Ressaldar's Modern Image workbench

[Ressaldar]

Having made a few purchases, I thought that I should create this thread.

Starting with a Dapol EWS 08, I have fitted a YouChoos Zimo MS440D sound decoder with a 17,000 uF stay alive, suitably wrapped in tape and fits nicely down the side and a YLR 302815 2W speaker which fits neatly in the space behind the radiator and the decoder block. I have then started the weathering with a couple of coats of MIG 'grease etc' and will add further washes to appropriate areas over the course of the next week or so.







Moving well up the size scale, there is a 47/4 in LLBlue



for the time being, fitted with an MX635R until the large sound decoders are available once more. A second (top) coat of Klear has been applied and weathering will commence once the body comes off for the decoder installation.

I have also acquired a Class 60 in GBRf livery - 60021 Penyghent which is still to have an MX635 fitted as per the 47. Pictures to follow.

regards

Mike

 

[richard carr]

Hi Mike

They look good, can you tell me the details of the MX635 please.

Richard

 

[Ressaldar]

Hi Richard,

The MX635 comes as an R version - 8 pin harness or P22 plug in.

Spec:

size 25x15x4.7mm
capacity 1,8A continuous 2.5A peak
16v direct stay alive
10 functions

more information on the Zimo website

Hope that this helps

regards

Mike

 

[richard carr]

Thanks Mike

If you used one of the plux22 wiring boards that gives you extra amps would that be enough a for a permanant solution.

I still have a couple of the large decoders on order, I think have been since April.

Richard

 

[Al Tait]

You might want to touch in 08709's cab roof with EWS red and the exhaust with a grey. Who knows how Dapol made these mistakes on what is a pretty simple livery I've no idea!

 

[Ressaldar]

Hi Al,

many thanks for the heads up. I’ll address things later in the week, although just checking on Flickr, whilst the majority seem to have a red roof, there are quite a few that have an ‘all over dark grey’ roof and sometimes, just the front panel is dark grey. Unfortunately, there is not a picture of ‘709 in anything but blue livery to guide me.

regards

Mike

 

[Al Tait]

I don't think we found one with a black roof at all when a few of us looked, quite a few that looked darker but the more we investigated the more it turned out they were just dirty! We did find a couple with completely black roofs but nothing with just the cab.

Surprised you can't find anything of 709, should be plenty:

08709
08709
08709
08709

 

[TheSnapper]

.....I still have a couple of the large decoders on order, I think have been since April.....

Mike/Richard

In May, I managed to get several Loksound XL decoders from Germany & the US:

modellbahnshop-lippe.com

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www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com

Model Trains | DCC Controllers & Decoders For Sale | Tony's Trains

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Not sure what the stock levels are now though, but worth a try.

Tim

 

[Ressaldar]

I don't think we found one with a black roof at all when a few of us looked, quite a few that looked darker but the more we investigated the more it turned out they were just dirty! We did find a couple with completely black roofs but nothing with just the cab.

Surprised you can't find anything of 709, should be plenty:

08709
08709
08709
08709

Many thanks Al, I have had my doubts with Flickr search engine in the past! I will act accordingly - something for the new airbrush to tackle when it arrives.

regards

Mike

 

[Ressaldar]

Mike/Richard

In May, I managed to get several Loksound XL decoders from Germany & the US:

modellbahnshop-lippe.com

modellbahnshop-lippe.com - Online Shop für Modellbahnen und Zubehör – Märklin • PIKO • Roco • Trix • Fleischmann • ✓ Tolle Angebote ✓ Große Auswahl ✓ Kurze Lieferzeiten ✓ Super Service

www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com

Model Trains | DCC Controllers & Decoders For Sale | Tony's Trains

Competitive pricing, unsurpassed support & guaranteed satisfaction on model train & digital command control (DCC) products since 1991!

tonystrains.com

Not sure what the stock levels are now though, but worth a try.

Tim

Hi Tim,

many thanks for the heads up, but I am a dedicated Zimo man and am happy to wait.

regards

Mike

 

[Ressaldar]

Hi Al,

I have now discovered why I did not see the 'full story' on Flickr, the top of the page only showed pictures from 'people I follow' and I mistook the rest of the screen as if that was the total. However, I scanned down the page and found this example from 2014 and I think that it is a genuine black/dark grey roof as is the adjacent loco.

https://flic.kr/p/F2iFeJ

I shall therefore leave mine 'as is' but will see to the exhaust panel as you suggest.

regards

Mike

 

[Al Tait]

Certainly looks that way, well done on the find! Looks a bit worse for ware there!!

 

[Ressaldar]

Yesterday I took delivery of another Class 47, this one on InterCity livery and destined to be 47765 (the last renumber in the D1843 re-numbering cycle) in ScotRail InterCity livery as now running in preservation.

I have had the transfers (supplied by John Peck of Precision Decals) in stock for a while and have made a start in applying them





I have studied many photos of the loco in this livery and cannot find one that shows the 'Westie' on the second view so I have left it off for the time being.

The model is latest standard Heljan version and as supplied the lower stripe is the usual red I have applied a 4mm wide stripe from the TrimLine range - their light blue, which is in fact less blue than in the photo and will tone down with the weathering. The customer fitted bits are still to be applied, that will be something for tomorrow when the transfers have dried and before the application of some 'Klear' to protect evrything.

I will be fitting a Zimo M|X634R as a temporary measure until the large sound decoders become available again.

Next up is a sound fitted Dapol 08 again in InterCity livery - 08644, just waiting for the transfers.

Hopefully both up and running for next Sundays Open Day at Birkenhead

regards

Mike

 

[Al Tait]

Although I am not a fan of pres stuff, that does look rather nice. I keep thinking of doing a proper 47/7. Vin at Proto-Neo does the cut away buffer beam, additional tanks and TDM jumpers if you wanted to go to town with it.

Detailing parts | Protoneo

 

[Ressaldar]

Hi Al,

glad that it appeals to you. The aim is to do the whole cycle of numbers as the re-numbering invariably coincided with a change of livery as well, except that 47631 retained its number when moved to RES livery and was subsequently re-numbered 47765 and kept RES until it was withdrawn. The current owners have made an excellent job on the restoration.

I will keep things as they are 'detail' wise but thanks for the heads up on Vin's products.

kind regards

Mike

 

[Al Tait]

I will keep things as they are 'detail' wise but thanks for the heads up on Vin's products.

He does some useful bits. I can see I am going to have to keep an eye out for a cheap IC 47 now, the calling for a 47/7 is too much!

 

[40126]

Loving it, Mike

 

[Ressaldar]

Having overcome the 'moving off' problem, thanks to WT membership, I have now weathered the offending beast







my chosen loco is 08644 a long time resident at Penzance and while there, had a number of liveries applied and the one that caught my eye - that matched available liveries all that was missing was the high level white stripe. On the face of it an easy masking and airbrushing exercise, that was, until I set to with the masking tape and Maskol a task not made any easier with the recessed doors and the multitude of nooks and crannies, so another approach was conjured up using waterslide transfers and copious amounts of Micro Sol and Micro Set, but again the rapid changes of level did not let the transfer settle correctly (to my mind anyway) so that idea was abandoned and in the end I just masked off where I could and brush applied three thin coats of Vallejo 'Model Air' and then carefully tidied up the edges with Testors Acrylic Cleaner. The black patches on the radiator sides should in fact be yellow but I don't have a hope in hell of matching Dapol Yellow so I decided to leave well enough alone - for once!

The Swallows, names and numbers are as usual from Precision Decals (John Peck is very helpful)

There is still a bit of touching up to do over the coming weeks which can be considered while I grapple with weathering 47765.

cheers

Mike

 

[Ressaldar]

A long time since I posted anything 'work wise' but I have at last dragged myself into the workshop, having seen this photo on Flickr last Autumn.

https://flic.kr/p/daBayq

Some time ago I purchased a Hiab lorry mounted crane (of dubious scale) and like many other things, it stayed in its box on the shelf - until I saw the photo which made me think that as I am building an Engineer's siding plank, it might fit the bill for one of the sidings, At the time, there was just the one photo on Flickr of this particular wagon which is one of three warwell conversions that BR carried out in the early 80s for use with the Channel Tunnel project.

I acquired the Engineer's warwell from a Club member for a good price with the bonus that it was already painted in the right livery. Having printed off the photo to A4 size, I made quite a few assumptions regarding dimensions, mainly due to the fact that the wagon is on the skew in the photo and the perspective had to be taken into account (or not as the case may be).









Having made the main 'box' and the tool box element, I contacted John Peck at Precision Decals (my go-to man for transfers) and after a few email exchanges he came up with the goods and at a reasonable price. The crane is screwed on from below using the fixings that came with the model. I removed the hook element and the last six jib extension pieces and made up a plate to fix the hook assembly in place. I know that the crane is totally different from the actual but I don't think that I would be fortunate to find the exact model, I am more that happy with what I have come up with. Again, I have had to take some minor liberties with the tool boxes especially mounting them on a carrier plate to ease the fixing. The main box and the tool boxes are resting in position and will be glued down when I have finished painting them

The chassis was completely masked off leaving the crane bare and with the boxes was sprayed from a rattle can using a RAL warning panel mixture that I had made up a few years ago when I build the blue liveried Class 22. I was not worried about matching the solebar colour as the prototype solebar differed from the 'add-ons ' as well.

Not the most accurate model ever, but I am happy with it and will enjoy taking it down the Club in the week to show it off - assuming that I am sober after my 80th birthday on Tuesday.

regards

ike

 

[Ressaldar]

I should have said that just before applying the transfers I came across another photo on Flickr, this one shows the other side and that the wording is applied in a different register so I was saved some blushes



cheers

Mike