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    Great British Locomotives

    in Other Magazines

    Posted

    Although I visit RMWEB from time to time to see how thw GBL thread is progressing and to see what others have been doing with the models, I don't usually post anything as I don't have any useful contribution to make to the thread.  Mention of the release of City of Truro, however, reminded me that Airfix Magazine had quite a lot of articles in the mid-1960s on the conversion possibilities of the Airfix (ex-Kitmaster) kit.  I indexed my copies of Airfix Magazine shortly after I retired and I thought I'd post a list of these articles in case it might be useful for anyone thinking of conversions using the new GBL model.

     

    Some of the articles involve the use of parts from the Prairie Tank kit which is now £10.10 from Dapol so they might be rather an expensive proposition for a static background model.  In addition, the different breakdown of parts between the kit and the new model would probably require a different approach.  Even so, the articles might provide a useful starting point and the magazines are currently very cheap on E-Bay UK.  Anyway, here's the list:

     

    AIRFIX MAGAZINE ARTICLES on CITY of TRURO KIT

    CITY OF TRURO DETAILING  FEBRUARY 1967

    CITY OF TRURO KIT REPRESENTS LOCO AS APPEARED IN PERIOD DEC 1956 TO 1962/3 P318  JUNE 1965 (LETTER)

    CITY OF TRURO MOTORISING JULY 1965

    GWR 43XX CLASS MOGUL CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO & PRAIRIE TANK KITS Pt1 THE LOCO  MAY 1967

    GWR 43XX CLASS MOGUL CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO & PRAIRIE TANK KITS Pt2 MOTORISING THE MOGUL (TENDER MODS & MOTOR) JUNE 1967

    GWR 93XX MOGUL CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO & PRAIRIE TANK KITS  AUGUST 1967

    GWR ABERDARE CLASS LOCO CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO  SEPTEMBER 1967

    GWR BIRD CLASS LOCO CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO KIT  MARCH 1968

    GWR BULLDOG CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO KIT & PRAIRIE TANK WHEELS  DECEMBER 1967

    GWR COUNTY CLASS CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO  NOVEMBER 1967

    GWR CURVED BULLDOG CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO   FEBRUARY 1968

    GWR DUKEDOG LOCO CONV FROM CITY OF TRURO & PRAIRIE TANK KITS  APRIL 1968

    GWR FLOWERS & ATBARAS - FLOWER CLASS LOCO  CONV FROM CITY of TRURO  JUNE 1968

     

    The letter in the June 1965 issue makes the point that the kit represents the locomotive as it appeared in the 1950s and 1960s and this might be worth remembering in relation to the GBL model.

     

    I hope this is of some use.

     

    Best wishes,

     

    Gordon McLaughlin

    Thanks Gordon - useful stuff.

     

    O/T, sorry, but that excellent list is only a small indication to non-GW fans that the Great Western is far from 'done' as far as R-T-R locomotives are concerned. Railways didnt just spring into life, fully formed, on January 1st 1923!

    Great British Locomotives

    in Other Magazines

    Posted

    ... if Humbrol can manage a paint that actually sticks ...

     

    To be fair, it's out of Humbrol's hands as to what you choose to paint over - a good undercoat will always give you a better top coat. Try a spray-on black undercoat and work from that, I'm sure it'll help.

    A Guide to using the Silhouette Cameo Cutter

    in Scenery, Structures & Transport

    Posted

    ...it depends what you are trying to do...

     

    Well the idea was that you use it to create masks 'in-situ' to aid the painting stage of a coach side. For example, a GWR 4 wheeled coach has some serious livery to paint, so, paint on a brown undercoat to the main coach side, add masking tape and cut out the mask for some of the lining. Remove the cut outs, paint on the yellow/gold lining and when dry, remove mask and overlay with a separately painted black 'lattice' of panel trim (no idea what the correct term is).

     

    Actually that sounds clear as mud - hopefully you'll understand what I'm getting at?   

    Hornby Star Class

    in Hornby

    Posted

    ... (although I am not how you contact Hornby about it) ...

     

    I contacted Hornby through the website, here http://www.Hornby.com/contact-us/

     

    My replacement wheels arrived very quickly and are now gracing the front end of my star. I have to say that despite the niggles, I will be getting another - the WWI Princess Alice train pack is definitely on my shopping list... but when?  

    Hornby Star Class

    in Hornby

    Posted · Edited by TheCuckoo

    Mine runs beautifully - forwards and backwards - very smooth, very quiet. Lenz silver decoder, tried with both my Hornby Select controller and my new Hornby eLink. 

     

    Edit: Mine is "Knight of the Garter"

    Hornby Star Class

    in Hornby

    Posted · Edited by TheCuckoo

    Yes, two people might well see the same panel as a different colour, but surely if those same two people mix paint to match, then the paint and patch will still match even if the two people see a different colour.

     

    Putting it another way:

    I am wearing a red shirt. Person 1 sees red as red. Person 2 sees red as pink. Both persons are told to select a patch that matches my red shirt. Irrespective of what colour they actually see, surely they'll both select the same patch to match my shirt.

    No, I don't think that follows. For example, I have mild red/green colour blindness (very common in males) and frequently ask for help with colours from my wife. I will show her a photo and ask her "I'm after this colour here - is this it?" and show her what I think is the right colour only to be told that it is a mile out.

     

    In a nutshell, Green Shade A and Green Shade B both look identical to me, but not to her. Hence the problem. 

     

    Clearly I am unable to correctly judge the subtleties of greens, reds and browns... Indian Red, anyone?

    A Guide to using the Silhouette Cameo Cutter

    in Scenery, Structures & Transport

    Posted · Edited by TheCuckoo

    Would it be possible, do you think, to print card(?) laminations first, then cut them, then laminate together to form a pre-printed coach side? It might only need three layers.

     

    I'm in awe at this.

     

    Edit: There's a very nice four-wheeled coach in Russels GWR Coach book (part 1 I think) - all hand cut from card treated with shellac and held together with gum-arabic I seem to remember.

    Hornby P2

    in Hornby

    Posted

    Assuming that the P2 does eventually turn up...

     

    My brother has decided that he quite fancies one of these beautiful engines, and some suitable coaches to go with it, but he isn't much of a 'modeller' - so the question is, can you make a prototypical train for the P2 using just RTR stock? Or is it a kit-building exercise?

    A Guide to using the Silhouette Cameo Cutter

    in Scenery, Structures & Transport

    Posted

    I thought of another possibility for the cutter :- to produce outside framing to fit over the printed Hornby clerestory sides!  If I had any to try, I'd give it a go myself but others might find the idea useful.

     

    This was my initial reaction tbh - so much so that I think I've convinced the wife that she would like a cutter for her card-making hobby! Time will tell.

     

    Seriously though, what has been achieved here is absolutely fantastic. Organised into a standardised, free, open, library of parts drawings - everything from platform benches and station nameboards through to coach sides and bridges - this will revolutionise the hobby. Combined with the falling price of 3D printers we are perhaps witnessing the dawn of a new age of model making. And no, I'm not kidding.  

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    Hornby Star Class

    in Hornby

    Posted · Edited by TheCuckoo

    My Knight of the Garter had a nice running-in turn around a train set oval this afternoon - looks great, runs very smoothly and (with a lenz decoder) is pretty much silent in operation. Only one thing fell off - the screw that holds the tender drawbar in place.

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