MrWolf Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Likewise, I tend to buy used books where I can. That Pannier papers was just over half price with the postage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) I get the impression that the Midland Railway ten tonner resents my attempts to save it from the bin. The sides and ends are beautifully made and fit nicely together. The floor however, fits like a glove on a Badger's ar5e... It fits between the buffer beams ( but up against the location rib is too high) and misses the sides by about 0.5mm. I've centralised it and left it to set. I'll drop a couple of lengths of Plastruct 3mm angle inside to hold it all together before fitting a weight and a brace to the upper part to stop the sides bowing inwards. I am informed that the language used is meant to be reserved for the workshop. Or Profanium as it has been dubbed. Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted November 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I get the impression that the Midland Railway ten tonner resents my attempts to save it from the bin. The sides and ends are beautifully made and fit nicely together. The floor however, fits like a glove on a Badger's ar5e... It fits between the buffer beams ( but up against the location rib is too high) and misses the sides by about 0.5mm. I've centralised it and left it to set. I'll drop a couple of lengths of Plastruct 3mm angle inside to hold it all together before fitting a weight and a brace to the upper part to stop the sides bowing inwards. I am informed that the language used is meant to be reserved for the workshop. Or Profanium as it has been dubbed. I’ve had a couple like this, but I have to say my particular favourite are floors moulded into a parallelogram, with roof mouldings that don’t quite sit tight onto sides as a close second. All part of the fun. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) The underside: Some shameless bodging: This kit is several decades old and may have been upgraded by now. Next thing is a roof. If it doesn't work, I can use the underframe for something else. Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) Take one snapped off Airfix brake van kit roof. File off the vents and rainstrip details and stick on. It fits! So now I know something that I will probably never need to do again! Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 11 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JustinDean Posted November 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2021 Lovely stuff! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted November 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2021 Don't forget to add new rainstrips above the doors. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2021 There's nothing like a bit of plastic bodging especially when it turns out right. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2021 <pedant mode> That roof is a scale two inches too long for a Midland 10 tonner... </pedant mode> Al. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2021 Given the different colour plastic, I wonder if that's the wrong floor for that kit? Especially as the roof was missing and so the kit had obviously been interfered with before you got it... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Nick C said: Given the different colour plastic, I wonder if that's the wrong floor for that kit? Especially as the roof was missing and so the kit had obviously been interfered with before you got it... It's not unlikely. The other kit in the purple box was an 8 tonner, that had a brown floor too, but also brown underframes. The 10 tonner has grey underframes. Of the other two kits, the (very old) 8 tonner on a carded pack is all grey. The new issue 8 tonner, also carded with much improved wheels, is moulded in grey, except for the roof which is white. That said. I refuse to be defeated by a dodgy secondhand kit. It's not the first time I've bought one and had to be a little inventive to put it right. The quality of the bits that were right made me determined not to throw it out. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Alister_G said: <pedant mode> That roof is a scale two inches too long for a Midland 10 tonner... </pedant mode> Al. You need to adapt a nasal drone in your voice and begin such statements with: "Aaaaactually, I think you'll fiiiind....." Always gets a laugh and saves a punch in the muzzle from anyone who thinks you're serious. It's also useful to break the awkwardness when someone really is being pedantic, or simply to mock your friends... 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) On 04/11/2021 at 07:53, Siberian Snooper said: Don't forget to add new rainstrips above the doors. A bit of lunchtime bodging with Slater's ten thou rod. If anyone has an easy way to fit their own rainstrips, please let me know! Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: There's nothing like a bit of plastic bodging especially when it turns out right. Normally, I refuse to bodge anything, but model railway items can't chuck you into a hedge at ninety miles an hour. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 16 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Normally, I refuse to bodge anything, but model railway items can't chuck you into a hedge at ninety miles an hour. I think it's the complete lack of consequences that makes this such an enjoyable hobby to me. Something goes wrong, you swear at it and walk away for a while. Hence my other main interest languishes in the garage at times whilst I play with my trains. Having said that - 90mph? No chance ! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Very nice indeed and good to see an A60 Cambridge saved from the banger racers. I once had an A55 mk1 with the round body style. It wasn't quick, but I did a lot of miles in it. I have often wished I could get another in the same condition for £250! Time machine required! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: A60 Cambridge My friends first car. He found out that a Quality Street tin with the bottom removed, plus lots of body filler, was a good solution to the rusted wing around the headlight . . . . . Make do and mend, or Bodgery in the mid '70's ? I always thought the 90mph on the speedo of my 998cc Mini Clubman estate was more of an aspiration than a potential fact. So was 60mph on a number of occasions . 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) We share a similar optimism. 60 is the realistic cruising speed - on a good day! Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 I managed to get this one up to 70 on the motorway. The oil light came on when I got home though . I’ve got the camper van up to 80 according to the speedo, but that shows a faster speed than reality due to smaller than recommended front tyres… 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 I found the same thing with a '66 beetle, you could go anywhere at 50mph, but thrash it for any length of time and the oil light would start to flicker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) This was and still is, very quick. Back in 1949, it was like going out and buying a Honda Fireblade. I still get chumps in cars trying to race me off the lights because I have offended them by filtering down the queue. If I thought that it was worth the effort, I'd get some crayons and explain the principles of power to weight ratios.... Edited August 23, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 6 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2021 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: A bit of lunchtime bodging with Slater's ten thou rod. If anyone has an easy way to fit their own rainstrips, please let me know! You could use a school style plastic protractor to give you the curve. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: If anyone has an easy way to fit their own rainstrips, please let me know! A little bit of thumb in the middle, closed eyes and magic 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: We share a similar optimism. 60 is the realistic cruising speed - on a good day! Dad had a Herald in the mid-1960s. A lovely car. Regarding speeds, an old mate used to tow a triple-decked dinghy trailer behind an A55 van that was fitted with a diesel taxi engine. Powerful but not exactly gazelle-like. One day he was stopped for speeding, at the bottom of a long downhill stretch. He kept the ticket, so that when he sold the van he could prove that it would do more than 50mph. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 44 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: You could use a school style plastic protractor to give you the curve. Knowing my luck, that would become permanently welded to the roof as well as the rain strip! 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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