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right should I cut holes in the transfer before application. Oh and GLAD TO BE BACK

Hello all again. If you have been reading my previous entires then you know of the snag upon which my project had caught, a buffer had broken off the shunter making replacement impossible, worse still I had removed the remaining buffers. This threatened to throw the whole idea into disarray. After weeks of staring at it, an email to the inspiration and a blog entry, both of which went unanswered, I honestly thought that my brief foray into modeling had ended in abysmal failure and that I had ruined a model for no result. Then a very old and dear friend of mine pointed out the obvious solution and its a sign of inexperience that I didn't think of it. this is the former mount for the coupling, I've since filed it out. above this a pallet of plasticard squares each about 2MM thick will be glued to the body, through this a bore will be drilled and tapped and thus serve as a new connection. the front end will receive similar treatment, belt and braces and what have you. The new bufferbeam, fore The new bufferbeam, aft Removed Bufferblock, fore Removed Bufferblock, aft There you have it, apologies for the appalling quality of photography. the resident photographer has been fired... out of a cannon.

AROOOWWWW

What's to be the fate of the G scale stock?

Hello all, for this entry I'm going to have to ask you to use the photos from the entry which this entry derives its name, this is because my camera is out of battery and the charger has disappeared. Anyway, the body of the Lima Shunter, which henceforth shall be know as an Ex BR class 94 shunter, is secured to the chassis via, what I call, Buffer Boxes, to which the body is held by small clips which fit under the BBs. I had planned to replace the molded plastic buffers with brass replacements, unfortunately one of the buffers has broken off and disappeared. On my last entry a fellow RMweber suggested I find another way of connecting the body to the chassis much like George Dent did in "Desert Rat", I chose to do so, but after weeks of staring a the probelm I can't think of a solution and so have to ask; Can any of you? any help...

magnificent, nuff said

anyone for building a 12in/1ft version?

It looks really great, as I've said before it is a standard I hope to achieve.

Glad to see your back, so does this company make custome nameplates? This W2, how it going? do let me know. apolgies for that odd first comment, long story, I thought it was a 4-8-4 not a 4-6-4

Exactly my point, modellers of genuine preserved railways can't run anything they want as their constrained by what the railway owns. On the subject of the S160 noone produces a dedicated model of the but DJH produce a HO kit of the American type that (I imagine) could be bashed to look like the war engines. There is another option for serious modellers who have interests in other railway, model an interregional location.

I think I'd better wrap this topic up by saying that, in-fact preserved layouts are quiet popular as layout subjects, however due to the train set stigma that is often applied to the prototype most modellers of them remain silent, leading the rest of us to assume they are unpopular. On that last point I would like to encourage anyone how does model a realistic persevered railway layout to be proud in their achievement.

I'm sorry I wasn't targeting this shout at anyone I was reinforcing the original question and I am sorry if you took offense I do appreciate extra debate just so long as the original query is not lost. I would like to close on this debate with saying 'some preserved railways are obviously intended purely for tourism and some play a deeper role in community's, it is simple a matter of individual prefernce'.

But my point was that a preserved railway can allow locals to serve their needs without the need of a longer trip, in the case of the NYMR it provides services to Whitby which surely must provide services for the locals. Anyway the point of this topic is WHY ARE PRESERVED RAILWAYS (seemingly ) UNPOPULAR AS LAYOUT SUBJETS?.

Hi all, wouldn't you now it, SNAFU, as part of my shunter upgrade I planned to replace the molded plastic buffers: as exhibited here: I plan to replace them with brass buffers generously provided by a fellow modeller: this left a rather convenient mount: Unfortunately... this is were the rear right hand buffer mount should be, it was broken off in an accident and has since disappeared, even more incensing, the replacements are a near perfect fit. so any help in how to deal with this would be greatly appreciated.

I have also read RAILWAY ADVENTURE but I argue preserved railway's can bring in tourism and serve the local community, in the case of the Talyllyn its preservation allowed the remote community's a more direct route to the main center of Towyn, otherwise they would have to rely on a longer and less substantial road. Incidentally I have been thinking of a 4MM model of Dolgoch (both the station and the Loco) I have also thought of modelling a fictional steam railway owned at first by BR and then, along the lines of Titfield, when the time of closure came a group of community members formed a new company and bought the line to run for the community, for this I was thinking of using Bachmann junior stock.

you could go titfield, and model a fictitious privatly owned steam railway.

Hello, this is a mystery which has befuddled me for a while, why are preserved railways unpopular as Layout subjects? I mean modeling a fictitious preserved line opens up a huge range for a modeller, if you wanted it could be in this reality, an example of Gresley's P2's has been saved, an LMS Garret (imagine one of those on a passenger train !!), a 47XX or a genuine Hawksworth county, an example of all the Classes of GNR(I) 0-6-0s, a Hawksworth Pacific. Its not just Locos, there are some real gems from the Rolling Stock archive that have been lost forever. you could create your own fantasy preservation world. So why is it and what would you preserve?

Hello all just popping in to show you the progress I've made with the shunter. This shows what I assume to be the forward access hatch, starboard side, I've drilled and cut out the molded grill and replaced it by gluing fine mesh behind it. The main engine access hatches, starboard side, I removed the old mold by the same method as above and, as per above, glued fine mesh behind it, note the molded hand rail has been removed, somewhat crudely, with a craft knife. Forward access hatch, port side, I'll leave it to you to figure out how I added the mesh. Forward access hatch, port side, note again the butchered body work. Finally an overall view, the 'OOTERS MISSING !!, removed with a craft knife, my finest work so far.

Oh well, it just goes to show ' the best laid plans of mice and men...'

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