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On 23/03/2024 at 09:16, Andrew P said:

Peugeot still do one, but its BIG and Megga Bucks. Us poor modellers can't afford some of the silly prices of Cars, we have more Locos to buy. 🙄

I too mourn the loss of the large estate, I believe Skoda Superbs are still available as well. I luckily managed to buy one of the last Mondeo 2.0 diesels which was new in Jan 2021 and will be kept for a long time...

Great job by the guys on this one, nice to see the proper silver headcode glass retainer as well.

On 14/03/2024 at 21:23, 21A Desperado said:

 

 

On the loco front, Ive ordered a split box Dutch 37, which I will number as 010, a real beast of mine. I also have a flamecut number from 010. 

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

Trev

I look forward to seeing that, I had 37010 and 042 on a railtour from. Bristol to Crewe in 1995, was a great day and had a soft spot for the pair afterwards. On the way back they got an absolute trashing down the Lickey Bank, my old man who was with me opened up some years later it was the only time he had been on a train and genuinely thought it was going to derail.

On 12/03/2024 at 09:53, Hobby said:

It's on an S bend by the look of it, so must have missed the low bridge sign. As both buses seem to be from the same company, Lothian, you'd have thought that their drivers would have been reminded about the bridge after the first bash, at least that one was empty, unlike the first incident.

I think the latest incident is an ex Lothian bus operated by another operator rather than still owned by Lothian?

2 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said:

Yep, Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr. They cut down some O8s after that. What happens when you convert a canal to a railway.

Jonathan

I think they already had cut down some 08's by then to replace the 03's? I understand a loco had failed and 08898 was sent down the branch in error to rescue it with none of the staff involved realising that a non cut down loco had been allocated.. 

Good effort with these, the adverts do a good job of hiding g a lot of the join 

13 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Bearman did very well. A lot to be proud of. 

Agree, apparently he has/had 5 x FP1 sessions lined up for Haas this season anyway which is in excess of the normal mandatory 2 sessions for new drivers so there is definitely a desire by Ferrari to get him a seat for 2025 in the Haas. That gives him 2 years to get some experience before Hamilton potentially retires at the end of 2027

The end is near on the project now; I unmasked the trailer this morning having painted the roof and the rubber strip that seals the top of the curtains. The curtain buckles were hand painted which wasn't easy but they are not easily masked.

Then it was onto applying the transfers: I only had a 3/4 nearside view of the trailer so the position of the transfers on the rear and offside are pure guesswork. The big transfers are some of the biggest I have ever applied but they went on fine. 

For the offside I applied the transfer in broadly the same place. I had wondered if the logo might be at the rear of the curtain but all pictures of other EVC lorries I could find had the logos at the same place I.e. both sides at the front or both sides at the rear.

For the rear I used the same transfer as the trailer front but cut between the "m" and "p" to miss the door rubber.

So the last jobs left are to fit the airlines, 5th wheel release handle, Varnish the trailer and some light weathering. Oh and build a layout for it to go on...

On 08/03/2024 at 08:27, fodenway said:

Fantastic work - but don't forget the locking handle on the fifth wheel coupling!

Good point, how could I forget??! will add!

Christian Horner will be relieved that the journos now have something else to talk about even though he would wish no ill on Sainz..

52 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

 

Oliver Bearman is set to make his F1 debut stepping in for Carlos Sainz.

Carlos has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will require surgery.

Get well soon Carlos

Blimey! Talk about pressure. Good luck to the lad, great to see another brit on the grid. 

13 hours ago, didcot said:

On a more positive note my eldest bought himself a signed half size Damon Hill helmet. 

 

My favourite driver and even the box has Murray's quote "I've got to stop now as I have a lump in my throat ". He wasn't alone!

And he played guitar on a Def Leppard album as well, who happen to be my favourite band.

Is it me or was it less political and more about the racing.

Nice story/momento

I think there were still plenty of politics then, I just didn't get the air time as social media and the Internet didn't exist/wasn't widely used so the limited air time was invested in racing. 

19 hours ago, big jim said:

There’s an NB I’m watching on ebay that’s ending tonight with no bids at £1500 (or best offer) 

 

looks tidy enough, no rust on the arches in the pics but this has raised alarm bells for me, the 2019 MOT, nothing major on the pass sheet…….

 

but then look at the failure sheet from the same day, with the same mileage showing (it continues off the scrolled page too!) 

 

Something isn’t right there, none of the above failures appear on any further MOTs and there’s no way all that work would be carried out in a day had it been done

Agree with you Jim, that looks well dodgy..

On 02/03/2024 at 11:29, peanuts said:

Lovely old Commer van re purposed as a beer van in for  some remedial work at one of my drops yesterday. 

The body roll was bad on those in the standard poverty British Telecom spec, hate to think what that one must be like! 

Milestone day today; The tractor unit is back in one piece(ish)! I painted the inside of the cab before I put the transfers on so it was a straightforward job to put it all back together. 

First job was to glue the wing mirrors on and the air filter. The airfilter is mostly scratchbuilt and was unique to firescreen fitted vehicles. 

The glazing (including windscreen with its tax disc and o Licence transfer) was refitted quite easily. The wipers were refitted but were swapped from left hand Drive to right hand Drive; in essence this was achieved by fitting them back to front. The bumper and headlights were then refitted. 

From the otherside 

The last bits to do is fitting of the airlines (I need to check which ones go where as it ages since I coupled a unit and trailer) and some weathering 

With the tractor unit done I will crack on with the last bits on the trailer.

15 hours ago, George Leacon said:

I’m very new to O Gauge - what’s Heijan’s record like with mechanisms / performance / quality control please?

Hi, welcome to O gauge. Short answer - Generally ok. They have a high current draw so you need an o gauge controller (Gaugemaster do one) to provide enough Amps for some of the bigger locos, likewise DCC you will need O gauge suitable chips. If you are only pulling short trains or have a shed layout you can remove a motor which tends to bring the current draw below 1 amp so can still use a wider range of controllers/chips; I did this so I can use a Gaugemaster feedback controller which gives amazing slow speed control for shunting and I am really pleased with how my Heljan locos now run.

Historically some of the locos suffered split gears but replacements are available and later locos had this fixed(circa 2017 onwards I recall). Gaugemaster stock spares and have been great in my experience when I have needed bits for a Hymek and a class 60.

Motorsport.com have this article which has an interesting slant on the situation at RedBull https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/could-red-bull-civil-war-really-trigger-shock-verstappen-f1-switch-to-mercedes/10582738/ 

2 hours ago, Steadfast said:

Wow that looks fantastic Rob.

 

I'm glad I did the 3 different grills, because on the computer I'd have gone with darkest one, but it shows how there's an element of art and experimentation to see how the colours come out.

 

I'm sure it says in the instructions, but I recommend several light coats of varnish over the transfers. I've been known to rush and be heavy handed, ending up causing them to react slightly. Moral of that story - don't rush things!

 

Jo

Thanks Jo, Good shout re the coats. At the moment the workbench in the garage has some house bits being painted but as soon as they are out the way I will Varnish it.

1 hour ago, D6775 said:

 

White spirit and cotton buds, though others have suggested T-cut works quite well but I have not tried it. I even used some very fine wet & dry with white spirit on the Dogfish as I wasn't too concerned about cutting through the paint! I was planning on doing 008, I have a body and all the transfers to do it but now Heljan have picked it I may look at an alternative. 

Thanks Al. I was thinking of going for 37032 which is a straightforward renumber of 008.

On 30/11/2023 at 20:30, D6775 said:

Really struggling for motivation at the moment again and we have Manchester Xmas show coming up next weekend with Dovedale, so I desperately need to get some bits done this weekend!

 

Anyway, I may have had an accident with Hattons Sale last week! 3 more Dogfish to add to the rake, may well dispose of a couple of catfish now. Cheapest version was the Dutch Weathered one, as a general rule I won't buy pre weathered stock, always seem to have to strip them back first!

 

1 - Out of the box:

 

2 - Most of the crud removed:

 

3 - New crud added:

Hi Al, looks good, what do you use to remove the crud please? I am tempted by Heljans model of 37008 but the images I have seen show the weathering is awful and needs to come off and don't really want to get into full respray territory. Ta

I had to abort my planned early morning cycle ride as the roads were too icy and the bike shed padlock was frozen so used the time to crack on with the transfers for the unit. I am really pleased how they have turned out and the grille is a great representation. Jo gave me 3 different versions as the plastic on the grilles lightened over time, I went for the lightest one which showed the detail the most strongly. As an aside while fitting the transfers I noticed that the prototype unit only had the Strato badge on the offside (drivers) door so followed suit. 

Next job is to Varnish it and get the unit back in one piece. The trailer is still being painted but hopefully will be not far behind.

On 06/02/2024 at 20:44, DLIBOD17 said:

Dear 37114,

 

Looking at the grilles I’d say the radiator grilles are separate items. They fit very tightly but I reckon they’re not part of the main body moulding.

Thanks that is handy to know!

Wow, that is an impressive fleet!

53 minutes ago, Ron Ron Ron said:

Not being familiar with Sheffield station and this van, had the Shark been moved from one end of the station to the other?

 

Google Maps and the first photo on the Facebook link, show it at the eastern (Rayleigh Road) end of the station, but the scrapping has occurred at the western (London) end, by the car park.

 

 

 

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That is what I thought as well when I looked at Google maps

Just out of curiosity, how has it been removed? Presume dismantled on site via gas axe etc but presume it needed some sort of access to do so/remove the scrap?