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    Vallejo paints Manchester

    in Model Shop Guide

    Posted · Edited by DavidLong

    Thanks Andy and Stewart.

     

    I had come across Element Games previously but I had forgotten them until you mentioned them.

     

    Nearest Boyes seems to be in Royton (Oldham). I must admit that I had always assumed that they hadn't ventured to the frozen North!

     

    David

     

    Edit re:Boyes. From the map it appears that the Pennines has been the main barrier to turning up in the North West!

    Vallejo paints Manchester

    in Model Shop Guide

    Posted · Edited by DavidLong

    A question basically as the title. Does anyone know of a stockist of Vallejo paints in Greater Manchester? Unfortunately my local shop in Bolton which stocked them closed down a couple of months ago. 

    Buying paints online is a bit of a pain due to the shipping restrictions and its always good to have a rummage through the available colours.

     

    David

    2mm Association 1923 Open Wagons - two types?

    in 2mm Finescale

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    6 hours ago, 2mm Andy said:

    Anyone with a thirst for more information on RCH wagons ought to have a look at the following;

     

    http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/~adrian/steam/RCHWagons/index.html

     

    I've only recently discovered it (courtesy of the Scalefour Society Forum) but it appears to be a goldmine of useful information, albeit with significantly more detail available than is probably necessary in 2mm finescale!

     

    There is one quote that is particularly worth highlighting;

     

    "There is no single RCH standard, and wagons manufactured by different companies in any case show quite a bit of variation, especially above the chassis. The main focus of the standards is on buffing, coupling and lubrication."

     

    So I think it's the usual case of work from photos of your prototype.

     

    Andy

     

    Excellent resource, Andy. Thanks for posting.

     

    Could I also give a mention to Chris Crofts' seminal articles in MRJs 12/13/14 from 1987. Entitled 'Scratchbuilding Model Wagons' the series is mainly concerned with post-1923 mineral wagons and has lots of prototype information as well as building 4mm scale models.

     

    David

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    2mm Association 1923 Open Wagons - two types?

    in 2mm Finescale

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    Justin,

     

    2-551 is a very old production going back at least thirty years. It is from the same era as 2-511 which is the (not NGS) LMS van. It is rather basic, befitting the era in which it was produced. It has no inside detail and the lack of bottom doors is unsurprising.

    I have no experience of 2-553 but it appears to be as the description, being the eight-plank version of the RCH 1923 standard. It is also, I would guess, a Cambrian moulding which, with one exception, I avoid like the plague!

    Both will work with the Association's 9' underframe although 2-551 will need a buffer beam but some Evergreen strip would probably be your friend.

    The Association has needed a decent 1923 RCH mineral for years but it seems unlikely to appear any time soon as we seem to have given up on plastic moulding and I'm not sure that etching is a good solution for wooden-bodied open wagons. 3D printing without those terrible ridges may be a solution.,

    Those of us who model the largely 16T steel mineral era are hugely spoiled by the Stephen Harris kit but were I to need any wooden body coal wagons I would be more inclined towards the NGS Parkside productions for seven and eight plank wagons.

     

    Edit to add that the 1923 spec allowed for the end stanchions to be either metal T section, as 2-551, or wood, as 2-553.

     

    David

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    Pace Yourself - photos of the final(?) Pacer countdown

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    On 08/12/2019 at 14:00, DRS Crewe On A Mission said:

     

    I have also read yesterday that up to five 142 pacers may be saved and sold on to private railways. I have no further details as of yet as to which railways these are, but when I do I will post here. 

     

    I am sure that this is a proposal to which the late Colonel Stephens would be able to give his approval as they are a marginal update to his renowned railcars. I trust that the likes of the K&ESR and EKR will be preparing their bids! Just the thing for rural by-ways with jointed track . . .

     

    David

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    The Diddington project

    in Layout topics

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    Alex,

     

    Good to meet you (and Mark) yesterday and enjoyed the couple of chats that we had during the day. The layout is as good as the photos promised it to be. 

     

    Phil agreed with me that Upwell Drove was 'Best in Show' and made his trip up from Launceston well worthwhile. Oh, and Elm Lane is a mini-delight in itself!

     

    David

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    RevolutioN Trains announce Class A Tank and MTV "Zander" in N

    in Revolution Trains

    Posted · Edited by DavidLong
    Update

    On 31/10/2019 at 22:13, Ben A said:

     

    Hi Paul,

     

    It doesn't look like bauxite and chocolate brown seemed as descriptive as I could manage!  Is there a "proper" name for the colour of these wagons?

     

    cheers

     

    Ben A.

     

    Post-1964 Freight Brown? 

     

    Later edit to confirm as noted by David Larkin in Wagons of the Early British Rail Era (1969-1982 period) that the initial livery was indeed Freight Brown with markings mostly as your illustration A pool number was not always present and, if it was, not necessarily in the prescribed manner. I'll be interested in some of these as Paul Bartlett has a number of photos of them at Warrington in the late-1970s conveying sand. This could have been for either the manufacture of detergent Crosfields Warrington)or glass (Pilkingtons St Helens) as both these industries are present in the area.

     

    David

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    Cutting 2mm card

    in Card structure modelling forum

    Posted

    On 05/11/2019 at 23:39, brossard said:

    I have built a lot of card structures.  My weapon of choice is the Olfa knife (yellow handle).  Snap off the dull blade to reveal a fresh one.

     

    John

    John,

     

    There seem to be a number of Olfa knives with yellow handles, do you have a particular one that you are referring to?

     

    David

    65179's workbench

    in 2mm Finescale

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    CT decoders are available from dealers in Europe via a Google search. I have just bought some DCX76D wired decoders from The Netherlands.* This is single-sided and my decoder of choice for anything that is likely to have a stay-alive attached due to the size and accessibility of the solder pads.

    I have used CT for years and would really miss them. I have tried Zimo and though they are close I still find them not quite up to the CT equivalents.

     

    David

     

    * Buy now before it becomes (ahem) more difficult/expensive!

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    IRRS - New Manchester Area Group

    in Irish Railways Group

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    There is a proposal for a new branch of the Irish Railway Record Society to begin meetings in Manchester commencing in February 2020. Details of the proposal can be found here:

    http://irishrailarchives.ie/index.php/2019/09/27/proposed-new-irrs-area-manchester/

    This is excellent news for me as I live in Manchester! Since the move to the Calthorpe Arms for London Area meetings it has become more difficult for me to attend those meetings due to the distance from Euston and the timing of late trains back to Manchester.

    The location for the meeting is only five minutes walk from Piccadilly station so will be easily accessible from many parts of the North West.

     

    David

     

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    Handsworth Goods

    in Layout topics

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    2 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said:

     

    Have you given them a ring and asked if its possible for them to produce the headers?

     

     

     

    No but I will do when I get around to needing one. I've just always been puzzled as to why you would produce the louvre/window but not the surround.

     

    David

    fiNetrax

    in Smaller Suppliers

    Posted

    On 31/08/2019 at 10:32, justin1985 said:

     

    Yup that’s the one! It’s a shame that none of these layouts has much in the way of a web presence - it would be great if they were a bit more widely known.

     

    A showcase on the Finetrax website would be a great start!

    Hi Justin,

     

    I've been following this one:

    https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/143039-6x1-quarry-aggregate-layout-set-in-the-80s90s/

     

    All built with Finetrax and very nice it is too. 

     

    Wayne deserves any support that people can give. Anything that may drag some away from Peco!

     

    David

     

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    Football Focus

    in Wheeltappers

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    Turned into a great night at the Unibol. £5 cash entry and free parking. They had planned to open the lower tier on one side only, in the event they had to open three sides and got 9000 through the door for a midweek EFL Trophy game with Bradford City. The BWFC U12s were excellent and ran themselves into the ground to get a 1-1 result. Unfortunately in the Nonentity Cup there has to be a penalty shoot out which the Bantams won 4-3 and they get a bonus point. Weird!

    Hope the new owners were suitably impressed.

     

    David

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