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Yow know, the MSWJR had some nice locomotives and rolling stock. I like the MSWJR 'Galloping Alice' Mogul but I also like the NBR-built L Class 4-4-0 the most! These would top the list of 4-4-0 locomotives!

I've seen their GWR rebuilds and too be honest, I'm not a big fan of them - their original North British original conditions even with GWR milk churn safety valves make this engines something amazing! In all honesty, I would love to own a fully-built RTR model of one but they are only available in kit-built form and I'm not that good at kit-building. For now, kit-bashing would have to be my only option unless I was to find somebody clever enough to actually make a 3D-printed body of it to stick onto an RTR chassis, then that would be very nice.

This thread has been of interest to me and I hope one day we will have RTR rolling stock and locomotives based upon MSWJR stock soon.

The striking MSWJR red livery reminds me of the Furness Railway Indian Red and the Midland Railway Crimson Lake. It's a shame that there aren't that much ex-MSWJR rolling stock around anymore but that doesn't stop the preservation movement, though. They are one of my Top 10 4-4-0 steam locomotives.

It's been months since I last posted anything here! So, here's my trip to the Severn Valley Railway which is currently paying host (at the time of writing this post) to the Saint replica:

The one thing I am making a model of even if by means altering an old Hornby model, but hey - it's in keeping with the look of it, right?

Now, I know these old models aren't nowhere near as highly-detailed or perfect runners as the latest ones, but those things still have such charm in them, right? I actually had a model of Saint Catherine on my layout as I child but that made soon became a non-runner and it would be years before I eventally got a Hornby Saint model only to make it into a model version of the replica from Didcot.

I have to say she's coming along nicely but looking for the right transfers, nameplates and numberplates will be a different matter; once I do obtain the right nameplates and numberplates, the model will soon look the part...almost, but then again, it's only a model so what do you expect?

Been a while since I last posted anything, so...

If I got my hands on a Bachmann James the Red Engine, I would remove the face and moving eye mechanism, swap the single pony-truck for a double one, alter the running-board slightly to accommodate it, take the original tender boyd off the chassis, scratchbuild a new LNWR-esque one on top of it, hollow out the cab for improvement, add a whistle onto the cab-roof, paint it into the LNWR livery and there we go! A short simplified version of the LNWR 19-inch Express Goods 4-6-0, something which I always wanted to do!

I know, I already did this model in LNWR condition, but I can still pull it off with whatever resources I can find. I asked if anyone happened to a Bachmann Edward the Blue Engine that I would make into an LNWR 4-4-0 but so far, nobody responded. If anybody still happens to have one, please let me know by replying to me or private message me. In the meantime, I'll just keep looking.

Also, I have plans on making a DMU version of the Dapol Railbus in the near-future for my compact micro layout in a box which will be around sometime in the future.

As you know, I once had a Bachmann Edward the Blue Engine model which I made into an SECR Freelance 4-4-0 for my portable micro layout. Now, I am looking for another Bachmann Edward model to make into an LNWR 4-4-0 inspired by the LNWR George the Fifth Class 4-4-0. There are certain requirements that I must specify:

*The model must run on analogue control

*The model must be in good working order and a good runner

*The model must have the face and moving eye mechanism removed

*The model must have both original couplings intact

If anyone happens to have one that they can spare, please do get in touch with me and we can work out transaction matters, thank you.

Well, well, well! Nothing much on River Dyke has been done except for the work on the rolling stock, and speaking of which...

Just a simple roof-swap I made and I must say that it's not too far off. It compliments my 4-4-0 nicely. I wonder how it'll cope witht he curves on the layout.

On closer inspection of the locomotive, I am aware of some areas where they need a bit of touching up on the paint. This I intend to rectify and sort out, hopefully. I was thinking about an LNWR-themed layout originally but maybe one day perhaps. If I find another Bachmann Edward model, I can make that into a simplified version of the LNWR George the Fifth Class 4-4-0 hopefully. For now, I am satisfied with the model and the livery I chose for it.

As things are getting back to normal, I am gonna work on the layout, get the track, wiring and controls, get the baseboard made and get the buildings for it. My other layout, Muckford, will soon be in the pipeline by 2022 or 2023. Let's hope for the best!

On 02/04/2021 at 17:27, Gilwell Park said:

Some time ago I was watching my granddaughter driving James, very fast, round my layout. I realised that James is a very unusual locomotive, apart from his ability to speak that is. He is an inside cylinder 2-6-0. I have only found 2 such classes in the UK, One on the Caledonian & one on the Glasgow & South Western plus one in Ireland. I thought that it could be regarded as the goods equivalent of the 4-4-0. I read somewhere that James Holder of the GER considered a small wheeled Claud Hamilton for mixed traffic work, supplementing the E4 2-4-0 but never went ahead. I therefor present the LNER K10 class. An A. J. Hill development of the B12. A better loco for MT work than his heavy freight J20. It is built on a Hornby 0-6-0 chassis with a 3F footplate & original B12 cab, boiler & smokebox with front footplate attached . I have assumed that LNER rebuilt them with a round topped boiler as they did the B12/1 & the J20. 21mm Romford driving wheels are fitted. It is numbered in the unused 640xx series between the 2-8-0 & the 0-6-0. With a very old X04 motor it is a very useful engine.  Roger.

What origin would this locomotive be - Great Eastern or North Eastern? It looks very interesting. Does it run well in both directions?

Here's my diesel bash that I did years ago and finally got around to showing!

I know there's a lack of detail on this Bachmann BR Class 20 but chop off the nose-endand stick another cab on it and there you go! The cab came from a Lima 20 body which was then cut off and stuck into its place. It runs well in both directions and turned out alright. I am aware some modellers have done this before but not in BR Green. Its running number will be added on it soon.

17 hours ago, ScottishRailFanatic said:

One double-cab, 58-style Class 20!

That's the locomotive I attempted once! A BR Class 19, in fact.

5 hours ago, Sophia NSE said:

After this praise I am officially retiring from railway modelling!

What do you mean retire? How can you possibly think that? That's the same mistake I once made a long time ago!

1 hour ago, DK123GWR said:

Thomas had just recovered from the fright Percy had given him, when he saw this:

I was fiddling with spares when I noticed that this body fitted onto a Bachmann Underground Ernie chassis (with the bogie covers, which foul the steps, removed). Does anyone know if this is the same size as a normal Railroad 08 body? I believe the body is the same as the Triang 08 - can anyone confirm this?

 

Feel free to invent a reason for the existence of a bo-bo 08 as well - I just noticed they fitted.

Where can I find the chassis for it? I'm dying to try a similar project or a freelance diesel locomotive!

On 16/03/2021 at 22:58, Nile said:

Now where was I? Oh yes, fitting gas pipes to all 8 coaches of the LMWR rake. I got there eventually, here is a photo of the end of the rake, no real point showing the rest of it.

The roofs could do with weathering or spraying a darker colour, something for later with warmer weather.

 

I'd had my eye on the LNWR coaches, but not because they looked anything like LNWR coaches. I had other plans for these.

I compared the 'plum' colour with various paints.

The dark one far right is what it should be, the closest match is the one far left. That one is Polly Scale 'Wisconsin Central maroon', which happens to be the colour I use on my West Midland Railway coaches. So after removing the LNWR markings with Micro-sol I added my own:

 

A first and third together. The new markings on the third are off-centre due to the odd number of compartments.

Lots more to do on these (later), but you get the idea.

 

Meanwhile this happened (another distraction).

I can make out WMR on the LNWR coaches - that's exactly the same project I am doing in taking modern train companies and giving them the Steam-era treatment.

30 minutes ago, Nile said:

Now where was I? Oh yes, fitting gas pipes to all 8 coaches of the LMWR rake. I got there eventually, here is a photo of the end of the rake, no real point showing the rest of it.

The roofs could do with weathering or spraying a darker colour, something for later with warmer weather.

 

I'd had my eye on the LNWR coaches, but not because they looked anything like LNWR coaches. I had other plans for these.

I compared the 'plum' colour with various paints.

The dark one far right is what it should be, the closest match is the one far left. That one is Polly Scale 'Wisconsin Central maroon', which happens to be the colour I use on my West Midland Railway coaches. So after removing the LNWR markings with Micro-sol I added my own:

 

A first and third together. The new markings on the third are off-centre due to the odd number of compartments.

Lots more to do on these (later), but you get the idea.

 

Meanwhile this happened (another distraction).

Planning on a 4-4-0 tender locomotive?

After watching Budget Model Railways' layout in the box, I was thinking of doing something similar.

The layout - as you've guessed - is set in the 1970s and the reason I went with the name is because I had a little Monty Python, The Goodies, Kenny Everett, Dick Emery, Viz Comic, The Young Ones and Spitting Image on my mind into what vignettes and such to add to it like graffiti on the side. It's mainly a freight yard and the only diesels I would use for it would be the Bachmann Junior 0-6-0 diesel shunter modified into a generic BR diesel shunter as well as a modified Bachmann Diesel from Thomas & Friends with removal of the face and eye mechanisms and replaced with a grill front (if I can find one to fit).

The rolling stock to be used is mainly wagons made from the Budget Model Railways kits and mounted onto Tri-ang wagon chassis like in the originals but with metal wheels added. I'm sure these kits would count as modern freight rolling stock and maybe a second-hand small tanker wagon painted lime green and yellow and made as a radioactive waste tanker as a reference to the closure of coal mines and switch to nuclear power at the time.

Not only that, but there will be some easter eggs on the layout and try to spot how many you can find. I may have to find figures and such and maybe one or two road vehicles for it as I may create a roadside scene.

Finding the right box, controls, wiring, track, lock, stock and barrel will take time and money but let's just hope for the best! I hope to complete it once my portable micro layout River Dyke is completed. While River Dyke reflects a time of elegance, formality, dapper refinery and sophistication, Muckford would reflect a time of informality, anarchy, dreariness, and social political upheaval. No track plans yet, but that will come soon once I have the right box according to the video.

10 minutes ago, Rockalaucher101 said:

Glad you like it. It's probably one of my favourite 'why the hell not' projects. Seeing as I had a spare 66 bogie that I bought to try n fix a Hornby deltic kicking around, it was just a case of mating the two together.

Had to modify a spare set of wheels so that I could omit the traction tyres otherwise it just wasn't going to work.

I do hope it runs well! In fact, you could make a simplifed micro layout with simplified versions fo real-life locomotives. I know I am.

3 hours ago, Rockalaucher101 said:

I did also make this, using the leftover cabs after I had cut the bodies for the extended hymek.

 Due to be painted in Railfreight Red Stripe. Again apologies for the image quality.

Nice toy-like mainline diesel!

21 minutes ago, Nile said:

The LSWR coaches look closest to your livery. You could paint over the dark brown* areas with purple.

* it's actually so dark it's almost black.

Really? I suppose I could do that.

2 hours ago, wainwright1 said:

Your coaches look superb.

Its very helpful when someone in the know shows you how to do it.

I do not know how consistent these particular details are across the range of other companies coaches. I have just acquired a set of the Hornby LB & SCR coaches.

 

By the way, I don't know if I missed it, but what type of drill did you use to make the holes for the cross rods inside the brake shoes ?

 

Many thanks

All the best

Ray

Yes, I was thinking of using of something similar for the WMR. Would GNR and LSWR coaches suffice?

5 hours ago, Sophia NSE said:

What a difference some lining makes!

 

I even bothered to paint the wheels. Might rob the handrails off the other Q1 as a temporary fix. I also need to get some vacuum pipes for both ends and some thin black strips for the boiler bands

That looks amazing! Does it run well compared to Hornby's official H Class model?

Finally, after much planning, here it is:

The power comes from inside the tunnel and also somewhere to disguise the power wires to the controller. The layout will be a portable one and all the buildings and figures most likely will be glued down for easier transportation without having to set up everything again and again.

Any questions?

21 hours ago, Vanguard 5374 said:

Hasn't technically been a loco I've seen at where I work, but it is one that was once found at my workplace. Hornby 0-4-0 diesel was a bargain buy (they have potential, honestly!) so lets see what a new cab and detailing can do for it.

Tried to angle the cab CAD design over the body shell as closely as possible, think it shows how the model will look in a few weeks time. Now got to wait on a package arriving from Shapeways.

That looks interesting! It makes a nice private owner locomotive!

Here's aome updates on my SECR tank locomotive for the portable micro layout.

The side-tanks have been cut off and some pparts need filling in. I tried using plasticard but it was rather fiddly. The original whistle has been taken off and made into a safety valve. The running board has been cut-about and levelled off. The windows have been filled in with Milliput. I thought about cutting the bunker down but ultimately left it as is.

Once the other bits are acquired, they wil also be added. Keep watching for more!

4 hours ago, Gibbo675 said:

For old time sake:

 

 

 

 

Gibbo.

So, would this be the GWR Marquess Class?

2 hours ago, Aire Head said:

What paints are you using?

To answer your question, I use acrylic paints such as Humbrol, Reeves and Galeria. I used enamel stuff once but it was too sticky and slippery for my brushes, Rather than gunk them up, I would use what I work best with.

I've been looking for this thread on how to make the tight curves for a micro layout I have been planning and wanting to do (the videos are on the thread).

What I really want is to make a 00 Gauge micro layout that is easy to set up and run trains and also to fold up and store away when not in use. So, which length should I go for in choosing flexi-track? I tried using 1st radius curves (or was it 2nd radius curves) to measure and they layout was measured at 30" wide by 44" inches long I was hoping to make it a wee bit shorter and slightly thinner in order for it to become a portable model railway.

I have just made the measurements of the micro layout I was planning to do and it's 30 inches wide by 44 inches long. Because I don't have any flexi-track to make curves, I might as well order some up as well as points, controller with wires and, of course, baseboard. I was intending to make it 28" long by 30" wide but we'll see how it goes.