D.Platt

Evercheech  Junction, that takes me back to a very pleasant weekend at Halifax , I had a stall on the stage and was able to watch Evercheech all though the weekend, my brother took his newly built DJH  WD , after asking on the Saturday and they ran in on the Sunday, think someone from Shipley had evidence that one had run over the S&D !

Happy days.

Dennis

funny when I look at my photos of the 77xxx the two chimneys look the same ! but when I look at them in the flesh the brass on looks thinner , must be my eyes !!

Just spent a few days going though 154 pages of this thread, lots of information and great photos, thank you for all concerned.

Dennis

I think we all know on the railways in steam days it all came down to man power, or boy power at most loco sheds, and labour was in short supply so the young lads soon moved up the grades.

Loco sheds like Kings Cross had a team of Polish adult cleaners I believe , and did a brilliant job but ,  did they have an extra budget for this ? was each loco shed given a budget or did the district hold all the  budgetary  decisions ?

Hi Tony

Bit surprised that you don’t ask your professional  painters to finish the locos to a degree of weathering that you would like !  you have remarked before the models are for your pleasure and after your gone you don’t give a ****

I always finish mine in ex-works finish, then set about weathering it till I reach the desired level.

Dennis

PS  I thought your weathered J6 looked as if it had just come off a works visit.

I believe the new line speed will be 50 mph

My wife surprised me this week,on Monday she insisted on sending a cheque in response to a advertisement for shoes in a magazine, I said why not just phone them and use your card, but no she posted it off, big surprise they were delivered on the Friday !!

When you think about riveting components together it is to make a strong fixed joint ! 

Morning Tony

Talk of Black fives, I have a DJH model which was my brothers, a Ks kit built one and a Hornby detailed, I bought the RCTS book on Black 5s vol 2 last week (which covers the caprotti version ) I seem to have this thing of liking ugly locos !!

I was on Comets website buying bits last week and just about resisted pressing the buy button for their kit ! But one day !    Can’t see that becoming a RTR model ...... can you ?

Taking about ugly locos  (should I say ungainly) my djh 77xxx is coming along, not the best djh kit when it came to the valve gear, I have had a Kemilway BR mogul fret for years and what a brilliant set of etchings it has turned out to be.

Interesting photos as usual David especially as the last 142 nodding donkey ran last Friday 

Dennis

2 hours ago, micklner said:

What metal was it sprayed onto ?. I have tried the Halfords and the Grey U Pol on Brass and both are useless. The normal Halfords  Grey primer gives better adhesion it's still not very good either.  .

Like I said I had used the Halfords grey primer for a few years , and probably didn’t spend enough time preparing my K3 , but I wanted to go back to using an etched primer, so being in lockdown I searched on line,  both on Amerzon and eBay and went for the one off eBay.

I cleaned the running brass chassis and was expecting a grey spray and was surprised when it came out black or very dark grey ! 

What I like is the finish and hardness from the product, I had to really scrape it to remove a area to get back to bare brass , if it had been plan grey it would have achieved the desired requirement of etching into the brass.

Dennis

2 hours ago, gr.king said:

 

I note that is in fact a U-Pol product. I've used the grey variety, from Halfrauds, but had no idea that there's a black version. Some time spent looking at the mighty web suggests it is at present no more readily available in the UK than are hen's teeth. Do you have a link to a current, reasonably priced source please?

Hi

I have just checked my eBay and notice it was listed as grey on the listing and dark grey on the product description, I was surprised when It sprayed Matt black and really pleased.

The eBay seller goes under “partcentuk” it arrived the following day and came from Redline car parts ltd.

Hope this helps     Dennis 

Morning Tony 

As with a lot of others people I keep reading this wonderful thread as it moves along at quite a pace ,subjects come and go along with discussions ,  I once said to you at some exhibition that I was reluctant to seek out this website when my son told me about it, but I’am glad I did , I have picked up so many tips and ideas from reading it.

 Your description of the faults on the SEF A4 misses the one that has always put me off building it , that is the shape of the front end just in front of the buffers, to me it’s to bulbous in shape , if that makes sense.

I have just finished the K3 that I posted on here back at the start of lockdown, I then took the given advice and acquired a SEF fret for different cabs, this brought another problem that was mentioned with my Anchoridge K3, I had to cut the footplate in front of the cab and reform it !!  It’s not been an easy kit to build but I’ve signed it off now.

I’am sure you will achieve a good model from your hard work ,it’s always very rewarding and satisfying when you see the transformation.

And once again I learn something new “Dettol for paint stripping “ I’ll give that a go ,thank you for showing us, I look forward to seeing the finished loco.

Dennis 

18 hours ago, Chamby said:

Amazing that the Station Road bridge is still standing intact after all these years.  So much of our national railway infrastructure has completely disappeared since Dr Beeching had his day.  

Morning All

Poor old Dr Beeching still being blamed  for closing railways , all he did was report and recommend,  it was the politicians who did the deed hiding behind his name ! Indeed the Labour Party who won an election on the back of promising to stop the cuts . Then went onto close more track mileage than the previous government,  right into the 1970s all in the name of Beeching.

On the modelling front I have completed all my track building which has involved making twenty odd points during lockdown, so back to my K3 . Results to follow shortly , I hope.

Dennis

Whats behind the tender of the O2 ?

I’ve not noticed on here but Dave Ellis at south east Finecast is operating and providing an excellent service 

Morning Tony,

 Thank you for posting the photos of the K3 I hope mine comes together as well as yours has,  a few ! pages back it was mention how cruel it can be on our models when we can zoom in by the touch of fingers, but it’s also a big plus when you can also zoom in on the photos of the real engines like I’ve been able to do with the photos you posted on page 1940 see I know the page off by heart.

Dennis 

Thanks 

It will be the bottom left cab I will be using and it’s a old Anchoridge kit that I’am trying to get finished that I started in 1997!

Dennis.

Sorry I’ve not got the knowledge of inputting multiple images and text combinations, so carrying on with the K3 the valve gear is free running and clears the slide bars , I went down the road of contacting Dave Ellis and within days received the cab fret which looks brilliant value but no information comes with it, I’ve spoken to Dave but he didn’t have the answer so over to you guys 

The cab folds , cab sides , floor and spectacle plate then you have separate cab side  etching ,I presume you have to sweat these in place onto the folded cab side ? the folded cab side giving you the inside window detail , I’am concerned about the edge of the cab / spectacle plate / footplate so can anyone remember the best way to approach this ?

Dennis

Good morning all,

Hope everyone is keeping safe and well, my days are spent between working on the layout in the morning then bit of gardening weather permitting (it’s never been so tidy at this time of the year ) and then onto my K3, here’s where I have got to,

I have not used the motion that was with the kit it just didn’t look right so it’s mainly made from my collection of spare frets.

Evening All

Thanks Tony for the photos of Carlisle, it just made me think (dangerous) obviously I don’t know the owner but the sheer size of the layout , how many operators does he need to see it running as you would expect it to see at that location? On your brilliant layout I know you like to have guests round to run the sequence but if you are alone I would think you can just find your spot to watch the trains go by, which is my other thought for the Carlisle layout just where would you stand to operate it if you were alone ?  Or is it like miniature wonderland in Hamburg and has a massive computer running it ?

Back to the soldering iron ,

Dennis 

12 hours ago, Blandford1969 said:

I had an email from them this week saying 

 

The only Catalogue available at present is the old 2013 (Link below)

 

Prices have changed a little bit.

We are in the process of re-writing BUT things have changed a bit…I have just Cast 72,000 Driving wheel of which there about 16 or 17 NEW types and sizes etc., and because our manufacturing system is changing, we are actually having to INVENT (quite literally) new machinery… all this takes time (& money) trying to keep up with orders emails phone orders AND Manufacturing means spare time is in short supply. Also I don’t want to put out the Catalogue with all the NEW Wheels until WE actually have some of each on the shelf.

 

We also have many new Brass Turnings.

 

Meanwhile just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean we don’t have it…Just ask or email.

 

Latest Reverser is a Steam Reverser….Identical to the SR ‘Q’, ‘Q1’, ‘Z’ , ‘G16’ and many others…. Quite impressive all screwed together (with our 14ba Nut-Spinner – along with all out Westinghouse Pumps)  together about 9 or 14 parts.

 

 

http://www.markits.com/MARKITS_Price_Guide_2013_09.pdf

 

Which seemed very helpful and reasonable. I will certainly be placing an order very soon.

Just to add whenever I have phoned an order he has been very helpful and delivery is usually a week or so.