P.C.M Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Hi Lee, 40118 looks great, for oil streaks you could try dry brushing and build up the layers. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hi Lee, 40118 looks great, for oil streaks you could try dry brushing and build up the layers. Cheers Peter. Hi Peter, Thank you for that tip, I shall give it a go. ..and a small update on 40060: I'm not sure if the headcode dots are a little too big. Thoughts? Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funtleyworks Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Finally,I plucked up the courage and managed to get 40118 weathered whilst I wait for the varnish to dry on 060 40118 Weathered No 1 end.jpg 40118 Weathered No 1 end (2).jpg 40118 Weathered No 1 end (3).jpg 40118 Weathered No 2 end.jpg Still a lot to learn about weathering me thinks, I'll do better on the next one. Cheers Lee Nothing really much to learn there! That is a truly quality job fella. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 23, 2016 Lee.....those HC Dots look fine to me, biggest problem I found was lighting them from behind without showing the grain of the paper they are printed on, in the end I used a plastic based inkjet "paper" and the base is completely white without any grain or weave of paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Lee.....those HC Dots look fine to me, biggest problem I found was lighting them from behind without showing the grain of the paper they are printed on, in the end I used a plastic based inkjet "paper" and the base is completely white without any grain or weave of paper. Hi David, Thanks for the tip! Where did you get the plastic based material from? I'm not sure I've heard of anything like that before but it sounds just the job..... can you point me in the right direction? Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2016 I'll try and find the stuff, to be honest I had a few sheets at work I used to use, it is a OHP type film but white opaque if memory serves. I'll have a look in a few packing boxes today and see if I can find the stuff exactly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Hi Lee, if you at look at precision transfers you will some on there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Bit of an update, 40060 almost there now: Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted August 13, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2016 What a cracker..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I am with David on this one. Really is a cracker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Well done mate, that's superb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Thanks for the comments and likes with regard 40060. I'm well on my way with the next 40 too, 40126. It's been a testing build with quite a few things going awry (me c*cking it up in other words ). At the moment though I have managed to get the decals on (RailTec) and a coat of Klear to seal them: Those of you familiar with the real loco probably know it suffered a bit of a collision and hence had some horrible scars along the left hand side of no 2 end.. along with some rather dodgy repairs. To try to copy this: A while ago I asked Steve of RailTech to make some boiler water tank gauge decals. These look pretty good when added to the locos and are exactly the right size too! Since I took this photo I covered the decal in several coats of Klear to represent the glass: Once the decals were on and setting I needed to add the handrails that run along side the door in the middle of the body. With a few bits of 0.7mm N/S wire: Having built a few of these locos it's niggled me a little about the vac & steam heating pipes that sit on top of the bogies. So I set about replacing these - the steam heat pipe uses some glass fibre braided hose: The vac pipe I have just hacked the JLTRT whitemetal pipe and made it more reminiscent of the real loco: Well that's it for now until the Klear dries over the decals then I can spray a couple of coats of varnish over the entire loco. It won't be long before I can start weathering it... the best bit Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 That really is very nice Lee. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thatis bang on Lee well done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Making good progress with 40126: Need to get the glazing done today and then a few bits n bobs to add prior to completion. Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funtleyworks Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Making good progress with 40126: 40126 No 1 end (1).jpg 40126 No 1 end (2).jpg 40126 No 2 end (1).jpg 40126 No 2 end (2).jpg Need to get the glazing done today and then a few bits n bobs to add prior to completion. Cheers Lee Absolute quality work fella. You should be well proud of that!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Very tasty indeed matey! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Hi Lee. I loved the other class 40s but this one is superb. You really have got the hang of weathering and the repair work on the side looks great it really brings it to life. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 How did you drill for the handrails beside the centre doors? The holes are at 90 deg to the body, parallel to the sides aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 How did you drill for the handrails beside the centre doors? The holes are at 90 deg to the body, parallel to the sides aren't they? Hi Jeff, I drill the holes using a 0.75mm bit (for 0.7mm NS wire) prior to painting. I make sure that the drill bit is as long as I can make it which ensures there is a shallow angle for the drilled hole. Hope that helps. Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Hello Lee, are you at Telford? if so what day? I'm down for the two so if you let me know when your down there we can meet up and have a chat or just a beer or two. OzzyO. PS, still have your number on the phone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted August 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2016 Hi Lee, Keeping track (excuse the pun!) of your progress, that latest 40 looks superb! Keep going like this I'm going to have to commission you to build one for me lol!!! Looks really good mate looking forward to see whats coming next.... Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 Hello Lee, are you at Telford? if so what day? I'm down for the two so if you let me know when your down there we can meet up and have a chat or just a beer or two. OzzyO. PS, still have your number on the phone. Hey Paul, Nice to hear from you. I've sent you a PM regarding Telford. Hi Lee, Keeping track (excuse the pun!) of your progress, that latest 40 looks superb! Keep going like this I'm going to have to commission you to build one for me lol!!! Looks really good mate looking forward to see whats coming next.... Rich Hi Rich, Thanks for the compliment and it's nice to see you following my builds here. With regards commissions.... I could be interested So, what's next?...... another 40 I'm afraid. It will be 40009 the last surviving VO loco. Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted September 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2016 Thanks for the compliment and it's nice to see you following my builds here. With regards commissions.... I could be interested To quote that well known Microsoft saying ... 'You have mail!' Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Following a nice day out at Telford yesterday and whilst waiting for the Shawplan parts to turn up I decided to have a go at the JLTRT ZZA Snowplough. I know OzzyO has shown what's in the box so I won't bother with that. The parts didn't exactly go together so well... as as well as I had anticipated anyway. You will probably see what I mean in the pictures but the first job was to get the wheels and axles sorted out. A bit of blackening of some Roxey steel wheels and some 0.7mm NS wire for the spring mechanism: The 'instructions' say to fix the M4 nuts into the base... but I elected to Epoxy the bolts in instead. It just seemed easier to fit the chassis into the plough base with the bolts acting as guides. A little bit of Devcon later: I had noted from OzzyO's build that the plough base, once put onto the chassis, rocks a little. Indeed it did but by scraping a little of the cast resin away that was soon sorted out but it did take me a while to work out where the excess resin was. In the end I resorted to adding some masking tape in layers at given positions then refitting the chassis to plough base to see if the problem had been eradicated: Once I knew exactly where to scrape the job was easy to get them seated together properly. I wish the housing was as easy, it took quite a bit of sanding and scraping to get the parts to fit correctly. Using masking tape I assembled the 5 pieces and once happy they were fitting as well as I could and were square, I added glue The pic below is pre-glue: Lots of sanding and filling ensued. Primarily using the medium Cyano to fill joints and crevasses!! A bit of time spent with the handle making jig and some NS 0.6mm wire and it's not far off done in terms of building/ sticking bits together: These last two pics show the parts merely plonked together and the joins at the rear of the housing look a lot worse than what they are. The joins are highlighted by the Cyano rather than obscuring them as with filler. I still have the one window to add yet and I'm pondering at what stage to add the glazing.... I think it's going to end up fogged whatever I do as it has to be added prior to the housing going onto the base To those that went, I hope you had a good day at Telford Yesterday/ today. Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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