mozzer models

Nothing to show today as i had to stay were i could hear the door But i did get the rivits pouched out on Jiidenco Models(now falcon brass) GWR Drinking Water wagon

All been well tomorrow i will be gluing more bits of brass to a Ratio SR brake van B &

start building a Perseverance models LNER ex- GC Suburban 8 Compartment 3rd the 50ft low elliptical roof type

What progress on the Southern parcels vans?

The Triang is in primmer & i am slowly gluing on all the small etch brass bits on to the Ratio brake van

Well the Metro tank is now finished & ready for work Plus a trip to Spain

What do you think ?

Brian

 

That looks great very nice indeed what did you use for the lining?

 

Pete

Hi Pete

the lining are HMRS transfers presfix sheet 8 I had to cut them to fit as non fitted the panels with out shorting them the cab & bunker been the worse

Another update on the Metro tank

well the painting & lining are finished & there is a crew on the footplate. I still have to fit screw couplings & vac pipes plus the coal in the bunker

100_4296 by mozzer36, on Flickr

100_4294 by mozzer36, on Flickr

The body was given a coat of primmer followed by a coat of GWR 1906/28 green paint then today i put on the black paint

Here are some pics of how she is now

I still have to finish off the painting then lining & hand rails before it finished

Hi Mozzer

 

The Metro tank looks very good and from the spread of parts it looks like the kit can be assembled into various different versions, I'm just comparing it to my one I built

from the South Eastern Finecast kit, took me ages.

 

I always wandered how Dean Sidings modified the Hornby chassis, it looks like quite an advanced bit of hacksaw work, well done. Did you have to strip down the

chassis first to keep the cogs and wheels safe?

 

RH

This is the 4th Deans sidings kit i have built the others at the at most 3 cuts this had 9 but with the kit are drawings & info for the cuts to the chasise use 3 datums points

i strip the chassie then raped the cog left in the chassie to stop sworfe getting into it

Today i have been building a Dean Sidings kit for a GWR 2-4-0 Metro tank

heres what you get

1st job is to cut up the chassie so it fits the body

I finished cutting up the 14xx chassie block so that the moter sits the other way up & the chassie block will fit into the body

before lunch

I still have one or two bits to add to the body but thay will be done after i have painted the body

Well heres the pic of how she is now

well today i have got almost all the work finished on the utility van all i have to do now is fir coupling mounts then i an make a start painting it

Heres some photos of how she is now

well heres the last of 3 Metropolitan Railways bogie Coach i still have 3 jubilee coaches to build

hows it looking

What with My C.F.S stopping work then the kids on hols i have not got much done but today i have built up the bogies for the Utility Van heres some pics of the work so far

doors & hinges removed & door holes filled

Doors refited

Steps & extra planks added plus the corridors fitted with the bogie just sat under & not fixed in place

Just placed an order with Colin. Good news if that the prices have not gone up with the VAT increase (though as its his first day of trading since the increase maybe he has not adjusted them yet).

 

Is there VAT on the Isle of Man is it not a Tax Haven

Yes, I've just more or less said that!

Alan

& if you look at the times i was posting the post & looking up the info at the time you posted so i never saw your post

so next time you ask for help i wont

You've done a few of these, haven't you, Brian? They do make a nice looking coach. Are they resin sides?

Some are a one peace resin body/chassie plus resin seating & roof this one is

but some are white metal sides, ends, buffers & bufferbeam with a resin chassie, seating & roof with

the bogie , queen posts roof vent are white metal as well

i have one of each still to build & when i start them i will take a photo of them

I have been building a Bill Bedford Met 4 wheel brake 2nd which is now painted & awating transfers

But i have also been working on a Radley Models Met 6 comp brake 3rd heres some pics of the finished model

In the book Historic Carriage Drawings Vol 3 page 22

It say some were built new but some were built in 1932 on old ex-GNR 4 wheel coach underframes of simmilar length

new builds were dia 120 but the rebuilds were dia 170/176/177

This listing seems rather good, but the photo worries me a little bit... yes the advertised product is in the photo, but it's in the back ground, and not the subject!

 

1957 Maunsell Coach Pack

this sell all so is selling the LMS coaches in th photo

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-LMS-Corridor-Coaches-/260726227412?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cb47e81d4

heres a broad gauge loco for you all

I know some one who say there good 7mm kit but i would not touch there 4mm kit as the brass is to thin & the slots & tab do not match up as its a 7mm kit made smaller

Very nice, but not powered? I presume not required as they power easily I did two of these, which are very reasonable castings etc, within the usual K's limits. To get haulage, use Mike Sharmans method, a floating rear axle, lightly loaded front axles and weight transfer from the tender to the driving axle centre., result it will haul about 6 coaches, the limit was the small Mashima more than traction.

Its to be a display model in spain so is & will not be powered this was a K's kit from the 80's as its been to the Falkland for a War in 1982 with the Man i have built it for

But saying that IKB still sell this loco & this is powered by the tender

Well the Rover is now finished with all the brass work fitted The coal is in the tender & a loco crew on board the loco plus screw couplings

heres some pics

O & a Happy New Year to you the readers

well today i have got the lining on to the Rover & its Name Plates Iron Duke plus the handrails/knobs

i still have to fit the whistles & brass bits on the smokebox sides plus the backhead them its finished

Heres some pics of the Loco with its lining on

Well i have now finished painting the Rover & after i have been to the Dr i hope to get the lining on the loco & tender

heres some pics

Hows it looking

well the chassis is now in GWR Indian Red the body is in GWR green & the tender is in both colures

Next is to paint the black & brass bits

well here are the photos of the Rover before it go's in to the paint shop

the boiler comes away from the footplate & the tender springs will be attached after the tender & springs are painted

i will be fitting the handrails on smoke box & tender after painting

watch this space