cncmodeller

I've just built this GVT loco body kit again with the Branchlines chassis, the last time I built this body kit was 1978 I was 14! I'm now a professional modelmaker of 30 years experience, I got this to use as a display loco mainly, you can see the kit is pre CAD and CNC with lots of fit issues which I remember from my youth. I managed to put it all together concentrating on getting the corners of the body to line up so that when I filled the gaps it all matched. The smoke box end is slightly tapered on one side so I evened that out so that front valance fitted. The branchlines chassis is interesting it runs ok but there is so much movement on the wheels it seems. Firstly the motorised axle has a lot of sideways play so I limited that with washers,secondly the other coupled axle has vertical and sideways movement and is connected with a compensation beam to the rear pony truck, so the whole chassis to me seems far too flexible about its wheels, I'm going to make the four coupled axles more rigid and the pony truck I shall try and fit springs on it's sideways movement and limit its vertical movement as my test track is completely flat. I would recommend perhaps getting hold of a Dapol 14xx 0-4-2 if you insist on this wheel arrangement but an 0-6-0 with no centre flanges is probably better.

Thanks for the replies, I've had some success in sorting out this colour, I ordered the actual suppliers GWR Cream paint from Craftmaster and it is as i saw quite yellow with a faint hint of green giving it a bit of a lemon shade. I had a look at my digital photos and film from the VOR last weekend and looking at them you would never believe that it was this shade at all it just looks like common or garden pale cream in the photos. The colour is more akin to the colour of salad cream, I will update this info if I can get my hands on a RAL chart. The paint by the way is gloss coach enamel and goes on beautifully smooth [ no need to spray ]and does actually dry unlike a lot of gloss paints these days. Graham

Hi thanks, No it just says they were 'Cream' Graham

Hi all, I am building some 16mm scale Vale of Rheidol coaches in GWR livery and recently I happened to visit the Severn Valley railway and noticed the chocolate and cream liveried coaches carry a cream colour that has a definite 'Lemon' hue to it, I thought that maybe in error but on Saturday I was at the Vale of Rheidol and there too is that same cream colour. Does anyone know the actual reference title of the colour? Graham