O-EM-OO9 workbench - wheely good? Maybe

[Pete_S]

what happens with Bakelite?

Incurable unpleasantness. There's a chemical reaction that destroys the integrity of the Bakelite & opens up cracks in the surface that resisted all my efforts to fill them.
I royally buggered up* one of the bell pushes from W231 at Didcot when I was involved in its last major refurbishment around 2010/11 & had to buy a job lot of misc fittings off Ebay to get a replacement. The other two cleaned up with Nitromors with absolutely no issues.

Pete S.

*(technical term)

 

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Next version of the trackplan for the Peco Rail200 board. The diesel shed was implausibly small.
Tony

 

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Transfers on. Ventilator changed for torpedo type.
Tony

 

[76043]

How old can shelf queens be? This one has been kicking around since the early 90's, much like some of my EM wagons. It's a Colin Ashby kit, that just needed brake gear and couplings. Brake gear is Morton in action.

Is going to be painted unfitted BR grey and be a part of the engineers fleet, maybe in some sort of ballast role. Maybe.
Tony

 

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Got some Halfords primer on the thing.
Tony

 

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At last all the paint is on, next is transfers then likely some heavy weathering. Spot the unfitted wagon. The BR bauxite was mixed into a rattle can and with a different nozzle went on nicely. The two open wagons have a base coat of yellow/beige on the inside.
Tony

 

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Transfers do actually take a long time to do! Just finding and selecting them on a sheet is a job in itself. I've decided that as I can't find any B wagon numbers lower than B3002 I can use up these numbers with inpunity.

I got this kit from W&H, when did they close?

Anyway, next stop more numbers on the rest of the wagons....
Tony

 

[Brian McKenzie]

I got this kit from W&H, when did they close?

1994 apparently. Did get to their New Cavendish Street site a couple of times.

Walkers & Holtzapffel

 

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Thank you Brian, I recall going there and to Kings Cross models, even Victors on a day trip once.


Tony

 

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This Dapol Terrier has landed on the EM workbench. Investigations around turning down the wheels and using EMGS axles might commence or maybe not. But now I've seen EM wagons I can't unsee them, so an OO layout is unlikely.
Tony

 

[Simon H]

How old can shelf queens be? This one has been kicking around since the early 90's, much like some of my EM wagons. It's a Colin Ashby kit, that just needed brake gear and couplings. Brake gear is Morton in action.

Is going to be painted unfitted BR grey and be a part of the engineers fleet, maybe in some sort of ballast role. Maybe.
Tony

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1994 apparently. Did get to their New Cavendish Street site a couple of times.

Walkers & Holtzapffel

Thank you Brian, I recall going there and to Kings Cross models, even Victors on a day trip once.

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Tony

I remember buying one of the hoppers from a model shop near Tavistock, also in the early 1900s, pretty sure it was the first Colin Ashby kit I ever bought.
I've sometimes wondered about modelling some sort of hopper door gear, either a wheel or more likely a lever across the end, but never got around to it.
They're still available from the 009 Society; there are several varieties of 4-wheeled coach, an open wagon and the hopper, as well as the chassis moulding...I've used several of the latter, which are eminently "bashable", under kitbashed or 3D printed vehicles. I especially like the variety of brake gear on the moulding.
W&H brings back a few memories; I had a brief flirtation with Z gauge and they were one of the few places that stocked it, so I visited a few times, finally turning up at the shop, only to find that it had just closed down.
I'm enjoying seeing your 009 wagonry, must get around to building a few more and finishing off the ones I've started!
Cheers,
Simon.

 

[Phil O]

Was the shop Tavyside Models? Malcolm kept a pretty good selection of kits and would order in stuff that he didn't normally keep.

 

[Simon H]

Yes, I'm pretty certain that it was, Phil!
I've a vague recollection that the building was fairly lightweight in construction, and I remember some stock hanging up on a pegboard with hooks. I've had a quick look for it on Google, but not found any pictures yet. It was certainly a shop I enjoyed visiting!

 

[Phil O]

Here's a Streetview photo of the premises, it's changed a lot since I was last there and following Malcolm's demise. The hut on the Princetown end of the property once held a large layout built by members of Tavistock Railway Circle. The shop came afterwards and was in different locations over the years.

 

[John Bruce]

I remember buying one of the hoppers from a model shop near Tavistock, also in the early 1900s, pretty sure it was the first Colin Ashby kit I ever bought.
I've sometimes wondered about modelling some sort of hopper door gear, either a wheel or more likely a lever across the end, but never got around to it.
They're still available from the 009 Society; there are several varieties of 4-wheeled coach, an open wagon and the hopper, as well as the chassis moulding...I've used several of the latter, which are eminently "bashable", under kitbashed or 3D printed vehicles. I especially like the variety of brake gear on the moulding.
W&H brings back a few memories; I had a brief flirtation with Z gauge and they were one of the few places that stocked it, so I visited a few times, finally turning up at the shop, only to find that it had just closed down.
I'm enjoying seeing your 009 wagonry, must get around to building a few more and finishing off the ones I've started!
Cheers,
Simon.

Simon, the above being so you've aged remarkably well, I had no idea Colin Ashby kits had been around that long!

John Bruce.

 

[Lyndhurstman]

Here's a Streetview photo of the premises, it's changed a lot since I was last there and following Malcolm's demise. The hut on the Princetown end of the property once held a large layout built by members of Tavistock Railway Circle. The shop came afterwards and was in different locations over the years.

Spooky
We came back past there yesterday on our way to Gunni and a flooded garage... The hut (it was the shop as I remember it) is looking very sorry for itself. It was a boon for us local folk. Now there’s nothing close by; Plymouth (and all that entails traffic-wise ) is the nearest port of call.

Cheers

Jan

 

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So the wheels have come off the wagon.

Not literally, but now the Rail200 deadline has passed, I've gone all scattergun. I really need a deadline.

So anyway I had a Parkside Vanwide kit bought for me from the PECO model shop and have started it. I thought the distinctive door handles need to be real handles, so have completed one side. The door locking rods will stay as they are.



Tony

 

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More progress, although the corner mitres could have been better, not sure how to remedy this.



The roof was modified to be screwed on for ease of painting and to add weight later. Bracing added inside.



Tony

 

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More work on the Vanwide body, lamp irons, coupling hook extensions and rainstrips, so the body is now complete. I have some mainly trains coupling hooks and instanter links in stock. Underframe was started with wheels on, brake gear next.

Tony

 

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Is now ready for primer, which as a garden rattle can user might not be until next year now. Extra brake gear detail added using Rumney models instructions as a guide, with most of the gear around the wheels missing as is my usual approach. Vac pipes are the wrong sort too, but the idea is that it generally looks right and is an impressionist kit build.
Tony