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Hi Corbs, Mostly bad lighting, it looks fine to my eye but then the camera sees things differently ! Gibbo.

Hi Southwell, Your crane looks fantastic, super work and thanks for the nod ! I shall have to finish mine off, the transfers are in the box ready but I'm doing other stuff at the moment. Gibbo.

Hi Mr Mole, Do what I did and buy some glasses that filter out the 450-500 nano metre wavelengths of blue light when using any sort of screen. Gibbo.

Hi Andrew, I cut a strip of plasticard slightly larger than needed and then use a hacksaw or junior hacksaw to scribe the grills into the plasticard. The method I use is to hold the plasticard strip against the flat face of a file and then use the frame of the saw as a guide. Gibbo.

Sad news ! I liked this quip of his which is unfortunately rather poignant ; "I tried living every day as though it was my last, but I found that lying in bed all day slipping in and out of consciousness to be quite tiresome." He was good at black humour. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here is the Y6 with cab windows fitted, the windows are made form .030" transparent sheet cut to size, masked off and then the perimeter and edges painted to match the body sides. When the paint was dry I glued them in place with carefully applied PVA. Unfortunately the photography is worse than usual ! Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here is the Y6 with cab windows fitted, the windows are made form .030" transparent sheet cut to size, masked off and then the perimeter and edges painted to match the body sides. When the paint was dry I glued them in place with carefully applied PVA. Un fortunately the photography is worse than usual ! Gibbo.

Hi Mr Tree Man, I went the other way and used the top half of the bullied and a modified bottom of the 9F, here is what it looks like, Unfortunately the spray varnish bloomed and I haven't yet stripped it back and repainted it. Gibbo.

Cheers Annie, Thanks for that ! I just need to do the cab windows now and its finished. Rule 1 is most useful in a variety of circumstances and I do like that your engines have retained GER blue. I have a motorbike painted in GER livery. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, The Y6 has been repainted into Early BR bauxite brown instead of the standard BR bauxite which it was painted in the previous posts. It has also had its transfers applied, it has been numbered 68083 for that is the only one of the class to carry a BR number. I'm not sure that the locomotive even carried British Railways on its sides but I think it looks the part, so there it is. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, The Y6 has been repainted into Early BR bauxite brown instead of the standard BR bauxite which it was painted in the previous posts. It has also had its transfers applied, it has been numbered 68083 for that is the only one of the class to carry a BR number. I'm not sure that the locomotive even carried British Railways on its sides but I think it looks the part, so there it is. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, The Y6 has been repainted into Early BR bauxite brown instead of the standard BR bauxite which it was painted in the previous posts. It has also had its transfers applied, it has been numbered 68083 for that is the only one of the class to carry a BR number. I'm not sure that the locomotive even carried British Railways on its sides but I think it looks the part, so there it is. Gibbo. Edit: Forgot to mention the repaint.

Hi SC, That bloke look nothing like Dave Allen !!! Gibbo.

Hi Folks, The pantograph for the N gauge Kearsley Locomotive arrived this morning, a quick measure up, the drilling of two location holes and a dab of cyanoacrylate glue and it was fitted. The locomotive may in future be seen on either Nine Mills or Burshaw. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here is one for Stubby47. It is the N gauge Kearsley Power Station Locomotive now with its pantograph fitted. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Today I have manufactured the fixing brackets for the bogies of No.1 and No.2. By sheer chance the underside of the body is at just about the right height that the when the supplied mounting bracket is in contact with it the buffer height is just about correct. I say just about because No.1 required a .010" shim to lift it slightly but for some reason that I am unable to measure No.2 doesn't need one. To allow the supplied bracket to fit up to the underside of the body I drilled a hole just under size of the screw head of that fastens the bracket I then measured the hole to check centre with my very-near calipers and filed to finish so that the head of the screw provides the location of the bogie and to ensure central location. The next job was to form a mounting block form two pieces of .080" plasticard to secure the supplied bracket. The block was offered into place in the crook of the bend of the bracket, marked up and a hole drilled. Once a screw was fitted to locate the bracket to the mounting block glue was applied to the mounting block and then the head of the bogie screw was located into the underside of the body. The bracket and the mounting block were then positioned upon the centre line and squared up. Once cured the hole in the mounting block was drilled through and the screw wound home to secure the bogie. The pivot centre for the unpowered bogie was then drilled 1.5mm on the centre line, 26mm back from the buffer beam and then the bolster of the bogie was drilled using the same size drill. I measured over the axles and split the difference to find the centre of the bogie. I then temporarily mounted the bogie using the drill bit as a pivot pin checking for centrality, No. 1 was about .5mm out of centre so I then drilled both holes out to 2.5mm and gently filled both so the bogie would centralise. The hole in the body was filed so that the securing screw wound in easily and the hole in the bogie was drilled clear of the screw and slightly countersunk to accept the screw head. The packing plate on top of the bolster had the leadng and trailing edges of its upper surface relived so that it would rock more easily about the pivot screw. As the inner ends of the bogies of No.2 are to the full depth of the bogie unlike those of No.1 it was fond necessary to relive the vertical plate of the cross stretcher to clear the mounting block and bracket. Shewing the underside of No.1 assembled and No.2 shewing the pivot location holes and mounting block. Gibbo.

Hi Keith, It would seem that once that they have destroyed our culture we will have nothing left to fight them for. Gibbo.

Hi Tim, I have so far spent two years nearly starting my GT3. In an attempt to gee myself up I bought the paint transfers to go with it recently but the model is still in its box. Gibbo.

Hi Mr Goldfish, Not sure if you are aware of the following but I follow these two threads and think you may appreciate them also: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130605-imaginary-rolling-stock/page-4 https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/128805-fictional-units-not-boardrooms/page-2 I particularly like the GWR mail van with GPO pick up apparatus. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Not so much stupidity but quite mad that the cars just sit there. Gibbo.

Hi 30801, Here is my question, does this shew the language of mathematics or the mathematical nature of language ? I note you use a number as a name, is this a clue ? Gibbo.

Hi Folks, This is my latest rebuild of an AC Electric locomotive that was stated about thirty years ago. It is another class 81 except that this one will be in electric blue with white cab roofs, blue buffer beams and full yellow ends. I haven't decided upon a number but when I do it will dictate whether or not it will receive crests or arrows upon its body side. This locomotive will not have the additional air tanks upon the roof although it will only have the one pantograph at No. 2 end as are the refurbished locomotives. The underframe detail is as I made it all that time ago although it will be repainted along with the rest of it Gibbo.

Hi Folks, No real work again today and too cold to play motorbikes so lots of modelling instead. I have been busy with the bogies, first was to cut out and fit the spring detail to the bogies of No. 1 and then I set about making all of the cross stretchers for the rest of the bogies. All of the unpowered bogies are now complete leaving only two of the unpowered bogies to build up. The unpowered bogies now have some Alan Gibson wheel sets that better match the flange profiles of the Tenshodo drive units, I pinched these from a Freightliner FGA which is now grounded. The new wheel sets imply run in the bogie frames as they would have done when they were crane bogies. In the case of the powered bogies a bit of design was required, after looking at the supplied brackets I chose the one I thought most suitable and fitted it to the bogie. Before doing so I first measured the size of the projection of the bracket, it was found to be 6mm X 6mm X .75mm and 20mm over the total width of the bracket. This was a useful size for the dimension between the inner faces of the bogie reinforcing strips is 21.5mm. I then set about manufacturing some sockets that fitted over the bracket projections these were from two pieces of 14mm X 6mm X.030" plasticard sandwiching two pieces of 6mm X 4mm X .030" plasticard. These were found to be quite a tight fit upon the brackets so I relieved the brackets with a file so that they became a close sliding fit. I was careful to ensure that the sockets were squarely made so that they would sit in the correct alignment when upon the brackets. I added a slim fillet to the underside of the reinforcing strip on the inner faces of the bogie so that the engaged interface would be maximised for strength and then after a dry run to check clearances I applied glue to the inner faces of the bogies and positioned them over the Tenshodo unit with the fabricated sockets placed upon the brackets. The unpowered bogies were placed upon a piece of track and the distance from the work bench top to the underside of the horn ties was measured, this was found to be 7mm. The powered bogies were placed upon the piece of track centred upon the axles and the under keeps were pushed down to 7mm spacers to set the running height. So far the powered bogies for No. 1 and No. 2 have been built this way, I shall build up the last two powered bogies for No. 3 and No. 4 using the same pair of Tenshodo units so that when I get another pair they will slot straight into place. Tenshodo unit shewing fabricated sockets Bogie frame of No.2 shewing fillet piece to allow full engagement of the sockets. Bogie Frames of No.1 Shewing the socket attachments to the Tenshodo unit and the unpowered bogie. No. 1 and No. 2 upon their bogies. As may be seen the bogies of No. 1 have an inverted laminate spring connected to the bogie frame via flexible links to an equalising beam. The bogies of No. 2 have independent suspension of a single laminate spring over the tops of the axle box again connected via flexible links. Gibbo. Edit: Additional photograph of No 1's bogies.

Hi Chuffinhell, When I was a child I used to eat my dinners in a set order, ie. potatoes, then carrots, then peas, then meat. There was no way I could have mashed potato with peas in the same mouthful !!! There was an element of save the best bit until last about it also. I forced myself out of it, will power over my own perceived unusual behaviour. I now have the best of both worlds in which can either mix it all up or arrange for absolute structure in whatever I am doing. "Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to loose." "Named must your fear be before banish you can." -Yoda, (George Lucas). "The recognition of madness, even in oneself, is the true path to sanity." -Arthur Schopenhaur. Gibbo. PS. I always try to use Verdana in my posts, despite preferring Palatino Linotype, I have even edited my posts to change it when I forget. You see, I'm still bonkers. Edit: The text posted twice for some reason.

Hi Folks, Here is a North British electric locomotive, it is a SAR type 4E and runs on 1Co-Co1 bogies. It is a looks to me like a long class 84 on class 40 bogies. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/SAR_Class_4E_E238.jpg/970px-SAR_Class_4E_E238.jpg The SAR type 3E were built by Metropolitan Vickers and has a look of the gas turbine about them and the SAR type 5E wer built by English electric having a style all of their own. Gibbo.