. There was just too much slop in the wheel bearings, I think and I think I'd drilled one of the crankpin holes fractionally out. It's all dismantleable so maybe someone else can have a go one day. I just want the thing finished so that I can return to the far more comfortable territory of 0 gauge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
32475 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Bravo Monsieur. Vive 'La France'. Such fortitude and determination on a tiny scale. This explains precisely why my optician recommmends 00 or 0 gauge modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Thank you, 32675. Your optician gives sound advice. If only LF had a motor. Railmatch paint arrived this morning so nearly there now. Hopefully back to a truly huge 0 gauge Peckett 0-4-0ST soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Johnson044 said: Thank you, 32675. Your optician gives sound advice. If only LF had a motor. Railmatch paint arrived this morning so nearly there now. Hopefully back to a truly huge 0 gauge Peckett 0-4-0ST soon. I have a little 0 gauge but these days my eyes might have more of a problem with that than TT. Due to my glasses even a 300 ruler looks curved so have great difficulty lining up transfers which would be a bigger problem in 0. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 13/01/2022 at 00:47, Silverfox17 said: My WR (or any BR region) locos are done with Precision BR green or Rover Brooklands green. The latter is slightly lighter than "proper" BR green but was used as a Dublo copy. La France should be GWR green which I think has a different hue/shade and Precision do make that colour. Humbrol Brunswick is no where near. In real life no BR loco was painted in Brunswick, the standard BR colour was something like Land Rover mid or dark chrome green. The word Brunswick was used by a model magazine (50's I think) by mistake and readers continued its use incorrectly ever since. Garry Humbrol Brunswick is no where near - blimey - you weren't kidding! A couple of coats of something a bit more authentic - plus a few big crusty brush strokes and some dust. I'll hopefully get some transfers on tomorrow. Not going to attempt any form of lining out. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Johnson044 said: Humbrol Brunswick is no where near - blimey - you weren't kidding! A couple of coats of something a bit more authentic - plus a few big crusty brush strokes and some dust. I'll hopefully get some transfers on tomorrow. Not going to attempt any form of lining out. It looks the part and thats what counts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) A couple of Tri-ang Prairies have got some Railtec 3D plates on. The black is original plastic but with twin red lining added. The number plates are all red as I wanted something different and the WR did red plates on black locos for a short while. The green one is ready for varnishing now. The Clan has a 3D numberplate but with an added white border which happend on a few steam locos at one time. Edited January 18, 2022 by Silverfox17 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 C'est fini! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Ooer - the close up is bit brutal! Very pleased with the Narrow Planet name, number and works plates. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Johnson044 said: C'est fini! Looks very nice, well done. I maybe tempted to do one sometime. It is a pity you did not get to motorise it but still nice to be sat on a line in the loco shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Thanks Silverfox - glad you like her. Shapeways Gazelle (perhaps more reasonably!) also defied any attempt at motorisation. The only remotely suitable candidate was a motor I found from the tail rotor of an indoor helicopter- but at 40,000rpm @ 3.5V the gearing would be impossible (for me anyway). At least La France can also double up as a paperweight, which Gazelle obviously won't, despite being filled with lead. Got the quartering right with Gazelle (N Brass coach wheels and coupling rods) and with a prod from the Finger of God she whizzes along like a whizzing thing with a bad attack of the whizzes. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
32475 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 16 hours ago, Johnson044 said: C'est fini! Well done. That was something to test the patience and the eyesight. Now go straight back to 0 gauge, pass Go and collect £200! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Thanks 32475 - I'll spend the money wisely. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Isambard Kingdom Brunel finished with Railtec 3D transfers for cabside and smokebox numbers, Kings X nameplates, proper copper chimney and metal bogie and tender wheels fitted. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Here is the second RTR loco from Lincoln-Locos, class 37, having its first run on the main line. Garry 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox17 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) On 23/02/2022 at 08:18, Silverfox17 said: Here is the second RTR loco from Lincoln-Locos, class 37, having its first run on the main line. Garry Due to some videos being embedded into inappropriate ones I have started to disable that facility on them which means they cannot be seen here but are still available on YouTube. Garry Edited March 20, 2022 by Silverfox17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-Pete Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Happy Easter All Spring has Sprung and the trains are running again. :^) 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbuffer Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 21 hours ago, TT-Pete said: Happy Easter All Spring has Sprung and the trains are running again. :^) Nice Mk2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 I always wanted a 12 wheel dining car and thought I could do something with scrap Tri-ang coaches. This is not to scale nor were any drawings used it is all just make and see. A brake coach had the passenger end and toilet window cut off, some extra windows made in the brake end along with removing some door details. A composite coach was cut after one compartment and glued to the brake. This gives a length longer than a standard Tri-ang one which adds to the effect. The bogies were scratchbuilt and awaiting some 3D printed sides. The coach will go around Tri-ang curves. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 I recently aquired a Mk1 full brake built by D. Lawerence with possibly L. Goddards name rubbed out and it is well made and painted although foam residue seems to have attacked it a little. The sides look to be etched brass but the roof is tinplate. It has been shaped very well making me wonder if it was machine produced rather than had made even though it is minus the gutter rail. Any ideas anyone? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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