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Well, I got round to sharing a picture of my Hornby Railways S15 model.

The lining was handpainted by me and it was rather tricky. By studying LSWR-liveried locos and models, I'd say that I managed to get the white-purple-white border just about right. That was the best I could manage, though getting handrails and the right chimney for the model would take some time as well as finding the LSWR decals and numbers.

This is the real-life No. 499 I am trying to replicate in late-1978 Hornby Railways style. Hopefully, when she's finished, she'll be stored and displayed in a proper Hornby Railways box.

Thanks. I hope to obtain them and repaint them into full LSWR colours. On closer inspection, they're just the Hornby Railroad ones, but I suppose they'll do the job nicely. After all, I do have GCR/GNR-liveried coaches anyway.

Nothing special, but just a line to let everyone know that my late-1970s Hornby Railways style S15 is taking shape ever so nicely. I think I just about aced the LSWR lining on it. Decals and chimney swap to make the loco more accurate to its LSWR days coming soon. Also, I must find the right rolling stock for it to haul such as private owner wagons, an LSWR brake van and LSWR coaches from 1970s Hornby Railways coaches repainted into LSWR colours.

Also, one question pops to mind - the GEM LNWR George the Fifth kit is on its away as well as the chasssis required for it. It's to be made in the 1960s Tri-ang style days right into the early 1970s.

I recently ordered the GEM LNWR George the Fifth kit and one thing still boggles me - it does say in the instructions to use the Triang-Hornby L1 chassis but also the GEM L1 Chassis. Am I using the right chassis for it? Please tell me.

5 hours ago, cypherman said:

Hi LNWR,

You can use the tender coupling from the Triang Hall with a bit of jiggling in place of the strange plastic one that Hornby fitted to this engine. After all I always thought the chassis used for the Sir Dinadan was a modified Hall chassis. Never was sure why they used that one.

Hullo, Cypher!

I just acquired a tender coupling and a different coupling from my local model railway dealer. The S15 bogie tender s coming along nicely. In fact, I'll take some pictures of it and share them here. The Hall chassis is an interesting one. Maybe using a Graham Farish 00 Gauge Black Five could be an interesting idea of an RWS Henry model.

Watch this space for more updates on the projects!

15 hours ago, Jeff Smith said:

I would say yes, but it's a tricky paint job.  I had to paint the raised parts then flood in the off-white with a fine paintbrush.

 

 

I can definitely do that as I have decided on it!

Well, the coach weights have been glued in and the buffers are entirely complete as well as the couplings and axles. But here are some formations I have been thinking about.

And yet, I have been thinking about what livery to decorate the green one in. So, after working on these vintage formations, I managed to get a clear idea on what I was looking for.

Above is the Midland formation using two Hornby Four Wheel Coaches (I know they're LMS coaches but they are almost similar and work just fine), below is the LNWR formation I made using two custom-painted LNWR Four Wheel Coaches. So, should I paint the green coach to match?

Please do let me know.

26 minutes ago, cypherman said:

Hi LNWR,

I used the Hornby King Arthur tender for mine. Simply because it was available and cheap on Ebay. Plus it was ready to go.

I'm thinking about the coupling between the loco and the tender. I already have an N15 bogie tender and the original N15. Plus, the tension-lock coupling at the back is a bit too modern. I'm trying to capture that retro-vintage style that Hornby Railways models had at the time and I just need to hit all the right notes. Call me obsessive, but accuracy to old-school style models is what I intend to aim for.

Also, I mentioned about making a Tri-ang Hornby style LNWR George the Fifth Class in case you didn't notice. The original GEM kit requires that you should use the original chassis for it. The tender wheels are gonna be metal as they are cleaner than the original plastic ones and also would still use the original couplings all models would have had at the time.

1 hour ago, cypherman said:

Hi,

For the S15 make sure you get rid of that awful tender that came with the N15.

What I need is an original King Arthur bogie tender from either a modern Hornby King Arthur or a kit to easily assemble and paint up. Which is the best bet do you reckon?

Well, with my 1990s Hornby Railways-style SECR O1 complete, I have plans on another new project, only this one is gonna be before my time another project of mine yet still in keeping with the Pre-Grouping theme I am modelling.

Yes, it's the LNWR George the Fifth Class 4-4-0! And it's gonna be done in, wait for it...1960s-1970s Tri-ang Hornby style complete with replica box and custom-made labels! The model itself will be under low-detail like the models of the time and also modelled after the proposed replica of said-class No. 2013 Prince George.

Not only that, but I intend to create an S15 using a Hornby Railways N15 I once obtained at a model railway exhibition years back. It will also be converted, painted in LSWR green complete with respective bogie tender and numbered as the preserved No. 499. Expect that in the near future...

Let me know what you guys think of them and I hope they'll be a blast to make like with the SECR O1!

It's been many moons since I last posted here, but here's something my model railway dealer had scooped up for and challenged me with knowing me and my deepest love for all things old tymey and what-not. It was a generally fun project even though it was a bit of a challenge at times.

Yep, you're looking at two Lima short bogie coaches with six chassis frames from two Hornby LMS Palethorpe sausage vans. The couplings are regular Hornby wide couplings normally seen on Tri-ang Hornby/Hornby Railways rolling stock and locos. The doorways have been clipped and nibbled off and the buffers are small nails that just about look the part. Plasticard has been used to build up the chassis making them reasonably level.

So far, they run well, but they are gonna be repainted. The red one is the closest to the Midland Railway, but the green one, well...I have difficulty in choosing a livery for it. Should I make it the same livery to match which totally compliments the unnumbered kit-built Midland Railway 990 Class 4-4-0 that I own or repaint it into LNWR plum and spilt milk? Let me know what you folks think I should do with it.

2 hours ago, cypherman said:

Hi all,

I was routing through my parts bins and came across a few bits and I started to think Is this what William Stannier would have designed if he wanted a heavy goods tank engine. So I thought I would have a go. So this is what I came up with. It was not too difficult to build. The steps were the worst part. It is currently a couple of mm to tall but I will correct this shortly. I would be interested In what you all think. Please ignore the 3mt as for some reason I cannot get rid of the picture. It just keeps reappearing.

Not bad, but maybe an 8F Chassis as well as a spare trailing truck might help? Also, it needs the LMS top-feed and the curled running-board at the front, too.

For me, it's usually the LMS Jinty 3Fs, Stanier Black 5MTs, Duchess Coronation 8Ps, heavy-duty rugged 8Fs and Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 Moguls, but as of recent, more Pre-Grouping steam locomotives along with period-correct rolling stock are being produced so it would have to the Midland 3835 Class (the LMS Fowler 4Fs, if you will) and the SECR C Class.

Why Pre-Grouping? Because my love of said-era has been further-fulled by it. Yeah, maybe not all steam locomotives in N Scale are easy to come by, but with a little luck, a well-to-do bank account and a smidgen of paitence, you never know when the right models pop up...like the Langley Models Urie S15 4-6-0 I was lucky to find on E-Bay years back yet it's been ages since I last ran it and tried to make it into the Big Four SR Maunsell green, but if ever I get a chance, then I could backdate the model with an accurate chassis (a loco-drive Black Five, maybe) and make it a sort of vintage train from the year 1920.

On 16/01/2020 at 16:11, Phil Parker said:

And the winner is...

 

Colliery Terrace built by Chris Chewter

 

 

Congratulations to Chris who wins £100 worth of Humbrol products and an Oxford Rail Janus shunter courtesy of Golden Valley Hobbies.

 

Everyone agreed that this was possibly the strongest round of the competition so far. The BRM team couldn't decide which ones were our favourite as each and every one was a superb model.

 

We hope this has encouraged more people to have a go at some modelling. The competition will be rested for a few months which we think of something new. Watch this space...

Yes, what a nice diorama! In fact, I ought to try something like this. This is something I have a mind to work on.

On 16/03/2014 at 23:37, de Selby said:

Some pictures of 24, now (more or less) complete.

 

Firstly some bits that it is normally not that easy to see. The footplate is a sub-assembly which is fixed to the running plate with a couple of screws, so it is easily removed. I might add a few extra details some time such as pressure and vacuum gauges, and the steam manifold on top of the firebox casing.

Here's the underside of the loco, revealing a multitude of sins! The various pick ups are visible as is some of the springing for the front bogie (this uses Masobits parts).  You can also see the High Level gearbox driving the rear loco axle.

The rest of the pictures are general views of the loco.......

 

Alan

 

 

Ain't she a beaut? Where can I find a kit like that, Sir? Perhaps using an LMS Fowler 2P albeit with a few modifications might help.

Do you want to put figures inside it?

Also, I had no idea these HO European rolling stock were compatible with 00 Gauge British Stock (I think).

On 13/07/2020 at 12:42, cypherman said:

Hi all,

Well here is my finished 1950's Princess. It has turned out ok, But I am not too happy with my lining on the tender.

So here is what has been done.

Filed away the very large moulding line on the top of the boiler,

Increased the depth of the front buffer beam by 1.5mm so it will take the correct buffers.

Replaced the front bogie wheels.

Fixed the faulty motor. All it really needed was a good clean.

Replaced the missing steam valve.

Made and fitted a footplate in the cab.

Made and fitted front and rear coupling hooks out of brass strip.

Fitted vacuum pipes. 

Fitted lamp brackets to the front of the engine. They might be a bit hard to see at the moment as I used a different method. Instead of brass strip I used stainless steel wire.

Fixed a small amount of a damaged section of the rear part of the tender.

Put new buffers front and rear to replace the far to small buffers originally fitted. The front ones are now the correct oval buffers for this engine.

Serviced the chassis and cleaned the wheels. It took me 2 hours to clean the driving wheels of 60 years worth of dirt and oil.

Put caps on the water tank vents.

Put lamps set up for express passenger service.

Full repaint in satin black and renamed, lined and renumbered. Then sprayed with matt varnish

Glaze the windows,

Painted and fitted crew.

Made new base for the tender and put real coal in the tender.

I will replace the old solid wheels with ones from a later model when they arrive.

This engine is my swan song so to speak. I will not be doing any more due to problems with my health. Something in either one of the glues or the paints is causing me problems. Till I find out what I am calling it a day.

 

 

I think those are all nice models! Now that I own one in my possession, I intend to make it as 6213 Princess Meghan after Meghan Markle following her marriage to Prince Harry.

I also did the same thing with my Thomas model, too.

The body is a modified Hornby THomas body with a Jinty 3F Chassis and running-board added. Yes, Sparkshot does an E2X on his Shapeways, but I have yet to purchase one. he cab looks slanted at the back but it was the best that could be managed.

On 17/07/2020 at 14:34, tarifa said:

The Hornby Patriot is loco drive same as the Royal Scot, has been for years.

 

I would be interested to see the end result and the method if available.

 

Mike

Consider it done! I am welcome to share two more with you!

I did make a similar conversion with my Hornby James the Red Engine model using a Bachmann 3F Chassis and had detailing added to it. If you like, I could show you some models.

2 hours ago, David_Belcher said:

Fingers crossed! I think the mechanical/electrical side will be pretty straightforward, getting the bodywork right is the challenge. Since those pics were taken I've managed to carve away most of the top feed and piping, and the Hall cylinders have now been altered to make inserts for the Stanier cylinder block (which itself will need some hacking about for the Caprotti version).

 

David

You should see some models I made with help from an old friend. I've made a Midland Railway 2511 Class 2-6-0 and an LNWR 19" Express Goods 4-6-0 (I'm still working on an LMS version of it).

On 09/07/2020 at 21:54, David_Belcher said:

Chopped-about body on the loco-drive Hall chassis, and the hacked-about shell showing cut-down Hall running plates and under-boiler insert.

Nice! Let's hope it turns out well and runs nicely along your layout.

That's exactly what I am doing right now!

Just a quick update:

I got the chassis and model running at last! I still have more to go on it before I paint it as as covering the sides with plasticard.

On 28/05/2020 at 14:46, Barclay said:

Yes I'd go for a gaudy industrial livery too - it's more believable as an industrial loco than pseudo-BR.

Something like this:

Say, how did you manage to find a Tri-ang Dock Shunter, restore it, get it running again and turn it into this livery? It's nice.