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Wishing you and yours a very Happy Christmas Andy

Paul

On 10/12/2023 at 12:21, MarshLane said:

I am sure we could adapt one of those tiny little Chinese made mp3 players to play live music from the bank through 4mm scale speakers :). You could become the British equivalent of Miniature Wunderland Andy!! :)

 

Hope your keeping well mate.

Rich

 

You could sink even lower than that and play Disney's Small World. I am sure your grandchildren would love it!!

Ha Ha!  I still have me coat on btw!

Paul

Andy

You could always get your band scanned by Modellu and pose it on the layout on an open air stage?

I'll get me coat!

Paul 

On 27/11/2023 at 12:58, Hal Nail said:

On the recurring subject of 7mm vehicles, I noticed this morning they have tweaked the Thames Trader tooling to do a Leyland Comet. Bit pricey from abroad but they tend to filter through over here eventually.

 

 

Thanks for the heads up!

Paul

OK so the TK is not finished apart from getting the original decals off the doors. Now thinking about weathering as its too bright and clean.

Very pleased with how this has come out as it's much more prototypical than the French Circus truck albeit technically slightly out of period for Black Notley. The layout is supposed to represent 1958 and the TK was not launched until 1960 but as I am planing to be able to recreate three different era's I can simply swap it out for a different one when operating!

Now to finish off the 6 wagons I started earlier in the year 

Paul R

Neat solution Alan.

As you say this should look good when. done

Paul

Here we go on the conversion of the windscreen wipers from RHD to LHD. This is a cruel enlargement of the rotor blades which need tripping further nearer to scale. I won't be able to get them to be exactly like the originals but hey ho once they are coloured black they should be OK.

The cab conversion has been glued in with driver which as you can see is in a bit of a stunted pose caused by the need to cut off the arms and fit them to the other shoulders!

There has been some comment on another forum about the height which the drivers sat and this seems to indicate I have got this right.

Once the wipers are done I'll glue in the cab floor before gluing it to the chassis.

Paul R

On 12/11/2023 at 08:04, D6775 said:

 

I keep looking at the Intercity ones as they're what I remember when my Dad would take me of to London via the mule for a day. Doesn't really fit with the Scottish fleet, but then neither does 33051 or 58044!

Rule One and invest a back story!!!!

Paul R

My BR Blue version arrives today but its a Christmas present so it goes away until December 25th!!!

Paul R

I am glad you posted this. I want to use these rivets when I get around to building my APT. I was fortunate enough to be able to measure the real thing at Locomotion and take plenty of photos of the layout of the real thing - All I can say is that there are lots of them!!!!

Paul R

I saw it too and was greatly impressed.

Paul R

Saw this at Uckfield and my overriding impression was how well it runs.

Well done to all involved

Paul R

Having built a Frieghtman van I would concur - they produce an excellent result. I do have a few more stashed away which I will get round to before too much longer. For this reason I have passed the latest Dapol vans by.

Paul

Lovely job Andy. I do like a Friday fix of your videos!

Paul R

12 hours ago, EasternO said:

I have heard there are imminent legal proceedings regarding the Class 15 model. I occasionally email the bloke who started the Little Loco Company as I bought a few things from him a few years ago. There are definite detail differences between the models and I wonder if there are differences inside too?

Thats interesting.

The most notable difference I have found as you will have seen from the photos is the all green roof on the EFE model. According to Anthony Sayers book the painting instructions were that the roof should be green as should the engine hatches. Reference to the photos in his book where it's evident suggests they were all finished with grey roofs. 

As you say there may well be differences inside but at the moment I have no intention of taking it apart.

EFE have done this before with certain Heljan and DJM models.

If LLC don't own the moulds then I can only think the action is over intellectual property.

Be interesting to see how this pans out.

Paul R 

3 hours ago, brossard said:

Ah well, any discrepancies can usually be corrected.  The model was well researched I think so I doubt there are are many errors.

 

Mine on a train at a show last year:

 

 

It is quite grubby.  I find DCC to be a wonderful thing but not everyone is so enamored.  There are three of us in the group and one does GWR/WR hence the interlopers.

 

John

Nice

Paul R

1 hour ago, brossard said:

Nice to see the Cl15 has been reborn.  Mine is the original.  My only beef is that every time I handle it bits fall off.  I've been trying to save them in a plastic bag.  One day I'll stick them back on.  If you take the body off, be very careful not to over stress the wires inside, they are only just long enough.  I had a speaker wire break and it was not easy to fix.

 

John

As I don't do DCC I have  only ever had one apart which was to refix a loose window but I certainly concur on the wiring. 

Here are some photos of the original and EFE

The immediate difference is the colour with the EFE version noticeably lighter. I see no real issue with that as colours faded and once I get round to weathering it won't be an issue. 

There are other detail differences noticeable handrails and roofs/footplate but I think these may be prototypical. I'll need to get the book out to see.

Please ignore the MK1 cat.

Paul R

Sorry about the duplicated photo - it won't edit out

Paul R

Latest arrival at Black Notley - the EFE version of the LLC Class 15

At some point soon iill sit it side by side against an LLC model and see how close to he original it comes.

That said the first thing to note is that the packaging is totally different. The model sits in a polystyrene tray inside a flimsy box with cellophane cover and not ideal for mailing. However Tower Models packed the box in a good quantity of foam and it arrived undamaged.

Not had it on the rolling road yet either. Updates to follow.

Paul R

On 17/09/2023 at 18:32, D6775 said:

First of a number of updates from me tonight, the rest will appear in my Wee Dram layout thread. This is part of a long term project, picked up as a part built kit just before Guildex as it was too good to let go. An Easybuild pullman. But what is it in the process of becoming???

 

 

Do I detect from the filler above the gangway that like me you struggled to get the roof to fit without a gap?

Paul R

The 7mm ex LLC Class 15 has reached the shops.

Paul R

Currently converting these.

to this

The TK needs to be converted to RHD and the cab fixed to the chassis. The cab actually droops slightly but you can't see that in the photo. I carved too much of the frame away so need to back fill with plastikard and then glue the cab base the the frame before converting to RHD.

Paul R

15 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Yes Paul, I will probably do the Lifting Flap and other end board first, but I do have a load of Colour Lights ready to go in. BTW, Fareham = Sat AM. I will aim to get there for opening time, so where do you want to meet, i.e a Layout / Trader / Entrance? I will look in again before the weekend.

 

H Andy

Not having been before I don't know the building so probably best if we meet at the entrance. I'll be wearing a Big Cat Sanctuary baseball cap.

I know what you look like!!!!!

Paul

Good to see the update Andy. Its coming along nicely.

Signals next?

Paul R