RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 6, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2023 Niu Models 3D printed Coastal Defence Train. The loco body is designed to fit onto the Bachmann L&YR 2-4-2 Tank chassis. Also acquired some occupants… Cheers Darius 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 6, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2023 Gun trucks assembled (minus guns). Cheers Darius 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted May 6, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 6, 2023 Gun truck painting completed. Cheers Darius 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Darius43 said: Gun truck painting completed. Cheers Darius Oh wow, saw NIU had these in the pipeline, they really look good. Once the lads are in position in them wagons itl be a stand out train. Top work as ever Darius. All the best James 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 6, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2023 Thanks James - my previous experience brush painting camouflage on WW2 aircraft kits came in useful 😀 Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted May 7, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) Painting of 5 and 3 plank wagons completed - will be adding tarpaulins to these wagons as shown in photos of the actual train. I added etched ladders and screw link couplings to the gun trucks. Cheers Darius Edited May 7, 2023 by Darius43 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cane Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Here is a picture of the real thing and one of the model I made some30 years ago. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2023 Loco body painted. Now awaiting delivery of a motorised chassis. Cheers Darius 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2023 Tarpaulins fitted to wagons. Cheers Darius 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2023 Initial painting of the figures. They were given an overall spray of khaki and then details were painted using the end of a cocktail stick - even the finest brush is too coarse. Once the paint has dried overnight, shadows and highlights will be picked out using a dark wash - sparingly applied. Cheers Darius 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted May 9, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 First troops on board… Still quite a few more to assemble and paint. Cheers Darius 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted May 9, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 9, 2023 Great work :) Must admit - it took a while for it to click that they are pegs not strange rocks :D 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I will admit, I've always been intrigued by this set, ever since I first discovered it; and I also do have hopes that they'll 'de-mob' the F5 and make a regular version of the body shell. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 9, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 9, 2023 Loco chassis arrived and duly fitted. Cheers Darius 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 9, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 9, 2023 Some more passengers painted… Cheers Darius 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Fast work there with an excellent result. Someone asked on Facebook if the armoured wagons would be available separately but there was no reply. I will email Niu as I would be interest in having the train without the loco as part of my diorama and the overall cost of the kit and chassis is rather high for me just to create a static model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulton Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Nice work, a question would there not have been Ready Use Lockers, in the wagon with the guns? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 9, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, fulton said: Nice work, a question would there not have been Ready Use Lockers, in the wagon with the guns? The photos arising from a Google image search appear to show loose ammunition boxes in the gun compartment but not fixed lockers. Presumably this would be ammunition for the 6 pounder guns. The photos also show what appear to be bundled up tarpaulin sheet at the rear of the same compartment. Cheers Darius Edited May 9, 2023 by Darius43 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2023 Train completed. I added Lanarkshire Models tail lamps to the gun trucks. Cheers Darius 17 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2023 Running on the layout this morning 😀 Cheers Darius 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 On 09/05/2023 at 16:52, Darius43 said: No doubt Wilson & Mainwaring are on the footplate arguing about how to drive it. Private Pike on the left, Fraser on the right? Obviously not Jones as he's not fitted his bayonet! Congrats on an excellent paint job. 21 hours ago, Darius43 said: Train completed. I added Lanarkshire Models tail lamps to the gun trucks. Why three headlamps on the front of the train? Was there a special lamp code for such trains? I would have thought they probably didn't run under normal signalling procedures but under a possession. Would you want lamps at all? Oil lamps would be inadequate to see the line ahead in the dark, and it is a disdvantage if your precise location can be seen by the enemy. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: Why three headlamps on the front of the train? Was there a special lamp code for such trains? I would have thought they probably didn't run under normal signalling procedures but under a possession. Would you want lamps at all? Oil lamps would be inadequate to see the line ahead in the dark, and it is a disdvantage if your precise location can be seen by the enemy. Photos of the train on Google Images show the trucks with three lamps and sometimes with a single central lamp. I am not sure what the significance is of the number of lamps but I followed suit with the model - three lamps at one end and a single lamp at the other. A lot of the contemporary photos are clearly “posed” with the occupants looking suitably fearsome and aggressive, “Picture Post” style, so are probably not representative of the actual service condition. Cheers Darius Edited May 14, 2023 by Darius43 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 09/05/2023 at 17:36, MyRule1 said: Fast work there with an excellent result. Someone asked on Facebook if the armoured wagons would be available separately but there was no reply. I will email Niu as I would be interest in having the train without the loco as part of my diorama and the overall cost of the kit and chassis is rather high for me just to create a static model. I received a very prompt and positive response from Niu about just purchasing the two gun trucks and have sent my Paypal payment to them. I will using open wagons already in my ownership to create the train. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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