FoxUnpopuli

Holy thread resurrection, Batman...

... can anyone assist me in finding photographs of the Thompson B1s in LNER colours?  I've just surfed the whole of the Rail-Online archive and I'm fairly certain all of them were BR liveries - some in Apple Green from 1948, admittedly.

Can anyone assist with some pre-Nat images?

As a quid pro quo starter, I found this wonderful image and will be recreating this very engine from the 61026 model I have:

My choices would be the Midland 1000, and the D49.  I think the D49 is both pretty and purposeful.  The square firebox on the 1000 spoils the overall aesthetic just a little. 

The Schools V has a few too many distractions on it, the extension to the footplate, the smoke deflectors, etc.  Powerful loco though...  and I just purchased a battered Hornby superdetail one to recover to former glory - my first Southern loco for the fleet!

All that said, I do have a soft spot for the GWR City class.  The outside frames and monster Belpaire make them look 'tough', then you have the elegant tapering boiler to comparatively small diameter smokebox, with all the copper & brass and this dinky little tender in tow.

Looks like you need a very small Spire nut / J-Nut / U-nut.    I've seen them M3, but a #4 self-tap type might be a crude solution too.

Alternately, epoxy a short 8ba screw in place from the top, and put the nut on from underneath?  Tricky access, but probably possible - bit of loctite or dab of cyano will stop the nut falling.

Interesting.  The question is, I've waited this long, can I wait another month?  Also, it seems demand might be high and supply patchy, if the US reviews are anythng to believe.

And Hattons do a fair trade in secondhand ones too...

What's happened to the High Level website?

Any news?

5 hours ago, Philou said:

brown, black, red and gold

That's a 1kOhm resistor (1,0,2 = 10 x 100) ±5% tolerance for the gold band.

However, the lit signal looks superb!  Another timesuck for a big layout...  I really don't know what I've let myself in for...

On 20/03/2020 at 20:41, FoxUnpopuli said:

Hello @Ark Royal, I model in OO.  These centres are 'caps' which fit over the metal Bachmann wheel.  I have received the items today, they need cleaning up fully, but popped one in the wheel upsidedown - it's a perfect fit.  I'm very pleased.

They have some shape in them, they should be a very snug fit over the wheel, and i will dab them in with a spot of cyano gel, or maybe epoxy.

I used epoxy to bond the caps onto the wheels, replacing the deformed Bachmann originals.  There was some rivet detail, but I didn't make it butch enough.  

This early Replica/Bachmann B1 had split axletube syndrome, so it was repaired with new axles, similarly using epoxy to bond them in at 14.5mm back-to-back.  A very quick splat of black acrylic over the wheels, and the result isn't half bad.

These prototypes are good, but the next generation will have a very slightly smaller diameter, less ambition on the form of the spokes with a bit more thickness and depth to make a sturdier and easier to fit piece.

I am very pleased.

Mmmmm, gusset assemblies.

Nice work. 

Someone buy the rest of the Pullmans from Clarks before I do.  I've just battered my wallet something fierce from all the tips in here...

31 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

Quite a few people on here, as you have seen, have made it or the 'plastic' one (£40 for the body?) and that can be made to look good too if you enjoy glue!

Aha - yes, the Golden Arrow one.  Excellent lead, thank you.  I searched and searched and that one didn't come up until you gave me that tip.

27 minutes ago, Nick Holliday said:

There's a good article in the Preview Edition of Model Rail Digest with an excellent drawing, which, however, being reproduced at 7mm scale, was printed across two pages and so is a bit compromised. A 4mm drawing on a single page would have been more useful, perhaps.

That's also of interest...  I've just ordered the preview issue after finding an index of the entire 7-issue run and finding it there. 

11 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

I think I might have a drawing somewhere from long ago; will search as I have actually recently made a folder 'of useful things' instead of a pile of torn out pages from magazines!

Will search now.

 

Extraordinarily kind, thank you.  If my search for a Golden Arrow or DMR comes to naught, I'll start to model it up in CAD.  Soon I'll have to purchase a 3D resin printer!

I already found this:

...and a bit of photoshop tweaking has made a rudimentary first stab at a GA.

Cheers - I just found the DMR kit, supplied by Phoenix Precision.  As they're still listing it, I'll give them a call.

There is a thread here that praises it highly. 

Does anyone have a kit of the Maunsell Z-Class 0-8-0 Tank loco - maybe a Millholme KB256 or Falcon LK14 - stashed away?

Alternatively, a drawing set of the same?

I've seen the NRM archive list and they might be some drawings of 'B189'/Z-class in there, but I thought I'd ask here first.

Mark.

I miss Jencaster updates.  What's been going on, Ian? 

Purchased.

Yes, I'd like two of the R4660, please:

Thank you!

Mark.

Or other TBP?...

Thank you.

Mark.

Wanted, Third Parlour car R4661/R4694

Thank you. 

On 15/04/2020 at 19:22, Willoughby Glen said:

The Hobby Shop has the Hornby Queen of Scots trainpack for £200 (A4 & 3 pullman coaches)

 

https://hobb-e-mail.com/Hornby-r3402-queen-of-scots---special-price---rrp-33199-35663-p.asp

 

Ta. According to the website, I got the last one.    Now I have to find another four Pullman coaches to make the set...

On 17/04/2020 at 17:22, TT-Pete said:

Finished!

 

I wasn't quite sure about this at first... but that's a very handsome little locomotive!

On 17/04/2020 at 22:10, Half-full said:

If the items are used then it has to be stated, Hereford Model Centre has a good reputation.

 

I've had a fair few items at great prices over the years from them, no connection other than a satisfied customer

Agreed.  Shame we're on lockdown, visiting the store took me back thirty years.

40142 with oval buffers made me blink!

Heh.  Well, Cadburys' locos are the other industrials on my list to partner my Longbridge Hunslet 15"s!

I think I'll have to wait before I order these though...