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The lining on Welsh Pony has been going on and is now complete although a few pictures will say otherwise. Now I need to turn my attention to princess.
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A pair of Gauge 3 gresley coach bogies from the GRS kit that have been modified to have internal springs. This has been created by soldering on a short length of 5mm brass angle on the inner bogie frame faces with the addition of an 8BA bolt down facing. The top of each axle box has had a recess drilled into it to allow the spring to be captured. The other end of the spring rests on the underside of the brass angle with the 8BA bolt to keep it in check and to stop it from pinging out. The springs are from my spares box originally from the Smith’s range of 00 screw links and 3 links that I did not need to use.
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A loco that is nearing completion is the restoration of a vintage scratch built gauge 3 LSWR wide cab T9 with a 6 wheel tender. The loco is made out of all manner of scrap materials and I think it was originally built in circa 1960.
The loco came to me in a pretty bad way. It’s had a lot of work done to it and the final major job was completed this week in repairing some damage to the driving wheel hubs. It currently has a tender drive motor but I am going to try to encourage the owner to replace it with a more modern motor and gearbox on the loco drive axle. The boiler is not in its final position in case you are wondering why it’s inclined.
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Thanks guys it interesting reading your comments and input. I would lie to find a list from halfords in excel format so i can see what current colours are still matching the original list i had in the opening post.
Cheers
Mark
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Hi All. Some years ago, someone very helpfully did a chart listing the various Halfords car paints and the equivalent of that colour in model form which is brilliant. However, as the years move on cars come and go. Some colours are no longer used on cars. It is understandable that some of the Halfords spray colour paints may also be discontinued.
I have found at least three colours that no longer exist in the list below.They are Rover damask red or the Vauxhall gazelle beige and VW Pargas Blue.
I am currently in the middle of painting a gauge 3 railcar into blood and custard. Upon a visit to Halfords I was unable to find/get the Rover damask red or the Vauxhall gazelle beige. It is worthy of note you do not see many beige cars around today as it was a colour of the 1970-80’s.
So, my question is has anyone done an updated version of the list below?
If yes, then any help with regards the blood and custard colours would be greatly appreciated. I know Railmatch do the paints however the paint batches can be a bit poor on quality control whereas the quality control on Halfords is generally a lot better.
Any help ideas or tips greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Mark
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20 hours ago, andytrains said:
GosTURDe strikes again.
Surely this Gosturde must be aware of the comments on here about his ludicrous pricing for old crap. If it was me would be embarrased and feel shame
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and another clearly a brakevan kit bashed to resemble a pantograph version of a wisbech tram. Asking for a lot of money for something that is not even motorised
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What a shocking model and what an even more shocking price tag??
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words fail me on this one................
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How can they seriously say its worth £99.99
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I model in gauge 3 and the larger the scale the large the cost but at £4500 this is delusional especially when the loco is in a terrible state. For the same money you can buy a RTR kingscale live steam gas fired Britannia.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-LOCOMOTIVE-STEAM-TANK-ENGINE-G3-2-5-GAUGE-ELECTRIC-3-RAIL-GERMAN/124085560704?hash=item1ce4136580:g:wkcAAOSwOuxc7RVp
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Hi All
Just seen this item whilst it may not seem overpriced at the moment a kit loco of an LSWR class 700 or black motor i would be amazed if it gets much more than the asking price.
Its been horrendously weathered and is on an old Triang Chassis.
To be fair to the seller the description does state this (Triang Chassis) but how much would a second hand Hornby black motor go for versus the effort required to make this nice model. If it were mine i would through away the loco chassis and start again as well as dunk the body shell into some paint stripper.
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On 22/02/2020 at 19:53, OliverSR said:
Not sure about the weathering on this model...
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F324081081991OliverSR
whoever weathered that has ruined it to the point its value is now less than a fiver!!!
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12 hours ago, royaloak said:
If you compare the before and after pictures it looks to me as if the boiler is broken behind the 'smokebox' at the first white boiler band, and the running plate split just behind the smoke deflector, buyer beware.
oh i agree but i offered them a tenner on the basis that something is better than nothing !!!!
did not work sadly
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IWR Beyer peacock W13 Ryde awaits the departure with the Oldburys
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W20 Shanklin waits for the off from Bembridge
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14 hours ago, royaloak said:
Now £115 and with much better pictures-
I was hoping that they would not question it too much to be honest as i made them a low offer based on it being damaged.
After all their 2nd hand prices are nearly always more than the new prices for the same or equivalent models.
I still suspect it has been mishandled or dropped at some point so i now would not touch this based on the fact that i want to inspect it all over first.
Also it would be useful if the people at Hattons could try to take a decent pic and make sure that the model is presented well.
The people who deal with these models are not model railway people and have no real idea.
by the way i offered them £10 plus the postage,
I know i was trying/pushing my luck!!!
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32 minutes ago, markneilp14 said:
Hattons again..............
They want money for this badly warped model even with DCC chip it is not worth the £135 they are asking
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Hattons again..............
They want money for this badly warped model even with DCC chip it is not worth the £135 they are asking
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Well now that the Alton Model Railway Groups annual show FEBEX 2020 is over my attention has already turned to FEBEX 2021.
We had a record number of people through the doors this year so our aim is to improve upon this year’s show and endeavour to make it better.
Please put the date for next year’s show in your diary, Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th February 2021. Full details will be updated on our web page soon. http://www.altonmrg.co.uk/
Our charges are £5 per adult (Includes show guide while stock last)
Children are free as long as they are with a responsible adult, parent or guardian.
Free preserved bus service from Alton mainline BR station on both days provided by ADDOR.
Free car parking on site.
Layouts
Bridport Town 0-16.5
Brixcombe P4
Foston Mills 0 scale
Hembourne EM
Ilfracombe East 009
Launceston 009
Studland, LEGO LAYOUT L SCALE
Old Elms Road 16.5mm (00)
Shwt EM
Frimley North 16.5mm (00)
Lavender Hill 16.5mm (00)
Wickwar N Gauge
More to be added….
Traders
A & B Models
Coastal DCC
Heritage in Motion
JB Model World
Joe Lock
Kent Garden Railways
Kernow MRC
Kytes Lights
LEGO trader
Masterpiece Figures
Model Railway Bits
Model Scenery Supplies
Railroad Trading
Roger Jones
Ron Lines
Squires Tools
Wheels of Southsea
More to be added….
Societies
ADORR, provides the free vintage bus service
Hollycombe
Lynton & Barnstaple Rly
Medway Queen Preservation Society
Mid Hants Wagon Group
Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust Ltd
Demos
Elliot Cowton Scratch building
Ron Neale Brass and white metal loco building
Roy Hickman Scenery Demonstration
Andy Cooper Etch brass rolling stock
More to be added….
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On 02/02/2020 at 17:28, PenrithBeacon said:
Just got back, an excellent show, as ever. Enjoyed it
Hello
Thank you for attending our show and i am glad you enjoyed it. I am the person within the AMRG who chooses the layouts to book.
Next years show is already 90% sorted and i am also working on 2022 and 2023
Cheers
Mark
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On 01/02/2020 at 22:33, richard brown said:
hi all here is my video from this great show
Richard
trainsintheattic
Thank you glad you liked the show
Mark
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On 30/01/2020 at 13:50, PenrithBeacon said:
Haven't noticed a thread for this show, always a good one.
http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/events/20541-AltonModelRailwayGroupExhibition
Cheers
Hello Martyn
I am the layout co-ordinator for the Alton Febex show. You are right we have neglected the posting of the show information here.
I will make sure the posts for next years show will be updated accordingly.
I hope that you enjoyed the show last weekend. We had record numbers through the door for both days based on previous years.
I hope you liked the variety of layouts at the show. I was made aware of one complaint that there was no modern image which was an oversight on my part.
I have already addressed this for next year.
I was also there with my own layout Bembridge as an emergency stand in due to a layout withdrawing at the last moment as the owner was unwell. The Bembridge layout was being run by a friend on my behalf.
Kind Regards
Mark
Craftsman kits, Lord Nelson in br blue
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Here is a 00 kit of a Lord Nelson that I am working on to now finish off the detail bits. The kit is fitted with a mashima 1428 motor and a high level gearbox with 14 wheel pickups. The livery is a what might have been and is not accurate but meant to be a bit of light heartedness.