bgman

I dunno, you have a few days away and look what happens ! 

Nice work as always mate.

G

Does this help ? 

Grahame

One could say " Very tasty work" Maurice.

Good use of the tins and another interesting project which I will be watching.

It reminded me of my old metalwork teacher which asked us to bring in used tins for a project that we had to design and build. Mine turned out to be a tinplate boat hull into which I adapted an old Mamod steam engine to power the tinplate paddles. Such a useful material and very malleable.

G

Once again you've managed to produce a real period model / s all of which evoke an era long gone.

Really excellent modelling Mikkel.

G

Just found this blog and very pleased that I did, as above, lovely track work and definitely more please.

G

1 hour ago, Brinkly said:

A fine beast sir.

Why thank you young Sir, the loco's not bad looking either ! 

Dean Goods almost there...

30 minutes ago, wenlock said:

Lol! It’s a slippery slope from which there’s no return! 

Totally agree, then comes a 7mm wagon kit, then...... well you know what happens next !

G

53 minutes ago, Brinkly said:

Nice to see you posting old boy: I hope your ribs are on the mend too.

 

Cheers,

 

Nick.

Hi matey,

Thank you, its been a while and I had actually forgotten that I'd started this ( rather open ) Blog !

Ribs on the mend hence more modelling and enjoying it too.

G

p.s. speaking of boxes.....

Whilst on a trip into the local city I came upon some plywood boxes in a shop called The Works.....straight away I thought they would be suited to keeping my kit built 7mm locos safer. 

At only £6 each and rather than making my own I bought several to house said locos. Using some close cell foam to line them I think they will suit very well for my purposes, I will be changing the clasp and hinges for some sturdier ones and possibly a handle.

A smaller version at £4 each

Larger ones with an ongoing 7mm Armstrong Goods safely housed.

G

All the wraps off, reblown with suitable paint and will be relined tomorrow quite possibly.

Much happier after the faux par !

G

1 hour ago, Northroader said:

Good to see activity started on your blog after such a long pause, and some nice stuff coming along.

Thank you. its been a while.....life etc !

My 7mm Dean Goods is back on my workbench as we speak, about to be relined following Mikkel's discussions about Fox transfers which I have purchased for the cab lining. The HMRS ones on the boiler do not colour match the ones for the cab lining therefore its going to be a partial respray prior to re-lining.

The masking was used in a vein attempt to just hand paint the lining transfers, however, once I had done that and removed the masking tape it also removed some of the varnish which I didn't expect to happen considering it was done many, many months ago.

No matter, it'll get a partial boiler respray this evening to prepare it with a fresh coat of paint.

Onwards and upwards !

G

You're more than welcome Simon, I have to agree about the wheels too !

G

7 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Hi Grahame,  thanks for the update. The bus has turned out great, I saw it over in ANTB. Looking at the destination board on the original model, I have a sudden urge to go to Italy 

 

Glad if the lining discussion has helped finish your Dean Goods. I'll be interested to see how you get on with the Fox transfers. 

Thank you Mikkel,

The lining discussion has helped but I should have read it more in depth.

Having received the transfers from Fox, who by the way were very prompt in sending the order, I placed the lining against that which has already been placed.... humph ! There is a definite colour difference between those already on the boiler ( HMRS Old as your panel ref. ) so I am going to have to paint over them and replace with the Fox version. I hadn't considered that aspect when I placed them earlier on in the finishing but its not the end of the world, just more work to finish.

4 hours ago, Simond said:

Grahame,

 

Sorry if I missed this, but what is the make / where did you get the bus?  I feel a bout of unashamed copying coming on...

 

(well, they say it’s the sincerest form of flattery!)

 

atb

Simon

Hi Simon,

It is actually a Fiat Omnibus 18RL made by a company called Rio from Italy to 1:43 scale. Bought on eBay for just a few quid.

As I am not an out and out rivet counter I'm not too concerned that it doesn't have an English /British label etc on it, but for the cost and fun I've had it suits my purpose, please copy away !

Also can I thank you for the info about the wheels.

G

2 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Hi Grahame, I found this again. Can't remember if you have finished the Rover yet? You have so much interesting stock it's hard to keep up 

Hi Mikkel,

I'd forgotten all about this !

With my move earlier this year and other matters I've gone over to the dark side and am now building O Gauge locomotives ( which you probably already know about anyway ), the Dean Goods nearly completed, an Armstrong Goods part finished, a Mitchell 45xx kit being back dated to a 44xx class + other things relevant to my proposed Edwardian based layout.

The Broad Gauge "bits" are still wrapped up in their boxes and as I'm totally involved with my new O Gauge layout and all that goes with it I very much doubt they will see the light off day for quite some time.

Having read your post which detailed the use of various transfers on your lovely 4mm Dean Goods I gave Fox Transfers a ring today and can finally finish off the cab side lining, so thank you for helping indirectly, I've been searching for some 7mm transfers for ages and didn't realise they produced some.

As a Sunday project I started to convert this die cast model to something more suitable to "plonk" on my layout...

Dis-assembled and then primed...

First coats applied... ( Sunday night )

And here we are as of this evening...

Roughly assembled to get an overall idea of what it will finally look like.

G

Superb as ever Mikkel, lovely vignettes within the video and so very evocative too, thank you.

G

Looks like a big improvement to the layout very impressed , I hope it works well Dave.

G

Some seriously excellent modelling !

Another fine looking locomotive from the Swindon stable.

Being slightly controversial, and having hit similar problems I made a model many years ago using the Branchlines etches with the Airfix C of T kit.

 I am reliably informed that many of the etches were never test built by the owner prior to being marketed hence some fettling was required.

That said I was slightly naive about etched chassis builds back then but managed to get a good running model, and considering it was many years later before anything resembling a City or Bulldog became available it was certainly a bonus.

My De Glehn is still part built mainly the thought of doing those rivets in 4mm scale on that interesting motion !

(I think I'll stick with 7mm )

G

4 hours ago, wenlock said:

Thanks Graham, the idea of a paper spacer is a very useful tip!

Probably one of the most boring photographs ever showing the rivet on the joint of the Dean Goods rods....

Just to also say that I used a very small pein hammer with a wooden shaft, my preference as I can get a better feel than a metal shaft when I hit the metal.

G

15 hours ago, wenlock said:

Thanks Grahame, glad you thought the rods were good  How did you get on with joining the two rods together?  They’ve come with a little packet that contains a couple of little rivets, did you just place them through the rods and crush them with some pliers, or am I missing something clever?

Hi Dave,

The jointing of the rods was done by placing a piece of paper between the rivet and the rod before carefully peining the plain end very carefully with a small hammer which creates a very small dome to ensure a loose-ish fit using very light taps until it felt right. The paper was then removed which gave it some movement without binding ( I used a lighter to burn it away ) and then cleaned up the joints.

Hope this helps. I wouldn't use a pair of pliers to be honest.

G

Premier Components have a good service from my dealings with them and I am sure you won't be disappointed with the rods.

They have been used on my Dean goods build and needed no fettling whatsoever Dave.

G 

14 hours ago, Malcolm Trevena said:

Dave

 

Slaters are now offering a coach printing service, I've just received the sides and ends of my all third S9 in the pre 1906 livery and it's fantastic it includes all the necessary transfers and coach number all for £60 and is worth every penny. All you'd need to do is join the 2 sides together and send them off.

Laurie Griffin does a set of cast nickel silver jointed rods for your 2021 that you may want to check out. Looking forward to seeing Sherton Abbas at Telford. 

 

HTH

Malcolm

Is it possible to see some photographs of these please ?

G

3 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Well, conceptually it rather depends on whether the aesthetic continuity of the natural lines of the Black 5 can be morphed into an analytical resolution of the internal dynamic of it's free standing resonance.

 

Given the anesthetic qualities of tablets and their catchers I would assume that a large net may be needed to catch a Black 5 for disection which would reveal the inner makings of a Dean Goods, obviously the parameters of a scalpel may hinder such matters.

P.L.Aydooh

YEY ! A Dean Goods.....and why not ?

No.2538 was allocated to Shrewsbury as at 31st December, 1922.

At the end of 1955 Nos. 2516 & 2538 remained in service and were allocated to Oswestry. 2516 was to be part of the Condemed Programme but 2538 survived this and went on to Wolverhampton Works in January 1956 for heavy repairs and returned to duty on 18th February.

In June 1956 she was noted to be engaged in shunting duties and occasional trip working to Gobowen.

September 12th saw her on Moat Lane - Brecon goods / Oswestry and Whitchurch.

She was called back to Swindon on 15th May 1957 and by 16th June her boiler was noted in the dismantling shed with the words " The Last Dean" chalked on the smokebox side.

She was indeed a lucky and well used locomotive and you are paying her a well deserved tribute Tim.

G