SI* Modelling

[Huw Griffiths]

Andi,

 

Those 310 and 304 builds are looking rather good - I'd love to see a write-up on those in due course (hopefully somewhere like BRM).

 

Using a mix of colours of plastikard when laminating layers strikes me as sensible - and I can see there's some very neat work on those builds. Would I be right in assuming you used 1mm sheet for this? I'm sure that a number of people might also be interested in how you did this laminating (what adhesive / solvent - did you use weights to press layers together - stuff like that).

 

As for me, I'd love to have a go at a similar build myself - but this might prove rather difficult at present. A few years back, someone very kindly provided me with some AM4 / AM5 cutting templates - but I haven't been able to find them recently. I suspect this might have had something to do with an external HDD crashing on my desktop PC the other year.

 

As for the AM10 (and other classes, like AM3 etc.), I wouldn't know where to start with getting drawings in the first place - but I must admit to liking them.

 

As some people might have guessed by now, I've often wondered about joining DEMU - probably in the next few years ... . However, my next model build project is likely to be a bit older - albeit freelance and loosely based on a pioneer internal combustion railbus - with a bit of "rule 1" thrown in, to keep everyone happy.

 

Of course, none of this should detract from your EMU builds - or, indeed, any of the other quality work that's been appearing on this site.

 

 

Regards,

 

Huw.

[96701]

2 hours ago, Pannier Tank said:

 

I recently built 3 of CAMIO SVOs but I did the mod of replacing the 16 MHz Resonator with a 16 MHz Crystal and 2 Caps. The mod kit is available from http://rmeuk.com/buycbuspcbs.html at bottom of page.

David,

 

To avoid clogging up this thread, I've started another one off here https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/153124-merg-servo-point-control/ I'd appreciate your input, as I have more to build in the future.

[Moxy]

3 hours ago, Huw Griffiths said:

As for the AM10 (and other classes, like AM3 etc.), I wouldn't know where to start with getting drawings in the first place - but I must admit to liking them.

 

 

Barrowmore Model Railway Group have PDF copies of BRB Diagram books.  The drawings you are looking for might be in there.

[Dagworth]

9 minutes ago, Moxy said:

 

Barrowmore Model Railway Group have PDF copies of BRB Diagram books.  The drawings you are looking for might be in there.

 

That's exactly where mine are from, that and a very old article in Model Railway News.

 

My normal first call when needing drawings is to ask on the DEMU forum as they run a drawing exchange service.

 

Andi 

[Barry Ten]

Building a pair of P51 Mustangs, one in 1/48th scale, the other 1/8th scale.

 

 

 

[Keith Addenbrooke]

 

A simple US Walthers’ kit I bought just before the lockdown, but is actually getting built now - without waiting months to get started.  The home office is a shared space so layout progress is on hold, but this is a helpful way to relax - I don’t make any claims of great modelling skills, but am happy enough with this.

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[Victor Vectis]

 

Putting together a series 1 Toylander.

 

Great fun.

 

(But I'm beginning to wonder if I will be able to get it out of the room!)

[Chrisr40]

Making trees from budliea heads today

Stay safe all

Chris

[9C85]

I have just been furloughed for 12 weeks . I am going to try and take the opportunity to fit simple wire in tube point control and ballast/ weather my track. It's a 15ft x 2ft shelf layout of a 6-road carriage sidings/ 2-road stabling point, set in the BR Blue era, so there's quite a bit of ballast to put down and a lot of grimy track to weather . This is all new to me so any advice would be appreciated 

[Red Devil]

I'm gonna get my finger out and finish this, it's been sat like this for months, so ply infills, Faller Car System guide, plaster and scribe some setts....

Fabricated 'girder rail' junction in EM

[sb67]

1 hour ago, Chrisr40 said:

Making trees from budliea heads today

Stay safe all

Chris

 

Buddleia heads, I had plenty of them! How have you used them and what scale are they for, they look good.

[chris p bacon]

9 hours ago, sharris said:

In the mean time I'm drawing up plans for some card modelling (not something I've worked in much since I was in my teens!) - strictly speaking it's not Willington, my main project, but still of local interest. Fortunately I had the foresight to buy card from my local art shop before the lock-down.

 

http://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityArchives/Chalton(Mogerhanger)/SouthMills.aspx

 

 

South Mills      which was served by a spur off the Bedford To Sandy (Ox-Cam) at Blunham.  I remember going there with my uncle in the mid 60's when very young (5?) and seeing vans in what I later found out was a loop, they were moving but I had no clue about shunting or what a locomotive was!

[Vecchio]

Lockdown build: 

Signals for Frimingham. So far I made 2 pole mounted ground signals. Here is one of them. Whats special about them? They are MSE kits - and do not have a working lantern. Not good enough for me, I added a 1x0.8mm SMD LED to make them work. 

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and here the LED

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And a wooden pole upper quadrant home signal. Also MSE, also with added LED

Function test of the lantern. No fear, a yellow lens (front part of a 5mm LED, turned down to 2mm) will be added. 

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And now ready to go. click on the photo- there is a flickr video behind. 

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The only problem I have - Currently no access to the layout. It is one of our MKMRS club layouts.... 

If you want to see more or more details - have a look into Frimingham. Link on the bottom of the page. 

Edited April 4, 2020 by Vecchio
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[Chrisr40]

1 hour ago, sb67 said:

 

Buddleia heads, I had plenty of them! How have you used them and what scale are they for, they look good.

Hi, I model in 1/76 or OO. All they are is dry flower heads sprayed with cheap adhesive from an aerosol and then covered in woodland scenics coarse turf. 

[Booking Hall]

As I am SI in a mobile home I shipped in all I thought I would need to build a dockside themed micro layout.

[sb67]

8 hours ago, Chrisr40 said:

Hi, I model in 1/76 or OO. All they are is dry flower heads sprayed with cheap adhesive from an aerosol and then covered in woodland scenics coarse turf. 

 

Thanks Chrisr40, off to the garden this morning to see if I missed any when I cut them all down at the start of the lockdown 

[ianmacc]

On 03/04/2020 at 22:51, Dagworth said:

I started this a couple of days before the lockdown started. Class 310 scratch built from plasticard.
Even the power bogie is hand built using gears from a surplus Vi-Trains 37 bogie.

310 alongside my 304 that is also under construction. 
 

Andi

Anybody else have fond memories of the class 304? I grew up in the NW in the 80s and many a happy trip to Manchester and Stoke on them with late family members to swapmeets and model shops! Wooden panelled interiors and the bounciest seats possible with under seat heaters that’s had settings of freezing or scalding. Was crestfallen when the preserved example was vandalised beyond repair.  A bit of Wolverton left with the 504 and an end car from the 305 and 308 but they were both high  density inside and a disappointment when they were cascaded in in the 1990s! 

[Keith Addenbrooke]

On 04/04/2020 at 22:23, Booking Hall said:

As I am SI in a mobile home I shipped in all I thought I would need to build a dockside themed micro layout.

Could I ask: Is this N scale or OO - from the size of the writing I’d guess N - just wondered?

 

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[Huw Griffiths]

6 minutes ago, Keith Addenbrooke said:

Could I ask: Is this N scale or OO - from the size of the writing I’d guess N - just wondered?

 

I'm not sure about that.

 

Obviously, I could be wrong (not unknown) - but some of the couplings on wagons etc. look suspiciously like Hornby style OO types.

[Keith Addenbrooke]

6 minutes ago, Huw Griffiths said:

 

I'm not sure about that.

 

Obviously, I could be wrong (not unknown) - but some of the couplings on wagons etc. look suspiciously like Hornby style OO types.

Good point: I was viewing it on a small screen.  Thank you.

[Keith Addenbrooke]

On 30/03/2020 at 09:22, AY Mod said:

...some light-hearted activities would be great to see...

 

 

 

Seen on my daily exercise walk this afternoon: prototype low relief terraced houses.

Edited September 25, 2022 by Keith Addenbrooke
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[Booking Hall]

3 hours ago, Keith Addenbrooke said:

Could I ask: Is this N scale or OO - from the size of the writing I’d guess N - just wondered?

Hi Keith, it's 00. The corrugated cardboard base is 2'4" x 2'9".

[AY Mod]

9 minutes ago, Keith Addenbrooke said:

 

 

Seen on my daily exercise walk this afternoon: prototype low relief terraced houses.

 

 

A couple more noted on my travels.

 

[Booking Hall]

3 hours ago, Huw Griffiths said:

 

I'm not sure about that.

 

Obviously, I could be wrong (not unknown) - but some of the couplings on wagons etc. look suspiciously like Hornby style OO types.

Well spotted Huw, it is indeed 00.

[Mick Bonwick]

Wiring up a few point motors and putting off the moment when I have to start crawling underneath the boards to install them.