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Sylvian Tennant

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  1. Good luck Stockburn and the S&DMRC!!!

  2. WHAT!!!!!!!!! GRAHAM FARISH B1!!!!!!!

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      Check their website mate, it was totally top secret!

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      Sylvian Tennant

      Looking at what they've done, N gauge looks really tempting again!

  3. York was fun today :) I love the NACAB AGM

  4. How many more variations to my name do you need!, woohoo Gay Pride tomorrow!

  5. How is the oil train coming along?

  6. There's a hole in our floor....

  7. LMAO cracking stuff! I love it
  8. Welcome to the forum, you seem to coming along nicely there
  9. Welcome to the forum, you seem to coming along nicely there
  10. Interior would be a big plus but as far is it is already, I'm becoming more and more impressed with every post. Any idea on the Livery?
  11. This is just simply impressive!!!!
  12. I have found that (especially without brass bearings) the running qualities are livable yet you do have the issue of wobbly wagons and the occasional derailment (though most of mine was down to a bad desicion with couplings). I still have occasional issues with them but they seem to be okay now, the barrier wagons as well! I'm told that the bearing (like with most things) may remedy the situation but you would know more than me!
  13. was that the book about improving 4mm scale wagons cos if it is...I ranted about it then I actually ended up using it as a source of inspiration!!! (gah!!!) apologies to the author of that book, it was really good. I was just really inpatient!!! Thank you though hopefully when they're painted and weathered they're look a whole lot better!
  14. Why thank you , I know how you feel, I built a Parkside Bolster wagon blind the other night because the instructions were blooming useless! I must also point out that the main elements of the wagons (the chassis, nameplates, barrel & ladders/walkway) arn't glued on yet whilst I'm waiting to paint them. Everything I have used I will list out when all of the articles are complete!!! which may take some time!!! Sylvian
  15. Hi there Thanks I actually have been keeping a loose eye on your articles actually (I should leave more flattering comments on your posts though) and I'm quite impressed with what I've seen, being a former N gauge guy myself. It is a really shame that no one has bothered to model these tanks in 2mm scale, I know the layout that inspired me, Basingstoke, (oddly enough 2mm scale) had to make do with what I believe to be Peco 14t and the long wheel base tanks. Sylvian
  16. The Dapol 20t tank wagons is a simple kit top produce, one I actually would recommend to anyone who was starting out or wanted an add some non-taxing details. However, there were a few slight hiccups when opening most of the kits. Broken parts as you can see here. This isn’t a major, if incredibly irritating, problem. So first check all of the parts and prepare to spend the best part of a hour trying to rectify any problems you come across! I started with the barrel and this was the first of my modifications. I added a 10 gram weight perched upon a bit of spare sprue inside. The weight it self is self adhesive but I added a coat of liquid poly just as insurance. The completed barrel should look something like this and should naturally sit the right way up with the newly added weight. If it doesn’t…panic! The chassis was again a straight forward build initially. I should have bored the holes for the braking gear on the chassis and brake blocks BEFORE this stage but I left it until later. For ease of the reader I have included it in this part. I used a 1mm drill bit for the hangers and 0.55mm for the brake shoes and safety bars, be careful as the hangers are prone to snap and cause a lot of foul language! I also could have added buffers here too, but I seem to have taken these photos before I did! The major modifications begin after this stage! I ended up using Hornby narrow couplings instead of the ones provided. I would suggest that if this is your first kit to use the ones they provide, I learnt a whole spectrum of colourful language whilst trying to super glue them to the chassis and make them work. Unfoundedly I didn’t think this through and went I tried the train it kept derailing on the 2nd radius curves. So unless you plan to run your own train on wider, non-train set curves then you may need to select (or keep) different couplings or, like me remove one of the hooks. Since I was planning to keep it as a block train I didn’t really bother me. However, MAKE SURE, the hook align with the loops if you are going down this route! If you decide to go down this route and want to add the under frame details as I did you’ll have to GENTLY file away a angle at the back of the coupling. As I said, the Dapol kit was great for basic mods because it is itself quite basic. One major difference you will find is the inclusion of a discharge pipe along the underbelly. Check the length with the chassis and gentle indent with the cutters. This is followed up by the braking gear. First the tie bars between the break shoes, made from 0.5mm brass wire. Then I used the staples to create the safety bracket (things). Bend and cut accordingly using the cutters and pliers. Unfortunately I wasn’t too particular as to their positioning, they should be closer to the spine. I bit of the inner brackets should be sticking out of the top of the chassis, simply cut this bit off. The parts connecting the brakes to the cylinders were created using plastic tubing and microstip. I used the same technique to fit the rod as I did to fit the tube. However now there should be a bore in the hangers to help it sit there. (ignore the file!) The connecting bars were measure between the cylinders and rod to judge the distance. Once there were marked out and cut. I cut a slight section out of them. I attached them to the cylinders making sure they sat on the rod. Once they had set I then glued them to the rod. I left the ladders unmodified because I couldn’t be bothered updating them and they looked alright. I also left out the support brackets too because they look simply but are a blooming nuisance! Here is the rake of unpainted wagons This was actually taken before I updated the chassis! But next time I will carry the work out in this order!
  17. It’s been nearly two years since I’ve picked up a kit. The reason why was down to a lack of confidence in my own ability. However a recent house move and prospect of employment had given me a new drive for modelling. This has been a project I have wanted to do for a long time since hearing about the Esso Oil Trains to Fawley hauled typically behind a 9F or later by a Type 3 (Class 33). The actual inspiration came from a picture of an N gauge layout were a Crosti 9F was pulling was rake of Esso oil tankers with a shoc open acting as a barrier wagon. Since then I have upped scale to OO and tried to tackle this train before with dire consequences but I decided my interest should not be dictated by my errors so I have returned to tackle it once more. This is to be my first all kit train including the barrier wagons and brake van, using a combination of Dapol 20t “Esso†tanker wagons and a 20t brake van and Parkside Dundas BR 13t hybar wagon kits and adding various modifications through construction. I know plenty of you will have tackled these kits before and probably know the modifications I will carry out (I’m not a fine scale modeler but I like to add bits and pieces) blind folded but this to show that someone which as little experience as I have that it can be done. So it will be a step-by-step account of the building process. Also I didn’t rush anything; this has been done over a 4-6 month period. Currently, in order to keep the building rate manageable and for it not to become too tedious I have kept the whole train to 11 wagons. That is two open wagons acting as barriers, eight tankers and the brake van but eventually I hope the whole train will double in size eventually to about four opens, and fifteen tankers!!! (and the brake obviously!). Details of what I used shall be put up once the inital project is finished! Initially I started off in the kitchen but I found it quite a stressful place to be at so I relocated to the bedroom which, though smaller is much more manageable! As you can see, I am also a bit of a Doctor Who fan!
  18. I can't wait to see the finished product after the beaut of a BR std 8 you made. How dio you mean, "interesting"?
  19. Agreed... please keep us updated with blogs and photos
  20. Yeah I do! I got into it around the Earth civil way and have caught much since then! I also admit to owning the Crusade, not that I admit it much :P

  21. I sort of do yeah, I really got into it around the Earth Civil war and have caught a fair bit since then. I also (I dunno whether to admit to this or not) have the Crusade on DVD!

  22. Hi Dave

    I went last night and really enjoyed it, I don't know if I'll be there on Wedneasday but I'll see what I can do but I should be definatly joining soon

  23. Whoa, regardless of any inconsistencies (I'm not a totaly rivet counter) that is seriously nice model you've created. I'm especially impressed with the brake rodding
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