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I know its not he thread - but I dont now why Hornby havent ever done a Blue 09 ....... oh yeah I do, cos its BR Blue ....... if only they were steam .......

1 hour ago, ColinK said:

I wonder how easy it will be to renumber a ETHEL?

What to ? Ethel 2 & 3 had a different paint scheme to Ethel 1 .......

So bit the bullet and bought a Heljan 97250 ETHEL 1 from Kernow - turned up today, good looking model - sadly it will have to go back for an exchange as the head code glazing was missing ....... not the best QC and shouldn't have to do it for a new model ....... hey ho.....

A little bit of painting today on the fictional Deltic Style Class 66, Europhoenix Class 60, a pair of BR Blue Class 81s, Freightliner Orange Class 68 and finally an N Gauge Class 68 in 1980s ScotRail Livery. Also an O Gauge Class 33 which has had the roof repainted grey and renumbered to 33025 Sultan .....

A day on the transfers today has seen this lot done ..... 47470 in revised BR Blue Livery, Rebranded EMR HSTs, 47760 in EWS Livery and finally for today, 47017 in BR Blue with a Red Haymarket Castle Logo ...

Progress on a few different shapes and sizes today ... starting with 33025 in O Gauge .... this has had the roof repainted and the grilles picked out in black, Two Tone Green Class 47 and BR Green Class 31, a couple of fictional ones .... Deltic Style Green Class 66 and a pair of COLAS Class 68s, an EWS Class 31 and finally for today ... a N Gauge Class 68 in 1980s ScotRail Livery

A bit of blue for you all today ... and a bit of large logo ... 47323, 217 & 284 in BR Blue with Tinsley Unofficial Names, 47604 in Large Logo with curly numbers and highland rail stag logo. 47323 & 604 are for sale - PM me if interested.

A couple of ROG Class 57/3s being completed today. These are done using Vinyls from Precision Decals.

1 hour ago, arran said:

That has to be the most stupid comment yet .

 

Regards Arran

 

 

Its a joke Arran ..... !!!  And check back through the thread .... you'll find a lot that are stupider ..... that is also a joke ........ Take it you've never been to the Warley Show at the NEC ....... go there and then lets revisit the comment ..... its well known and discussed for being a haven for the great unwashed as they are 'affectionately' known ....... but if it offends you then I apologise - just trying to lighten the mood mate.

On 10/03/2021 at 12:45, PenrithBeacon said:

If a visitor has had both jabs I don't see why it should be necessary to wear masks. If it becomes obligatory then I doubt if I would attend, the damned things are so uncomfortable. It's OK for a few minutes if I have to pop into a shop or if the shopping precinct is crowded, but for several hours - don't think so.

They should make masks compulsory at exhibitions even if there wasn't a pandemic on ...... cuts out the smell of Body Odour which seems to waft around most of these exhibitions ........

Busy day on transfers today ..... 90041 in Freightliner Green Livery, 47843 in InterCity Swallow Livery, 66100 in DB Cargo, 47541 in InterCity ScotRail, 47550 in Large Logo Livery, 60039 in BR Blue Livery, 47546 & 47604 in Large Logo Livery and finally 47812, 57305 & 57312 in ROG Livery

Another week and off we go again with the airbrush ..... first up a quarter of BR Blue Class 47/4s - well if Bachmann dont want to do them then I will, next up Inter City Executive and ScotRail Class 47s, Fictional Strathclyde PTE Class 153, a BR Blue Class 60, a pair of ROG Class 57/3s, N Gauge ScotRail Class 68 and sticking with N Gauge and InterCIty Swallow Class 87, a Maroon Observation Car, 47470 Universit yof Edinburgh and finally for today - a big .... 33025 which was in BR Blue but is having the roof painted and renumbered ......

On 02/03/2021 at 11:08, MGR Hooper! said:

We had emailed Hornby recently regarding spares for the pantograph. They had just run out of stock a week or two prior to our email. But we were told that spares will be available again when the next batch comes in. They are free as far as we know.  But that could change.

We also emailed Simon Kohler and hopefully convinced him to update the Class 87 with sprung pantographs like the Class 91 and to sell the Class 87 pantographs and spares/use it with the Class 90 and Class 92.

I know of a few people who have emailed Simon or spoken to him at shows previously about this and it gets the nod .... but then ignored .........The 87 Pantograph is awful snd very plastic and prone to snapping ..... lets hope the ones on the 91 are better .......

A couple of Class 90s done today ..... 90002 Wolf of Badenoch in Inter City Swallow as per LSL and 90048 in Freightliner Grey Livery ...... 90048 will be grubbed up tomorrow but 90002 is going to start ex works ......

Today offerings .... 90002 Wolf of Badenoch in Inter City Swallow Livery and 90048 in Freightliner Grey Livery .......

Feeling Blue today ...... BR Blue ...... Class 120 Unit, a pair of Class 81s, Large Logo 47s, a BR Blue Class 60 and finally good old BR Blue Class 47s ......

22 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Hi Ben, a very busy workbench going on there and some nice subjects - question for you - what grey are you using on the DCR 60s? Cheers Jerry

Hi Jerry ..... sounds silly but its DCR Grey which is available ready mixed from Rainbow Railways ....... as is the Puma Grey for 60074 .....

How many duplications .... lol 

After what seems like a lifetime of transfers and putting things back together .....finally got back on the paints today .....progress on the following : a pair of ROG Class 57/3s, Freightliner Green Class 90, a fictional Strathclyde PTE Class 153, Inter City Executive Class 87, EWS Class 47, a fictional Deltic Style Two tone Green Class 66, the oddball 47627 in 'Celebrations' Livery, an ROG Class 47, Inter City Executive Class 47, Puma Liveried Class 60, DCR Liveried Class 60 and finally the obligatory pile of Class 47s in Large Logo ......

On 23/02/2021 at 20:37, Squirrel Rail said:

Few completions today which is a bit of Deja vu for 58033, 90002 and 90045 as I've done all of these for other customers. First up 58033 which was a rework of 58030 with the high up gold band and resprayed bodysides topped off with a good helping of wear and tear and grime, 

 

The other 58 is 003 which was in for replacement numbers, a front number and some repairs to a glue run on the nameplates. Its all back to normal now,

 

90045 was a renumber and weather, decals from Steve @railtec-models . There's quite a few detail differences from the original 90042 donor

Real shame that the camera doesn't pick up the colours in the roof but here's a pic anyway

 

The other 90 was 002 Wolf of Badenoch ex works in it's current condition with LSL

and to round off the day work started on prepping a 37 which will be going into EWS!

 

That's enough for today.....

Shock .... doing 90002 as well !! Though may well keep this one for myself ......

A few bits finished off today .... 66175 Rail Riders Express in DB Cargo Livery, 47120 RAF Kinloss & 47541 The Queen Mother in Large Logo Livery and finally 37263 in BR Blue with Highland Rail Stag and Working Scottish Region Style Headlamp .....

Have to say that I have, with a heavy heart, canceled my Heljan order for their ETHEL .... be interesting to see is SLW produce a motored or un-motored one .... either way am looking forward to this model and this may be a case of the 'smaller' manufacturer usurping the 'bigger' manufacturer and their offerings .... time will tell I guess ...

28 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Watch this space

Surely not Jerry .... us doing the same livery .... shock lol 

Oh Heljan and Bachmann ...... now do I cancel my ETHEL 1 order for the Heljan Version ...........yep cancelled !!!

1 hour ago, James Makin said:

Strangely I’ve always liked the BR Intercity Mainline livery - just the way it made the 90s look more workmanlike compared to the full Swallow which is quite bling bling! Always thought Swallow would’ve looked nicer with full white skirts similar to the 91s though!

 

But my soft spot is for Virgin being the radical new livery taking over when I was just getting into modelling and that’d be my top wishlister! 

 

Cheers,

James

Really ???

15 hours ago, DBC90024 said:

 

I know exactly what you mean, and yet, i am still tempted by a ficticious but logical livery or three

 

 

Got me thinking now ...... Original Railfreight or Large Logo would look good but the grills on the one bodyside might affect the positioning of the logo ..... COLAS would look good .... hmmmmm got me thinking now ........ shall I do one .....?