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  1. Jon020

    Display board rails cleaned; Nimbus disassembled and wheels cleaned and bogies loosened (poor running sorted) and volume turned up; 47 checked; photos printed for photo exhibition and a nice glass of wine. Not a bad evening ;-)

  2. Jon020

    That's one ViT 47 Laserglazed; one to go... although I might leave that until weathered; first one will be quite clean.

    1. NickL2008

      NickL2008

      Still yet to get it for my lot, need to get round to getting them finished!

    2. Jon020

      Jon020

      I can't praise them enough. On my first 47 (a hacked-about Bachmann) I ended up using Heljan glazing in the scale etched frames - a bit of a faff but worth the effort of that "just-right" look. This time, I've just dropped the glazing for the ViT ones into the holes - after applying black pen around the glazing edges to reduce bleed/prismatic effects and added some klear to the frames. A good snug fit and worth the time taken to improve the look. Now just need to finish the c...

    3. Jon020

      Jon020

      Changed my mind. Second ViT 47 glazed. Weathering will be mostly on roof and underframe... 47s didn't get too grubby in mainline passenger service and were regularly washed (according to photos)

  3. Jon020

    :-( If anybody wants an Ultrascale wheelset for a Heljan 26 in OO please PM me - I ordered in P4 ... looks like their system hiccuped somewhere. Chasing them at present (no answer)... but might be putting on classifieds ... 7 month wait down the drain :-(

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    2. Jon020

      Jon020

      If I did, I can't find it... doubly annoying. I;m guessing I'll get nowhere but I'll see what they come back to me with first; I've e-mailed and phoned (message left) ... Let's see how long before they get back to me.

    3. Jon020

      Jon020

      You used to get an order confirmation email with all details on it... now it's just an online confirmation and "link" to the order status.. so there's nothing to track back to. Annoyed... possibly at them, possibly at myself.

    4. Jon020

      Jon020

      David from Ultrascale has offered to replace them (reasonably quickly)... original order glitched? Sorted at least.

  4. Jon020

    Off to Ropley early tomorrow... timetable studying tonight.

  5. Jon020

    Shawplan Class 47 roof fan grills. Not my favourite job... but one loco just needs the ring and the other is still to do but I've not broken any yet. Phew.

  6. Jon020

    Solder singed finger tips... but I've nearly mastered a one of a set of coupling rods.

  7. Jon020

    Really quite pleased with Dapol Western Nobleman, Blue FYE. Another job for Jon's workbench!

  8. Jon020

    Brassmasters 08 coupling rods to puzzle over and a Dapol Western on its way from Liverpool... that and tooling being produced to rectify the front end steps of a brace of Hornby 31s and i think that that's quite enough to be getting on with thank you very much.

  9. Jon020

    This time last year I realised that I'd not be able to get to Warley but received some compensation by winning an auction for a ViTrains 47 - in Virgin Livery... which for the sum of 50 notes I was quite pleased... this year I'm faced with the same restrictions and wont make it to the NEC but coincidentally have just picked up a DRS Compass ViT 47 for about the same price... which is quite pleasing too. The DRS livery is certainly my favourite "modern" livery and it'll be...

    1. Jon020

      Jon020

      ... nice to do just a little detailing and weathering to get something a little more modern in the fleet.

    2. yorkie_pudd

      yorkie_pudd

      so think of a model you want, then plan something away and hey presto the model turns up cheap for you.. result :)

  10. Jon020

    Made a visit to the Cheltenham model centre this afternoon... what a wonderful place; nice chat too!

    1. steveb860

      steveb860

      It's a 2 minute walk across the park opposite, for me.

  11. Jon020

    Not enough for a blog entry yet... still feeling my way with this one, but I think the front end of the 31 looks a bit better now. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/54862-img-0475-lowres/

  12. Jon020

    Hornby 31... for those that wondered http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/54392-31-project-first-steps/

  13. Jon020

    De-glazed a Hornby 31; compared to a Lima 31 and sorted out a plan. Some filing and pulling of parts later and the next project has commenced.

    1. class"66"

      class"66"

      Sounds interesting!!! any photos buddy??

    2. Jon020

      Jon020

      All in good time ;-)

    3. class"66"

      class"66"

      Looking forward to them Jon020...

  14. Jon020

    Phew! Fitting all these chairs is a job best done whilst seated!

    1. cpman46

      cpman46

      I thought chairs were meant for sitting on anyway!

  15. Jon020

    Hmmm, those Hornby 31 cabs. Is that what to needs to correct the look of the bodyshape?

  16. Jon020

    In the pursuit of finesse and finescale: I've got a pair of Hornby 31s and I'm not afraid of abusing them.

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    2. Jon020

      Jon020

      Still looking at them; need to get a Lima one for comparison but are their front ends too small? There's something not quite right and I'm now beginning to wonder whether it would be fixable

    3. Ian_B_68

      Ian_B_68

      I had a similar thought, I'm going to use Hornby running gear/chassis and put my spare Lima bodies to use on them.

    4. Jon020

      Jon020

      I think that's what many do... but I don't want to give up on the Hornby body just yet... surely it can be fixed and I think its the curve-in on the cab sides that's missing or not as pronounced as it should be... but it's a funny old shape and difficult to judge.

  17. Jon020

    Well chuffed; 6 pages in last month's BRM and now 9 pages in MRJ; 47 project finished and now over 6 and a half thousand views of my flickr photostream in two days... can't be bad!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Hope they paid you properly for your work.... ;-)

  18. Jon020

    Ultrascale wheels ordered

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Six months later......

  19. Jon020

    Would welcome comment on the initial weathering to my 47 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/53552-47-weathering-first-stage-lr/

  20. Jon020

    Not many more days "off" but with kids and wife out for the morning, I might just be able to break out the airbrush and get some weathering enamels to flow through it :-)

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      make sure the kitchen doesn't smell of paint when she gets back ;)

    2. Jon020

      Jon020

      Good point Ian; fortunately the lean-too conservatory is not nice enough to be treated as a proper conservatory so it serves as my boys' model railway room... with their 8x4 oo roundy... and a table upon which I can use the airbrush, with my knocked-up spraying booth. But yes... keep the doors closed to stop the spread of the smell... of which I think the airbrush cleaner spray is the worst offender!

  21. Jon020

    Fettling Laserglaze windscreens for a Heljan 47 to fit my scale screens on my "modified" Bachmann 47. 1 down, three to go... letting the klear dry over dinner. Impressed with the result and only one's done so far!

    1. Jon020

      Jon020

      3 down... 1 to go..!

    2. Brass0four

      Brass0four

      Looking forward to seeing the results! Tony,

  22. Jon020

    Going to sample a Chiltern Railways run from London to Brum and back tomorrow... a "different" family day out.

  23. Jon020

    Browsing the WNXX forum and found that the Goyle diesel gala at the Spa valley railway on 2-4 Aug are offering driver exp and cab rides - for

    1. Jon020

      Jon020

      ... and given that there's gloss varnish on my 47 drying and my craven's had some further weathering dusting to the underframe, I'd say that that's a productive evening and that I'll sit down with a beer to watch the Kings Speech on Film4.

    2. NickL2008

      NickL2008

      Thanks for that Jon! tempted to do that only

    3. NickL2008

      NickL2008

      Thanks for that Jon! tempted to do that only

  24. Jon020

    Had two days of trouble free train commuting between Marseilles and Marian ... only to be badly let down today and had to resort to a bus to get us to the airport and (just) make it in time for the flight home. French railways work well.... sometimes!

  25. Jon020

    Drafting a blog update; well it was about time really! Should upload tomorrow... on no, is that the time? later today then Yawn.

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