RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 25, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2020 18 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi James, In the spirit of "Shy bairns get nowt !": Get Darius to email you the artwork so that you can print me some off along with your ones !!!! Gibbo. Happy to do so - after I have corrected some of the spelling... Cheers Darius 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi James, In the spirit of "Shy bairns get nowt !": Get Darius to email you the artwork so that you can print me some off along with your ones !!!! Gibbo. Haha! Let me clear my decks first Gibbo! Got 5 30fters sat at sorting office ready to pick up and chop down now! Frantically transfering things up to make room.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Happy to do so - after I have corrected some of the spelling... Cheers Darius Cheers Darius, happily swap with the OCL/Man liners if you fancy them Cheers James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) At Gibbo’s request, here are the paint colours that I used for the “tankertainers”. The green is Phoenix BR DMU green with some warning yellow cut in - airbrushed on. The white tanker is Halfords white primer sprayed on from the can. The yellow is the natural unpainted Hornby plastic with the walkways painted grey before giving the whole lot a spray of matt varnish. I use Army Painter “anti-shine” spray varnish for this. I drilled and opened out the moulded blank lightening holes in the container base prior to painting. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 4 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2020 33 minutes ago, Darius43 said: At Gibbo’s request, here are the paint colours that I used for the “tankertainers”. The green is Phoenix BR DMU green with some warning yellow cut in - airbrushed on. The white tanker is Halfords white primer sprayed on from the can. The yellow is the natural unpainted Hornby plastic with the walkways painted grey before giving the whole lot a spray of matt varnish. I use Army Painter “anti-shine” spray varnish for this. I drilled and opened out the moulded blank lightening holes in the container base prior to painting. Cheers Darius Is this an accurate representation of a prototypical container? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 28, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Is this an accurate representation of a prototypical container? Mike. Hi Mike, I based it on the photo in post 8 of this thread on RMWeb. It’s as “accurate” as I was prepared to make it according to this photo. I couldn't find any photos of the containers on actual Freightliner flats on Google images. Plenty of pictures of the Triang Hornby originals but the above link was the only photo of a real container that I could find. It would be great if someone has more photos of these containers on the flat wagons and could post them here. Cheers Darius Edited February 28, 2020 by Darius43 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2020 Ironically the Bachmann models got me interested again, but there’s no way I’m paying their prices . I’ve been buying up occasional second hand Tri-ang Hornby ones . I know they are not as accurate as Bachmann but they’ll do , especially as you need multiples . Does anyone do containers for 60s/70s era ? I saw a great Manchester Liners containers on Hornsey Broadway last week . These weren’t the Triang versions . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2020 20 minutes ago, Legend said: I saw a great Manchester Liners containers on Hornsey Broadway last week . Kier doesn't bite, quite the opposite actually, you could always PM him? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 29, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) Another Hornby flat upgraded. Managed to score an S Kits conversion set off eBay, which removes a lot of the grunt work. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) Tanker flat completed (bar the typo). Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 1, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) On a roll now... Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted March 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2020 I've done eight with the S-kits detailing, and as mentioned a while back, I've started going back through them to replace all the underframe details. The first four units have now been done, making half the train: Here's a closer shot of the train: I've still to add the Railtec transfers but I think I'll try and do them in one hit when I've got all the wagons done (plus a ninth still be started). I only have room for a 5 + 4 rake. One benefit I've found with replacing the trussing is that I've been able to reduce the sag which was present in a number of my donor models, some of which were worse than others. 6 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) Another FGA completed. I fitted a Train-Tech LED tail light using the adjacent container to house the battery unit. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 8 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Another FGA completed. I fitted a Train-Tech LED tail light using the adjacent container to house the battery unit. Cheers Darius No Caboose Darius lol? Seriously good work and churned out at a fare pace too. Them BP tanks look spot on. Looking forward to getting my transfers on my tanks. Thanks again for sending the artwork over. All the best James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) With thanks to jessy1692 for the decal artwork I have completed some Manchester Liners and OCL 30’ containers. I printed the container side decals on white decal sheet and trimmed them to fit the containers. Now just need to complete the flats for them to sit upon - and build some 20’-ers. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 58 minutes ago, Darius43 said: With thanks to jessy1692 for the decal artwork I have completed some Manchester Liners and OCL 30’ containers. I printed the container side decals on white decal sheet and trimmed them to fit the containers. Now just need to complete the flats for them to sit upon - and build some 20’-ers. Cheers Darius Hi Darius, These boxes are spreading faster than a certain disease, there is quite an outbreak on my bench also ! Gibbo. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Some great work on the BR Freightliner flats. I do however have to ask, is there a Milwaukee Road layout lurking somewhere as well? John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted March 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2020 May i ask if the flat-sided containers (as depicted above) and the horizontally-ribbed ones lasted long enough in service to overlap with the vertically-ribbed type? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Barry Ten said: May i ask if the flat-sided containers (as depicted above) and the horizontally-ribbed ones lasted long enough in service to overlap with the vertically-ribbed type? Hi Barry, The first vertically ribbed boxes that I know of were the Ford 30' boxes that ran between Halewood and Genk via the port of Harwich. The majority of vertically ribbed boxes came into service in the late 1960's onward and so with the early boxes lasting into the early 1980's then that ought to give you an idea of how things were. One thing to look out for is that originally boxes on the British railways were 8' high but later 8' 6" boxes were introduced to various routes, loading gauge permitting. Also a lot of the smooth sided boxes built around steel box frames as represented by the types above were insulated containers rather than just a 6mm or 8mm pressed steel plate for sidewalls. Gibbo. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) Two more flats modified. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 hours ago, John Tomlinson said: Some great work on the BR Freightliner flats. I do however have to ask, is there a Milwaukee Road layout lurking somewhere as well? John. Not as yet... Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) Im going to have to take a week off work to catch you & @Gibbo675 up! Top work, glad the artwork came out ok, thanks again for the BP ones too. All the best James Edited March 5, 2020 by jessy1692 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2020 Not that I need them now, (as if I haven't got a big enough roundtuit pile already), but might these transfers be available to commoners at some point? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Not that I need them now, (as if I haven't got a big enough roundtuit pile already), but might these transfers be available to commoners at some point? Mike. Evening Mike, iv got the files backed up at work so ready to go whenever. I can send you it over if you like, just needs printing on some decal paper easily obtainable off Ebay and pretty cheap. Im currently out of paper but will no doubt get some more, you can get a lot onto a sheet of A4. Iv still mine to do but have a couple of sheets of spares that the printer smudged bits of them so could send some usable bits. Drop us a DM if you like Cheers James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) OCL and Manchester Liners flats completed. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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