jonas Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Your consistency of finish is sublime. I’d love to see a mega line up of some of your locos, you must have quite the fleet! seconding the call for a bookazine here. There’s a huge amount to learn about detailing and weathering of the diesel era in this thread! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne 37901 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Hi James, Nice work on those two heavyweight machines. 'Cardiff Rod Mill' is on my hit list but when it was carried by 56060 in metals colours, I've already done it's partner 56073 Tremorfa Steelworks. Talking of metals grids, that brings me nicely onto a shot I saw on a Locomaster dvd recently of your very own 56061. It was somewhere on the Southern region dragging a failed EWS 58 hauled stone train formed of a rake of EWS MEA wagons. Nice view from the office by the way, I didn't know you'd changed jobs from BA what are you doing now? In 2018 I got out of the building trade and joined the big railway, although as it's in customer service I don't have a view of any trains like you do, unless I can pop up for a cheeky photo on a break. Cheers, Wayne Edited January 16, 2022 by Wayne 37901 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 More fantastic work there James, those 56's look superb and certainly have the atmosphere and look of the real things, that era is a tad late for me but it looks like a great time for different liveries and plenty of opportunities for weathering. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted January 22, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2022 Thanks for all the likes and comments guys! On 16/01/2022 at 08:53, jonas said: Your consistency of finish is sublime. I’d love to see a mega line up of some of your locos, you must have quite the fleet! seconding the call for a bookazine here. There’s a huge amount to learn about detailing and weathering of the diesel era in this thread! Haha, thank you! It would be great fun actually to get all the locos out for a picture, I'd love to line them up like those snaps of Toton depot..! On 16/01/2022 at 13:21, Wayne 37901 said: Hi James, Nice work on those two heavyweight machines. 'Cardiff Rod Mill' is on my hit list but when it was carried by 56060 in metals colours, I've already done it's partner 56073 Tremorfa Steelworks. Talking of metals grids, that brings me nicely onto a shot I saw on a Locomaster dvd recently of your very own 56061. It was somewhere on the Southern region dragging a failed EWS 58 hauled stone train formed of a rake of EWS MEA wagons. Nice view from the office by the way, I didn't know you'd changed jobs from BA what are you doing now? In 2018 I got out of the building trade and joined the big railway, although as it's in customer service I don't have a view of any trains like you do, unless I can pop up for a cheeky photo on a break. Cheers, Wayne Cheers Wayne, your job in the railway world sounds good, anything that can combine hobbies and work can't be a bad thing!! Hopefully it's not too stressful when the services get disrupted and you don't get it right in the neck! It does look tempting to work in a railway-based role some day for sure, those Channel 5 shows following Paddington/GWR etc highlight some fun-looking railway jobs that you don't normally imagine would exist until you see behind the scenes! Myself, I'm a marketing manager at a financial services company, based in the mysterious new world of mortgages! I get to help out lots of small mortgage adviser businesses around the country creating their own marketing to promote themselves, which is rather interesting, quite a change from my old stomping ground of airline frequent flyer programmes! Those 56s sound good, and they look so nice in Metals colours too! Thanks for the tip-off on '061 working the EWS MEA train, I've seen that service you mentioned but fronted with working 58s, so to have a dead one with a bouncy bonus 56 on the front sounds rather tasty indeed! On 19/01/2022 at 19:16, sb67 said: More fantastic work there James, those 56's look superb and certainly have the atmosphere and look of the real things, that era is a tad late for me but it looks like a great time for different liveries and plenty of opportunities for weathering. Thanks ever so much Steve, it is quite a fun period in time to model, looking back there was almost endless variety with the old mingling alongside the new, almost the more modern equivalent of the steam/diesel transition perhaps! I do love the old ex-BR wrecks, they are a guilty pleasure it's got to be said! Cheers, James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne 37901 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, James Makin said: Cheers Wayne, your job in the railway world sounds good, anything that can combine hobbies and work can't be a bad thing!! Hopefully it's not too stressful when the services get disrupted and you don't get it right in the neck! It does look tempting to work in a railway-based role some day for sure, those Channel 5 shows following Paddington/GWR etc highlight some fun-looking railway jobs that you don't normally imagine would exist until you see behind the scenes! Myself, I'm a marketing manager at a financial services company, based in the mysterious new world of mortgages! I get to help out lots of small mortgage adviser businesses around the country creating their own marketing to promote themselves, which is rather interesting, quite a change from my old stomping ground of airline frequent flyer programmes! Those 56s sound good, and they look so nice in Metals colours too! Thanks for the tip-off on '061 working the EWS MEA train, I've seen that service you mentioned but fronted with working 58s, so to have a dead one with a bouncy bonus 56 on the front sounds rather tasty indeed! The job can be interesting but also stressful at times, particularly with the dreaded Coronavirus situation and all the cancellations due to train crew having to isolate. Your new job sounds interesting, I know someone who was a self employed advisor but I gather she's gone into partnership and formed a small business now. I know what you mean about the metals livery, it's one of my favourite sectors. No problem on the 'tip-off' as I thought it might be of interest. I've since watched it again and the train was the Purley - Acton stone empties, the clip was filmed at South Croydon and the defective train loco was 58048.... Grid 61 to the rescue! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted January 23, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2022 Sticking with the 'Heavyweight' theme, here are a couple of red beasties making their debut! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr EWS' 37712 and 37717 Berwick Middle School Railsafe Trophy Winners 1998 are joining the fleet this week. These split-box machines represent the contingent of then-recently spruced-up 37s operating in EWS maroon colours, not especially exciting ones back in the day to my young eyes, but with the passage of time, any '37' out there is worthy of a moment's appreciation! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The starting point was Bachmann's conveniently-released 37704 in EW&S colours, having planned the loco identities many years previously, it saved a fair bit of time being able to go out and buy a loco that was near enough perfect for just a renumber and bit of a floof and then being ready to go! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The Bachmann printed numbers came off really easily, just a dollop of Humbrol enamel thinners and the printing just lifted in less than 30 seconds, wiping away to leave a lovely finish. The only real changes needed were to 37712, which had a different roof style and at the No.2 end it had an unusual full-plated end with marker lights that stand proud of the ends. 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The original Bachmann end was removed from the body, filed back and then Shawplan marker light etches added on before being given a new coat of yellow paint. 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr When it came to decals, the superb Railtec ones were again employed for the EWS elements, and Steve even kindly launched the 'EWS' beastie logos to the range as a result of a cheeky request made during the project, when I became fed up with lining up yet more of the two-stage white/yellow old Fox 'beasties'... thanks again Steve! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Soon enough, the decals were varnished over and the loco bodies left for a month to fully harden before weathering took place. 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Armed with a slice of 'Madchester', layers of Humbrols 186, 251 and 32 were painted on and wiped away with enamel thinners on a cotton bud, leaving the effect of a clean loco with grime gathering in the hard to reach places. 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The locos were then reassembled, and bufferbeam detailing made from offcuts of brass handrail wire, the bodyside windows blanked off with tape, and the cab interior weathered and driver painted with a hi-viz jacket. 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37712 was selected as I'd seen the prototype a number of times and just quite liked it. Lima once made a model of it back in the late 90s, I never did scrape enough pocket money together to get one, so it seemed fitting to fulfil a dream here and make one myself all these years on! 37712 and 66165 Didcot Parkway 16.08.03 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I managed to snap 37712 at Didcot, this 2003 pic was taken on a hot August summer's day and I was trusted to venture out with my Dad's Olympus digital camera, it was a nice upgrade from my old film camera and consequently could take more than 24 pics, and didn't have to ration them anymore! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One of the finishing touches that seems to work well is drybrushing Humbrol Metalcote gunmetal across the grilles and bogies, and then once dry, rubbing with a cotton bud to bring out a sheen on the raised edges. On the bogies, the gunmetal gives a bit of an oily effect too, which is purely accidental but quite pleasing! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37712's different end can be seen in contrast with 37717's more normal arrangement. 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37717 was always going to get ticked off the list at one stage or another! The Railsafe Trophy competition winner locos were always a bit of a joke, the names of the winning schools would get longer and longer each year, great fun! I did wish my school could've taken part in something like this, as a young train fan, the best we had was the BTP dropping in to our school one time and getting a Network SouthEast-branded rail safety colouring book with colour-in 4-CIGs and warning us not to get near the live rail! I would rather have been in the lucky winning class naming a Class 37 further up North! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The giant plates were applied with varnish, I always tend to use the same brand of varnish to fix the plate as I end up spraying the loco with after, the idea being that any overspill is masked eventually. It also gives you many hours of time to get the final adjustment perfect, there's nothing worse than a wonky plate! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One thing I always like about many of the EWS 37s is the way you get the older and newer designs of the overhead electrification flash running next to each other. The roof versions presumably weren't worth replacing with the later post-'98 versions..! 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's always fun to dig into the lives of the locos whilst tackling them, their glory days were arguably the late '80s and early '90s, where they both earnt their keep as Trainload Metals and latterly Trainload Petroleum beasts, but they did manage to eek out surprisingly long careers with EWS compared to other fleet members. In the early 2000s, 37712 would flit in and out of storage by EWS, as it juggled its remaining locos around and it worked as a Sandite loco, before transfer into the ownership of West Coast Railway Company, where it still exists to this day, albeit stored outside in poor condition with bits missing. Meanwhile, 37717 didn't have much luck either, despite the Sandite usage prolonging its life, it was out of service by 2004 and had moved into the infamous WNXX pool by 2007. It didn't have long left, and was finally cut up in 2009. 37712 and 37717 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It has been great to recreate this pair of hard-working everyday locos and I can't wait to get them into action hauling trains soon! Cheers, James 20 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 i'm running out of suitable superlatives , but you've come up trumps again ! Been eyeing up the ltd edition myself but i've got two EWS red 37s already ( i live a frugal life !) so i'll be aiming to make 37674 next i think . Can't wait to see what comes next ! did 31407 in mainline blue get on the list ? like the look of that one but i don't think it lasted long 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwich Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Great work as always James. Particular like the attention to detail on ‘712 - those tail lights are a bit odd aren’t they! Nicely captured as well as the plated door and markers. Keep up the excellent work - it is certainly inspirational! Kind regards, Will 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Great job James, 37712 odd end was due to a cheapo repair job when it had a shunting accident pre refurbishment as 37102. I seem to recall the tailights were off a class 26. Usually at refurbishment Crewe sorted out any oddball nose mods (eg 37006) but for some reason didn't bother with this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted January 27, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 23/01/2022 at 22:24, rob D2 said: i'm running out of suitable superlatives , but you've come up trumps again ! Been eyeing up the ltd edition myself but i've got two EWS red 37s already ( i live a frugal life !) so i'll be aiming to make 37674 next i think . Can't wait to see what comes next ! did 31407 in mainline blue get on the list ? like the look of that one but i don't think it lasted long Haha, thanks very much Rob! I've got a few fun ones in the pipeline too that I can't wait to photograph and write up! 37674 is a good one, I will look forward to seeing you bring that to life! I did like it when that one gained the ploughs as well, though I think it may be more '99 onwards, it was a looker though! All those Cornish 37s were pretty good, and they did seem to roam a fair bit and turned up in quite a few places! The Mainline blue 31 is a good shout, it's not on my current list though I have to say! It didn't last long into my time period but was nice for sure. I did love Transrail 31105 so that may one day feature it didn't last that long either though sadly. I have a motley collection of dog-eared cast-off Hornby 31s I have amassed cheaply over the years, various BR Greens, BR Blues, Triple Grey and Dutch's, they have no working headlights and all of which seem like they would take quite a lot of conversion work to turn into one of the few 31s that actually made it into 1998, I am biding my time a little longer to see if Accurascale, Cavalex, Revolution or someone other than Hornby announce something 31-shaped before I take the plunge though! On 24/01/2022 at 14:16, Southwich said: Great work as always James. Particular like the attention to detail on ‘712 - those tail lights are a bit odd aren’t they! Nicely captured as well as the plated door and markers. Keep up the excellent work - it is certainly inspirational! Kind regards, Will Cheers Will! Thanks, I have to say it was a subtle mod that I didn't even notice until I got further into the project, I know when I saw the loco several times in real life it never occurred to me at the time that it looked any different from another refurb 37! The result does look rather odd! I do love the 37s you are working on and can't wait to see them as they progress, some great examples there! On 24/01/2022 at 18:45, 37114 said: Great job James, 37712 odd end was due to a cheapo repair job when it had a shunting accident pre refurbishment as 37102. I seem to recall the tailights were off a class 26. Usually at refurbishment Crewe sorted out any oddball nose mods (eg 37006) but for some reason didn't bother with this one. Thanks very much Rob, that is really interesting! I love learning about the past histories of the locos and these little anomalies are fascinating, especially when you get oddballs slipping through the net after refurbishment while most of the rest were fixed! I'm a little too young to be around at the time but the large scale renumbering of the 37 and 47 fleets as they went through various refurbishments in the 80s and early 90s must've been very confusing as an enthusiast with all the changes and rebuilds and your spotting favourites coming back as another identity! It felt confusing enough when some of the '57's came in Cheers, James 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted January 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Are you thinking about one of the pairs of 31s that ended up on the front of a Virgin XC set? If it wasn’t for the fact they all have the central headlight, my Fraggonset 31 would likely already be repainted into something suitable. Though 31466 was still in Dutch when it appeared for Virgin I’d have to have it in ews as per my model… for its partner I’m torn between Mainline, Intercity or Regional Railways (the photo of 31466 in Dutch was with 465 in regional) Edited January 28, 2022 by The Fatadder 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted January 28, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2022 21 hours ago, The Fatadder said: Are you thinking about one of the pairs of 31s that ended up on the front of a Virgin XC set? If it wasn’t for the fact they all have the central headlight, my Fraggonset 31 would likely already be repainted into something suitable. Though 31466 was still in Dutch when it appeared for Virgin I’d have to have it in ews as per my model… for its partner I’m torn between Mainline, Intercity or Regional Railways (the photo of 31466 in Dutch was with 465 in regional) That sounds a fun idea Rich! I hadn't considered any of the ones that were on a Virgin set but it's definitely an option, I think what was floating my boat originally was when you'd see the odd Dutch rust bucket on a short ballast train and they looked so vulnerable! The Fragonset model is so nice it almost seems too good to repaint, even though a touch too late for the period! I mean it'd be rude not to go whole hog and do the early 2000s Wessex '601 with it and top n' tail it on the Mk2s I remember doing some window hanging on the Fridays service out of Brighton, soaking up the diesel fumes, great times! There's an Intercity Mainline one that I was going to do as part of this batch, but in the end held off just in case of something new coming along, if maybe this time next year there's no further news then I may well have a stab at some 31 action and rebuild the lot in one go! Cheers, James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted January 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2022 My EWS 31466 was originally going to be the one in Wessex pink back when I was planning to have a 2000s operating period. It ended up spending something like 10 years in primer with a yellow end... Its a shame that the Penzance services never got the really good loco substitutions, just freight 47s and 37s. The Deltics, 31s, 56s and 73s substituting in were far more interesting. Wish there had been a few more 31s on engineers in the south west, as like you say it does make for a great looking set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 It’s a shame you were slightly too young for the mid 90s James - I’m kinda lucky I rediscovered the railways in 96 so I got to see all these old rust buckets mainly in the mags of the time - strangely that was at the height of my clubbing/ partying period so I never actually went to didcot until it was wall to wall 66s ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted January 28, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2022 Here's the next window in the diesel advent calendar! Does anyone really want to see any more 37s? How many is too many? 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet this week is 37013 in Mainline blue, and 37225 in unbranded triple grey. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr There's something about a good old 37/0 that is quite satisfying, just hard working unsung heroes gradually being worked into the ground! The starting point was the Bachmann model, with 37013 being based from the 37055 release being offered by Kernow Model Rail Centre for a reasonable price last Summer, it seemed a good opportunity to get stuck in! 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The ends on the real 37013 were different to the model '055, it had smoothed over plated ends, with no visible seams on the front, so a spare set of plated ends was then sanded right back to leave an entirely smooth front between the headcode boxes... 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr These were then painted with a nice dollop of yellow and added back on to the Bachmann bodyshell...the upside of having removable ends there! The base model for 37225 was a great fun one..! 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Now on the surface, nothing looks unusual, but look closer and the Coal sector 37 has a bit of a roof issue! Bought from eBay, the loco appeared to have had a DCC decoder overheat in the past, with a lumpy bumpy melted roof as a result! 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I'm all for grabbing a bargain however, so set about sanding and filling back the area to the original roof profile and rebuilding the detail from styrene, while adding in Shawplan brass parts where needed. The Coal sector branding didn't come off easily so the sides were resprayed in new greys, and the roof handpainted over afterwards. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37225 had an interesting variation on the unbranded triple grey, having a grey ghost patch where its old Trainload Distribution sector flash used to be. The area was masked out and painted in grey, and then number decals added in from Railtec, before being varnished and left for a month before weathering. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The initial phases of weathering were some coatings of grime, Humbrol 186, 251 and 32 across the locos, wiped back with enamel thinners to leave dirt in the gaps, ideally carried out with some period late '90s pop to accompany the process. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37013 was fun, the black headcode boxes showing that someone, somewhere was caring for it and giving it touches to stand out. In model form, it meant a careful masking job and working around it with tiny brushes, my tip on this was to paint the black whilst the model was still in its gloss varnish stage (done for the decal application part) - the idea being then any overspill of black paint on the yellow can easily be wiped away without leaving any marks on the varnished yellow underneath. All went well eventually after a few slips and re-tries! 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The silver number decals came from Railtec, whilst the original Bachmann 'Mainline' printing was retained. There were a few attractive Mainline 37/0s to choose from, I do like the split-boxers and it was nicely anonymous amongst a few celebrity 'namers', so a great antidote to my model of 37055 from the other year. I probably ought to do a centre-box Mainline 37 sometime... 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Added touches on the loco included drybrushing the grilles with Humbrol Metalcote gunmetal, to make the detail 'pop' on the cantrail grille edges and the bogies. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr There is something quite nice I'm starting to appreciate about the Mainline livery as time has gone on. I must admit I didn't particularly like it so much when I was younger, the 'current' EWS livery always seemed more appealing, but the bright aircraft blue has grown on me since! 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Bufferbeam end detail was a mix of bits from the scrapbox, using some Bachmann pipes combined with handrail wire pipes and jumpers, and Smiths screw couplings. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Moving through to 37225, this was a fun one indeed! 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr By 1998, it had become a bit of a rotter, big bits of paint missing, rust bubbling through the surface and a massive gash down one side, partially cut away below the cab at the No.2 end. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Similarly at the No.1 end, there was evidence of rust making its way through the radiator area, some re-plating and patch painting, all great to model! 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The ghost sector decal was toned down with the washes of paint, and then individual rust spots added from Humbrol browns, 62, 186, 113, 133 and 251 working from light to dark, all following prototype pics of the loco from the 1998 period. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The big gash at the No.2 end cab was modelled by literally doing the same in model form and scoring a big gash down the side with a scalpel and tearing out plastic until it looked ok, and then painting up with dark shades of deep rust at the epicentre of where the tin-worm had been nibbling away. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I really like the contrast in the two locos, one in fairly reasonable condition and a memorable livery, and the other appearing very much on its last legs, with the bare minimum of external attention given, a proper dump on wheels! The two locos did however have a similar fate, both were withdrawn by EWS in 1999 and taken to death row at the infamous Wigan CRDC, with 37225 being cut up in 2004, whilst 37013 managed to hold on until 2007 before the gas axe came. 37013 and 37225 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Time to lash these up to some MOD trains I think! Cheers, James 26 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted January 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Love the gash in the side of 37225, the Mainline one looks rather nice as well. I really need to get some Mainline logos on my Mainline 37065 and finish it off. I think the livery really suited the 37 edit: as another unusual Virgin XC working which may have made it through Didcot, how about this? https://www.flickr.com/photos/151904976@N08/43886304042/in/pool-14754576@N21/ Edited January 28, 2022 by The Fatadder 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne 37901 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Does anyone want to see more 37s? How many is too many? As someone who grew up with 37s in South Wales, you can never have too many! I remember them being on almost every freight in the early 1990s, apart from the odd 47 and occasional 56 turn. Then the 60s arrived and the 37s relegated to less arduous freight workings. Nice job on these un-refurbished type 3s James. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Brave man , cutting holes in them ! But the result is great 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billywhizz Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 The damage and corrosion looks really effective on 37225. Enjoying following your rapid rate of progress James! Cheers. Bill. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pix Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Great work James . I have a Hornby class 60 in sector livery with a big Beastie branding. I want to remove it and add Metals sector’s decals without having to repaint , would be grateful for any advice.. cheers Jez 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mophead45143 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 28/01/2022 at 22:26, James Makin said: That sounds a fun idea Rich! I hadn't considered any of the ones that were on a Virgin set but it's definitely an option, I think what was floating my boat originally was when you'd see the odd Dutch rust bucket on a short ballast train and they looked so vulnerable! The Fragonset model is so nice it almost seems too good to repaint, even though a touch too late for the period! I mean it'd be rude not to go whole hog and do the early 2000s Wessex '601 with it and top n' tail it on the Mk2s I remember doing some window hanging on the Fridays service out of Brighton, soaking up the diesel fumes, great times! There's an Intercity Mainline one that I was going to do as part of this batch, but in the end held off just in case of something new coming along, if maybe this time next year there's no further news then I may well have a stab at some 31 action and rebuild the lot in one go! Cheers, James Hurry up and put a lot if effort into your 31's so that the inevitable new model is released!!! If you don't, I have five Lima bodies to adapt to Hornby chassis', all of which will require new glazing and many many tiny handrails etc., followed by a complete re-spray!!! Go on, take one for the team! P.S. Loving this thread by the way, as my earliest childhood memories are of the early privatisation era on the WR. Nice to see Merlin and Fag Packet HST's in model form, and looking forward to some tatty IC / Virgin combo's too! Cameron 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37403 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 On a similar theme to what everyone else has said, these are fantastic models, great work and look forward to seeing what's next. Not sure why, but I'm inclined to get out my P5 pocket book and start scoring these off hahahaha. A line up of the 37s would make it easier 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mophead45143 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 James, If you are after some more Bachmann 37 noses there are several being sold by cairnsroadworks at the moment: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/cairnsroadworks/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from= Cameron 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDG Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 James the correct number of class 37's is the number you first thought of, plus "some". Lovely rusty locos. I was posted to Benson '02 to '05 so managed to get to Didcot quite often when it was still reasonably busy, with plenty of freight. Nice. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhysb Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 225 is epic James! Some of your best work yet! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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