RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2018 You're all heading in the wrong direction re Shap - some 1930's LMS stock is quietly being assembled in the background... Reminds me...... Kitchen Car required? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Reminds me...... Kitchen Car required? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Yes, we've had one of our periodic get togethers back at base - well, what else would you do with a bank holiday weekend? Yesterday was work day so here is proof of the ballastmeister at work Meanwhile Jonathan and Graeme discuss the finer points of the fiddle yard disposition at the start of Move 01. Some of the work was quite serious! An annoying ski-jump has developed around some of the baseboard joints and this time affecting tracks not running on the foam but previously PVA'd into position as part of the ballastmeister's work. Using a tip from elsewhere on the Forum, I gingerly sploshed on some newly-boiled water from the kettle and let it soak in for a few minutes. Wonder of wonders, up it came with not more than just the gentlest of persuasion and undamaged. A clean off of the surrounding area then allowed me to attack the cork beneath with a coarse piece of sandpaper and before long the humps were duly smoothed out and track put back in place. The engineers possession was given up this morning, allowing trains to run. Barry chose to have a refresher on North Box whilst Tom bravely volunteered to learn up Yard Box; Paul meanwhile helps himself to the up/down goods switch to bring a down goods train into the yard. One of the chief objects of the exercise was to work out a place to slot in 'Project '38'. Here is the first run of said train. For those not with the details of this, we're adapting history a little and moving the events of 30th June 1938 from Stevenage a little way up the line to Grantham. What is happening here is that Stirling Single No.1 and its seven vehicle train representing the Flying Scotsman service of 1888 has arrived into platform 5, alongside 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' with the brand new 1938 Flying Scotsman set (with some of the leading cast members absent today, we had to extend the suspension of belief a little further than we will do at a show). The operating team were - unwisely - asked to go 'coo!' for the camera. A close up of the 1888 train. Obviously the loco is the newly delivered Locomotion Models item but the seven vehicles behind are all Jonathan's work and a meticulous recreation in the making of the 1888 train. Meanwhile, today was also an opportunity to give a first trial on the layout for my Nottingham Quint set, whose build has been featuring on here over the last 12 months. Here, it is waiting in the up goods relief as the 4.0pm from King's Cross slows for its Grantham station stop. And we conclude with the new set-in-the-making successfully completing its sternest test - the propelling move across the Yard Box trailing ladder into platform 5. Myself and Jonathan have remitted ourselves to do our very best to have these trains completed for Wakefield in - yikes - less than three months time. Must dash - I have some roofs to make / fit! Edited August 27, 2018 by LNER4479 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2018 And a little bit of repaired track was reballasted at the end of the running session today..woooopidooo! The single plus coaches are a work of art. They also ran very well. Baz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) In stark contrast against typical, minimal clothing requirements in most of England during the latter part of July and in early August, observers will note that we all had to be "adequately" clad for unheated summer railway room conditions in the Land of the Prince Bishops. Edited August 28, 2018 by gr.king Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 All those wasted months working specially on my bikini line..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Marlin Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 All those wasted months working specially on my bikini line..... Where is the 'abject horror / pass the brain bleach' button? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jwealleans Posted August 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) Pah. Some people will never appreciate the sacrifices we make for them... Anyway, here's my take on the above events... 4491 was about the closest we had numerically to 4498. As per the background instructions, the J54 is poised with a van which has been detached and is ready to be sent on down to London. View from nearer the underpass. I'm speculating that the saggy carriage between No. 1 and the van is where they put the beer for the journalists. No. 1. It really is a fine thing, they've done an excellent job. I think we may have to ask the Official photographer to recreate this one, but it seemed too good a shot to miss. Night Hawk was, I think, just coming on shed and so just needed to be pulled forward a short distance. Roughly 40 years of ECML haulage development. Edited August 28, 2018 by jwealleans 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2018 Pah. Some people will never appreciate the sacrifices we make for them... Anyway, here's my take on the above events... 4491 was about the closest we had numerically to 4498. As per the background instructions, the J54 is poised with a van which has been detached and is ready to be sent on down to London. View from nearer the underpass. I'm speculating that the saggy carriage between No. 1 and the van is where they put the beer for the journalists. No. 1. It really is a fine thing, they've done an excellent job. I think we may have to ask the Official photographer to recreate this one, but it seemed too good a shot to miss. Night Hawk was, I think, just coming on shed and so just needed to be pulled forward a short distance. Roughly 40 years of ECML haulage development. Until I read the caption I thought the nameplate said Night Mare. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Gary Lineker looks as if he enjoyed himself!! Cheers from oz, Peter C. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Pah. Some people will never appreciate the sacrifices we make for them... Anyway, here's my take on the above events... 4491 was about the closest we had numerically to 4498. As per the background instructions, the J54 is poised with a van which has been detached and is ready to be sent on down to London. No. 1. It really is a fine thing, they've done an excellent job. I think we may have to ask the Official photographer to recreate this one, but it seemed too good a shot to miss. Night Hawk was, I think, just coming on shed and so just needed to be pulled forward a short distance. Roughly 40 years of ECML haulage development. Shouldn't it be 65 years of development? (According to G F Bird No.1 was built in 1870 - if I am reading correctly.) However, it's nice to see two Stirling engines together. (Even if 3637A was built in 1880 but scrapped 8 years before the photograph was/could-have-been taken!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) I'll just pop this on here and leave it to Red Leader to decide whether developments should continue to appear on here, or in a new thread: I can now reveal just a little of one of the things that has been keeping me very busy of late. I'm on the way to producing a master for a boiler (for resin casting) and will also in due course be catering for a number of the fittings for a loco that is a joint project. Most other parts of the loco will be etched, and as I'm not taking the lead in this particular project I feel compelled to leave it to the ringleader to tell us more in due course, possibly including the class of loco and the ID of the computer aided draughtsman who made the etching work possible. The ringleader is perhaps better known for building signals, large layouts and control systems that frighten beginners. He was talking a couple of weeks ago of starting to reveal what's going on with this loco, so I hope he won't mind me posting this to prompt him to do so. I've been working rather carefully with this master, as I don't want the potential high quality and accuracy of the rest of the loco, if built skilfully from the etched parts, to be spoiled by any inaccuracy or roughness of finish in the resin parts. I've also been trying to get a step or two ahead of current needs by ensuring that the boiler is also right for an intended follow-up loco of a different class and for a couple of others too, just in case. I'm afraid the pictures were the best that could be done quickly in fading evening light. We're getting to that time of year again.... Edited September 6, 2018 by gr.king 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) I'll just pop this on here and leave it to Red Leader to decide whether developments should continue to appear on here, or in a new thread: STA71059.JPGSTA71060.JPG Any who are interested in reading more about this can now find the full story on my workbench thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/135798-g-train-locomotive-works-lner-b3-valour/?p=3291155 Edited September 6, 2018 by LNER4479 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Latest instalment of the Quint construction story. Last time you saw it, it was a Quint set Cabriolet. So now, time for - roofs This might seen excessive but for me a distinctive feature of these vehicles is how the gutter is formed where the roofs meet the top of the body sides. So here the gutter strips are being attached, shaped at the end. Aiming for an approx. 1mm overhang from the body sides. Plastic roofs were supplied for all but one of the vehicle kits but I prefer to use metal for a more integral and structurally sound body shell. So here I'm 'rolling my own'. I'd love to show you my all singing-dancing, super-doper, whizzo set of rolling bars ... but I aint got any. It's all done manually using the vice in a distinctive Heath Robinson manner with round bar and sellotape. Not showing you that. Now soldering roofs on, partly from the inside but mainly from the outside, hence the unsightly blobs of solder at this stage. Looking better having been cleaned up with needle files. This view is intended to show the effect of the gutter strip. A cruel close up. If you can avert your eyes away from what appear to be deep gouge marks but are in fact only slight surface scratches that will disappear under the first waft of the primer spray can ... this is intended to show the end profile including the base of the gutters. All that needs to be added are the rain strips above each doorway. Proof that it's been done to all five vehicles! Bearing in mind rate of progress thus far, I'm aiming to have the bodies complete and painted in time for Wakefield. Nice-ities such as underframe detail and interiors will have to wait! Edited September 16, 2018 by LNER4479 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 You must have magic primer. I always have to smooth out file scratches with a finer file and then either a glass fibre pencil or a couple of grades of abrasive paper if I want them to disappear entirely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It's all in his brushwork.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LNER4479 Posted November 4, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) Ahoy there! With less than two weeks to go to the Wakefield show, it was a delight to host some of the Grantham team for 'dress rehearsal' running session and general 'fettling' weekend. Happiness is a full layout. Without trying too hard, our intrepid photographer chanced upon this eclectic mix over on the west side of the station. GN types, as always, to the fore but there is a GCR (ROD) interloper in there. One of the purposes of the exercise was to give some of the prestigious sets a thorough try out, for which it was a delight to host Roy Mears and a rather bulging suitcase of stock. We don't often get the chance to give these sets a decent run away from the spotlight of a show, so no apologies for several photos of them coming up. Here, the doyen of the streamliners, with No.2509 herself, bursts out from under the Great North Road bridge and races past South Box. One of Graeme's resin J6s observes from close quarters. Approaching the station, look what's coming the other way? A final shot, at the north end of the station. The ancient J54 pilot provides the typical old-versus-new contrast which was such a hallmark of the era. Returning to the Flying Scotsman set, here it is viewed from the north end of platform 1 & 2, A3 4480 'Enterprise' heads the other way. But the real star of the show is the all new move in the schedule. Coming as it does between moves 9 and 10, it is already irreverently known as 'Move 9-and-three-quarters' and will feature for the first time at the Wakefield show. It's another opportunity to give the 1938 Flying Scotsman set a spin (my No.4467 'Wild Swan' stands in for now; in normal circumstances it will be No.4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'), paired up with the Stirling Single No.1 and Jonathan's meticulously recreated 1888 demonstration train. We are, of course, seeking to depict the events of 30th June 1938, with Grantham playing the part of Stevenage, where the two trains met. Given that there is almost inevitably a GNR Atlantic knocking about on the layout these days, we took the opportunity to create a generational line up of classic steam ECML motive power. But it's the 1888 train that really repays close examination. Here are two views which I hope goes some way to portraying Jonathan's wonderful work in putting this together. In a slightly different vein, we had a bit of fun trying to recreate a famous Grantham picture with the driver looking out for the 'ready-to-start' signal. Finally, whilst hopefully an enjoyable picture, a touch of genuine reverence as it is of course the milestone 100th armistice anniversary next weekend. The modern 1918-2018 poppy on the top lamp bracket is a delightful touch on another of Jonathan's recent acquisitions. See this loco also running at Wakefield. See you there, if you're able to make it to the show. Edited November 4, 2018 by LNER4479 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Ah, Ray Mears and his bulging suitcase. I've always wondered how he survived in the wild. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2018 Hi Grahame, The Pig Lane team, well me and the Duck will be practicing this week for the Retford show the same weekend, so I will send his apology for not coming to view Grantham. Now if you reside half way between Retford and Wakefield, why not make it a weekend of model railways and come and see both shows. :sungum: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2018 Due to the fact that someone (aka me) got the wrong dates on the Calendar I am missing out on helping with Grantham at Wakefield. Hope it goes well everyone. Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I would have liked to have come up to see the layout but regrettably I shall be in France that weekend, wargaming a battle from my groups 1941 Eastern Front campaign (my other hobby). I shall make every effort to see the layout on its next outing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) Well, as you might expect, it's all 'go' with only days to go before the (Wakefield) show. Top of my list is the Quint set which, whilst not fully complete, I'm determined will be in service. At the end of the last update, all roofs were on. But there's still a lot to do... Door top rain guards... Ventilators and lamp tops... Coach end gear. There's some insanely small parts on the brake etches - but I like small detail! These are the parts for the emergency brake gear. A priceless picture from good 'ol Modellers Backtrack provides the reference source. Just the vacuum brake stand/hose to fit. Roof skylights for the guard's areas. And finally(!), the ventilator hoods. Not all vehicles in the set appear to have these fitted so I've replicated that. Seems to me to be typical of these sets, based on vehicles at the end of a long, hard life, all with a different story to tell. Of course, all of this has been 'times five'. Five bodies ready for painting. Primer and roof colour being sprayed. For the full effect - come and see at the show (or wait for the post-show pictures) Meanwhile - danger! Man at work beneath baseboard. Despite Grantham having been to ten shows now, there's always things still on the 'to do' list. In particular, the South Box operating position has been working on a temporary control box of which Mr Heath-Robinson himself would have been proud. But no longer! Andrew, our electrics / electronics whizz has made a pucker control box, seen here. He has also come up with a more advanced control card for the Veissman signal motors to prevent overloads and shut downs so also took the opportunity to install some of these during a whirlwind 24 hour visit. Hopefully, that will result in less head-scratching sessions interrupting the smooth flow of trains... And there is always scenic enhancements that can be done. Here Tom 'detail' Dewdney is fixing in place some prepared parts to bring to life the previously bare area alongside the depot entrance line. Pictures show this to have been the province of the local p-way gang, with their stock of spare bits n pieces to attend to any bit of trackwork in need of their loving care and attention. There's still some sort of Network Rail depot on this spot to this day. Next report will be of the show itself! Edited November 12, 2018 by LNER4479 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffer Davies Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I’m really looking forward to seeing the Quint set at Wakefield. Glad you enjoyed the small details on the brakes. How far did you take the underframe detail? Regards, Frank 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 I’m really looking forward to seeing the Quint set at Wakefield. Glad you enjoyed the small details on the brakes. How far did you take the underframe detail? Regards, Frank Look forward to seeing you there, Frank. Quite a list of things to do yet though, including all underframe detail(!), windows, lettering. I might just find time to get the buffers fitted to the brake ends, but we'll see. Of equally importance (to me) is that the set seems to run reliably, important for show running. Should be quite a 'Howlden fest', with Jonathan's 1888 'Flying Scotsman' set also debuting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 G'Day Folks Take plenty of Pics, some of us will never get to see it in the flesh............. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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