Wayne 37901

Hi Brian, It was nice to see Rosamund Street at the Cardiff show even though it was a brief look, thanks for the chat about about S&W couplings I think I'm going to have a go with them. I liked the reliable operation of them and not once did I see you have to intervene with some sort of shunting device. I think I'd prefer these to AJ's which look like they could be easily damaged in the stock box. Have you fitted them to any bogie stock? Cheers

Hampshire Hog, Have you thought about using striped transfers rather than sticky paper? I know Fox Transfers market some intended for modelling a BTU. Cheers,

It depends what livery you wanted to do it but yes. 37672 has the wrong grilles for most of the St Blazey 37s, what we really need is for Bachmann to do another run of locos with the 672 body that they did in Transrail livery. If they did that for the Kernow model then it would be correct and also useful for many other 37s. It depends how accurate you want to be, with my 37s I try to be as accurate as possible while trying to keep the fleet consistent and this applies to other loco classes. Sorry I cant help more but I think you'll find it difficult to model 37670 without some work at least. I did quite a bit on mine as it started out as a Kernow model of the same loco in EWS livery. All the best.

Hi Rob, Yes correct, it would only be suitable for 670 if the headboard clips were removed and then only in RFD, Transrail or EWS liveries as this loco had bars on opposite grilles and headboard clips only when in Railfreight livery which is how I've modelled it. Cheers,

Hello, Just a quick update to show progress on 37670. It needs a little weathering although not too much as it's being modelled when still quite new and the bufferbeam painting red but otherwise more or less there. It had a nice run on the layout Saturday when I exhibited at a small local show. Cheers, Wayne

Thank you too sir. Yes I think the exhibition bug has bitten me a bit since I took my other layout last year. I'm not sure about going up and down the country though but maybe one or two 'local' shows a year. I can't take any credit for the layout itself as it's just the stock that is all my own work but it seemed to be well received. Cheers

Greetings Mr Gunsmoke, It was a joy to finally see Sheep Lane on Saturday, very good sir! I didn't see Norman when I grabbed my pics so he must have been going after Molly again?! Any further invites to take this one out? Regards, Pleased of Trevanna

Hi Brian, Just had a read through this thread and Rosamund Street looks a cracking layout. I'll look forward to seeing it if I get chance. Cheers, Wayne

WCML 100, I have a feeling James is already half way there, I think he's done the OBA with Aluminium doors already.

Hi Jon, Any recent updates with the workbench or Laira and did you ever get round to finishing that St Blazey brake van? I have a need to model a couple myself but struggling to find ID's from photos. I've found a photo of one at Marsh Mills so that will have to do for now. Cheers

Hi Marc, Good to see you back doing some modelling once again. Hope everything is well? Looking forward to the show and I'm still interested in some new toys Cheers

Good evening, Just a quick photo to show some progress on 37670. I've now pretty much got everything on it and it's ready for primer, work done includes new etched side grilles, roof fan grille and new etched windscreens. Cheers

Hi Rob, If it's not possible to get the glazing out without damage, you could apply some Humbrol Maskol to them before spraying. If you're not familiar with this it's a liquid masking solution which just peels away when dry. http://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/maskol-28ml-bottle.html Hope that helps. Happy New Year by the way and will look forward to seeing Sheep Lane at the show.

Hi Baz, Yes sounds similar to 074, it was thought by the owner that the drive shaft had broken but it simply slotted back inside the larger shaft from the motor. As you know the Hornby class 60 body is quite thin so he was very lucky it hadn't broken, bearing in mind this was roughly a three feet drop. All sorted now though and she awaits the journey back to the owner. Cheers and Happy New Year.

Hi Kevin, Yes he did build some nice models. I don't suppose you have the BBA wagon he modelled fitted with with bolsters and loaded with steel re-bar do you? I'm looking at doing one of these myself. Cheers

Thank you sir. Had an unusual visitor to the works this evening in the form of Hornby TCT (Teenage Cancer Trust) liveried 60074. It was quickly booked onto the bench in a quick slot between other jobs after suffering a drop to the floor, after a works inspection it was found that no new parts were required and that the drive shaft would just slot back into place and following a test run all was well. All that remains is to re-attach some detail parts and she can return to traffic. Considering I don't have any Hornby class 60s in my fleet and not being very familiar with the workings, I soon sussed things out. She'll have a final test run before being returned to her owner.

I do believe I spot a model of a TDA bogie gas tank built by Steve Adcock there?

Hi Chris, Just found this after a search. Ever since I saw the film Runaway Train many years ago when I was younger I've been holding a secret interest in American railways. Although BR will always be my main interest modelling wise, I've been having thoughts of a small switching layout based around an industrial estate but not sure where to look for prototype inspiration. The initial idea is to set it in an era where I can have patched locos in different paint schemes. Ideas for industries include Part of a papermill Scrapyard Warehouse Small hopper discharge facilities (possibly for plastic pellets etc) Very much like the look of this layout. Cheers, Wayne

Haha! Sounds like the bug has been biting! I find wagons a very interesting subject and one I could talk about for hours, I was giving the other half a lesson in TOPS codes the other week following a question she posed. Well the level of detail in rtr freight stock is very good these days so it's perfectly fine to weather them and not do much else, I think like with most things in our hobby it comes down to personal choice. I always try to add subtle detail differences when I can, although many wagons are very much 'work a day' so you don't want too much difference in a train. Another thing that helps is that I'll always try to model a particular vehicle from a photo to the best of my abilities, of course you wont find one of every single wagon that was ever out there so sometimes you have to make the odd educated guess. Your plans sound interesting, I do like a bit of industrial steam and have been really tempted to get myself a J94 and make a little plank. I even have some Airfix 16t mineral kits in the loft somewhere.... Oh dear, here we go! Wayne

Good evening, I trust everyone had a nice Christmas and ate lots of choccy? Well the workbench closed for Christmas Day but was promptly back in action again today. I've now pretty much finished the key items of stock for the new layout which will be at the Cardiff show in January - link here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/111081-2nd-small-cardiff-show-saturday-21st-jan-2017/. I've now got the Clayhoods to a stage where I can pretty much call them finished, well once I've weathered the hoods that is. Work has now turned to some vans for bagged clay traffic and a short cut of HEA hoppers for delivering coal to the works. Back with more soon. Cheers

Hi Rob, Nice bit of wagon modelling there sir, I can tell you that once the wagon bug bites you'll never look back. When building the Clayhoods for 'Trevor' another thing I did was replace the moulded safety loops with scrap brass etch, it makes a nice difference. I like the weathering effects as well and as others have said the level of detail is superb for an RTR model. Cheers Wayne

I know what you mean, 37s are certainly a minefield especially from the 1980s onwards. Sometimes I wish I was old enough to have seen the three 37/3s, I'm always impressed when I see photos of them and having grown up with 37s they're certainly my favourite class with 56s coming in at a close second. If you do get one I'll gladly be of any help if I can.

Hi Rob, I quite agree, a simple like is good for inspiration and helps to keep ones morale up. I'll look forward to seeing this, although I'm still waiting for the first visit of a brand new green English Electric type 3! Cheers Wayne

Good morning (well it is just after midnight). With the 'Clayhoods' on the home stretch to being finished, work has started on the class 37s and the first in line is 37670. This uses the Kernow limited edition model of the same locomotive but some details need changing which are incorrect on model as supplied. Starting at the top the work to be done includes. Changing the radiator grille and fan with etched parts Fitting etched cab windscreens Changing the bonnet side grilles as these are incorrect for my version of 37670 Modifying the headcode boxes to the flush style Fitting headboard brackets Adding speedometer and REVTEL details to the bogies Relocating a fuel gauge to the number 1 end tank and adding welded plate to number 2 end tank Re-gauge to EM A repaint into red stripe railfreight livery will then follow. Here's a photo to show the work on the fuel tanks. More on this one soon. Cheers Wayne

37424/558 Avro Vulcan? Cheers