oldknotty

I am attempting to build a North Staffordshire Railways Class B tank engine . I have a body and a chassis but I cannot seem to find and wheels , Motor or gearbox etc .I have contacted the usual companies for information but have either not received any answers or they don't carry what i need .

What i have been told that i need is two sets of driving wheels (4) at 5'6" and 12 spoke , also 2 leading wheels at 4'0" and 12 spoke its also says that i need a motor and gearbox that are no longer available :-(  I have not done this before so i am not sure exactly what i need for this build and any help would be most gratefully accepted.

As i live in the USA it is hard to go get what I need so I have to order stuff by mail , which is a real trip !!!!! If anyone on RMWeb can help please drop me aline at oldknotty@cinci.rr.com , I hope i have given you an idea as to what I need :-)

Thanks Martin G Levallee

I am attempting to build a Shapeways NSR B class loco .Problem is I have never done one before and i need a lot of help to source a motor (that i can add DCC to ) a gearbox and a set of wheels ( 5'6" drive wheels 18 spoke and 4'0"leading wheels 12 spoke) and all they gubbins that go with the assembly of said motor .I have added two pictures to illustrate what Im  doing . As i am in the US i have to do it all on the internet . Thank you in advance for any assistance .:-)

I have the new Hornby Rocket and i have two problems ,Firstly the couplings are very hard to put on and break easily it seems ,so I am in need of replacements ,any ideas ?? Secondly I have lost the driver can i get a spare and from where . Ive tried online but cant find anything even close any help would be greatly appreciated :-) 

Ben the way is it possible yo use three link coupling instead of those hellish drawbars ??

Basically the same version as the old Wrenn model , coronation LMS 

I am renaming a locomotive into the City of Stoke on Trent .I am in need of replacement etched bras name plates for the sides and new cab numbers for the cab .Can anyone offer information as to where i can get this please .I heard

that there was someone that made a complete number transfer in the proper color for OO scale locos . Any info would be gratefully received 

I just purchased the NSR Electric loco from Shapeways and was wondering if anyone has built this kit as I need to know what kind of chassis i could use to run it with DCC ?? any advice or tips would be much appreciated :-)

Thank you Oldknotty

I am looking for some of the highly detailed Hornby Gresley teak coaches ,I am located in the USA , postage is no problem so no worries there .i prefer to pay via paypal if possible .Thanks martin

hey Andy how about doing a video for us guys across the pond who have been following the BCB saga ,it would be cool to see i am sure :-)

martin

Lots of ideas here boyo thanks for posting them i especially liked the small steam powered pulley jobbie in the shed ..Hmmmm ????

I had originally built Ogmore Road as a terminus,

but decided to extend it, to add the ability to run through trains...

A bit like the original Cowbridge Railway!

However, this decision was made with only just over a week until the layouts' debut show

So I had to extend the baseboard, scenery, track etc

and build this dairy building in double quick time...

Although, not quite as quickly as Mr Downes seems to be able to model

 

Based on a warehouse building near my first house,

in the Splott district of Cardiff - yes, there really is a place named Splott

It was made from the usual slaters plastic card, and painted in the same way as my station building

At the time, I was quite pleased with the effect on the sign on the side of the dairy

This was the 1st time I used acrylic paint

The building was painted in enamels

 

But the sign was painted in black acrylic

with Letraset lettering

The black "base" of the sign and lettering were then distressed

using a fibreglass pen

Again, please bear in mind this was 20 years ago....

... mind you, my eyesight was much better then...

Hello, these are some of my dads scratch built buildings, they are exact replicas of Evenwood station in the North East.

 

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Evenwood signal box, note the unusual roof.

 

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The other side.

 

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The signal box interior, still needs a signal man

 

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Another view showing the levers

 

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Now the station waiting room, the platform will align with the doors.

 

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The inside of the main waiting room.

 

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Another view with the fire place.

 

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The steps to the platform with a outhouse and coal bunker.

 

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Another view with the enamel signs.

 

Please click on the photo for better quality.

That's all we have done so far, all of these are 4mm oo gauge and are built with metcalfe brick card.

All of the buildings on this thread are of a very high standard, so hopefully this will meet the standard.

Thanks

Thanks,

 

So come on then, with so many of you great luminaries on here, how exactly do you weather a printed cardboard surface? (which already has a hint of weathering in the printing but perhaps too uniform). I take it any sort of wet wash technique is out(!) and any past dry-brushing attempts just ended up looking like...er... well like someone has attacked it with a brush loaded with dry paint!

This is a warehouse that I built for my Westerham Station layout. it's been constructed from card & plasticard.

Man!!! there is some really amazing modeling going on here in both plasticard and paper. I like it all , it is firing up my creative juices to get cracking on some other stuff now folks :-) Thanks for sharing it all .

Martin

You may recall I have stated I actually build very little, I work in tandem with someone who does. The following are all me, built and painted. Not bad for 1st attempts. The Woolie windows are all a bit wonky and its all generally a bit of a bodge but not bad. (of course all unfinished lol)

Thank you guys for the comments I am so happy to have them from guys of your modeling caliber Thanks again :-) :-) :-)

Old Knotty

I like the cottage but in years to come the old Council Houses will be a classic, now adays they tend to be reasonably tidy, but in the 70s and 80s it was not unusual for the odd one to look very over grown and a complete tip

Being from Stoke on trent and living in Ohio in the US I have to build my structures from pics my mates take for me and memory but here they are for your perusal hope you like them

More details could be useful. e.g. scale, DCC or Analog, RTR track or handmade etc.

 

Smallest & Best might not be mutually inclusive!

 

As surface mounted point motors go some might suggest H&Ms which are excellent, but they are huge (and obsolete)!

 

Keith

What is the smallest and the best surface mounted point motor one can get , I need a couple for my layout ??

Thanks martin

Last Thursday i placed a decent sized order with Hattons from here in Norwood Ohio USA .It arrived today only five days to get here and monday was a government holiday here so no post .THAT is what I call SERVICE , well pleased with them :-)

Martin

After following this topic i have been eager to try my hand at a couple of remodels so here are the results so far , still waiting for my decals to arrive .

martin

mark if you have any brakevans left can you give one to John Sherratt to mail to me please 

Martin

Where can one get OO scale decals made for specific lorries etc ,I need a mail order spot as i am in the USA

Martin

Would it be possible to split the cost of a model with you also ??

Thanks martin