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A constructive day at the Yorkshire NGS meeting. With enough work done on the 6B to pose five cars together. Buffet and TF had most of the work done on them. The unpainted one is a TS.

A satisfactory day at the Yorkshire NGS meeting today. Got quite a lot done to the 6B. Underframe details added to the buffet vehicle along with water fillers and roof vents. The TF also got its water filler pipework and both got a squirt of undercoat. A TS was mounted onto a underframe so I was able to pose 5 cars together…..it’s the unpainted coach. The bottom photo has the Buffet car prior to undercoating.

No they aren’t Bernard but it would have been one thing less to have to modify. I think I’m going to have to make a bogie mount as I’m not sure that body mounting an NEM box will give enough movement in the curves. Some experimentation I think.

I was hoping that the two surrogate Mk1 coaches would be able to keep their kinetic couplers. This is looking unlikely as I’ve had to cut away so much plastic. The 4CEP coaches don’t have kinetic couplers so this hasn’t been an issue before. I might have to bogie mount the couplers or beef up the underframe and fit NEM pockets.

It’s beginning to get a face!

And plain brown and Satlink liveries. https://www.ngsjoin.com/br-ferryvan-vix-8882-p.asp

As there was b**gger all on the TV tonight I got a bit more work done on the non powered DMBS. A simplified version of the roof conduits and I’ve beefed up the undernourished corridor connect by gluing a Farish Mk1 gangway to it. Looks a lot better.

Also available as chassis only…and in Dutch livery

The two Hastings unit DMBS’s have had various holes drilled in them for handrails and roof conduit plus a quick squirt of Tamiya fine primer, those print lines show up now!……but at least it isn’t so ghost like. Brass buffers have been fitted after I accidentally snapped one off. I had some ready just in case.

The three scenic boards have been assembled in the garage so that I can work out the details for the lighting pelmet and facia.

The three ferry vans arrived at the weekend. Ferry nice models( see what I did there) they don’t seem to be very free rolling but with a nice flat layout this shouldn’t be an issue.

Lots and lots of holes drilled in the motor coaches today for the hand rails. As a consequence and the brittle nature of the body shells I managed to snap off a buffer and a slightly incorrectly positioned drill hole also broke a window bar……not a good start. All of the buffers have been replaced with much chunkier brass ones as I thought this might be a weak point. The window bar is in the process of being glued back in. Both DMBS’s have also had a quick squirt of Tamiya Fine Primer…..it doesn’t look so ghost like now.

I’ve noticed that the drawing does contain some errors. The exhaust outlet is shown on the centre line, photos show it just offset…..and the plan has it also further back than it should be. The plan also shows a part on the roof sheeted over….this is the engine cooling fan! A bit of progress today on both DMBS bodies. Engine room lift rings and exhaust added. The lift rings are from BLMA with the exhaust made from Evergreen U section. The 6B units don’t have roof conduit for lighting but do seem to have a short section that starts over the cab and ends just behind the fans. This will be next thing to add, from NS wire, along with door handrails.

…and a belated happy birthday too.

My ferry vans arrived today. Very well packed. Nice boxes with sleeves. First impressions very good but not the freest running piece of rolling stock ever.

Well I took the plunge yesterday and dismantled the motor block from the 4CEP. After taping up any gaps to the motor and gears etc all the side protrusions were filled off. The motor block now fits the inside of the coach…..just. The motorblock is just tacked with double sided tape to the chassis. When the time is right I will probably have to glue it permanently. Via the Blood and Custard Facebook group I’ve been sent this useful drawing.

It just pulls off with a bit of help from a flat bladed screwdriver.

I’m about to remove the powered bogie from a Farish 4CEP. Does it just require levering / pulling out? TIA.

The vast majority of underframe equipment has now been added to the non powered DMBS. I’ll tackle the powered one next, so that I can complete the bodies together for continuity. Next up will be the TSOL’s.

I’ve just ordered three of the NGS BR ferry vans, one in brown, one in red/grey and an undecorated one. The undecorated one will be getting converted to this……..hopefully someone does suitable decals. https://zenfolio.page.link/KQUmE

While we’ve been away for a week, Steve at Railtec has produced and posted these to me….this is the custom 32 different coach numbers. Includes the coach and unit numbers plus a load of others for me to renumber some Mk2s and parcels stock…..and the class 101.

……and after a lovely week away in Northumberland we’re back. Just two hours drive from York but a different world. We were staying near Warkworth, only a few mins from the former station and adjacent level crossing…….so it was rude not too! All taken in a 40 minute period on 7/6/23. 220003 and 220025 on 1M00 the 1807 Edinburgh to New Street. 800109 on 1W24 the 1600 King X to Aberdeen. 66736 on 6E45 the 0807 Fort William Alcan to North Blyth Alcan. One of just two trains a day to and from Chathill 158851 on 2N35 the 1915 Chathill to Carlisle. and finally 66041 on 6E30 the 1332 Dalzell BSC to Tees NY. also close by at RAF Boulmer was this stuffed and mounted Phantom.

Some running repairs were completed today. All the legs have now had their joints screwed together too……and I’ve made an extra bespoke leg that sits over the bookcase and makes getting the baseboards attached much easier. Previously I piled some books up to support the joint when attaching or dismantling.

The roof vents are already printed on the model thankfully.

Many thanks Dave for the close ups, really useful.