JamieR4489

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Love Ain't For Keeping - The Who

Lots of filler has been used to fill gaps and correct bits such as the spectacle plate windows which I made too big. I cut a dome of an old Hornby green tank engine. For some reason though, it wasn't apple green, it was a dark green. the engine had lots of copper and brass bits on it and had 'GWR' on the side; I assume this means 'Gresley Was Right'! The chimney came of the same loco. As you can see, I made boiler bands out of tape. A smokebox door was cut of an old Hornby 0-4-0 and cut and filed to shape. At least this donor engine was the right shade of green! The chimney presented an issue. It was straight but I needed a tapered, Robinson chimney. At first I used filler and this attempt ended with predictable results, so I cut a piece of 10thou plasticard and wrapped it around the chimney, smoothing it once it had fully hardened. Filler was used to blend it into the chimney cap and base and to fill the gaps between the chimney base and the smokebox. I've done the first handrail using wire and knobs from a Hornby 8f body I had lying around. I tried to make the pony truck pick up as well as the driving wheels but this didn't work so I unsoldered all the wires and put everything back to how it was. Then, I cut out the tank tops and put them on some right angle plastic to make it easier to glue them to the tank sides The frame extensions have been moved from the chassis to the body to give them a bit more support and when the bufferbeams are fitted (which is probably going to be the next job) the rear one will also help support them. The boiler is still loose so unless I can think of anything to add to it it will be glued to the body soon. Then the fronts of the tanks can be added. I borrowed an RCTS book covering the N6s so this will came in handy for picking an identity. With regard to signals, a bit of work has been done. I attached a motor to a signal and took it to the club to put on the layout but I obviously didn't use enough glue because the motor came off again. Two more signals have been primed and I'll paint them soon . Jamie

I've made loads of progress on the N6. Yesterday, I started off by cutting the bunker sides and cab sides out as one piece. Here the bunker side nearest the camera was too long, this has now been corrected. Then the cab bulkheads and splasher sides were cut out of 1mm plasticard. I made the pony truck by drilling a hole in a piece of scrap-etch and drilling a corresponding hole in the bottom of the chassis. At the opposite end, I soldered on a piece of brass tube that was just the right size for the axle to go through (I think the tube is 2.5mm diameter) and I found some wheels that were about the right size (I'm not sure what make they are but I think they're either Gibson or Romford). Then I gave the loco a quick test run on the layout No problems presented themselves although the body is a bit too high at the back so that will be corrected. Most of the work done today was on the boiler. I bought some 10thou plasticard from my local model shop but they only had it in clear so I cut a strip off and sprayed it grey. This formed the smokebox wrapper and the firebox. To make sure the firebox top was flush with the top of the boiler, I filed at flat spot on top of the boiler and then glued the firebox over the top. I also used this to make a base for the smokebox door. The tops of the splashers and the 'piano front' were made out of old 10thou plasticard I had left over.The bunker rear was made from 40thou plasticard which had a slight angle put on it. The boiler hasn't been glued on yet as it's easier to work on it and the rest of the chassis this way. The boiler has to be put in before the tank tops and fronts. As the picture shows, I got the cab spectacle plate windows a bit wrong so I'll put some filler in and try again. Some frame extensions were made out of 1mm plasticard and were glued to the chassis As you can see there are quite a few gaps in the tanks so I'll go round with the filler tonight and clean it up tomorrow. Jamie

I finished building the signals this morning (they just needed lamps and post caps) and repaired the horsebox as much as I could with the bits I’d managed to recover. And now for something completely different... I was bored this afternoon and was looking at various bits I had lying around. I found a couple of 0-6-0 chassis’ and so I started looking through the LNER encyclopaedia and seeing what locos I might be able to make. Eventually I narrowed it down to an N10 or an N6. As I’m trying to model around Newark I thought an N6 would be more appropriate. So I looked around on google and decided that an N6 was feasible. Then I got the plasticard out and started cutting. First I cut the running board out of 2mm plasticard The chassis is a Hornby Railways generic 0-6-0 chassis. It’s not the greatest chassis but this project is just something fun to do to keep me out of trouble. I’ll add a pony truck later. Next I cut the boiler from a sink plunger handle (of all things) that I was going to use for my O1 I built last year but didn’t. Then the tanks were cut from 1mm plasticard. This isn’t going to be a scale replica but rather something that has a passing resemblance made out of bits I have lying around. Jamie

I got round to glazing the GNR d.281 and put the coach back together. Unless I decide to change anything or realise I've missed something off I'm calling it finished now. Here are some photos of it along with some photos of it with my d.303, to show the difference in finish. I think I'll finish building signals and motorise them next, although I have been eyeing-up a South Eastern Finecast J6... Jamie

I've finished the sleeper wagon. I may weather it a bit more, particularly on the inside but for now I'm happy with it. I also weathered the roof of the GNR coach but I was a bit heavy handed and it was far too black. I repainted it today in a darker grey than I had previously and then went over it with a black wash, putting more on around the roof ventilators. Some more signal parts arrived in the week so I'll finally be able to finish off the ones I'm currently working on and then I'll try and repair a Parkside LNER horsebox that I knocked of the dining room table workbench onto the floor.

Good evening Tony, I've finished the NER C8 sleeper wagon you gave me. I'll bring it along to the Ely show as well as a few other bits I've made recently. Jamie

Thanks Mike. I'll try and remember to do that on the next signals I make. Jamie

I've been working on all of my current projects this weekend. Firstly another signal for Wickham Market was motorised. This is the bracket signal for the Framlingham branch. I finished painting the GNR brake 3rd and then put the transfers on. I also printed off some seats made by Mike Trice and folded them up before sticking them in (I also painted the interior with Revell 89 Beige at this point). Here you can see them before I painted the walls and floor and touched up the seats where there was white showing through. The coach was then weathered with a black and brown wash: The door handles and buffers were also added. All the coach needs now is glazing and the w-irons to be glued to the floor (they're held in by blu-tac and friction at the moment) although I think the roof is a bit too clean. Both wagons have been weathered and the PO wagon is now finished. It's going in my coal empties rake so I didn't put a load in but lead has been glued into the floor recesses because the wagon barely weighed anything. The sleeper wagon has been painted with Humbrol 128 Compass grey and the interior was painted with Humbrol 26 Kahki (the PO wagon's interior was also painted in this colour). Then after a coat of Humbrol Clear I added the transfers (Modelmasters') and sprayed on some Humbrol 49 matt varnish. The wagon will be weathered soon and I don't plan to put a load in it. Jamie

Here's how I do teak: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/143104-jamier4489s-workbench/&do=findComment&comment=3509086 Jamie

I've made lots of progress on all of my current projects apart from the signals. It was running night at my club yesterday so I decided to try and get the NER sleeper wagon, the GNR brake 3rd and a Slater's PO wagon that a club member gave me ready in time. The sleeper wagon had tension lock couplings fitted into custom made NEM pockets made out of styrene. It also had a first coat of paint. The PO wagon had its underframe painted as it was still in bare plastic. Couplings were added in the form of bits of bent wire glued into holes drilled into the bufferbeams. It's also been partially weathered. The GNR coach had partitions fitted at the weekend Then after being primed, I painted the stepboards and ends of the coach black. Then I started on the teaking process. The first thing I did was to paint the sides in Revell 17 Africa brown: It looks quite bad here but this was just the first coat. I deliberately made it so that there wasn't an even covering, to try and make the finish a bit more varied. In retrospect, I should've painted some of the panels different colours at this stage to aid the varied finish. Then I brushed on Humbrol 62 Leather in the direction of the graining. I deliberately used an old brush. The picture isn't great because the light is shining on the wet paint but after one or two coats of leather it looks quite good. As I'd forgotten to pick out some panels in other colours, I decided to experiment and paint the panels after the leather had been painted on, creating this effect: Then I brushed leather over the top of those panels: You can just about see the slightly darker panels. The roof was then painted Humbrol 106 Ocean Grey and the solebars painted leather. A few touch ups were made and then I gave the coach a quick test on the layout and there weren't any issues (I'd also fitted couplings by this stage). The next thing to do will be to detail the interior and start painting other parts of the body that I didn't get round to. Jamie

Bittern has a non streamlined corridor tender. Kingfisher would probably be best

Kingfisher could be a good donor. It's got the right tender and would just need the chimney changing, the lamp iron and whistle moving and overhead warning flashes added. The top of the tender would also need to be painted black.

I've fitted the roof ventilators and lamps as well as the bufferbeams and buffers. The bufferbeam at the compartments end has a slot in it for the brass clip that holds the end of the body on. Today I fitted the grab rails and the handrail at the compartment end of the coach. I've also filled in the gaps in the solebars and stepboards, using 1mm styrene for the solebars and 30thou styrene for the stepboards. Humbrol filler has been added and gaps in the NER sleeper wagon have also been filled. The w-irons and central axle assembly have been cleaned and will be primed tomorrow. Some brass has been glued length-ways along the roof windows. I think I'll start on the interior or add bufferbeam detail next. Jamie

Today the Science Museum Group have published a new operation vehicle strategy which outlines which national collection vehicles might be overhauled and which won't and any new vehicles that will be added to the collection. https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/op-rail-vehicle-strategy-2019_FINAL.pdf

Two steps forward, one step back... I'd been trying to make my first chassis go round my layout's tightest curves all week when I suddenly realised yesterday that the w-irons were sitting too low in relation to the axleboxes because I'd glued the solebars on to the sides of the floor rather than the bottom of it. This resulted in the vehicle sitting about 2mm too high. So I prised the solebars, axleboxes and stepboards off the floor, breaking a few of them in the process but these have been glued back together and hopefully filler will cover any cracks or joins. I made a new floor out of 1mm plasticard as the old floor was covered in glue and wasn't very good. At the weekend I got some right angle plastic and glued this to the floor, then glued the solebars to the side of that. More plastic angle has since been added to strengthen the joints. I've made up the w-irons and an MJT wagon compensation unit (I think) for the middle axle. This is the same arrangement as the one I used on my dia.303 full brake and it works fine; In fact the chassis now works far better than the previous one did! I then test fitted everything together It looks like the middle wheel isn't quite central so I'll attend to that soon. The next step will be to make the bufferbeams and make a way to hold the body and the chassis together. My plan for this at the moment is to screw the two together in the guards compartment and then at the opposite end to have a brass hook hanging down from the body that the chassis will rest on. As the floor now actually locates inside the body rather than the body sitting on top, this will eliminate any risk of the body not being central on the chassis. Jamie

We're Not Gonna Take It - The Who

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The N2 was withdrawn late last year so unless recordings have already been made it could be a while before someone can stick microphones all over it.

Also, Royal Lancer is in GNR condition, i.e. it's got no bufferbeam cutouts, higher saftey valves, chimney and cab roof ventilator and short travel valves. I'm not sure when these features were modified to suit the LNER loading gauge.

Thanks, As a base coat I used Revell 117 Africa brown and then dry brushed Humbrol 62 leather over the top in the direction of the graining. To weather the model I used a matt black-brown wash applied quite liberally and then most of it was cleaned off with a cotton bud. Before I weathered it, the coach was given two coats of Humbrol clear to give a varnished wood effect. When I get round to teaking the 6 wheel coach I’m working on at the moment I’ll go into a bit more detail and take some photos. Jamie

Hornby have never done a streamlined non corridor tender in apple green. Firdaussi tows a non streamlined non corridor tender and Woolwinder tows an ex-GNR tender