Sylvian Tennant

Thanks guys. Its reinstilled my faith in this model tbh. Ill have a look at East Kent Models. Hopefully it sbould be completed fully soon. Just trying to think which 9F it could be. So far the winning bet is 92087 but 92011 or 92013 are up there too. Cheers Richard. Ill give that a go on my other 9F. Ive been messing around quite alot with this engine but I dont feel confident enough playing with the dimentions of this engine just yet but good pointer.

Cheers mate. Yeah it originally had a hook but it broke before i added a jackson three link. Ill see how it looks weathered as it seems to have worked on my brake van. Ill see what I can do but yeah hopefully the job will be a little easier now.

I have been a bit quiet lately mainly due to work and girlfriend related activities and I have not been doing much. In all honestly I have been investigating other scales and need a bit of a changed from my general OO stuff. As well as this, my work commitment, my girlfriend and my other interests need some time as well. So I’ve been looking at what I need to get done 4mm scale wise and what can be left for another time. Namely my passenger stuff and most of my other engines. However I have asked if I can get my 9F and Mucky Duck to run on our layout “Hartburn Junction†at Blythe 2012. A swell as this I have also offered to trains for them to haul. A coal train made up of Bachmann modified Bachmann models and updated Parkside and Dapol kits and a bolster train again made up of an assortment of Parkside and modified Bachmann models. Anyway… back on to interesting stuff. I have been busy modifying (and swearing at) a Hornby Railroad 9F. These things have been well publicised as being a good basis for modifications and updates especially at being (at time if writing) half the price of a Wachy Bachy 9F. I don’t know the total logic of these updates so I would rather people refrain from “Well why didn’t you just buy a Bachmann 9F and re-number it?†The only real answer I can give you is… I like to work for my achievements. Anyway. What it looked like before Here are the mid-way results. I added a Golden Arrows BR1F Tender Single Chimney (247 developments)…I had lost the original one which started off my dismay Steps (Dapol kit) Draincocks Sandpipes Brakes (A bloomin’ nightmare!) Lubricators (comet) I had to file away at the metal to get them to fit! A new smoke box dart (comet) Smoke deflector bracing Smoke box steps (along with a replacement front) Buffer Steps Sanded off the mould lines on the firebox & smokebox Vacuum pipes Less obvious model coupling Lamps Irons Coupling (Dapol kit) Pony Truck springs Beefed up the right hand side piping (Dapol simply placed over the original stuff) Sandbox caps Left hand side piping Rear bulkhead with bracing Cab hand rails Cab doors (they ain’t fitted yet, I plan to secure them after painting the interior) The tender uses the ladders from the original tender Hand rails I have filled the gap at the back of the tender where the ladders go with plasicard filed to fit. Screw handles (Dapol kit) Water level indicator I have also drilled out the fire irons hole Currently it reminds me of an engine from India or Pakistan or possibly china with the different colours going on! I have also been busy with filling my coal train with coal… only I forgot to take a picture of the end results! Finally I have also been modifying a Hornby LMS based brake van giving it an underframe ballast box and new handrails. Further updates on both of these and some more project soon but please let me know what you think

I have recently thought about the concept of a BR Standard 10F mallet. My friend started me off when he saw a continental layout at an exhibition. Apparently there was a loco utilising a Dapol 9F body and two Hornby terrier chassis. It started me thinking about a final FINAL design in a similar vien to the big boys. Purely imaginative but I like the idea.

Interesting ideas on here! I shall be looking around for some inspiration in the near future

Good point Pannier Tank, but as with the coal it's my friends choice I was provided with the tools and the lamps to work with so they were present (my friend wanted a station pilot) I would have been quite happy to put a brass numberplate on though. Buffalo: Yeah, I was thinknig a new fireman or one who was busy chatting to the station master whilst it was being fillled. However I've taken you point from before on. but thank you all for the kind comments

Thanks guys, as for the coal, whatever my friend decides to do with it is his business however if it was me, I'd put coal in as well Hmm good point Buffalo, it's one of the few things I have been uncertain about however generally you only see one side at a time. Plus I saw a pic of the VoR tank engine being filled with water gushing out of both tanks so on that assumption I "watered" them both. But thanks guys

Wow!

Well, I won't go over the details of what I've done but I seem to have left a happy customer again. It's another Pannier tank (quite enjoyable to weather really ) Basically, it's all be painted using humbrol and some revell paints, I've added and repaired some detail such as missing brake rodding, some missing handrails, lamps irons and that. Individual touches using springside lamps & tank engine fire irons. The ash at the front of the engine looks a little too sharp but I think it was the light playing tricks with the camera as it's much subtler than what you can see. This is how it looks beforehand! then after... Please, let me know how know what you think of it. Unfortunatly as I've start full time work, I'm not doing as much commission work as I originally planned as time with my partner and other hobbies is restricting time for my own train stuff let alone my customers/friends stuff. However I shall be doing bits from time to time.