SGJ Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Hi guys thanks for your interest I am still using the layout but mainly to just for giving stock a good run around any real progress is on hold for the time being getting married in May so I haven't got much time to spare or money at the moment. Hi Andy I do get where you coming from its being one of my bug bares a medium sized infrastructure project when I have some more time I think All the best David Congratulations on the forthcoming marriage, I just wish my Mrs would marry me ( 25 years + 4 kids later), looking forward to some updates on the thread - no rush though Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hi everybody I have decided to take leave from model railways for a while I will be keeping most of my locomotives and my meas because to buy them all again would be stupidly expensive I am planning on selling on my Mbas and the arriva northern mk2 I've got lying around and maybe a few other bits once I've streamlined my collection I may start a smaller more manageable project but I will see when I get there anybody that is interested please comment AND message me David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Bye for now David, enjoy your leave from the hobby, thanks for being an RM web buddy Regards Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Cheers Simon I'll probably stil be sticking my head in here now and again so I won't be a stranger David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Time is limited here David. I have 3 micros in various early stages of construction. Any new garage attempt is out of the question due to restraints ideas and finance so these are good to keep the interest. How about a small fuelling point for the 60? done to death I suppose but it's something. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hi everybody not sure if I'm back yet but I was wondering if anyone has any experience fitting working screw link couplings to Hornby class 60s and 56 because I'm pondering the idea of of full front end detailing without loosing function David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hi everybody not sure if I'm back yet but I was wondering if anyone has any experience fitting working screw link couplings to Hornby class 60s and 56 because I'm pondering the idea of of full front end detailing without loosing function David About 30 years ago I tried a few types, the romford / Jackson Evans ones were great on my 47s and 45s etc they were a bit big looking however that was something that made them easy to use, I haven't had a Hornby 60 so don`t know how easy it would be to fit a similar type like smiths etc, Hornby are bringing out a new coupling http://www.hattons.co.uk/337887/Hornby_R7200_Pack_of_four_cosmetic_screw_couplings/StockDetail.aspx it does say cosmetic though. SGJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hi everbody me again I'm having what I think is best described as a bit of a wobble so I thought I'd come here post it up and hopefully get my brain sorted so here goes.... I'm pondering changing my current era I am at the moment in mid 90s early 00s so ews with a wide spread of traction which is what was around when I was a bit younger hanging around healed mills so 60s on tanks and binliner trains (contentious issue not having the wagons of containers to model this but hey) rylstone Mbas with 66s rakes of meas and bdas with just about anything going and northern dmus. BUT I am thinking of changing all of that for sector livery 56s on mgrs, sector 60s on tanks and provincial livery or early metro dmus. The problem being am I just being indecisive because I have no layout at present it would be a big change to make its just all very frustrating David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Could you not model both so you can have sectorisation and also run it beginning of Ews era? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi Craig its a money thing really I don't have the surplus cash to start another period along side my current one so it would be a case of selling one to start the other and a rake of mgrs with a 56 on the front don't come cheap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi everbody me again I'm having what I think is best described as a bit of a wobble so I thought I'd come here post it up and hopefully get my brain sorted so here goes.... I'm pondering changing my current era I am at the moment in mid 90s early 00s so ews with a wide spread of traction which is what was around when I was a bit younger hanging around healed mills so 60s on tanks and binliner trains (contentious issue not having the wagons of containers to model this but hey) rylstone Mbas with 66s rakes of meas and bdas with just about anything going and northern dmus. BUT I am thinking of changing all of that for sector livery 56s on mgrs, sector 60s on tanks and provincial livery or early metro dmus. The problem being am I just being indecisive because I have no layout at present it would be a big change to make its just all very frustrating David Think very carefully before leaping. I’ve done this several times and it’s literally cost me thousands. Think about it for a month. Think about future layouts, will they need what you already have ? What’s the appeal of sectorisation ? Will that appeal last ? I’ve had at least three Bachmann 37035s.......! Cost me a fortune Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) I know what you mean about rebuying stock over the years of modelling I've had 17mbas 36 meas 20 pnas 12 bdas 1 mra set 50 Hornby haas minimum various versions 3 Bachmann tea wagons 16 Tarmac jga wagon Flangway railtrack snowplough Bachmann TTA x2 Bachmann oca x2 6 Hornby kfas 9 Bachmann hta Ews 56059 x2 Coal sector 56127 Coal sector 56128 Loadhaul 56003 37411 x2 66135 x2 66209 66068 66159 renumber Real track metro 144 Bachmann first transpennine 3 car 158 Bachmann 150 out of dynamis set Bachmann class northern 158 Bachmann metro waves 158 Hornby northern 153 Ews 60023 renumber Ews 60026 Ews 60029 clitheroe cement Loadhaul 60007 Mainline 60078 mainline Bachmann ews 08 Bachmann grey 08648? Hornby 09012 dick hardy Heljan mainline class 58 It's an obscene amount of kit to have bought and sold and to still not know what I'm doing or have a layout makes it all the more frustrating is if I'd stuck to one thing I'd of had a nice selection of stock from one era Edited January 18, 2018 by d winpenny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Edited list missed of a briefly owned Heljan mainline class 58 recon I've spent nearly £5000 on stock Edited January 18, 2018 by d winpenny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Been talking to a few friends and they've said model a freight flow your intrested in go away do some research and model on rake at a time so I've always been a fan of mgr traffic so I've spent the weekend watching YouTube and on flikr and my next project is a 56 headed mgr rake so I'm. Going to back date modelling era not sure how far as yet just back enough to include ews 56s or go the whole hog a fresh start and go sector. So first things first the mra rake and the 2 sound 66s will be departing if anyone is intrested please drop me a pm may may take part ex for Hornby haas, Bachmann teas either shell or gulf grey livery, or DCC sound coal sector 56s David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Been talking to a few friends and they've said model a freight flow your intrested in go away do some research and model on rake at a time so I've always been a fan of mgr traffic so I've spent the weekend watching YouTube and on flikr and my next project is a 56 headed mgr rake so I'm. Going to back date modelling era not sure how far as yet just back enough to include ews 56s or go the whole hog a fresh start and go sector. So first things first the mra rake and the 2 sound 66s will be departing if anyone is intrested please drop me a pm may may take part ex for Hornby haas, Bachmann teas either shell or gulf grey livery, or DCC sound coal sector 56s David That sound like good advise, If you decide to go back as far as 56`s with coal sector markings try not to be tempted to go back further though ( red stripe / large logo ), There was diferent types of wagon HAA / HBA and some with modifications http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=PA19&style=&strType=&Mcode=Parkside+Dundas+PA19 Also livery's were changing for coal sector yellow wagons 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 It definitely won’t be any further than sector having spent half an hour watching a video of Milford junction in 1995 I’m fairly certain sector is where I’m heading with the hoppers If I don’t get any part ex it will be buy a job lot of the latest railroad offering respray some of the cradles Railfreight red leave some yellow and lather them in grime so you can’t tell the colour anymore 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) THREAD RESET ALL STOCK SOLD NEW UPDATES TO FOLLOW David Edited January 25, 2018 by d winpenny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Only a slight update today but this arrived today and I thought it was worth sharing 1 weathered unliveried tea tank just need somebody to make the rest look something similar David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Only a slight update today but this arrived today and I thought it was worth sharing 1 weathered unliveried tea tank just need somebody to make the rest look something similar 3AB31428-E235-42C2-BE06-4693839CB7FF.jpeg David Hi David, Barry ( http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/user/7650-barry-o/ ) does weathering. his web site is http://activeweathering.co.uk/ He has done 3 of my locos many years ago which were 2 lima 40`s and 47475 in the trans pennine livery ( before the lima release ! ). Regards Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Cheers Simon. Well here is my project for today modifying Hornby HAAs I bought 29 yesterday and this morning are my results Done a selection of progress photos First of all I removed the side sector logo Then I dismantled and painted the frame red And finally removed the large tension lock coupling So that’s it so far not sure if I’m going to fit the entire rake with instanters. They will all be weathered when I’ve finished the repaints and the rear wagon will have a tail lamp not sure if it will work yet as I will be running full and empty rakes so can’t put the equipment inside the hopper itself David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 And here is where I’m up to just a quick progress shot I’ll do some close ups later Enjoy david 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 Lovely wagonry going on David!! For the HAA set, I’d recommend instanters (providing you don’t mind the fiddly coupling up!) - I fitted these on mine and when in service I found the new couplings resulted in smoother running than the old tension locks, the wagons keep to the centre line of the coupling and surprisingly good runners, I did not expect that! For the tankers, I’d recommend having a go yourself, the TEAs can be done by painting on your oily spills, then wiping off, instant streaky effect that you can then build up on with some dry brush work over the top, contrary to the exceedingly large majority of the so-called ‘professional’ weathering outfits online & at shows, you don’t need any airbrushes to weather wagons like these, not to mention the big charges haha! They’ll run your wagons through on a production line with no real car and using just a generic photo instead of modelling specific wagons! The first thing to add would be the classic weld lines, mask up and paint on the side using a rusty brown (e.g Humbrol 186), then when completely dry & hard, work from light to dark with browns and greys/dark greys/very dark greys (but never neat black) painting on and wiping off over several days/evenings, allowing time for the paint to dry inbetween coats. Then the drybrushing stage (putting paint on brush and then wiping nearly all off), run down the side in the key places (using a pic off say Flickr as a guide), finally the wheels & underframe can get mottled with a variety of browns and greys (e.g Humbrols 1, 32, 33, 62, 113, 186, 258), also painting your wheel faces and axles in the process. Then a coat of Humbrol Matt aerosol varnish will flatten the whole thing down to complete. It’s a slow process so won’t find any of these ‘professional’ modelmakers going to that length to make a quick buck on a wagon, and you’ll get a set of totally unique, realistic wagons as a result. It takes time and practice but it is well worth it, as a starting point, have a go on a cheap bit of leftover plastic pipe or old wagon to get going and I promise you’ll get into the swing of it quickly! I’ll get down off the soapbox now haha, I know not everyone has plenty of time for modelling but one of my biggest irks in the hobby these days is seeing the poor quality of these “professional” modelmakers ripping off customers with slapdash, hastily-completed generic weathering finishes!! Let me know if there’s anything I can help with mate! Cheers, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Thanks for the great advice James I'm going to give it a try the truth being as a tight Yorkshireman any way to save money is a winner for me. I've being praticing coupling the teas with hornbys tiny coupling with reasonable success and they do look much better than the tension locks David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 As promised my current locomotive stable 56127 fitted with legomanbiffos sound 56095 with Hornby sound going to get it reblown with biffs sounds aswell And finally 60014 wrong logo on the side of this at present bought it with the intention of removing the logo but I’ve not plucked up the courage to attack it with the tcut Next on my shopping list will be yet more haas another couple of teas and I’ve got my eye on a Heljan 58 David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted February 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2018 Hi David, coincidentally, I've been doing much the same - turning the Hornby HAA into something approaching reality, and gathering some sectorisation locos for my Grindleford layout. From this: To this: And one of these: Cheers, Al. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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