Jon020

Finally listed on Ebay

Lovely work.

 

The weathering is very 3 dimensional bringing the model to life nicely. There's the work worn sheen avoiding that flat matt look.

 

Hopefully more posts to come?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

Thanks Mark,

I will endeavour to keep something going on here, as and when I work on something. But thanks for the comments... much appreciated.

Hi Rich. Thanks for the comment and yes it is P4 track. I had a oo board somewhere but couldn't find it at the time; I'd used this one to grab some photos of my craven so used it for this too... yes, its a fine balancing act, but the oo wheels just about cope. :-)

It was fun to operate but blimey I thought that re railing derailments in P4 needed concentration .... great to be invited to help and your son did great!

Hope to catch up again in Uckfield.

Bombay Jon.

I think it looked and performed splendidly... thanks for letting this non2mm modeller near the operations side and it was fun coping with those minor derailments when the ahem points were set wrong I did learn ... eventually. Hope the rest of the afternoon went well and I hope we'll see more of Kyle soon.

Looks good Pete... which bit will you want me to operate on the night ;-)

Good to see you posting again.

Jon

It looks really nice Matthew, and of course I approve of the name ;-)

Do you have further photos and a description of how you built your depot... the single photo looks interesting
Jon

Cheers Pete. Nowt wrong with a duff is there ;-) The locos are yet to receive interest in the classifieds - perhaps given that the Deltics were sold in the hour is an indication of the regard that the class 55s hold. But... yes... they're currently sharing a shelf in my glass cabinet (dust free)

Best wishes

Jon

Thanks for the comments Will, Jez and Jon... and nice to have spurred you on Jack. These models were a distraction from my usual BR Blue themed projects but as the 31 project had hit a problem... which I'm still contemplating how to resolve, they provided a nice little distraction. Just to mention, the 31 problem is that I've two Hornby 31s that I wanted to tackle - sorting their "issues" but one has proven difficult to address - and this is that the front end cut-out steps (4 in all at each end) are too shallow... height wise. I'd tried to cut one out and got a better size, but how to replicate the lip? Job parked. Once option will be to hack two Lima 31 bodies and transplant the noses across.... rather than using the entire bodies which to me still don't look quite right - so that's all parked.

... that and I've found a complete inability to get some P4 wheelsets - Colin from gibsons keeps promising that they're on the to-do list... but they're still on that list nearly a year after asking. U/Scale and others don't do them - so project parked. I've an 08 project lurking somewhere too; this has new Pete Harvey etch steps fitted - I must bring that back out and see if the enthusiasm that fired me on and then waned can be re-fired...  I received some good feedback on that; others asked why I'd bothered  - hey ho!

Anyway... as the ViT 47s don't really suit my period, I'm going to sell them if anyone is interested. They are now both in the classified ads.

best wishes.... one and all

Jon

Anything running over the bridge yet Matthew?

Good to see that the week off was put to good use Pete. Personally, I'd be concerned pushing the traverser out of the front if you were using the rear rails... in case it got knocked.. but yes, if you want that many lines then it'll possibly be the option you gave to select...

I'm presuming that the intent is for this to be exhibitable... which I hope it should be .

Jon

Good to see this in colour; I though the sample on display in the cabinet at Ally Pally held promise and there are a number of areas on this model that are better than the Bach OO version (and some more recent O gauge versions too)... as far as is possible to tell from these pictures... so the model holds promise, and it'll be nice to see a full review and maybe get a thorough assessment from a type-expert. The yellow panel on the model doesn't look quite right for KOYLI as it should have the large radius on the upper corners (there are 6 varieties of SYP on the Deltics) but there's promise. Shape looks reasonable... bonnet top not so sloped as the Bach one.... cab taper looks to be present (whereas it isn't on the current O gauge ones); there's also some room left for areas of refinement to be gained by some etched part manufacturers. Which is good.

Yes... looks nice. 

Excellent work Pete... and a good use of some time off too. I look forward to seeing what you mange by the end of the week ;-)

Hi Pete, glad I looked on here and caught your work; I'm not spending as much time here as I used to; too many other demands of time. I really like the revised backsene and facia; you sure we can't persuade you to bring it to the BHMRC show ;-)

I caught on that the show was on a a little late matthew... I'd have popped over otherwise with my two in tow... but getting them out in the sunshine was possibly the healthier option  - for them and my wallet ;-)

Hope to see you on Friday

Jon

Superb... and you can still traverse the real ones transiting between preserved and main line today ;-)

Nice... neat and a good use of time and offcuts!

I gave in.............

 

Did you have any issues with differences in buffer heights?

 

A fair amount of carving is requited to get a sound speaker in there too..............I'm still cutting!

Hi Mark, I did have to move one of the bogie heights a bit... can't recall which one though. Yes I've not tried to sound-fit it ... yet... but it'll be interesting to see yours once its done ;-)

best wishes

Jon

An interesting entry. I was seeking some info on colours yesterday - trying to work out a good colour for DRS blue (although Br Blue is my normal livery of choice). Went for Humbrol Gloss 15 in the end - very close and it only needed a touch up anyway. These colour match ideas are useful and I'll try to follow your blog more closely from now on.

Jon

I had a fiddle around with fitting a headcode in mine the other week, and whilst I'm not yet satisfied, the light bleed around the edges was a little visible. I'll try the black marker/paint around the backs of the moulding, but it's difficult to see where it's needed. But, it is really necessary to run with the headcode lights lit? Can you switch it so the marker lights are used, but the headcode not... wouldn't that be more prototypical for these ??? not that I know... I just can't see the headcodes being lit during daylight,

Jon

It looks very neat; very tidy; well designed, engineered, constructed and presented. But then again, I'd expect nothing less ;-) well done Pete; good to see "Kyle in a letterbox style" 

Jon

Modelstrip is a much more foregiving process to remove applied paint; superstrip can be much more agressive, but it's the only thing I've used that will take factory finishes off. Well sone... and a good result!

Jon

Excellent to see you putting something on here again Pete, and glad to hear that the enthusiasm's returned... we could all do with a dose of that now and again ;-)

It's such a lovely looking layout and some grand stock there too... it must give you many hours of pleasure just watching the trains go by.

Jon