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They look great Nigel! What did you use for the roof section on the Worsley kits? Many thanks Simon
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Not strictly related, I love the packaging you use; really good quality! The kit was great too 😃 Cheers Simon
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I think a short rake of Hanson livery
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It’s not bad as conversions go - the only spare parts you need are some exhausts and a strip of glazing. Cutting the new windows is a little tricky but it’s not hard hard.
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Thanks David, I’d got some off a random seller on eBay and they felt a little bigger than I thought they should be to go in the middle of some valve gear - then I measured them and they’re bang on 2mm o.d. - I’ll have a think and maybe see if I can reduce the diameter slightly. I wasn’t sure if the old assoc ones were smaller. Thanks also for the hobby holidays link - I didn’t realise they were selling online, looks like they’ve got all the other bits I’ve been scratching my head about since Eileen’s went! Cheers Simon
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Hi all, This might be a ridiculous question, so bare with! Did the association used to sell 16ba washers? If so, what size (diameter) were they? I get that the hole is a set size but is the rest variable? Many thanks Simon
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Great news! Do you have any kits available Chris? Many thanks Simon
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Hello everybody! Quite a quiet summer, filled with plenty of putting stuff off and doing little jobs instead of sitting down and finishing things… but some things have been finished! I’ve got the unfinished 2mm wagon queue down by quite a chunk. Top is an NGS/parkside 3 plank open with container, Middle is a pair of LNER opens (these are rewheeled Bachman) and Bottom are three wagons that had been returned from Dad’s layout at Christmas ready for their new life in my 2mm stock box! I managed to get the steel-sided teak effect LNER BG finished. I’m 90% sure both numbers are wrong and I wasn’t sure if I should have painted the LNER out on the side with the BR number (I assumed I should, but I’ve got a picture of my grandad leaning out of a coach that says LMS on well past nationalisation…) I finally got over my nerves and took the chimney and dome off and had a word with the splashers. Then I filed too much off the new chimney and it’s currently without one while I get an order together… but it’s coming together nicely. The fairburn valvegear is almost finished, I had to send off for a replacement but from Bachman and I just need to fit it all together and see if it runs. I’ve also had some random new arrivals: I think this will go 2mm, but not yet I don’t know why I bought this… but I like it! A sonic J50 also came for the 2mm queue and 13 gypsum containers which were for Gresby… Lots to do! Simon
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Isinglass Models, new kits in N gauge
MrSimon replied to Isinglass Models's topic in Smaller Suppliers
The BG turned out well - I used 2mmFS bogies but the Dapol ones and couplers from the underframe will work just as well. Great kit, thanks for producing it! (it’s the steel side one in N) Many thanks Simon -
MrSimon started following London Bridge (at the end of the 20thC) , Waverley West, Princes St Gardens and Haymarket MPD , Mansfield - a slow burner… and 6 others
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I’d say sort the coupling issue. The grey/silver can always be matched by the modeller with weathering or paint, but the colour’s irrelevant if the wagon has to be sent back… Also, make sure it’s clear in the wagon description if the colour is changed - there’s already enough of a lucky dip with the couplings without introducing another variable
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Does it just need pictures and a write up of what it is?
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Hi Kevin, Is the competition just open to the e-board members? Many thanks Simon
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Converting a Farish J94 Austerity - some questions
MrSimon replied to Geordie Exile's topic in 2mm Finescale
Hi Richard For the 0.33 rod try Albion Alloys - I found them on eBay but I’m sure they have a page in the rest of the internet too… My J94 chassis keeps threatening to come out of the sulking box, I think I’ve worked out what I’d done to it after doing a few more chassis! Cheers Simon