o gauge nut

wish i could build a layout like this its superb 

said a man just moving back from 7mm to 4mm  and looking for inspiration 

cant wait for full lenth trains again 

hi  Andy look forward to seeing them on your layout as i love 47s and 37s as they are what i grew up with.  i think its just the sound  of them it never goes away

On 13/03/2019 at 20:21, Andrew P said:

I really must have a tidy up, yes that is Seven Mills Sidings under that lot.

 

And Bala Town under here somewhere.

dont you think its  funny that nearly all us train guys also enjoy a take away as well

On 14/03/2019 at 11:27, Andrew P said:

Early start today, and I found some wire that my late farther had, so thought it would come in handy for the fence, maybe a little on the small side, but it will do for me.

 

 

 

 

 

Also added some bushes / weeds along the field wall.

 

some ones been busey then.

looking superb andy dont know how you find the time to do two

18 hours ago, robertc said:

Nice weathering job on the class 47.

cheers

Bob

hi bob yes it does look good better than my work for sure 

i think the fuel tanks are djh  that have been modified and have a very large speaker underneath .

the buffer beam has been changed for a brass one with brass buffers the correct size and to top it off it has a top notch paint job  and all the lights work independently  on different functions

ANOTHER NEW ADDITION THAT I BOUGHT OF KEN 

A FULLY TRANSFORMED  Heljan CLASS 47 WITH SOUND  .

SO PLEASED WITH THIS LOCO. THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE FUEL TANKS LIGHTS AND BUFFER BEAMS IS SUPERB

thank you both i will give it a ago later but dont expect anything as good as yours as it will be recorded on my phone

great video mate how do you upload one please 

terry

On 23/02/2019 at 12:14, 47606odin said:

After 15 months work, I declare 33050 finished 

 

how do you upload a video please  its no good without sound lol

still to be weathered yet

just to show another new member to the fleet  sound as been added and a base reflex  speaker  and it sounds great.

i wanted to add a video  but it says files to big when i  choose files  so how do you lot upload videos

On 21/02/2019 at 09:16, 47606odin said:

Finally got round to finishing my class 33 route indicators 

takes me back a few weeks this video as i blew all the lights when fitting sound to my class 47  .

 forgot all about resistors on the older models.  so i have replaced all the lights with new led s  .

but the only problem is they are a bit to bright. so can i add bigger resitors  to dim them down a bit ?

 I totally agree  as with my first attempt  at 7mm  i went down the road of kit building and found it very frustrating that i could not build  and paint the kits to the standard that i wanted  and no were near the standard of some of the people who build and paint and repaint on here. i 

i do understand  that for a lot of modelers this is the fun part. thats great if you have the ability  and the patience .

but for me  i like to save my pennies   and buy one ready to run straight out the box.

also i think it has bought a lot more people over to the 7mm  side witch is good as it  keeps new models  cumming out and prices down as its a competative  market now with all the new manufactures 

2 hours ago, 47606odin said:

After 15 months work, I declare 33050 finished 

 

looks stunning well worth all the hard work 

29 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said:

Brian Daniels has been building an 86 on his Thread page. Having tried a PRMRP kit myself (Class 14 - & still not finished after nearly 10 years!) I'd say they are, er... 'challenging', especially if you're not used to etched brass kits. It certainly put me off. Some in O Scale think R-T-R is 'dumbing down' the scale. I'm rather glad of it, myself.

yes built a couple of brass kits before but they have not turned out to good and spent most of my time trying to get them to run well and buy the time you have bought gear box motor paint ect ect  they work out expensive.

i found that the JLTRT kits superb  to build but also work out very  very expensive  . so im more than happy with my Heljan and Dapol and it leaves more time to build layout.

ps i will have a look at the brian daniels thread  he is the master...

well i have numbered and named the other 47   and have started to weather .

and will finish over the weekend but hers a few pics to keep you going

2 hours ago, pwr said:

I've not come across any. I would personally make my own from steel sections and piano wire. We did this for a dutch layout in the 80's. Groundbreaking at the time.

 

You could always search  the Gauge O Guild product directory although even if it is listed it doenst mean that its available!

 

Paul r

thanks paul i will have a look as i would have though thay would be a pain to scratch build.

i am considering a class 86 kit from prmrp  but imagine that would be a pain i to build as well 

i do love my ready to run locos

terry

hi paul does any one make catenary for 7mm that you know of because i think it would look good even though i have nothing electric to run on layout yet

terry

On 17/02/2019 at 16:56, thedman said:

Are your low relief buildings scratch built or kit?

hi yes sorry for the delay yes all scratch built from odds  and ends and slaters plasticard

i was thinking 47086 colossus late 70s for the the new 47 as its been around the block and used to turn up every were

a real work horse.

still a bit more work to do but you get the idea