SouthernBlue80s Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Crap and muck around the fuel point buffer stop. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 (edited) Class 47285 runs past an empty stabling point light engine. Taken on my camera phone in artificial light but thought it was a nice if not slightly blurred overview of the non yard end of the layout Edited February 25 by SouthernBlue80s 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted February 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25 The 47 looks great nicely captured.👍 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 3 minutes ago, Kevin Johnson said: The 47 looks great nicely captured.👍 Thanks, It's one of my Heljan tubby duffs. Very lightly weathered. Soon to be replaced by either a new Heljan or Bachmann loco. My two Hornby 31s might also be retired for new versions. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT100 Diesels Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 On 22/02/2024 at 11:54, SouthernBlue80s said: My only non rail blue loco. Which doesn't get much of an outing, 56040 Oystermouth with my two Dutch wagons. 56001 is very lightly weathered so 56040 was made a bit gubbier as a contrast. Here she is on the fuel point before collecting two wagons from the yard. Truly outstanding work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cold-ash Posted February 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26 The blend between the backscene and baseboard is particularly pleasing, as is the greenery. what are the overall dimensions? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, cold-ash said: The blend between the backscene and baseboard is particularly pleasing, as is the greenery. what are the overall dimensions? It evolved over time. Unfortunately all the pictures were lost in the big outage. It also is 4 boards stuck together. It was 32cm deep but was extended to 42cm deep It is now 240cm long 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 (edited) A bit of an update. I bought some Hornby coal wagons second hand a while back. £8-£10 each. I'm sure they don't look anywhere as good a the Acurascale ones. But at a distance they are OK with a bit of weathering. I also gave the layout a good vacume today and added bits of static grass. I have also been through my whole loco fleet with a critical eye to see if anything could be improved. The roof of 47436 was too dirty, so I knocked it back to look more like the real thing. Jury is out on the 47 fleet. But a decision coming soon. I have 4 Heljan tubby 47s, weathered with wire handrails and so on 47010 47076 47285 47324 I think I will probably sell them for a token price. I also have Bachmann 47436 above. So new rail blue Bachmanns would sit nicely with that. Initialy 47012 would become 47285 as that was a WR machine I used to see alot Cheers Steve Edited March 21 by SouthernBlue80s Better pictures 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted March 20 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20 Looking great Steve thanks for sharing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Nice photo's Steve, those wagons look great, there's a lot of older stock that will pass muster with a bit of detailing and weathering. I upgraded a few Hornby coal hoppers a while back. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 50 minutes ago, sb67 said: Nice photo's Steve, those wagons look great, there's a lot of older stock that will pass muster with a bit of detailing and weathering. I upgraded a few Hornby coal hoppers a while back. They look spot on. I also did the same with my hoppers too further back in the thread. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Ferry van. I am slowly building up a fleet for an early 80s ferry van working from Dover. I am hoping someone will bring out a decent model of the transfersea vans at some point. Others so far are.... 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Heljan 47s. I photographed them in order to sell all four of them in order to upgrade to new Bachmann 47s. However having just pictured them....you know what I think I will keep them. And slowly build up a fleet of Bachmanns. 47012 will be the first purchase soon. Tweaked with various handrails, headcode panels, windscreens and so 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted March 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25 I do like the weathering you have achieved on the class 47s.👍 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Good decision to keep those 47's, can I ask about 47 010, where did you get the marker light on the front from or was it on there originally? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 (edited) 3 hours ago, sb67 said: Good decision to keep those 47's, can I ask about 47 010, where did you get the marker light on the front from or was it on there originally? It started life as a cheap 47596 Aldeborough Festival shell off Ebay. I then found a chasiss. That one didnt need handrails made as they were allready wire on that one. I had some spare buffer beam detail. I then renumbered it to 47010. 47324 is the other one that is cobbled together Edited March 25 by SouthernBlue80s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Ok, thanks. I'm hoping to model 47085 Mammoth in the 80's but need to find a marker light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 32 minutes ago, sb67 said: Ok, thanks. I'm hoping to model 47085 Mammoth in the 80's but need to find a marker light. Are you using a Heljan tubby duff as a start point? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 11 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Are you using a Heljan tubby duff as a start point? No, it's an old lima model bought second hand and has had some work done to it. I could always back date it a little to before it had the marker lights. It's still needing detailing and painting so could become any Stratford loco of around the mid 80's. I like your 47 with the 'silver' roof, I was looking at modelling a loco like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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