stu357

I like what you are doing Corbs, keep it up!

Thanks, I wish I had more space to create a longer run. (although it took long enough to get round to doing this bit!)

Lima class 33s outside! Pity I didnt notice the chassis on 33207 didn't fit! Literally, on a plank....... Like everything else they look better futher away!! Stu.

Ace. Glad to know the Heljan chassis go straight in. Just in case I see one cheap!

One day there will be a long network rail train handled by 73's................... Looks like I've got some other "get round too"s in the bottom of that box too!

these fitted really easily. all my Lima 33s seem to have buffer beam damage. Heljan sprues are fairly cheap and the beams ca be made to fit snugly under the Lima body. LHS is front and Heljan parts. RHS is rear and jumpers are bits of wire with a blob of glue one end and a short bit of wire glued the other end at 90deg. Multiple working sockets are a small bit of sprue with a bit of tube glued on the end (little oversized) Lima models all have buffers again!! Stu.

I like to build man made structures but you sometimes have to make green stuff! And some of my old trees

Workbench http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/119155-stu-357s-workbench-a-lot-of-stuff-that-probably-wont-get-finished/ Layout (its only small!) http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/73104-small-folding-00-layout-re-kindles-interest/ Scenic Detail projects http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/81628-small-scenic-items-with-how-to-guides-was-quick-workshop-details-from-the-scrap-bin/ Class 08's http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79028-trying-to-detail-a-railroad-class-08/

First post for my Blog, been working on some Lima 33's this month, here's the first one No lamp brackets yet. Could use the Heljan ones but I should make some. No weathering as such yet, thin wash of black round parts of the roof, the frame is sprayed mat black with an overspray of mat light brown. I realised I missed the cutting off and re attaching of the Lima tanks. they are not fully see through but have more "depth" rear shot, Stu.

The latest project has been some hedges and grass. These are based on hanging basket liners for base grass, rubberised horse hair for wild mixed hedges and a bit of static grass and flock over the top. you can see the original signals and track bed, I'm just adding things around the track as I go. Fences are Knightwing, advertising board Modelrailway Scenery. You can see the small overall size of the layout in the background. The steel sidings were formed by gluing half pencils to two interlocking pieces of wood and pressing coke can in between them. the small brick building on the platform is the end I cut off the building in the picture above and below.. Dalmatian and Rabbits are white metal Langley models. extreme radius of curve into the TMD gives the game away, raised relay cabinet is from spare tubing, railings from bird feeder mesh and fine filter mesh for floor. Again, I'd like to say a big thanks to people on this forum as most of this has been done with techniques I've read about on here and didn't have any idea about 5 years ago. These scenes seemed to take such a long time, there are still some refinements needed. Hope you don't mind me sharing, Stu.

Well, here we are Dec 2016, thought I'd add some updated shots. we are still building, Chloe is still (just about) interested. the very tight radius track curves affect the scenery and compromise some areas, we have a disused signal box with stinky interior! and some new streets As I was running out of space, the area above Tesco that was just a box to hide controllers has now become scenic and has a car park. I've taken to painting more effects and using more in plasticard. Also shortening and repainting resin buildings. Only problem now is I seem to need stronger and stronger glasses every time I go to the opticians.

Here's one that I was just putting together, a disused small signal box its an adaptation of an LCC wooden kit wit the usual ratio interior, but then loads of stuff scattered in and PVA'd down. I was going for a soggy lino, wet leaves and fallen ceiling plaster look I was pleased with the look considering the time it took to achieve. Hope you like that one, No-one will ever see it when I glue the roof on as it faces the back viaduct wall. Stu.

The models on this thread are all excellent, Here's my latest effort, modernisation of a Bachmann fast food restaurant to new style McDonalds. There's not much room between tables, the resin walls were thicker than I thought so didn't leave much room! I hope it looks OK through the windows, the serving counter at the back is just a photo of a real Mcdinalds. they are supposed to be fast food boxes and bottles on the tables, should have been big cups really! The main issue with resin buildings is stopping the lights shining through the walls! I eventually lined it with tinfoil. Got to make some outside seating and fences for the front area now, Stu.

Thanks Horsetan, Yes. I have looked at a few Kitmaster ones. Not bought one yet, but its on the cards!! You should do the Lima one. I reckon it might be more of a challenge though. It looks to me like the Lima body also has height issues. there’s about 1mm missing out of the whole engine cover area and 2mm out of the height of the cab compared to the Hornby ones.I must say though the Wrenn body lacks a bit of height. Your comparison image reminded me I've been meaning to put a similar image on of some of the body shells I've collected. Just for a bit of info really, So here it is.... 1 top left Bachmann 2 quickly shortened railroad 3 shortened cab wrenn on bachman chassis 4 Lima 5 one of my detailed railroad ones on a Hornby SD chassis 5 Wrenn 7 Hornby SD 8 Hornby railroad on lima chassis In that same gallery there is also a quick re-proportioning job i did on a railroad shell tonight. (no2 in the above image) It took me about 2.5 hours http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/3535-quick-reproportioning-of-a-railroad-08/ Hope someone finds it useful Stu.

Well, a couple of lunchtimes on Photoshop and some crafty computer paper, I now have a range of Decals. with the price of these sheets of paper I've tried cutting small bits off and using just the amount I need, Many printer jams ensued. now I just fill half a sheet up so I've got loads of spares! It took me a while to find a big enough image of the Bescot logo. I thought it was two KFC ckicken legs, not a saddle, at first!!! Stu

Ok, I think we had modern ticket machines... what about 4mm tickets? I probably need some better people if I'm going to bother putting tickets in their hands! and maybe sweep up that stray ballast! Below is a discarded ticket... Couldn't even focus on it! I really like this thread, there are lots of things I want to add now. Matress etc.......... Thanks, Stu

Thanks for this. After reading it I thought I was lacking some small details on my layout. I got on ebay and there was a set of the micro machines bikes. I bought them! I'm quite pleased with them. They vary in detail, the snow mobile is about the best! I think I can make something of the green trials bike though. heres how they come... Stu

So here's the progress on the wrenn body, cab strengthening bars on the back. roof hatch (piece of drinks can, I ve been saving off cuts of etches so I had some thin metal for plates/ hatches etc now I'm using drinks can!) lifting eyes (.3 wire folded over and squashed) rivets, till now i've been making a hollow with a pin and dripping a spot of superglue gel in (the ones on the engine cover) but I got hold of some Archer transfers recently (the black dots on the roof) they seem very fine to me, but actually more like the Hornby sd ones Oh and I turned the door round! here we are on the chassis. body has now had glazing, handrails and some tissue paper stuck on the filter panels on the bodyside. Most of the 08s I've seen seem to have a lot less texture in this area than the RTR models show. I've decided this will be 08907 and that shows a very fine mesh. the bottom few holes in the wrenn radiator side have had a cover over them and I cut in another at the top (I think there should be another but I cant fit it in!) so this is the Bachmann chassis, I filed down the coecting rods to make them more acceptable, added a few pipes and cylinders from brass wire and plastic off-cuts fitted my new front steps and found some brass buffers that look a little like the ones on 08907 (they were in a job lot of bits I'd aquired, the pack said 40p on them!) thats it for now, I've got to choose a red and make some decals next

RE above, do you think I need a new cutting mat!!

bit of progress on the Wrenn based experiment, but first though, I re-thought the steps I'd made in an earlier post. I had made up some front steps from a filed down set of railroad ones, I cast them and added hand rails. they were designed to fit on my modified railroad body / lima chassis and worked OK for that .(see somewhere above!) I realised that they were way too short so cast up some more and spliced two together and re cast them. Because they are more likely to go on a newer Hornby chassis now I can cut the top part off and use the handrail mounting holes on the original chassis. here we go first off casting with air bubbles! they are not exactly super detail but are quite sturdy.

Well. I started driving in 1984, My friends had Marinas/Minis etc, I had Kadetts/Chevettes. Problem was I never grew out of it!! Here is my daily car, and one of my others, and its rubbed off on my daughter, Here's her E30, till recently my wife was driving this , And this is what I was really getting to, Over the back corner of the layout, in Lidl car park............. These are all HO, but over the back so long as they are not near oo cars I think you can get away with that. I also have a 1977 Kadett Aero, and if I ever put it back together there is a 1:87 resin model of one to build and park behind Lidl! Stu

Well, 2mm added, so project continues! the proportions of the wrenn body are not as acurate as the old Hornby one though. As they are so cheap I cut the center out of the grill area of another one and spliced it into the body I was on with. The bit of lima hood was discarded and another 2mm longer portion was used on top. I removed all the hinge straps, then added a casting of the left side boxes that I'd made for the previous ones. It might just work this!!

Its a while since I did these. with the price of a Super Detail chassis I always use tham now. They run so well! But, I have had a Bachman chassis lying about for a while, and when I aquired a coulpe of Wrenn bodies recently, an idea formed! I keep seeing pics of the DB ones painted in red, this seemed like a good idea! there would be less moulded in detail to file off a wrenn body here we are so far, shortened cab, horndy doors (yes, I know in my excitement I've glued them in backwards!) and a panel off a lima 09 to fill in the hood moulding hole. these bodies are made of a really good plastic. It files so well and glues with solvent nicely. I was starting to think this was a better way to go Then I realised the body is proportionaly more like a Lima one. with the cab shortened its too short for the newer chassis. So its on hold till I work out where to add the extra 2mm...................... Stu.

Here are some photos I took today, Ithey describe this part of the layout quite well, there are some more here, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/3509-station-and-depot/ Stu

Thanks. I was just reminded of this thread today, and realised there is quite a lot of development gone on compared to the last photo above. here is the depot now I'm finding each time I build something my skills are developing. I'm so grateful to this forum. there has been a lot of research om here before each bit has been started. wish I'd listened about using N gauge ballast before doimg this area though. Well, its coming along. As Chloe is getting older we can have more little details lineside, as they get knocked over less often! Most of the signs etc are still just resing in holes in the baseboard so they can be put back again and i've fitted many bits with tacky wax. Above is the overall view of the left hand board. Lower center still not complete. all the armco will be yellow and the fuel depot needs some spills and dirt. The concrete area has had some grey brown acrylics airbrushed and looks much more used. I'm quite pleased with how this has worked. the 08 in the center shed is only 10mm long (the story of that is in one of my other threads) and the small shed on the right has no internal depth. this allows the tracks below to curve round and back along under the main line on the right. talking of the line on the right, it seems to have turned into loco storage! Stu