RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted October 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2014 It is a pent roof shed with a lean to added whats the problem? Paint it in a lighter less weathered state and it becomes obvious as an add on to the shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted October 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2014 Like the colouring on the shed and the painted doors. The material rake will be a good challenge, but judging by your other work, you should get this right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Looking great keep it up David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Thorburn's got a visitor yesterday. A mainline Class 56 picked up in Harburn Hobbies for £30. A surprisingly nice model although I'm not sure about the conversion to P4 - Ultrascale might be the only real option. If nothing else it'll be a good detailing project and it can always end up on mum and dad's garden railway. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Nice can't really argue at £30 there not bad models either it's just we all got spoiled with the new releases David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted October 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2014 That reminds me I have an old Mainline 56 somewhere which I'd been considering re-gauging, along with a load of Shawplan bits I was going to throw at it. IIRC they are on standard 2mm axles so Black Beetle or Keen Maygib wheels might be an option. Would just need to remove the gears from the old wheels to reuse; think there is an EMGS manual sheet which covers these (applicable to both EM and P4). There's certainly plenty of room between the bogie sideframes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Hi magic spanner, There are quite a lot of P4 wheels up for sale on Ebay at the moment - or were last time I looked! Colin Edited October 28, 2014 by Colin parks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 There are quite a lot of P4 wheels up for sale on Ebay at the moment - or were last time I looked! I had noticed that. There is even a set of Lima wheels that might have been useful if there had been 6 axles rather than 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Managed to find a couple of hours today to have a shot a making and fitting some AJs. I had built the jigs quite a while ago but had never been too inclined to build the couplings.I've not added the magnetic dropper yet so I can only couple up but they do appear to be working quite well.Here's a wee video of them in action.http://vimeo.com/110471341Mike 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Nice video Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Good video - excellent slow speed running. The AJs look very neat. I've always used KDees which I think look ok on modern stock but those AJs are very unobtrusive, Are you keeping the 56 in the grey livery or giving it a re-spray? Out of curiosity I checked and it carried that livery around 1988-9. Might have received it as early as 87 as it was one of the first, of the later (Gateshead) batch, to loose the large logo livery. Now what this layout needs is a railfreight liveried Class 26 Cheers Alan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Not sure what I'm going to do with the 56. It'll need a respray once I've done the detailing and what have you. I quite like the Railfreight grey so I'll probably go with that. I've got a 26 but it's a Dutch one. A Railfreight one is on my list... Maid a fair bit of progress tonight. The old granary is starting to take shape. The steel rack is coming along. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 buildings are superb, very nice work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Thanks Neil, On reflection I'm pretty happy with the way the sheds are looking but not that happy with the weight of the steel rack. I think I'll have another shot at that. Maybe building it from brass would be a better option so that I can get better fine detail. The Granary looks quite nice and I'm happy with the way that it takes up space but I'm disappointed with the finish I'm getting after painting the card. Some of the definition has gone and one part in particular has gone fuzzy. Hmmm, that'll be too much water. The best option might be to either have another shot on the half that I didn't paint last night and see if I can sort it out, or roll out a slab of DAS and try working with that. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted October 31, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hi Mike The corrugated buildings look great. Nice weathering and rusting. I have to be honest and agree with you comments that the rack does not look right. The sections do seem to be too thick and heavy. Smaller sections make work or as you suggest soldered from brass will make a better looking structure and certainly stronger than plastic. I've not had much experience with painting card, but the DAS / tile grout method works well. Just takes a while to carve, but does take acrylic paint very well. I've also seen artist oil paints used very well, using plenty of turps to stain the stone work, rather than painting. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted October 31, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2014 Coming along nicely Mike, looks great Cheers, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Thanks guys. In an attempt to not waste the work I'd already done on the granary I decided to re-scribe a section and then smear DAS into the gaps. It looks much better than it did. Still going to try the DAS scribing though, so I've made a nice block of it to try out some techniques on. I've also spent a small fortune on brass sections today so I may have a go at re-doing the steel rack. Mike 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 The buildings look great keep it up David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Just noticed that the address on the bottle of static grass that's propping up the granary in the last photo is ...Duns... Must have bought that stuff from The Model Tree Shop who are just up the road from the real Thorburn's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 And not far from the Jim Clark museum which I've visited several times! Great work as usual Mike. I've just realised that most of the points in the MPD that I hope to model one day, were operated by adjacent levers and not rodding- can you tell me where you sourced yours and the rough cost please? Thank you and kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Good to hear from you Jock, and always nice to know that there are folk out there who have been to Duns! Jim Clarke is a hero to the town and the surrounding area. By all accounts a great man as well as a great driver. The levers I'm using are very nice etched brass ones from the Shire Scenes range, available from Dart Castings. £3 for four levers. http://www.dartcastings.co.uk/shire/S50.php Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Before embarking on the mission that's going to be building the granary from slabs of DAS, I thought it prudent to try it out on something smaller... I've ended up liking this wall so much that I'm going to make it a feature on the 'headshunt'. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicspanner Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 After a bit of a break, mainly spent waiting for the large slab of DAS to dry, I've finally managed to get on and start scribing the front of the granary. I'm pretty pleased with the way it's looking so I think I'll ditch the card version and plough on with this one. Mike 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted November 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2014 Good work Mark, Although time consuming, it's certainly worth the effort! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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