Ivatt46403 Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Nice build Marcus. Do you have a picture of the other mystery cattle wagon? Cheers, Mark Hi Mark, Thanks - yes here it is: It's beige plastic, and it doesn't say Cambrian on the bottom.. Marcus. (and I know I need to fix the roof down ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Might it be the old Slaters one? That was body only as I recall so the under frame would have been sourced separately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris45lsw Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It is a Slaters kit of a Midland Rly cattle wagon and it did come with an underframe. Now available from Coopercraft. AFAIK Slaters only made a body only Cattle in 7mm scale a long time ago, and that was ultimately superseded by a full kit. Chris Knowles-Thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It is a Slaters kit of a Midland Rly cattle wagon and it did come with an underframe. Now available from Coopercraft. Possibly ... Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted December 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2015 Possibly ... Chris Is that 'Possibly' a Slaters kit or possibly available from Coopercraft Chris? Or both? It has certainly built into a nice kit however. Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 It is a Slaters kit of a Midland Rly cattle wagon and it did come with an underframe. Now available from Coopercraft. AFAIK Slaters only made a body only Cattle in 7mm scale a long time ago, and that was ultimately superseded by a full kit. Chris Knowles-Thomas Yes that sounds right -certainly looks like that one - I definitely don't remember buying the underframe separately. Both kits came together very nicely, the wire rails on the Parkside one are much finer than the plastic rod on the the Coopercraft/Slaters kit but that's easily swapped. Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Here's the new one fresh from the paintshop. I used Halfords grey aerosol primer, thought about leaving it at that (the roof is just that) but then gave it a brush coat of Phoenix LMS freight wagon grey (P38), then Tamiya Nato Black for the below the solebar as per my copy of "A Illustrated History of LMS Wagons Vol. 1", The inside is Phoenix weathered wood (P990). I'd probably have airbrushed the grey if it wasn't for the fact that I washed my airbrush noodle down the sink last week. There's a great photoo in An Illustrated History with them all lined up with white painted wheels which I am considering adding, then heavily weathering. The grey has come out a little more gloss than usual - either I didn't mix it well enough or I was a little impatient with the undercoat. I'll be weathering it anyway - or what happens if you apply matt varnish to a gloss surface?? HMRS transfers are finally ordered (by mail! with a cheque!) so I might actually have some LMS decals on my wagon fleet soon. For comparison, as I managed (accidentally) to do a very similar pose, where's the other, Slaters/Coopercraft one: Marcus. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Now I've sorted some couplings, here's a few quick ones of it in service behind my J15 Marcus 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Is that 'Possibly' a Slaters kit or possibly available from Coopercraft Chris? Or both? It has certainly built into a nice kit however. Cheers, Mark Apologies for the ambiguity. I meant "possibly available" as I have not seen one on sale for quite a while. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Apologies for the ambiguity. I meant "possibly available" as I have not seen one on sale for quite a while. Chris Looks like you can get it direct: [Edited to remove link - looks as though you're unlikely to get one any time soon] Marcus. Edited December 6, 2015 by Ivatt46403 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2015 Looks like you can get it direct: http://shop.cooper-craft.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=60_69&products_id=111 Marcus. HI Marcus From reading the thread about cooper-craft, what is on the website is not necessarily readily available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 HI Marcus From reading the thread about cooper-craft, what is on the website is not necessarily readily available. Yes, sounds like Cooper Craft are having some difficulties at the moment. Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Station signs arrived from Trackside Signs so I made a start on the sign boards from various bits and pieces of plasticard and rod. Think I need to file the pitch down a little more but I'm happy with the start I've made: I've made them too tall so I can plant them, and am now faced with my standard "what colour were they" dilemma. They were replaced before the colour photos I have, and in the b&w ones they look darker than the lampposts etc, so it may be marroon, with a white board. Marcus. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted December 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2015 Nice work with the kits Marcus and looking forward to how you get on with the signs, keep up the great work. Cheers, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 No more modelling until the new year as I've gone to San Francisco for work, then will be back in Buckden (the 12 in:ft one) over Christmas. Happy Christmas everyone! Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Happy New Year everyone! It's been a miserable wet Sunday in Bristol today so what better than a spot of modelling to start the year. I decided to get on with this etched barrow kit for Buckden: A combination of soldering and superglue gave me a nice little barrow: Which a quick daub of fresh, bright green paint gave me a new addition to the platform: Marcus. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Does anyone know of a kit for a LMS/MR hand cart similar to this one: (http://northwestimages.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/carnforth-station-heritage-centre.html) It's one of the pieces now missing from my platform (and some people). Marcus. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted January 4, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2016 Happy new year Marcus, nice little addition with Barrow Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Of course what point a luggage barrow without some luggage? Added here are some modelscene items which came free with Railway Modeller a while back, painted with a base of Phoenix LMS freight bauxite then drybrushed with a little acrylic colour. Marcus. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Shedman5 Posted January 4, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2016 Just spent a pleasurable ten mins or so going through the posts and story of this layout. Great photos and a job well done with the benches! Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Buckden signs painted and planted: 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 In other news we bought a new house yesterday. It's got plenty of space in the garden for an sizeable train shed, but it'll be a little while until we move in and build it. There's also likely to be a six month limbo period where we're in a temporary flat too so Buckden will likely go into storage for a bit. But I'm happy at the stage it's at right now so I'm ok with that. We went to the Weston Super-Mare show today and saw Ian Goose's lovely Boggs Yard, a minimum, three point 7 mm narrow gauge industrial layout and it got me thinking that a project like that might be a perfect little filler to play with whilst we're in temporary digs/building a super shed. SO I'm considering a minimum space, three point project along the lines of either: 7 mm narrow gauge 7 mm industrial 4 mm nuclear sidings (I have a DRS 37 and a flask which I really like) 4 mm ironstone (either narrow or standard guage) The last of course could keep me in Kettering and Huntingdon territory. Thoughts anyone? Marcus. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Food for thought - have a look at this: What about 4mm ironstone, or 7mm NG on the East Midlands Ironstone lines? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted January 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi Marcus, Congratulations on finding a new house. Some nice projects to consider there as well. The 4mm Northamptonshire ironstone line would be interesting and easy to do. With the Model Rail Sentinel, Hornby Sentinel and the forthcoming Hornby Peckett and DJModels Hudswell Clarke there's suitable loco's available. Alternatively an Ixion Hudswell Clarke with a few PECO 27T iron ore tippler wagons could do the trick. Food for thought! Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 The 4mm Northamptonshire ironstone line would be interesting and easy to do. With the Model Rail Sentinel, Hornby Sentinel and the forthcoming Hornby Peckett and DJModels Hudswell Clarke there's suitable loco's available. ...or an industrialised Hornby Terrier.....? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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