Part 2 of this particular saga will, perforce, be shorter than my usual wordy waffle. Basically, I've been messing about with some etched brass DC1 brake gear parts from Masokits - I've had them all of twenty years!
Now, one of the main reasons why I've done so little modelling in recent years is that I allow myself to become bogged down by obsessing over the minor details, instead of going for a more broad brush approach and actually getting things built and enjoying them! Everythin
He's actually building something!
The subject of this entry is the start of a GWR Diagram V5 Mink, to be completed in as-built condition. 325 of these vans were were constructed between 1902 and 1904, so they fit perfectly with my "early period" project.
The kit is of course CooperCraft's offering, and it is a nice, finely-detailed kit that goes together fairly well straight from the packet. However, I want to add a few refinements by way of etched brass axleguards, impro
What with one thing and another, not much has been happening lately on my workbench. So, just to keep things moving, if only at a snail's pace, here is my Lynton & Barnstaple 8-ton Bogie Open Wagon.
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It is, of course, PECO's rather nice 4mm scale rendition. As my projected layout will be set around 1905, this particular vehicle is only very lightly weathered as it would have been almost new. At that time, it was vacuum-braked only, so the hand brake lever has b
This wagon was built to sit at the end of a transfer siding to be on my Ashover Light Railway project:
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And this a bit of a close-up on the brake gear:
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It's fairly obviously built from the Slaters MR kit, modified as per an article that appeared in Railway Modeller for September 1983, modifications being the canvas axleguard covers and wedge-shaped door drop buffers. The kit's brake gear was largely used, with the shoes, suspension r
To kick off my blog, here are a few of my Ashover Class D bogie wagons. They're all from Bachmann's rather good rendition, and started life as their Nocton Estates wagons.
Factory lettering was removed by rubbing with a cotton bud soaked in acrylic thinners. Interiors were painted in Humbrol enamels and then either washed over or plank-painted with thin washes of dirty brown acrylic to build up a semblance, I hope, of worn timber. A coat of Tamiya acrylic gloss lacquer prepared the e
