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An idea I came up with yesterday, made from bits of GBL Coronation. I guess Stanier caught wind of Gresley's mountain and wanted a piece of the action. I just need to think of a name, number, and livery
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On 22/02/2021 at 09:30, Corbs said:
Dear Messrs. Cunningham,
We were most gratified to receive your locomotive design. The directors have conferred with the engineering staff and suggested a number of amendments, being to reduce the wheel diameter to 4ft 0in, and a move to a six-coupled arrangement with the crank axle located in front of the firebox, and the third axle behind, for a more evenly distributed weight. With the resultant reduction in height, a taller cab shall be possible for enhanced visibility around the large saddle tank.
We hope that these proposals meet with your approval.
Regards,
The Board of Directors
Something for Jouef (I think?) SNCF outside frame 0-6-0 diesel shunter chassis maybe?
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Got this through the post from a very popular selling site beginning with E and ending with Bay this morning. Made by Mainline. I know its a container not a wagon, but I wanted to include it because of the Suffolk connection.
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On 13/10/2020 at 19:29, Furness Wagon said:
POWSides do a 7mm kit for the tank is a Charles Roberts standard acid tanker. I have one labelled for West Cumberland By-Products Flimby. It goes together quite will from what I remember.
Marc
Do you know if they do the kit in OO?
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5 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:
- Check Lightmoor Index.
- If "entry" = nil then result = "despair" else result = "bookshelf".
- If "bookshelf" = "nil" then [Place order with LIghmoor Press] else [reach for volume]
Running this algorithm, I find as Plate 27 of B. Hudson, Private Owner Wagons Vol. 4 (Headstock Publications, 1987) a 14 ton acid tank No. 10 of Prentice Bros. Ltd., Stowmarket, built by Chas. Roberts in 1927, on an RCH 1923 standard wooden underframe. Livery: red tank, light grey frame, black ironwork on solebars and running gear; colour of lettering not stated. As is usual with tank wagons at this period, there is a large cast plate fixed to a wooden block on the solebar - about 1.5" thick - that reads:
PRENTICE BROS LTD
CHEMICAL WORKS
No 10 STOWMRKET
White lettering on a black or red ground.
Thank you. What would be the best way to model that? I know that POW sides do the transfers.
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One thing that hasn't been mentioned on this thread yet is the Prentice Brothers of Stowmarket, a Chemical works. I'd quite like to model one of their 14 ton tanks, does anyone have any information on their livery?
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Has anyone done a photoshop of Gresley's proposed 2-10-2?
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Theres been quite a lot happened since the last update, but I don't feel like writing up an essay on that right now, and I don't know if I'll get the time tomorrow.
Nevermind, I'll show you a project I've started since the last update. I had started to convert a Hornby railroad A1 to an A3, but I realised I didn't have the confidence to finish it before it was too late. So, I cut the smokebox and the front of the footplate off, and glued a GBL A4 front on.
This was part of the smoke lifting experiments that were carried out on 2751 and some others, I'm not sure what identity this will have when it's done yet.
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5 hours ago, Salmotrutta said:
I have a spare chassis which was running poorly and Rapido sent me a replacement. I don't know what the problem was but working on the principle that working poorly is better than not at all you are welcome to have what spares you want from it. I live in the USA so it might be better to just post the gears in rather than send the whole thing. PM me if interested!
PM sent
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I've got a J70 which has stripped some of the teeth on one of the gears; my warranty has run out, I've rung Kernow and because it's out of Warranty there's nothing they can do. Does anyone know of a suitable replacement or where I can get one?
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So. Not much has happened with Aotn today. I got some filler primer on it, and mounted the bogie
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More work on the C7, which needed a tender. So a group standard one, which previously was towed by a Bachmann B1, and had been sitting in my scrap box for months if not years.
So first of all the electric lighting came off
Then the coal load came out.
Then I made up a very crude nameplate in MS paint. This isn't the final version, as I plan to get some etched ones from Narrow Planet.
Don't look too bad (the chimney and bufferbeam were borrowed from my Two WIP A4's.
I've also sanded where the nameplates were flat, and removed some of that blue paint.
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So, this arrived this morning. Long term followers of Corbs' workbench thread will recognise this one.
I've carved off the moulded nameplates each side as I don't like them. It's not perfect but once they're under an etched nameplate it won't be noticeable.
It's got no pickups fitted; so doesn't run. Electrical and Mechanical repairs on locomotives aren't my strong point, so I'm putting that off for now and concentrating on the aesthetics because I prefer that.
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So, I thought it was about time I brought this thread back from the dead.
I found these 2 Ratio 4 wheel coaches on a shelf, both with no rooves.
So some Hornby Clerestories donated their rooves and after some fettling I came to this:
They still need filler, rainstrips and paint but they're 90% there.
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The safety valves on my Peckett have been damaged. anyone know of any brass ( or a similar material )replacements?
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I was researching number 7139, and came across this photo
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1 hour ago, wiggoforgold said:
I patch painted the roof and footplate with Tamiya Acrylics (Mainly NATO Black and Dark Grey). The widows were masked off, and the whole sprayed with Humbrol Acrylic matt varnish (wonderful stuff). I then painted the body all over with Humbrol Smoke weathering powder, mixed with water and Humbrol decalfix. I then wiped most of it off with a damp cotton bud. When dry, more was removed with a damp cotton bud. The skirts were brushed with Humbrol earth weathering powder, used dry this time. I also used a mix of earth and red oxide powders on the skirts and cowcatchers. Some dust coloured paint was lightly airbrushed on the bottom of the skirts.
It still needs a crew (Airfix) a lamp (Modelu) and the supplied shed plates fitting.
Alex
What does the decalfix do?
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The Ipswich Dock lines ones should have run with enclosed motion at all times, but sideskirts seem to have been an optional extra, even pre WW2....
By the mid 1950's, photos show that Hunslet 0-6-0 diesels were running around the docks without any skirts/cowcatchers fitted - only the 3 Hunslet 0-4-0 diesels which replaced the tram locos carried these.
The last skirt/cowcatcher fitted locos (04 diesels) lost theirs in the early 1970's and all subsequent locos used up to the lines closing in the 1990's had no protection at all.
In the 1950's there was even this D.I.Y. 2-4-0T as well...!!!
Are there any photos of J70's on Ipswich dock with sideskirts and cowcatchers?
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Those used on the dock lines seem generally to have run with cowcatchers but NO side skirts.
I spoke to the GER society at a model railway exhibtion, and I was told that because docksides like Ipswich ran over public roads, the locomotives working on the dock had to have sideskirts and cowcatchers, but as you've said this didn't always happen
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*I think I'm going to end up painting my 812 wheels and frames black when they arrive, although I realise this will likely get me put on the list.
I've already alerted the mob who are going to throw bricks through your window when the time is appropriate
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Well, I heard back from the job I interviewed from. Despite them making all the right noises at the time, unfortunately I didn't get the position. Ah well, back on the hunt...
In more positive news, a chance conversation with some friends went to the topic of Thingiverse, a website that allows people to upload 3D printable models for others to download for free and print.
This coincided with the Hacklab gaining a new 3D printer (on loan from a member). It's a Fused Filament Fabrication printer (the "traditional" type that squirts molten plastic through a nozzle to build up the model in layers) rather than one of the fancy resin ones with the ridiculously high resolutions (and prices to match!). However, I've used it for some things on "Medium" resolution (0.15mm layer height) and been impressed by the print quality...
Well, I found a very simple panelled coach and matching brake coach on Thingiverse and decided to see what would happen if I printed them at the highest resolution (0.05mm later height - roughly 2 thou high). Result from the software: 2.5 days to print!
Somewhat alarmed, I decided to print only the 3 main parts of one coach (omitting the passengers and plastic wheels) and see what would happen. A slightly more reasonable print time, only 26 hours this time. I loaded the file onto the printer yesterday afternoon and headed home a few hours later. At that point, the parts looked like this:
Fast forward 26 hours and I arrived at the lab to find the printer finished and this waiting for me:
IMG_20190104_220249891_BURST001.jpgNot having time to clean it up, I grabbed the print and ran for my train. Half an hour of cleaning up the support material with a scalpel (I don't have and abrasives or files with me) and I think what I've got is a passable coach. It's not got a perfect finish, but there's very little stepping. It needs a fair bit more tidying up, then it'll get a coat of primer next week and we'll really see. The roof is not great, with lots of visible stepping, and I may end up replacing this. Time will tell. All told, though, it's an interesting piece and only cost less than a fiver, so a worthwhile experiment! I've definitely built worse resin kits, anyway!
Sorry to hear you didn't get the job Linny
On a happier note the coach Looks good, what type of coach is it?
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Has anyone had one of these apart? if so how do they come apart?
Luke's Back To The Workbench - OO gauge, mainly RTR climbing Mountains and Crossing the Atlantic
in Modifying & Detailing RTR stock
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I have decided that I want to keep this thread for any non LNER modelling I do, and post all of my LNER content over on the LNER forum.
Those that follow the imaginary locomotives thread will have seen this. It's a streamlined LMS Mountain. I've decided on the name Dreadnought. It will be finished in black, with straw lining. As for number, I'm not sure yet; Toying with the idea of using the number of one of the withdrawn L&YR Dreadnoughts.
I started filling in the gaps where I put the new section in. It doesn't help that I seem to have an inability to cut things straight.
I put a coat of paint on it; just so I can see where needs more sanding/filling.
Using the bits leftover from Dreadnought I made an Atlantic. I don't have a name, number or final livery for this engine yet, although I may make it part of the fictional city class and keep it in Crimson.