rs4 Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Starting to look good.... Here's the round buffer variant: And the round & rectangular buffer....buffered up: And here's a rectangular buffered variant: Beer ? 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I agree with both statements Nick, they are starting to look good (even better with weathering), and yes you definitely deserve something strong! Best, Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Blimey Nick, just played catch up so apologies for all the 'likes' - you certainly enjoy a challenge don't you? Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs4 Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Jock....you've only gone and broken the "like" button. ; // A grand total of NIL, ZERO, NUFFIN, ZILCH achieved today. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Great work David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Evening Nick, Just a quick question RE RHTT sets (I know you've had enough to last many many lifetimes!) after my first module arrived from Mr Ansell... What glue did you use to assemble modules? Is it a specialist one like butonane or will superglue/similar do? TIA, Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs4 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Hi Jack I just used gel superglue. Have been mulling on an idea for proper steel coils....... stock arrived today and I have wound my first coil: Looks the business. Now, am I able to repeat the process ? Need to consider the securing a bit more to make that realistic / unseen and then a coat of some suitable metal colour. Good luck with the RHTT Jack....... funnily enough I was thinking about doing some more ......Nah ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Looks grand - Where's the steel obtained from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs4 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi John After much searching around I came across this company: http://repco-tech.co.uk The shims are supplied in rolls in a decent dispenser. For this one I chose 12.7mm wide, 0.1mm thick. There are a huge ranges of width, thickness available. It's certainly not going to be cheap but the end product look brilliant. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Looks good. I used to work in the steel industry and saw these being made. For weathering it i would get the ID stamp off or turn it out of sight first then a coat of matt varnish to kill the shine which will make it look steel grey and then when dry or nearly so hit it with some dark graphite powders on the coiled face where dirt and carbon collects as they are water cooled prior to coiling. The metal colour with the shine knocked back should look the dogs! Edited July 15, 2015 by RBE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs4 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Likey likey likey Cav - yes, I will see what can be done. They are a whisker away from looking great. Pure chance with that first roll, I failed to replicate a second time and also ended up cutting my fingers on the very fine edges. Ouch. Promptly gave up for the night The weathering of the coils and wagon are another interesting brain teaser.... Typically I'm away (Glasgow) and getting into the modelling mood.. Drat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Cheers Nick, I can progress now thanks. Any progress will be in my thread, just need to clean up the bits. I bent the handrails last night and they look good IMHO. Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hi John After much searching around I came across this company: http://repco-tech.co.uk The shims are supplied in rolls in a decent dispenser. For this one I chose 12.7mm wide, 0.1mm thick. There are a huge ranges of width, thickness available. It's certainly not going to be cheap but the end product look brilliant. Nick Many thanks Nick - that's a very useful website, full of lots of goodies that we modellers can use... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37501 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) I like scrap and make it out of anything and everything that i can find... I now have a rake of 10 MBAs filled with scrap and no two are the same. John Edited July 16, 2015 by 37501 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37501 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 More MBAs... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37501 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 More scrap and some BP tankers... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Very realistic looking scrap, and great weathering there John - Nice work. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37501 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Good afternoon Bob, Many thanks for your kind remarks. It consists of broken pens, drink bottle lids, cotton bud shafts, Bic razor shafts, dog food foil trays, spare bits of wagon kits, wire, broken electrical connectors, fluorecent light starter casings and anything else that I can find. All glued in place, painted and coated with rust coloured weathering powders. Cheers John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs4 Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Very very good John. Really like those MBAs and the scrap yard scene. Nice touch with the bits of metal hanging on the magnet I'm currently at Stirling awaiting a freight ex Inverness. Copped a 68 earlier on which was good Apart from that I've been swamped by DMUs. Scum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 ooooooh - what was on the freight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37501 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hi RS4, Many thanks for your kind words. Just moved house two weeks ago so don't have a workbench set up again yet. Still haven't seen a Class 68 as they are not common in the south. Did see 59003 last Saturday though... John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
totonlover Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Thanks Grimley They are a "must" to do - bits of them look silly now (bogies in particular). I'm not a rivet counter....but it's got to look half right.. Wheels and wheels and wheels tonight..... image.jpg Hi there, similar thing to do coming up soon, whats your procedure for these? as I'm ordering Colin Craig inserts soon, Paints shades would be helpful too please, TIA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Good afternoon Bob, Many thanks for your kind remarks. It consists of broken pens, drink bottle lids, cotton bud shafts, Bic razor shafts, dog food foil trays, spare bits of wagon kits, wire, broken electrical connectors, fluorecent light starter casings and anything else that I can find. All glued in place, painted and coated with rust coloured weathering powders. Cheers John Do you tend to keep the real metal content limited so as not to make it too heavy for scale? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37501 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Do you tend to keep the real metal content limited so as not to make it too heavy for scale? The vast majority of the parts are plastic. Also, small shreds of foil from dog food trays weigh very little. I haven't weighed the wagons but they do end up quite heavy. My Bachmann Class 66 can handle 10 without any problems. Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs4 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 And I'm back in the room BOOM. Well, it's been a while. As some of you have probably twigged I've been selling alot of stock. Having cleared credit cards and built up a nice reserve I'm back to actually doing some modelling ! Sad to see a lot of special stuff go but a release at the same time not to have huge debt hanging over me. Deposit for a new road beast too.... Anyways, I had some window blanks hanging about so I thought I'd "go yellow"..... And after a spray of primer I'm here. Have done some filler on the completely blanked one since and sanded down. Just playing really. Still have the BCA project on the go along with various other stuff. Happy modelling, Nick 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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