NXEA!

I share your pain, job, two children and a wife who has an ever extending diy list...

 

Progress looks good

 

Damn that DIY list... luckily for me I tend to get out of doing DIY, I'm usually saddled with a good proportion of the household chores instead! Case in point being tonight, only just sat down... And only one child for me. At the moment...    

 

Thanks for the kind comment. 

Martyn,  

 

Big shame that Pott Row is going to the big engine shed in the sky, it's one of my favourite layouts on here and of a subject not usually modelled to boot. If you can find somewhere to dismantle it and store it, do, it's too good a layout to go to the tip! It's been a big inspiration for me to have a crack at something, and to try new techniques and ways of modelling. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. 

Hi Scott and Steve,  

 

Thanks for your interest.  

 

Scott, I'm sure I mentioned fiddle yards above, but I'm thinking cassettes. I have devised a crude way of joining them electrically, I just need to build them now!  

 

Steve, thanks for the kind comments.   

 

As you can probably see, I haven't made any progress recently, and that's down to a few things - things are tight financially, work is busy and I've lost my mojo a little bit, however seeing more interest in Docking Road Junction definitely encourages me to make some more progress on it. Lets see!   

Cracking choice, and they will be doing 67322 to boot! I'll be having one. 

I've said it elsewhere on the forum, I'll say it again. A J69? Small, cute, and they wore some colourful liveries in GER Blue both original and BR versions, BR/LNER Apple green, and of course the obligatory LNER/BR Black. And some made it to Scotland too! 

Hi  8900 has the longer, more curved reversing rod, post 507.  2614 has the standard rod, post 406. Roger

Thank you Roger, it's very obvious now you've pointed it out.

Absolutely, but the frames curved shapes and the valve cover can be carved off and the reversing rod easily changed Depending on how much you will compromise on absolute accuracy, a reasonable representation can be achieved. With care the paintwork should survive these modifications especially the rebranding. I've used neutral T-cut on a black D16, backdating it to LNER black, unlined livery, which turned out better than I thought it would.

 

Happy days and happy modelling,

 

Tod

Agreed Tod, I guess you could argue that the differences if restricted to a remembering only job wouldn't be that noticeable. I knew of different valve arrangements on D16/3's, but I can't say I'd noticed concave and convex frames until now. But then the purist in me says that it should be an accurate representation where possible. Decisions decisions!

Thanks Gents, sounds like 62614 is off unfortunately. What was the difference in reversing rod, Gilwell?

Me again, I have another detailing question for anyone who can advise me. I'm rather taken with Hornby's release of 8900 in Apple Green, however it is out of my time period. Thoughts turned to remembering as either 2614 in post-war condition and Gill Sans font, which it carried into BR days up until November 1949, or as 62614 which stayed in green until 1952. My question is, in BR condition as both 2614/62614, was the lining out on the boiler, tender and frames the same as depicted on 8900? And were there any other differences such as valves which would preclude renumbering? I'd be grateful for an answer if anyone knows.

Cor, that looks lovely! Can't wait to see decorated samples.

Hi Charlie,

 

Thanks for this - that would place the model sometime from 1994 onwards according to this useful online resource:

 

https://sites.google.com/site/pacerchaser/pacer-pages/pacer-page-1--class-142

 

I would have however preferred an original 4-leaf brown one which would have offered the advantage of being suitable for both Western as well as northern operations.

 

Are there any plans to do an original one in the future?

 

I might have misunderstood the suggestions in this thread, but I thought the release will be 4-doors in brown? Would be grateful if you could clear this up Charlie! 

Ah cr*p, not my era or location at all, but I'm going to have to get a Skipper I think. 

A small update...  

 

The lid, and the lighting for the fascia has now been fitted and glued in place. The lighting is some self-adhesive flexible LED strip lighting in warm white. I am happy with it, but unfortunately there is a little shadowing at the front of the layout in certain light. Its not noticeable when there's daylight coming through, however thought has turned to perhaps somehow providing an additional fluorescent tube to further light the front of the scene to avoid this. The fascia has been painted sage green for it to blend in nicely with the surrounding bedroom furniture - more aesthetically pleasing than black or bare wood. It's nice to have the layout looking like a layout rather than a plank. It's small and compact, but i'm happy with it.  

 

Below are a few photos taken with my new J11 - I'm aware its kind of off-region, but they did venture into East Anglia, and for £50 including DCC Chip, I couldn't resist! It'll need backdating with an early crest.  

 

 

 

 

 

And finally two overall views:  

 

 

As I said in my last post, next task will be the fiddle yards. That's all for now. 

News item on the N7 this morning.....9 January 2018.

 

http://www.oxfordrail.com/

Thanks for this. No photo's though! 

I was only talking of the J17/J20.

 

Apologies, meant to quote Norton Wood's post above yours. I think a J17 is not too unrealistic - there's one in the National Collection. 

I don't expect a RTR J17 or J20 to be in the offing any time soon but an F5 would be very welcome.

I would've thought an E4 or a J67-69 would sell like hotcakes. An E4 as a small quirky 2-4-0, and the J67-69 as a diminutive, cute tank which worked all over the ex-LNER system and had a very famous member of the class which carried both Apple Green and GER Blue in BR days.

 

I'll try not to hijack the thread any more Thanks

 

Please carry on, this thread has been very quiet over the last couple of months, anything related is good discussion IMO! Hopefully it will come to life post-London Toyfair later this month. 

Plenty in East Anglia too Jonathan. There are several photographs taken from the hill above Ipswich tunnel that show a siding alongside the up main between the running lines and the locomotive depot that held a line of brake vans. If you look closely there are Toad Bs with wooden duckets and veranda end supports, with steel duckets and wooden end supports and possibly even wooden duckets with steel tee end supports; after that those with steel duckets and steel tee end supports could be either Toad Bs or, more likely, Toad Es. And that's before the variations in planking width, those Toad Bs with broad planks were typically built at Faverdale and those with narrow planks at Doncaster.

 

Oh, and end views would be nice, to see the number and position of lamp irons that would help identify the period being represented.

 

Glad you mentioned East Anglia, I was going to ask this. Presume this applies early BR days? 

Am I missing something?  I can't see the NE Toad that's referred to in the heading.

 

https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2018/wagons.html

Pleased to see Toad B's and E's, and going by the pre-production shots it looks like they've sorted out the grain finish on Gresley Teaks, so i'll be ordering a couple, and a couple of Toads too. Not for me, but the J36 looks like it's going to be an absolute worldie, I can feel an impulse purchase coming on...   

 

 

 

 

 

I'm aware I haven't posted anything on this recently, so a small update for anyone interested... 

 

Progress is slow, and funds and time have been getting in the way as family and work come first, and the festive period has taken up a lot of my time. However, the full fleet of loco's have been fitted with DCC chips - 3 J15's, 2 D16's, a B12 and a B17 and all work fine. The fascia for the layout is coming along - the underside has received a coat of white paint and is drying as I type this, and LED strip lighting has been ordered. I will get this fitted and the fascia finished off next week, and I'll update with some photos.  

 

Next job after that will be the fiddle yards. As SWMBO kindly lets me work on the layout in our bedroom, when I'm not operating or doing some modelling the fiddle yards and stock will have to be put away. To this end, I've bought some Really Useful Storage boxes for the storage of the cassettes. The boxes are only 75cm long, which ensures I don't overdo train lengths - a B17 and two coaches will just fit, or a J15 and 5 wagons. I'm still looking at an electrical solution for the cassettes. Chances are they will be a bit 'Heath Robinson', but as long as they work and are reliable I'm not too fussed.   

 

As most of us on RMWeb are, I'm looking forward to the Bachmann and Hornby range announcements in just over a weeks time - whilst the GE has been truly blessed by Hornby with some fantastic models, I'm hoping they've got one last Great Eastern trick up there sleeve - an E4, J69 or 50ft Corridors would have me jumping for joy! I'm very much looking forward to getting my hands on the J70 and N7, time to start saving methinks! 

 

Finally, I hope everyone that reads this has a happy and prosperous 2018!  

 

That's all for now. 

Finally got my pre-order in for 8223 in LNER post-war livery. I can't wait! 

FYI gents, offer ends at 6pm this evening and you can only use the code once per eBay account, so be quick! 

I was about to post the same, just picked up a J15 and a few of what are now expensive Bachmann brake vans for only £90 vs £120 all in. Happy with that! 

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