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If that`s your first attempt at building Walschaerts valve gear then that is a job well done.

Looks great on the video as well.

Regards,

Jim.

Very nice indeed. Always good to see the metalwork going together before the paint arrives.

Best of luck with rest of the building program.

Jim.

Looking at your pictures I reckon that`s a great result for your efforts. I`ve scratch built valve gear in 4mm and that was hard enough, especially trying to hold things while filing etc. so hats off to you in 2mm.

Jim.

I`m sure these bugs sit around just waiting to ruin our attempts to create a good finish. I`m afraid the birds round here like the food on the feeders more than chasing their natural food! Like you, I tend to spray paint outside when conditions allow which at the moment here have been good temperature wise,but far too windy. I f I paint something small enough ( eg a loco body ) I try and cover it with something like a shoe box until at least the paint is hard enough to stop the little blighters sticking to it. 

Best of luck with your backscene.

A very nice end to all the work. I would echo Mikkel`s comment regarding the photos and painting.

It`s good to see some still have the skill and patience to produce a model like that.

Great stuff.

Been watching your progress over time and it`s seems to be going well. Now you`ve added the scenery and colour it`s looking good. Beginning to come together nicely.

Jim.

Anyone attempting a scratch build in brass/nickel silver etc. is always interesting, but to see what you`re doing in tinplate is something else.

I remember my father taking me to a model engineering exhibition put on by Aldershot Model  Engineering Society way back in the 1950`s and seeing a great number of tinplate models on display, quite  a large proportion of them being ships. Seeing that at the age I was fired my interest in model making, settling on railways which is still as strong at 77.

Great to see your progress so far.

Jim

Very sorry to see the news about Paul, Tim.  My condolences to you. Pauls good humoured blogs are going to be much missed on here.

Can`t see anything bad about that weathering Paul. Looks pretty realistic to me. I`ll remember that method when I can get round to weathering some of the coaching stock I have.

Good to see you back blogging again.

Jim.

Wondered why your blogs had disappeared. Now we know why.

Given time and your determination I`m sure your modelling days will return. Good to see you back on these pages again.

Best wishes,

Jim.

Thanks for that. I`ll give it a go and see what I can manage

Some nice work going on there.

Working in brass or nickel silver is always a pleasant challenge I find.

Look forward to see how you progress.

Jim.

Stunning model - beautifully made!

 

I have recently picked up a Jamieson Black 5 and a Jubilee kit. I opened the box and realised just how basic the kits are and therefore might be beyond my capability. 

 

Any hints/tips? I have Archers rivets on their way to me, a couple of Mashima motors, a spare Comet chassis for the Black 5, with motion gear etc, 

Hi Ian, you`ve found what I did when I also opened the box. At the time of building, ( early seventies ) I never had a tool to show any riveting detail so both my kits are pretty plain in that area. I made one later that I used when scratch building my Duchess.

As for hints or tips, the usual things really. Drawings that have measurements you can work from. I built my own chassis but maybe a Comet chassis could be adapted. At least you have motors, which is a good start but building these kits takes a while, depending on your engineering skills of course and you will probably have to make some of the detail yourself. When building mine there where a lot of model shops around to get bits and pieces from but, sadly, most of those are gone.

From your blog it sounds as though you have a doubt but I would have a go. I`ve learned a lot from a challenge like that and many on here will help.

My Black five kit is in the process of being modified ( mainly the tender ) and the motor is the old Romford Bulldog, but as I managed to dcc the Coronation kit , things look promising for the Five.

The motion gear is a bit fiddly but worth it in the end.

I hope  some of the above may have helped. It`ll be interesting to see how you get on.

Best of luck,

Jim.

Back in the day, the metal kits like those gave you a chance to put on greater detail  that the mass produced models didn't quite have.

At any exhibition I go to , it`s always the bare metal models that I look at first. you see the work that`s been put in before the paint covers it and it then looks like any other model.

Each to our own though.

Regarding remembering something? That`s a major problem with me as well. My layout`s in my garage and the number of times I put things down and half an hour later I`m scratching my head looking for it beggars belief.

All good fun though.

Cheers just now,

Jim.

Thanks John, I think after all these years I get as much ( sometimes more maybe )pleasure from trying to scratch build or improve a model as I do from running them.

I have a Jamieson Black five which will get lookad at as well.

Cheers ,

Jim.

That`s a lot of work, no wonder you haven`t managed to post for a while,

Great modelling.

As usual Paul, always something interesting to look at when you post pictures.

You progress at a far faster rate than I do. At the moment I`m afraid some decorating and work in the garden are taking up a fair bit of time. When that slows down then it`ll be back to the modelling.

I need to try building in card as well to see how things work out.

Look forward to seeing your progress.

Jim.

A work of art. So realistic.

It gets better each time you post a picture.

Jim.

As someone who enjoyed  building my own point work can I say that is a very nice piece of work. Not everyone`s cup of tea I know, but I found building track and points a pleasure as you could watch your layout slowly taking shape.

Best of luck with the rest of the build.

Cheers just now,

Jim.

Thanks for that. Looks like we use similar stuff. I have seen daler board mentioned but you don`t seem to find that where I live. A case of a bit of bracing inside for strength.

Thanks again.

Nice work.I agree with Mikkel, the street scene is coming along nicely. Can I ask what thickness card you use for the shell and partitioning. I`ve used approx 2mm and then overlayed with plasticard but looking at your pictures it seems you`re using something much thicker. Have to agree though, card is great to work with.

Cheers just now,

Jim.

At least your tram numbers shouldn`t reach the loco numbers, there wont be enough room!

Looking good though.

Jim.

Looking good so far Paul. Always good to see a street scene with trams in it.Used to go to Glasgow with my parents on holidays back in the fifties an would ride the trams as often as possible.

My scratch building is much slower than yours, more snail pace!, but good fun.

Cheers just now,

Jim.

A fair bit of work done already Paul and looking good. You said you`ve gone back to building in card . Can I ask what thickness you`ve used as I`m currently having a go at building a  back scene and up till now I`ve used plasticard.

Will be watching progress with interest.

Cheers just now,

Jim.

Your cottages are a work of art.

Superb modelling to achieve such a realistic result. Will continue watching your efforts with interest.