Popular Post Jesse Sim Posted May 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2022 Wasn’t sure where to put this topic but I decided the best spot was here. I thought I’d start a new topic to keep my stock building free from my layout thread. You’ll see a bunch of different stuff, ranging from kit building, scratchbuilding, painting, lettering, weathering and of course detailing RTR products. I’ve also recently started a Weathering business, Which I’ll post regularly in here and on Facebook (which you can find by searching ‘Weathering by Jesse Sim’). Over the next few days I’ll post up some of the stuff I’ve built. Let’s start off with the new Bachmann V2 and a Heljan O2 conversion. The V2 has had nothing more then a weather, some real coal and the supplied detailing added on. This O2 was started by Tony Wright back in 2018 and it’s finally finished. This has a GN tender and cab and a new buffer beam. It’s also been lettered, numbered and weathered by me. Stay tuned to see more. 16 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 My scratchbuilt/rtr-bashed c1 4419. 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 Mate of mine knocked this up for me. I think I owe him a couple of beers for this!! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jesse Sim Posted June 1, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2022 Some work I’ve completed in the past week…. So we’ll start with the B2. I bought this loco off Tony years ago, it’s a whitemetal kit and was already built and painted. It had a horrible lime green looking paint job, I couldn’t get it to run properly on DCC for some reason, I put it down to my mechanical limitations. I ended up substituting a Bachmann GS tender for her, altering it to look like the whitemetal one. With tender picks up now added I turned to changing the motor, opting for a DJH one like usual and away she went. She started to perform effortlessly. She stayed in horrible green and black tender for a while until I asked fellow BRMA member Charles Rudder if he could paint her, which he did. Charles did a beautiful job and again she stayed in a better green for about a year and half. I decided to finish her off on my second day into isolation. So the HMRS sheets came out, so I started on the lining, my second attempt at lining and I feel it’s a much better job then my first. I opted for 5427 as she lost her name plate in ‘37 I believe, lazy modelling at its finest, no need to buy and wait for a nameplate…. Oh and there is the ah thin red lining on the front it’s just ahh covered you know…by the weathering……… Shes not perfect, definitely a layout loco but I’m quite happy with her. Moving on I finally decided on tackling the loaded coal train. The Empty train was weathered last year so it was good to see some muck applied to the loaded ones. Only about 15 left to do… Three tankers weathered as well. Lastly, an A4, sacrilege some might say! This loco is somewhat a celebrity on my layout, she was on the roster at Warley in 2016 on Grantham and on the roster again for the Little Bytham LNER weekend. I weathered her back in 2015 but now that my weathering has excelled I thought a re-weather was needed. Being a Scottish based engine she was no where near as filthy as she had ought to have been. So I went to town her. She’s still somewhat clean, more of a hard days worker that needs a good scrub. She’s rostered on the Coronation on Woolmer Green so she’ll be getting that scrub at Top Shed. 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 I’ve been working on this for the last few weeks. An ex-NER propeller wagon. I scratchbuilt this using a Bachman wagon as the donor. It’s not 100% accurate as I realised late in the build that the tops of wagon (above the wheels) is actually open. I’m happy to live with it. The chains were a right pain, but I’m glad with how it turned out. Tomorrow I’m going to replace the numbers on the right hand side they turned out awful. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 I’ve been working on rolling stock the last few years, so over the next week or so I’m going to post up photos of stock I’ve built or worked on that have already been posted on my layout thread. Hopefully I’ll be able to make an inventory at the beginning of this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 I couldn’t tell you when I built these, I think early 2020 or late late 2019…. A pair of LMS Bolsters, David Geen I believe. Then a Wizards Models (formerly 51L) LMS Silk wagon? It doesn’t see the light of day much. Ian Kirk GWR Python A Next we have a Bachman wagon with some various crates and barrels. A DS GER Cattle van, I must paint the solebar body colour, you can tell it was built when I didn’t have much information. Also a Parkside Grain Van, I don’t even know where that wagon is. It didn’t run very well. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 A few more wagons. A couple of Bachman wagons sheeted over. A NER open built for @Tony Wright M&GN mini train set. I hope she’s still running beautifully and hasn’t fallen to bits Tony? An LMS tube wagon, I think this is from the 51L range. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 Teaking has been my downfall for a while now, I tried it out a year or so ago and failed miserably. I ended up acquiring some stock from a fellow BRMA members deceased estate, mostly DS kits already built but in wrong liveries. I’ve sent two to be painted into teak to a friend, Jack Pederson in NZ. Part of bartering, I had a southern kit he wanted, I need stuff teaked! However, I can’t live the rest of my life not knowing how to teak, so I bit the bullet and annoyed Jonathan Wealleans (again) and started having ago at his methods. I failed again, but I think I might have got the hang of it, we’ll sort of. It’s not brilliant, but I am happy with it and that’s the main thing, onwards and upwards from here. So here’s one of the DS kits I acquired, a GN Milk brake which will go into my milk train. A bit of weathering and it will definitely fit the bill as a ‘layout coach’. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 Over the last few weeks I’ve knocked this Crafstman C12 up. Very happy with how she’s turned out. She’ll be run on the layout as a light engine heading to works. 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 Bit of modelling recently. First we have a Conflat V which was created from redundant cattle wagons. The model itself is made of resin cast by Graeme King with the master made by Jonathan Wealleans. The other wagon you see here is a scratchbuilt double bolster. It originally was one of two long bogie bolsters I picked up in a job lot but it had suffered a fall at great height and broke. So I hacked it up and created the double bolster from a photo in Tatlows. A little bit of work left to do on both wagons before they’re ready for the paint shop. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 I started building a DS GN twin last year, I finally finished it last week so the job this week has been painting. It’s not finished yet but couldn’t help take this beautiful shot of some GN goodness!! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 G'Day Folks The older style coaches, articulated, are something you don't see very often, look good don't they. 😍 manna 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 8 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks The older style coaches, articulated, are something you don't see very often, look good don't they. 😍 manna There’s just something about them 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 …and now for something completely different…. A commission of Australian rolling stock I’m working on at the moment is almost finished…only one more box of bogie coal wagons to do…… more on then later. Here’s a class 73 NSWGR shunter, I’m a British Modeller through and through but I feel a soft spot coming on for some of these. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 I’ve been a bit quiet lately which was due to a commission of Australian Rolling stock that needed weathering. I’m now back working on my own stock. First up, a rescue attempt in the shape of a DS Sheldon Crane. This came to me 75% complete, in EM, with no instructions and half the remaining parts missing from a deceased estate. I re-gauged the wheel set frames by eye, un-soldering and then re-soldering where I wanted them- my fingers were burnt to a crisp for a week. It was then a matter of working out what went where from photographs, thankfully Jonathan Wealleans sent me some photos of the instructions and I was able to piece everything together. There are some parts missing and I had to scratchbuilt a couple of things but it’ll do. It certainly looks the part, especially with the scratchbuilt runner wagon next to her. The crane just needs a weather and she’s finished. The inside of the runner wagon has all kinds of bits and pieces, even coal to fire the crane itself. Next we have a couple of simple Oxford and Bachman wagons with various loads and tied down. I have a thing for the weird and wonderful wagons. From L to R: A redundant McGowan GCR tender pressed into the service as sludge carrier. Next is an oil wagon for the LNER sheds I believe, I seen the photo in Tatlows and decided to model it from an Oxford wagon, it’s not 100% accurate but looks the part all the same. The differences are it should have a timber underframe and a support around the bottom of the tank itself. I’m happy to live with the irregularities. Lastly a LNER gas wagon, not sure whose kit it is but I got it years ago, built it using glue and hid it from the world. Found it whilst doing some cleaning so decided to rebuild it and here she is. This trio of wagons will probably go into a Pick up goods. I picked up this DJH C2 over a year ago for about 100 quid, it was part completed with a motor and wheels. I finally got it running this afternoon, so she’ll be getting finished off hopefully soon. 17 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 G'day Folks Love those C2's, huge wheels and a small boiler, such character. manna 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 Been a bit quiet lately, so to try and spark the enthusiasm to post in this thread here’s me demonstrating at the The Epping Club’s annual show. It was a fantastic two days, speaking to heaps of people really does drain your social battery though. I was well and truly pooped after it, I’m getting old…. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 A fuel tanker I finished off last night for a customer. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) Cheeky GN build from an old mainline wagon. I know it has incorrect buffers and axle box’s but considering the only GN buffers available are 3D printed…. Say no more. The axle boxes? Well I’m just lazy. Plus I have it on good authority that the LNER replaced the buffers and axles boxes in 1933 ;) Obviously the eagle eyed views can see a plough machine on a lowmac in the background, I won’t leave you frothing at the month for too long…. Watch this space. Edited May 22, 2023 by Jesse Sim 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie K Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 On 18/05/2023 at 22:55, Jesse Sim said: A fuel tanker I finished off last night for a customer. Just been weathering a similar wagon using the Tamiya panel line wash. For the heavier staining here do you brush paint it on directly in enamels? Looks very effective! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 13 hours ago, OliverBytham said: Just been weathering a similar wagon using the Tamiya panel line wash. For the heavier staining here do you brush paint it on directly in enamels? Looks very effective! Hey mate, Yeah just a mix of 33 and metalcote and brush it straight on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 The GN wagon is finished, just need to put some rope through the ridiculously small eyelet’s. I’m really happy with this and another could be on the horizon soon. Should finish all my other projects soon first…. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Sim Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 In the past year since creating this page I haven’t really been modelling how I used to. I think saving for the most recent trip in March 23 and a local holiday I’m taking in September had something do with it. I am hoping to be much more organised in the future and post regularly, I miss it. With that being said here is a small update; a new workbench. I bit the bullet and ordered some HobbyZone laser cut organisers from Hattons, the postage killed me but it was well worth it. I am slowly going through and organising all my tools, buts and pieces, kits and spare parts… I am also going to concentrate on finishing odd jobs, like painting and finish the kits I’ve started. Which reminds me I need to buy a lining pen! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Jesse Sim said: a local holiday I’m taking in September Does that mean you'll miss our next running session (16/9/23)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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