Bucoops

I don't know where, and could be imagining it but I think I've seen a generic transfer pack that included mudhole etc. It's not fox but not sure who else it could have been!

edit: had a hunt round but thinking I must have imagined it

Could it be that the increasing price of kits, plus a reluctance by many not to even attempt to make them, as well as the quality of RTR equivalents will mean an even more rapid decline in that market? I hope not, but who knows?

I certainly hope not - just getting into things having not built a kit for 20 odd years. Mind you good job I'm not on an hourly rate for someone - you've got more done in 8 hours than I've got done in 8 months 

The downside of trying to buy everything as cheaply as possible - Yeadon's book on N7 bought Wednesday last week, still not got it!

Meanwhile been paying my penance with the tender dome and have spent rather a long time removing the excess solder. I reckon another couple of hours...

According to brdatabase, and if I am reading it correctly, it is from diesel shunter No.8002. Not glamorous but interesting all he same.

 

http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&id=15002&type=D&loco=8002

Later 15002 as pictured here:

https://www.lner.info/locos/IC/des1.php

 

 

The card kits were bowed walls and nothing on the inside.

Wow, how ahead of the time were they? Sounds like every flat built since 1999

An I the only one picturing a Skaledale piece turning up?

I briefly toyed with buying a J69 from LRM and they said they had a gearbox (might have just been a single worm and gear rather than a gearbox as such) to suit - so they maybe able to advise on that kit too?

Oooh an old one! Nice. They are brass bodies aren't they? Might end up looking a bit finer than the DJH.

Not the way I'm building it As a first build I'm not planning on adding much detail. Frames and a lot of the fittings are brass, body is nickel silver. Rest is white metal.

I'll be interested to see how you get on with them. Is it a DJH chassis? 

Me too!

It's a Jamieson A1/A3 (being built as an A1 - still don't know what one yet though...).

Rich,

 

I’m sorry for my late reply; I had a 24hour layover in Paris, which doesn’t leave much time for forums! From browsing Tony’s thread that you’re pretty much sorted on this one. I hope that’s the case?

 

Thank you to those of you who showed your pick ups (oo matron!) yours are far neater than mine! I like the look of the DCC concepts ones. Very neat indeed. I suppose their use relies on accurate placement of the cross members so the pickups fit neatly behind the outside of the wheel to make contact?

I did have to slightly elongate the hole in one of them to suit a slightly wandered drill in the crossmember! But when the "bus bars" are soldered in place it then can't move. I will point out that these contacts have never been actually tested yet...

Good luck

Well soldering the tender dome wasn't pretty. I tried the coal side first in case I made a mess - easier to hide! Glad I did as I flooded too much solder in. The other side is neater but still a lot of cleaning. Unfortunately I've scratched the nickel silver quite a bit being a bit careless with a scraper. Should have stuck to the rather laborious fibreglass brush...

I do like the J69s

What other stock would an N pull in the 30s? It's mainly associated with articulated sets but it must have had other duties?

Thanks both - struggling to find anything remotely 54' kit wise

There is a picture of a Quint set on the Steve Banks site near Brentwood (presumed excursion) so there's hope for that! I guess I'm just trying to find an excuse for running an N7 with a quint set on the Chelmsford line (without falling back to rule 1).

I'll try not to hijack the thread any more Thanks

Just got the announcement email - thought I'd have a nose but website crashed lol

Great thanks - such a shame D&S is so hard to get at the moment. I have written asking for availability but not had a reply as yet.

Would the Quints have headed towards Shenfield at all?

Not on the LV suburban services though - either the Gresley Quins for Enfield & Chingford services or the ex-GE and Gresley Ilford stock, both of which were 54' non-vestibuled.

Does anyone know what stock was used (I'm talking mid 1930s) to Shenfield - and was it N7 hauled? And what was used loco and stock wise for runs to Chelmsford etc.? N7/3 2600 was a Chelmsford loco for most of its life according to RCTS - any idea what it was used for?

Thanks

Love it

Your procurement process reminds me of when I used to work for an engineering company as a designer. Every now and then a part wouldn't fit the machine. But somehow, as if my magic, it would fit my car 

This is my 3rd kit - way back when I glued together a J50 and a J70. The J50 was a DJH - was quite happy with the build but ruined the paintwork. The J70 was a slight improvement. I may still have them somewhere. This is my first real attempt though and the others were 20+ years ago. The A1 I'm still looking at it in a it's a basic kit eye. Yes I've changed the motion to something more modern. It's not going to have rivets etc in line with its origins. The N7 whilst still an old kit (1980s?) Has a lot more etched detail and again that will be built mostly to its origins. I'm not sure I'll ever go down a super detail/accuracy route. These will definitely be layout locos! I do like Tony's V2 though lol. As you hint at, his builds aren't just layout locos!

Mine is still very much a work in progress but this is my first attempt at contacts

The actual contacts are from DCC Concepts.

Thanks I did toy with the idea of splitting the dome in two but don't trust myself to do that neatly and figured this would be a lot better anyway. 

"The position of all parts is clearly shown on the constructional drawing" and "mark and drill small holes for the spigots of the dome and/or filler" is about it for where and how. The rest is the order to assemble the main parts (which I ignored largely - it says to start the whole build with the tender for example as practice - boring lol). The instructions overall are pretty generic with sections for belpaire fireboxes etc.

It's definitely a very crude kit but I still like it and am enjoying it frustrations and all! 

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rapido-News-UK-Vol--15---Happy-New-Year-.html?soid=1101318906379&aid=hCwiII2wwA8

Have you the link please.

Just to prove I'm not ignoring the A1 I've carrried on a little bit with the tender. The bulkhead for the dome was solid but decided to do an undersize notch and then do a small cut into the dome so it blends together a bit better.

Nothing's fixed to the tender top yet but it's ready to be.

I'm still scared of it lol!

Pictures so far as promised

And there's a lot of other brass bits to work through! The wheels have gone rusty - not surprised, I have no idea how long this kit has sat in the loft at my parents! Hopefully will just polish off.

Does anyone have the Yeadon's book on the N7 they can PM me a quick view of the photos of 2600? I've got one on order but I need to cut the holes for the bunker footsteps before proceeding as apparently they can vary.

Thanks