innocentman

Hi, Can you tell me of your TOF2 WD TOP FEED is the standard version or the GWR version please. I'm looking to change out the GWR top feed on a Bachmann model from the GWR to the standard WD type Many thanks Andy

Patriot EC Trench 45539 finally painted and lined. Fun putting the orange lines on this hot humid weather. All Fox transfers Next stop the weathering booth

Turns out it was the wing rail that had become detached from the frog baseplate. The wing rail just happened to be the one with the wire on it from the point motor switch. All fixed now

I hear baking soda is a possible alternative

I will PM you with a list of bits I have that you may be able to make use of

With controlled access to Chapel, its time to finish some new stock for the next outing. Every since I started building kits in my late teens, I always wanted to scratch build a loco and the choice for me was a LNWR coal tank or a Fowler Patriot (no complicated multi plain curves!). Well, I have finally built one of them, although I decided to go down the design an etch route. I give you 45539 “EC Trench” I forgot to put the other smoke deflector on for the photo Tender is my own etched sides on a comet chassis. After an hour test running on Chapel this afternoon she (or is it he?) is ready for a good scrub and possibly a coat of primer tomorrow Andy

If you would like a nice etched brass cab to try instead of the cast one, let me know and I will sort out a set of parts via Barry. just finished mine today. Plenty of spare etched bits including steps Andy

Hi Khris, Looks like the website isn't there any more. Either he hasn't renewed the lease on the web address or he has ceased trading. I know the link worked when I first posted it. Sorry Regards Andy

There are a few of us, we just keep our heads down

Yours is 4325 Baz when I can deliver it to you

Very sad news. Enjoyed operating a couple of Dave’s Highland layouts as a junior member of the Leeds MRS. Very talented modeller. RIP Dave

You feeling OK Baz, looks like you may have been cutting wood. Not your usual medium

Looking good Andy. Can I ask what those two large pipes are to the left hand side of the door?

For more info on CSB go to the following website http://www.clag.org.uk/ Andy

Hi Jonathan, thought you might find the below useful. It’s from a 1960’s railway modelling magazine (Can’t remember which one). Regards Andy

Amazing work

You can barely tell what it is from the quality of the photo!

Hi Gordon I will PM you Andy

Yes I'm still here! Here one I made earlier along side the test etch and build The green version is to go behind a Patriot I'm wrestling with Regards Andy

Wow, that brings back a few memories. In my youth I worked on the ALR on Sunday’s and do appear in the film on the Hunslet. There were two big engineering features on the line, the bridge and the cutting. The bridge steels could be seen early in the video. These were set onto Concrete pads formed on top of wire basket gabions set into each bank of the mill race. The dumper seen early on was transporting bricks to form a ford next to the bridge location. This allowed the dumper and the Ruston excavator to reach the north bank of the mill race. The Ruston excavator sat in the middle of the Ford and lifted the steel RSJ's into place. The cutting just after the bridge was a pig to dig. It wasn’t long after we started to excavate it the we found it was a dumping ground for off cuts of leather from an old long gone factory! It was like a coals seam of leather. I have some photos somewhere of my time on the ALR, I will have to see if I can find them. Thanks for digitising and posting. Andrew

Morning Jonathan, Loving the work you are doing on Derwent Spa. Have you seen the way the glass canopy glazing bars have been done on Leeds City, The Midland Side? Regards Andy

Arrived this morning safe and well. Well impressed with moulding, nice job. Andy

Finally taken the brave pill and lined my JE Fowler 3P 2-6-2t Lined using Fox Transfer set intended for the Fowler 4P 2-6-4t. quite a bit of cut, shut and extend required to make it fit the 3P! The observant of you will notice the lack of a smoke box door. This has been with Mike to take a moulding and will hopefully be back with me soon. Then it will be on to final details such as adding a bit of lead, brass work, windows and weathering and then it will be ready for an outing on Herculaneum Dock (whenever that maybe). Regards Andy

I just use the handy table that comes with the Taps

The Tapping drill I use for 10BA is 1.4 mm. When doing a new build I always use a drill press when drilling to ensure squareness of the hole. On a retro fit with the wheels in place on a chassis its a pin chuck and a lot of side views to ensure I'm drilling as square as possible. As long as you are reasonably close the flange on the Romford crankpin will align itself square. Of course this all assumes you have the wiggle room for a screwdriver to enable you to unscrew the old M1 CSK machine screw from the back of the wheel without removing them from the axle . Bets regards Andy