PAT JAYA 185

As a NG modeller I model in both 4-7mm. My steam locomotives tend to be in 4mm and my diesel locos in 7mm. After establishing myself with a fairly decent size 009 layout (still under construction) I discovered 09 gauge, and couldn’t resist building a layout. It isn’t by no means complete, but It has allowed my to get familia with the scale. As I love a bit of a challenge I thought I would see if I could build a 7mm cakebox challenge in a week. Unfortunately by day 4 life managed to get itself in the way, and it came to a screeching halt. With two days remaining in the cakebox challenge I’m going to see if I can get this finished. During the summer I visited the incredible Moseley heritage museum in Redruth, Cornwall. I would strongly recommend visiting on one of their open days, especially if you have an interest in old mining locomotives. The museum has a substantial collection of small battery mechanical and diesel mining locomotives and bits of stock, old tippers etc. They have about a mile of track and a few sidings. It is a private collection I believe and it is run with the aid of volunteers. Which were extremely knowledgeable and very helpful. I was staggered as to how great this almost secret little railway was, and chuffed that I had found it. I mean they have a working three way point. I will definitely be returning at some point in he future.

I’m really pleased with the resin puddles. I used tacky glue to add the ripples and they are still nice and clear. A much better result than my first attempt.

Some more to follow

It’s finished a diorama based on the Northamptonshire Meter gauge ironstone railways. It’s called ‘The lost days of ironstone’ . What do you think????? ill post some more pictures shortly.....

Thanks Ben, yeah not bad for a kit almost twice my age! The paint job came out exactly as I had hoped, which was a relief. She’s pretty looking rough...

I have left one of the rear spectacle glass panes out as if it is broken. The other I have added a crack. Although you can’t really see the crack in this picture... I’ve popped one of my water colour backscenes behind it for a bit of atmosphere.

So the Peckett is almost finished, and I’m very pleased with the out come so far. The livery I think is just what I was looking for and the patina and weathering in just right for a heavily worked locomotive that has sat for a couple of years awaiting rescuing. Unfortunately during painting the rear wheels has seized. So once this model has been entered I will attack it with tools!

The first coat of the fantastic paint job in attempting is on, this will be given a coat of Humbrol Matt varnish to protect in from the next coat of paint, which will be an off white base coat, followed by the locomotives actually colour, naval light grey (which is really little blue)

Yeah this looks great, you have captured such a nostalgic atmosphere. I bet it was a fun build?!

Mardy Monster Had a great patina when it was working at Tower colliery in the mid 70’s

Now with primer on, it’s ready for a closer inspection to check for any In discrepancies, and at this stage I use dry wet and dry paper to gently smooth down any rough surfaces and remove any unsightly glue marks. I think I might remove the rear spectacle bars too. I also have to glue the roof panel on still, but after I have painted inside the cab. As for paint I’m thinking a rust under paint look, rather than completely rusty. I will post some examples......

Hi Dava, thank you, I’m quite please with it myself, and I am planning to have it running but not until the cakebox challenge has been entered. In fact I am also planning a 4ftx1.8ft Meter gauge layout now (00MG) I think it would be a nice break from 009 modelling and a good chance to build something in almost standard gauge size. i have a few new techniques that I’m looking forward to trying out, and as I’m mentioned I’m thoroughly enjoying this project and the fact it has opened up new possibilities to pounder. Your thread is fantastic and I will definitely be using it for Inspiration. Thank you for the pointer. I am planning to visit irchester at some point in the future too.

Adding Archer rivet transfers, was possibly my least favourite job, but over time I seem to have got to grips with it. Finally. I’ve alsoadded the braking gear which I’m very glad I did, although it isn’t very noticeable once painted, they do complete the look affectively

So I have managed to finish building the Peckett and added most of the detail. There is only hand rails, rivets and couplings to go now. Progress has been very good with this build and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m going to be trying out a fairly new paint technique to me. Although I have done the ‘hair spray’ technique before I have only done it in 7mm, so I’ll have to see how it works in 4mm. So last fittings now, rivets then primer...

Thoroughly Enjoying this build, and it’s coming together nicely. The super structure is almost finished and then I will be moving on to the filler and filing stage. Once everything is smooth and straight, I will make a start on the tiny details. I’m really enjoying modelling a bigger locomotive for once, as I normally model in 009 gauge. These meter gauge locomotive, in some cases were very similar in size to a standard gauge locomotives. The firebox detail isn’t to my normal standards, but I had the detail from the austerity kit and time isn’t really on my side, and as the cab is so enclosed you’ll barely be able to see it anyway.

To be honest it is finished, but I hadn’t thought to start a build topic till I had finished. I have an Instagram account that I normally post my builds on, so I have all the detail and posts in the correct order on my Instagram account, I’m just transferring onto RMweb. I’m posting in between shifts at work as I am a chef and currently in my busiest period of the year. Thanks for the comment and please watch this space....

Moving on quickly to the diorama. Subject: The end of the Ironstone industry in Northamptonshire. Year: Mid 1970’s Location: No actual location just a Meter gauge Northamptonshire industrial line, having ceased production. My first cake box challenge was of a Cornish Foundry Locomotive sheds. This was loosely based on the Sunderland ship building yards. If you didn’t see it, it was very dark and heavily weathered which looked good, but I definitely wanted to look for a different approach to modelling heavily used industrial landscapes. In my view these challenges need to be about experimenting with new techniques or attempting new methods to extract better results. I was desperately disappointed with my attempt of puddles on my last cake box challenge, so that was on the list of techniques to prefect, plus I have been struggling with modelling open water on my actual layout. So if I could tackle that too that would be great. I was really impressed with Ikea’s packaging and had kept a load of it from a recent purchase. So this seemed like the correct thing to use. I love its honeycomb structure (see picture one) It is extremely light and very strong! Brilliant for modelling dioramas. I have used a fairly deep base, and cut the layers with a Stanley knife, then glued them together with super glue. Next using black mounting card for the edges, i glued them into place with using super glue again. Once the track was down I used sand and fish tank stones from Wilko to build up the ground cover, glued down with watered down PVA. Once this has all set I use clay to blend the sand and stones together. It gives it a muddy Stoney look I feel, and I like it. After all of this has set, I spray painted it with Matt Black and the a light spray with grey primer. Everything is then dry brushed with white acrylic paint.