carl1967

I am bringing my NMT to have a run as promised, am trying to make it saturday and sunday, but will be there sunday.

Well i know where to send my lima shells to be majorly improved! Just being curious but how much did it all cost to do that?

say £40 ish and thats not with the cost of the loco body

hi mark

you remember at the show, you would like to see how i do the lights in a 170!

i have done one end, heres how it looks.

i think you can see witch one is done.

carl

We'll make room for that Carl - looking forward to seeing it! I'll have my sound chips fitted on the Friday and they'll be in service on Mikes layout if all goes to plan! Might not have the wing mirrors fitted by then but you never know!

 

Mark

she is 50 inches long, so i hope so, you staying in glasgow?

Hi Everyone,

 

It's been a while since my last update - trying to be good and get on with things as I really want to get the south end finished as much as possible by the end of this month. There will be small details to add over time but the main features should all be more or less complete. The main feature to complete is the cottage converted from the old Hornby thatched cottage kit. The front has been altered to look like a Scottish cottage with a new door, the etched frame was a spare from the etch Pete Harvey did for me and the windows built from plastic strip. The roof line has been altered to create a point at the top of the ridge and a new slate roof added from wills sheets the building just being the right length! The extension part has been built on at the rear and I have modernised the old cottage at the rear with the patio doors and modern double glazed unit with an open window. Some new facia boards and gable end timbers have been added from 2mm strip. Onto these U channel brackets have been added with some 1.5mm semi circle strip for guttering. The down pipes will be added using 1.2 mm diameter rod and some strip for wall brackets. The gable end has a new chimney stack from wills stone sheet with a chimney from plastic square section with notches cut in the top. The roof also has a new stone chimney stack with 2 small pots added. The cement render to cap these is shaped from some old bits of white tack. The photos show the work so far with the javis blue grey base layer added to the roof slates which I have then slapped on to undercoat the areas of bare plastic which will eventually have a nice blue shade from the humbrol range added.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking and feel free to ask any questions or post comments

 

Carl - thanks again for sharing your photos, great for the small details and look forward to seeing you at Glasgow. For those of you coming to the show please come and say hello - we will be in the extra Hall this year on Stand A8 and A13 as the Scottish Modellers crowd so hope to see those I know and some new faces from here over the 3 days!

 

All the best,

Mark

i will be there saturday and sunday, just hope there will be room for C Princess on the stand...lol

hi mark

you can see the old campling coach in this pic

hi mark

i am hoping to come on the DEMU stand with you all at MRS, And maybe bring C Princess, i have asked phil and will see.

do some more weathering!!

been at the perth show allday on the DEMU stand and helping out operating the ayr model rail groups layout.

i had 37081 on the Ayr layout for some pictures.

Hi Carl,

 

That's a cracking tractor, I'm particularly impressed with the marker lights which look just right when off and when on. RTR manufacturers could learn a lot from this!

 

A tip for the low-voltage fan motor: adding resistors to the power supply will mean the motor doesn't perform very well at certain track voltages (the same would apply if you used a resistor to drop 6V of the supply to your rechargeable battery) and you might need quite high-wattage resistors. An alternative solution would be a constant lighting circuit which can be bought from various suppliers (I think DCC supplies do one) but I expect you'd prefer to make your own - a suitable circuit is here: http://www.clag.org....ng-circuit.html .

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers,

 

Will

thanks for the info will, i will look in to it.

Hi Mark,

 

Carl isn't quite through the door...

 

Now I'm not Membership Secretary - I can't do instant membership!

 

Not that I'm expecting any problems

 

See you all at the show.......

hi mark

not bad for a 43 year old Hornby molding..lol R.751

Phil i will come cash and form in hand.

Hi SwissRailPassion,

 

Thanks and glad you like it. Unfortunately progress has been very slow of late as we have put our flat on the market in the last few weeks so been busy organising things for that. The only modelling I have done of late is to recreate a modern waiting shelter - the stainless steel types that are appearing at lots of Scottish stations. I will hopefully have this with me at Perth on the DEMU roadshow stand but this is destined for another Scottish layout that is being built by our area group.

 

The layout it still acessible and I do plan to get some bits done on it when I have a couple of weeks off at the end of the month so I will hopefully add some updates during this time. This work will include some more scenic areas especially on the back of the station itself and I am also making an RETB mast to go with the various relay cabinets etc around the south end of the layout.

 

Thanks,

Mark

hi mark

i will be with you all day sunday helping out on the DEMU stand, i am also bringin 37081 to show

carl

thanks for the comments.

here are some new pictures of her on the layout.

and a video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbb8i5BMAZg

47802 fave loco or 47712? 47802 couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.

 

We have the Northen Belle now, so will be up your way again from time to time. Plus I'm working the Easter Highlander up there with a pair of tractors on the 22nd April. Getting relief at Perth.

 

cheerio

 

Claggy

hi mike

class 47 in general. but 57011 is my fave DRS loco, love a ride in her....lol

how are things with you? not seen you on for ages, hows the layout going?

carl

Finishing touches.

Fitting the nameplates.

Using a 3mm strip of masking tape, the same as I had for the painting stage, lightly lay this on the body side parallel and just under where the bottom edge of the nameplate will go, this will give you a guide to get the nameplate straight, I use super glue, 2 drops no more than 1mm.

I also fitted the window wipers.

Sorry for not taking step by step pictures of this but I did not see the need.

As it stands in the pictures in this post, all it needs are the head code box fronts weathering.

It runs great but the roof fan will only run on full power, I am looking in to integrating the rc hellis circuit board and battery, it will charge its self as it runs, its battery is 3.7v so will have to find a 6v resistor as it charges at 6v, doing this will allow the fan and the lights staying on after the loco stops, just the same as DCC locos but on DC track, if I get it to work I will post pictures.

Next post will be pictures and a video of it on the layout.

I hope this has been as informative as possible to all who do not know how to do this.

Thanks

Carl

ps, now i have to weather 37111 to match...lol

The front head code box fronts

Using the Hornby originals, sand the outer face flat, glue new 10thou card on to them, making them longer to fit the modified box sides, remove the locating lugs from there backs, drill a 3mm hole, glue on the clear 0.5thou card, glue on the light surround, then paint matt white vary lightly in the hole at the back. This now looks like off white glass from the right side, then I added some clear orange to the LEDs

After painting them just glue them on.

Doing the flush glazing.

1st, trim out the inside of the windows, the windows taper in, so are smaller on the inside face, take care not to nick the outer edge.

2nd, cut out the flush glaze windows and leave a 1mm over hang edge on the square side windows and the same on the door glass, but cut the top over hang edge off as this snags on the inside of the roof. The cab side windows touch all the way round, so leave very little over hang edge.

3rd, do not add glue before you fit them, dry fit them and then using a knife, add super glue to the edge on the inside of the body, you only need a tiny amount.

that’s it done.

hi all

adding some weight.

177 airrifle pellets, that's the best i could get where i live today so they had to do.

That's a huge transformation from a standard Hornby model (if you could call hornbys a model).

 

Well done and thanks very much for sharing your work with us.

 

Are your pictures been added via a third party site like photobucket or something? I ask because if you delete them at some point well be stuck for using your thread for reference.

 

All the best,

 

Mark

hi mark

the pictures are uploaded only to Rmweb and will stay on for as long as andy lets them.

Hi all

Not far off finished now! About 90%

I finished off the wiring and fitted the fan, I have hit a problem with the fan, the motor is a 3.5v motor, I fitted it with a resistor so the 12v will not burn it out. Runs fine on its own, and with the lights, but will not run with the main motor, lights are fine. I will sort it!

I just have to fit the glass/ name plate/ window wipers, and fill the fuel tanks with lead shot. And do the front head code box fronts.

Thanks for looking

Carl

This is looking excellent. I know have an urge to go and do one myself.

 

Any chance of a video once your finished?

A video, no probs, i will upload one on my youtube and link it on here.

Hi all

I have been fitting the lighting today.

I have also removed all the copydex from the windows and fitted the rads

The Head code LEDs are 3mm warm white, but they are to bright, this will be sorted out when the box fronts go on.

Let me know what you think.

Carl

Very neat job that carl. I did something similar on several Lima ones using Hornby 'Pacer' motors, I bet yours is a lot smoother though!

thanks

it is very smooth and i can not wait to get it in the body.

Hi all

And now for something different!

I have done the roof fan with adding something to it.

Let me know what you think

Carl

Carl,

 

That looks good and grubby. Top job! I'll be following the wiring section of this thread too.

 

Mark

Hi mark

Lighting!

Here are step by step pictures of how I do my lighting.

I did have a dud LED, it was fine after I replaced it.

hi all

matt clear is done, and i have removed the copydex of one window to show how it looks.

i will do the rest when its fully dry.