Things to finish

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
This is a dry run the scroll irons have the 14ba screws soldered into them and the cross stays are in place .I did want to fit the foot boards but the ones supplied with the kit are plastic and would have to be glued to the brackets.Also the etched brackets for the bogies don't seem to be robust enough to me so I'll have to wait until I can get some brass strip to make the steps and new brackets .I can Finnish painting the other side although I need to get a bob moor lining pen to finish the gold lining
John
 

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
Hi I've managed to sort the roof out and done the clerestory sides I'm actually quite pleased with the results so far .l wasn't sure that I could do a good enough job with the painting but I have had a look at webnlocks (rmweb)coaches at Aylsbury last year and felt I had
John
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john lewsey

Western Thunderer
Hi Graham
I simply took the roof apart put the middle bits of the roof in hot water and bent them the opposite way to where they had deformed. I then put them into cold water. I hope that's helps ☺
John
 

simond

Western Thunderer
John,

I can’t recall if it requires surgery to the compartment partitions, but some chunky microstrip (oxymoron alert!) stuck across the inside of the joint might well prevent recurrence of the roof problems.

Atb
Simon
 

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
Well......I have actually taken the Precursor out of its box .I started it quite some time ago it runs nicely and went together easily I don't know why I stopped apart from I don't really like building engines .Its certainly not in the same class as the engine builders on here but I will do my best .First job is to clean it so here goes
John
 

Michael Osborne

Western Thunderer
John, you are going to hate me for this. When I built my brake van I put the diamonds in the wrong place. They should be on the plank lower. I have been meaning to alter it for awhile but as yet they are still on the to do list.
I think you have followed my example. SORRY.
 

john lewsey

Western Thunderer
John, you are going to hate me for this. When I built my brake van I put the diamonds in the wrong place. They should be on the plank lower. I have been meaning to alter it for awhile but as yet they are still on the to do list.
I think you have followed my example. SORRY.
Hi Mike that's OK they are press fix and they didn't fix as they have lost their stickiness. I have found a way of fixing them now just some watered down pva does the trick
John
 

Mike W

Western Thunderer
There's a story about that 21ft brake van. My brother Bob used to walk to Bletchley station every day and noticed a lump sticking out of the side of an old house he passed. It looked like a Guard's lookout from a carriage. Eventually he called at the house and it turned out to be an LNWR 21ft passenger brake van. The carriage expert Philip Millard couldn't tell us much about it, so over several visits we photographed and measured it in great detail, producing and publishing drawings from which that kit and others were made.

One side was against the house (which was thatched), one end had shiplap boarding over it. A pitched roof was over the top. The owner was a modeller, making a large scale r/c model tank at the time, so was understanding of these two cranks knocking at his door and very helpful. A few years later the roof needed attention, so while some of the tiles were off we managed to gain access to measure and photograph the top of the roof too.

The house has changed hands since and the lookout has been removed, but I've not been past it for several years. Just goes to show, if you see something that looks interesting have a proper look and record it in great detail. You can never have too many photographs and don't under-estimate the number of visits required to measure it all properly because when you get home and start to draw it up, there's always a vital measurement you forgot or something that doesn't fit!

Mike
 
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