Lord Flashheart

Another update on the wagon fleet, pretty much finished the OBA open we just need to decide what it's going to carry which is why I've left the bolsters out for now. One small addition to made to it was to make some plank detail for the inside from 15thou plasticard as they are only etched on one side (the outside) other than that its built as supplied. Also making good progress is a JLTRT TTA tanker,built as a TTG the data panels are custom made ones from Precision Labels and very nice they are too,will be picking up another at Kettering. Rob

They also recently sold class 24 D5032 to the NYMR. Rob

I painted the yellow area first,made a plasticard template of the panel and then laid it onto masking tape cut around it and then stuck the tape to the loco.Hope that helps and makes sence!. Rob

GEC 5576 at the Yorkshire Wolds Railway, Fimber. Photo by YWR member Tom Robson. Rob

Installed the vac brake 08 sound chip into my Dapol 08 this weekend, sounds superb really happy with it,thank you Jamie. Rob

Do you have a video of the new class 47 sound chip please Charlie?, if not I'll see you at Doncaster show. Rob

Thanks James, 08 looks very nice did you do the weathering?, I've got a green one to be tweaking about with at some point. Rob

And my current old banger. Rob

Very nice they must be getting pretty rare these days, never had a go in a 5 turbo but I did get a drive in a friends Fiat Uno turbo but my favourite was the supercharged Polo G40,if anyone wanted to know what torque steer is that was the car for it!,I had to make do with a 1.3 Nova SR. Rob

Hi Michael Some good looking stock on your list and Flicker page,what is and isn't included in your DMU kits please. Rob

GT turbo? Rob

Or the ABS Bermuda triangle for kits. Rob

Thank you Brian,the weathering is mostly Humbrol and MIG Powders with a little dry brushing here and there,the buffers are a bit of both,the first wagons I built in O gauge were 3 Park side Grampus opens like the ones your doing but we found when shunting with them they had a tendency to bounce off each other so I've stuck with the solid ones on these. We only have gentle curves on the layout so buffer lock isn't an issue for us. Thanks for your comments and looking in on our project and I'll continue to enjoy seeing progress on Gosty Hill. Rob

A little more done on rolling stock,got the VDA van weathered and have made a start on a Post War Prototype, now PRMRP,OBA open. Rob

Trim them down James, on my Hymeks I put a small dot of thread lock on the threads on final assembly to stop them unscrewing. Rob

At Beverley on the run home. Rob

At Bridlington on way to Scarborough. Rob

Hi Peter and Brian Thanks for your comments and looking in at the layout, VDA is the PRMRP kit and very nice they are to build as well. The first one( a few pages back) was the first brass kit I'd built and I thoroughly enjoyed it, excellent quality etchings, castings and instructions, I'll be doing another sometime but will be in the Railfreight red and grey livery. Rob

Second VDA van added to the freight stock, just needs weathering. A big thank you to Steve at Railtec Transfers for coming good on my request for doing transfers for these in 7mm, they are excellent. Rob

Derwent Valley Railway, York Rob

Hi Ruston Looking very good, I've not built a Judith Edge kit in any scale yet but really fancy having a go at either one of these or the Ruston 165 in7mm, will ccontinue to follow your build with interest. Rob

Guaranteed to sound totally Hellfire then, superb work Phill. Rob

Thanks James, as pointed out you only need the body, the last one I bought off eBay was only £6 so it can help keep the cost down by not buying a complete loco, Ive done 2 of these conversions now and have another body shell and a load of bits to do a third, there quite labour intensive compared to building a kit but well worth the effort. Rob

Hi James With a bit of work the Triang Hymek can be made into a nice model, with mine I deviated from the PRMRP instructions by making a separate chassis and I sourced parts from quite a few other suppliers but it cost around £300 to build and that included one of Mr Chetters' excellent sound chips. Rob

Very nice Phill, is the recordings of the locos on 1 or 2 engines?. Rob