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2 hours ago, jonnyuk said:

my gripe on packing was not the presentation (that is great), its the outer box been not sturdy or substantial and the lack of foam round the coach, the ice cube is not hard, it can deform very easily and with the lack of additional foam/bubble wrap it does run the risk of the coach getting damaged.

 

Anyway, that  NSE coach looks stunning, livery is gorgeous. I have to say i think this is the best piece of RTR rolling stock item out there, by someway, i include anything from AS in this as well.

 

Mine arrived today, beautiful model! But mine was not so fortunate in surviving the postie! The model inside the ice cube is perfectly fine so I seem to have got lucky! 

11 hours ago, LMSfan72 said:

Having thought about it more I realised I did a similar model for the Mk2 translator coach so perhaps I’m part way there. I may also think about doing the underbody too so that it would only require bogies….and glazing. It’s back on the to-do list!

Great! Put me on the waiting list haha! 

Have bought a number of your kits and loved them! Have you thought about doing a full Mk2 BUO rather than just the sides? it’s user error for sure but I can never get the finish quite right! 

52 minutes ago, Steadfast said:

Neil has also put this picture of the BBHT mid demolition on Flickr.

https://flic.kr/p/2mZaRUr

 

 

Jo

 

That’s a great photo in exactly the same spot i was in today! They haven’t made much further progress but the conveyor does get substantially higher past that point so I’m sure they’ll have to bring some kit in to get it down. 

1 hour ago, 101 said:

 

I stand corrected then - I'm out of touch since retiring - hope it's a regular flow

It definitely took me by surprise! I do hope it’s regular and the BBHT yard is repurposed. 

8 minutes ago, 4630 said:

If it was around 1:30pm it was probably 4V35, 07:23 London Gateway to Avonmouth West Wharf. 
 

If the TOPS list was accurate it was hauled by 66416.  

Thanks for the information! I was on a track failure at the time so couldn’t take a photograph unfortunately. 

2 hours ago, 101 said:

 

I don't think there has ever been a container terminal on the Chittening estate, the Avonmouth terminal was reached by going through Bennetts onto the docks, as far as I know it's still there but served by road only , its been a while since any container trains have been down there.

 

The terminal is at the bottom left of this view - the stop blocks were pretty much right at the end of the dock!

 

I saw a freightliner container train on 29/01 enter the docks. It seemed well loaded so hopefully this flow has returned! Definitely the first container train I’ve seen enter the docks in the past years. Unfortunately I can’t go that far back on RTT to find out the details 

22 minutes ago, Andy Kirkham said:

I didn't know there was a container terminal here. How long has it been there?

Maritime has taken up a section of wasteland / demolished several shunters cabins and lifted some of the track (Number 7 and 8 Sidings?). Its been there for maybe a year with no rail connection currently. Although it does seem like they could very easily add one 

47 minutes ago, Tim V said:

Is that this one seen in 1997?

 

That’s the one! Will be quite the undertaking to get it down! Another “rumour” is that the container terminal now occupying part of the yard is looking to expand. It’ll definitely be a drastic change to the skyline!

Not sure if it’s been discussed here but theres a rumour at work that the Coal Hoppers at Avonmouth BBHT have been sold. On site down there today and progress has started on the conveyor belt with approximately half of the lower end gone! 

Looks great! Would definitely be interested in a OO one when they are available!

Well that took a little longer than expected! Took a lot of time to pluck up the courage to take the oil paints to the body but the initial paint fading is done using the excellent Bunters yard video as a guide. 
 

I’ve left it quite subtle as the reference pictures show a real range in the degree of fading so I’ve gone somewhere in the middle! 
 

Now I’ll be looking to send the model off to be airbrushed weathered as I’m pretty nervous to give that a go! 
 

On 11/06/2021 at 02:49, saxokid said:

Hi im now painting up few of my locos with that washed out sun bleached blue finish.

using these acrylic colours..

hope this helps..

Thanks everyone much appreciated! This is exactly what I want to do! 

08561 has interested me for a long time with the faded BR Blue and Maroon toolbox it’s certainly different ! So after months of waiting on eBay for the right 08 body shell with the correct boxes I’ve found a Hornby shell that was previously 08644 , I’ve removed the numbers logos and nameplates and hopefully this will be a quick project if I can work out a way to replicate the faded BR Blue paint work… 

I’ve painted the toolbox and I’m waiting on some blue paint to cover the extra wasp stripes that aren’t needed for 08561. 
 

If anyone knows any techniques for faded BR Blue please let me know! I’m pretty stuck at the moment!

This is great currently bashing a Resin one but a 3D printed bodyshell would be far easier! What printer do you have? Tempted by one myself 

Fitted a Midland Valenta 3D printed Compressor, Fuel Pump and ETS to a pair of Lima power cars. A great and easy mod to do taking about 10 minutes with a craft knife and a razor saw. 

On 04/08/2020 at 11:55, smallman28 said:

FYI, I put one of these in my Bachmann class 37

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254659789160?ViewItem=&item=254659789160

 

Had to leave the fan out to get it in mind you but the sound is so much better and louder.

Thanks I was looking at that as a solution or maybe I’ll get Richard to fit a EM1 

Finally finished my model of Network Rail Mk2 Brake Force Runner 99666. It’s by no means perfect but I think it’s a fair representation and a good first attempt. The @railtec-models transfers are absolutely beautiful and a breeze to use. Having made a fair few Airfix models years ago I was apprehensive of my rusty skills while applying the transfers but these are far better and of a far higher quality.A DBSO is done and ready for painting just waiting on some etched window frames and laser glaze if I can hopefully get some ordered.

No real updates but a new member to the fleet in the form of 37710 in my favourite Loadhaul Livery  Factory fitted sound is great but the speaker is seriously lacking and the loco will be getting a upgrade at some point in the near future but im unsure on what path to go down.

My time has been going to this... a summer project for the dad and I a simple garden figure of 8. It's built on a tight budget with the curves being formed and mounted on the framing of a old trampoline and the track feeds made of repurposed lawn mower twin core. It will eventually be landscaped in with a garden railway staple being a pond in the middle of one of the loops.

A cruel close up of the soldered track leads (my job)

Breaking the trend on this page of Modern Image heres my Dad's Black Label A4 on a rake of 8 Hornby Silver Fox Coaches. A Stunning model and nothing beats a layout where a 8 coach train can easily disappear from view.

On 26/04/2020 at 12:21, saxokid said:

Any new updates

A few but I'm waiting on the postie to bring the good stuff! 

I do have a kind distance shot of the fuel tankers. Almost finished but they need some more painting and parts fitted and then i'll be very happy! 

20 hours ago, rob D2 said:

Lots of ballast does this , I use Atwood aggregates which also does it. I think it’s the PVA

 Yeah I was a aware it would a little but had no clue it would go that dark  I used a deluxe materials dry mix in PVA and was happy with how easy it went on.

I've now started ballsting the layout using Hattons ballast.  I'm happy with the result although i wasn't anticipating the ballast would dry this dark?  With some sections being such a dark grey the layout could be mistaken as a steam depot covered in coal!  Excuse the mess i'll upload a complete photo when the entire layout has been ballasted and cleaned up some more sleeper painting is required before i get this far 

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Side Project #1 - Spent the weekend painting a trio of Peco bufferstops using an ancient pot of Humbrol 81 to try and create a faded and weathered appearance. Any suggestions on how I could improve this further? I also painted the Traintech buffer stop lights in a prototypical grey colour to hide the black PCB and bare resistors/LED's. Ive also painted the LED's red so when they are unlit they appear to still have red lenses as per the protoype.

Side Project #2 - I've started building some knightwing fuel tank kits and painted them in some possibly familiar colours. I plan on loosley basing these on the trio of fuel tanks found at the St Phillips Marsh HST Depot (Pic can be found below). I will be printing the faces and lining using some crafty computer paper.

12 hours ago, saxokid said:

Sounds good,lots of modelling jobs same as me,ive been weathering up MGR hoppers..

Nice! need to get myself some of those! 

20 hours ago, saxokid said:

Any new updates on your build??

Hoping to get some more progress/ pictures up on the weekend! 
 

A 3D printed DBSO cab has just arrived with a Mk2 for some surgery so I’ll get some pictures doing that. 
 

Finished wiring the bus under the layout. Probably no pictures of that as it’s not my neatest work ! 
 

And I’ve swapped two TTS speakers from Richard at Roads and Rails so I’ll hopefully get some clips up of the improved noise from them!