RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, tubs01 said: Maybe slightly over budget.. but oh well! The top of the slippery slope, Tubs; won’t be long before you join the rest of us in the poverty stricken heap at the bottom... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 21 hours ago, The Johnster said: The top of the slippery slope, Tubs; won’t be long before you join the rest of us in the poverty stricken heap at the bottom... well, something I guess you've just got to get used to while modelling modern image I assume Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 One thing I've noticed after studying many photos and videos is that whenever a 67 is pulling freight, it's always a short rake, which of course makes sense and it suits me very much. On the subject at freight I've been thinking of older style wagons that I could pass off as 'modern' I think most plank wagons are out of the question (emphasis on most) but in one photo of a 67, you could only see the first wagon of the train and it just looked like a bogie bolster wagon. I have seen other EWS flat wagons but they look a fair bit more modern. Of course a very cheap way to get 'modern' wagons is the Hornby TTAs, just paint them black and there you go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 I've seen a cheap Hornby ex-mainline 56 on eBay, and I quite like the look of the 69... I'll need a 66 for the roof but I think it would be nice to make the first class 69 in OO! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 01/04/2021 at 16:42, tubs01 said: One thing I've noticed after studying many photos and videos is that whenever a 67 is pulling freight, it's always a short rake, which of course makes sense and it suits me very much. On the subject at freight I've been thinking of older style wagons that I could pass off as 'modern' I think most plank wagons are out of the question (emphasis on most) but in one photo of a 67, you could only see the first wagon of the train and it just looked like a bogie bolster wagon. I have seen other EWS flat wagons but they look a fair bit more modern. Of course a very cheap way to get 'modern' wagons is the Hornby TTAs, just paint them black and there you go. Bogie bolsters are still used on engineering trains. Triang ones are dirt cheap at 2-4 pounds each. .A few lengths of steel track weathered and you could have a half a dozen long train for not much outlay. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Well the Lima skip arrived and it's lovely, and it was a smooth runner but now whenever I try to run it, it short circuits! lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, tubs01 said: Well the Lima skip arrived and it's lovely, and it was a smooth runner but now whenever I try to run it, it short circuits! lovely. Is it only shorting across points or on any piece of track? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, DK123GWR said: Is it only shorting across points or on any piece of track? No points on the 'layout' at the moment, and no matter where it is it short circuits. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, tubs01 said: No points on the 'layout' at the moment, and no matter where it is it short circuits. Strangely enough if I flip the loco round it runs fine. Similar to what happened with my smaller steam locos, ran rubbish in one direction, yet is fine the other 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 12 hours ago, tubs01 said: I've seen a cheap Hornby ex-mainline 56 on eBay, and I quite like the look of the 69... I'll need a 66 for the roof but I think it would be nice to make the first class 69 in OO! I look forward to seeing it! Perhaps a model company i.e Hornby, Bachmann, Dapol etc might take on the 69 in the future... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Try taking the body off (probably the hardest part) and see if there are any wires which could be touching and causing the short (as it's a Lima loco you should be able to see every wire and trace the current from one side of the loco to the other). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, 6990WitherslackHall said: I look forward to seeing it! Perhaps a model company i.e Hornby, Bachmann, Dapol etc might take on the 69 in the future... I hope so too, and it probably won't be accurate by any means but it'll still be a nice novelty 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 8 hours ago, tubs01 said: No points on the 'layout' at the moment, and no matter where it is it short circuits. Track pin in the bogies/mech? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Strange indeed. I think I have an idea what the problem is but I'm not too sure. Firstly, before this problem happened, how well did it run? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 06/04/2021 at 08:09, 6990WitherslackHall said: Strange indeed. I think I have an idea what the problem is but I'm not too sure. Firstly, before this problem happened, how well did it run? Even stranger is that its sorted itself out! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Some attempts at weathering with just paint I did on new year's day. Had no brown paint so I mixed various coloured pencil ground up with water Wagon 1: Wagon 2: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Some more custom rolling stock. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 This one's a rubbish runner. I think it might have a chip in it 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Some bashed coaches 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 And finally, some pugs. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 47 minutes ago, tubs01 said: Some attempts at weathering with just paint I did on new year's day. Had no brown paint so I mixed various coloured pencil ground up with water Wagon 1: Wagon 2: The replacement grey door is a nice touch. Don’t forget the white wall tyred immaculate looking wheels though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 hours ago, tubs01 said: This one's a rubbish runner. I think it might have a chip in it Have you tried taking the body shell off? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubs01 Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, 6990WitherslackHall said: Have you tried taking the body shell off? Well the chassis clips are broke so yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Just now, tubs01 said: Well the chassis clips are broke so yes You found anything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 hours ago, ianmacc said: The replacement grey door is a nice touch. Don’t forget the white wall tyred immaculate looking wheels though! Wheel rims are painted white so that if the tyre slips or moves on the rim a definitive line is seen and the wagon/coach can be removed from the formation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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