AJC
Western Thunderer
It’s alright, you’re safe now! Well, until Hornby release their new version, anyway...
Adam
4mm An EM Workbench: Mini-Signwriting (rough)
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It’s alright, you’re safe now! Well, until Hornby release their new version, anyway...
Adam
XPO: Staveley
AJC
Western Thunderer
The beginnings, or rather the halfway point, of a project. This is a Bachmann 7 plank which I picked up for next to not a lot and had planned to turn into another internal user, until I turned to the letters page of MRJ 250 which included notes on Lowestoft goods yard from the '50s. Therein were notes on the latter days of one of Staveley's numerous fleet of PO opens. A bit of investigation found that POWsides do suitable (well, almost) transfers, here we go:
The sky blue drop shadow may or may not be right, but it isn't what the notes said and so, out with the tiny paintbrush:
Lettering next...
Adam
The sky blue drop shadow may or may not be right, but it isn't what the notes said and so, out with the tiny paintbrush:
Lettering next...
Adam
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XPO: Staveley
AJC
Western Thunderer
It's actually relatively easy (honest!) I mean, it's pre-undercoated, and fairly obvious where the paint goes. The good thing about the red is that it doesn't show on the black at all.
Adam
Nick Rogers
Western Thunderer
HiAdam,
I've really enjoyed reading through your thread. Lots of great modelling.
Kind regards,
Nick.
I've really enjoyed reading through your thread. Lots of great modelling.
Kind regards,
Nick.
AJC
Western Thunderer
I can see that! I wasn't expecting 86 notifications! Glad you've enjoyed it - thank you - there's more to come...
Adam
Nick Rogers
Western Thunderer
Looking forward to more!
AJC
Western Thunderer
A pair of Cambrian hoppers, in homage to the memory of @Colin Parks, shown in a state of undress here: https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/index.php?threads/whats-on-your-workbench.3804/page-102#post-183485
To go with my earlier Catfish, rendered in Gulf Red is this one in black. Now neither the Southern nor the Western actually had allocations of these, but they had some on loan during the '60s, some lettered 'on loan to CCE SR with empty to brandings for Frome Quarry which is ideal for the Somerset-based layout I have in mind and both are based on Dave Larkin photos.
And here's the accompanying Dogfish with proper SR-friendly wide chutes:
So far as the models are concerned, they are reasonably 'straight' with replacement handwheels from Stenson Models: http://www.stensonmodels.co.uk/product-category/all-products/4mm-products/ (these are the former Colin Craig products) and really lift the wagons.
The trick to making them square, by the way, is to more or less abandon the designed location aids. I assembled the chassis - solebars, headstocks and end platforms (the latter assembled so that they are flush with the top of the other components: 5 thou' overlays were added over the top) - separately and stuck some lengths of 60 thou' behind the headstocks. Another bit of 60 thou' wedged the hopper in place and it's nicely solid. I've built enough of these for a representative rake now...
Adam
To go with my earlier Catfish, rendered in Gulf Red is this one in black. Now neither the Southern nor the Western actually had allocations of these, but they had some on loan during the '60s, some lettered 'on loan to CCE SR with empty to brandings for Frome Quarry which is ideal for the Somerset-based layout I have in mind and both are based on Dave Larkin photos.
And here's the accompanying Dogfish with proper SR-friendly wide chutes:
So far as the models are concerned, they are reasonably 'straight' with replacement handwheels from Stenson Models: http://www.stensonmodels.co.uk/product-category/all-products/4mm-products/ (these are the former Colin Craig products) and really lift the wagons.
The trick to making them square, by the way, is to more or less abandon the designed location aids. I assembled the chassis - solebars, headstocks and end platforms (the latter assembled so that they are flush with the top of the other components: 5 thou' overlays were added over the top) - separately and stuck some lengths of 60 thou' behind the headstocks. Another bit of 60 thou' wedged the hopper in place and it's nicely solid. I've built enough of these for a representative rake now...
Adam
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XPO: Staveley
AJC
Western Thunderer
Another thing, finalising the wear on the ex-Staveley mineral. As we last saw it, the direction of travel was apparent but the whole was a bit clean and less than careworn. So the next stage (following Martyn Welch) was to add a fading wash over the top (a mix of Humbrol matt leather, 62 and matt black, 33) and then pick out the iron work in a rusty mix (Humbrol 100 and metalcote gunmetal). This was allowed to dry for a day or three before the next stage.
Here, I've faded the white in the lettering representing wear and paint loss by overpainting the lettering with very dark grey following a very good colour picture of a Denaby PO in internal use somewhere in the Kent coalfield in Jeffrey Grayer's Industrial Railways of Southern England in Colour (a really excellent book from Crécy with proper large format pictures featuring what it says on the tin). The chassis wants a bit more treatment, I think and a load prior to being released to traffic or, in time, Bradford's siding at Podimore for use as a semi-mobile coal bin.
Adam
Here, I've faded the white in the lettering representing wear and paint loss by overpainting the lettering with very dark grey following a very good colour picture of a Denaby PO in internal use somewhere in the Kent coalfield in Jeffrey Grayer's Industrial Railways of Southern England in Colour (a really excellent book from Crécy with proper large format pictures featuring what it says on the tin). The chassis wants a bit more treatment, I think and a load prior to being released to traffic or, in time, Bradford's siding at Podimore for use as a semi-mobile coal bin.
Adam
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AJC
Western Thunderer
The Dogfish was my second (the first was the mark 1 Parkside Grampus with the multi-piece ends and that 'orrid basket - dad had a cupboard's worth of Airfix minerals at the time...). Both have subsequently been rebuilt - they needed it - and, for completeness, here's that first Dogfish:
Adam
AJC
Western Thunderer
Much better now. The rebuild involved almost total dismantling and wholesale replacement of couplings, buffers and so on. Mine originally had those rub-down transfers too: it now has the same artwork on waterslides which ModelMaster did and may still do. They are based on some of Dave Larkin's photos and Barry and Colin's own observations (drawn by Barry, so Colin told me - somewhere in this thread, I think!).
Adam
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AJC
Western Thunderer
And here is the Grampus mid-way through refit number 3: back when these things were done it was subject to a blog on the other channel: Something fishy or refitting an old favourite
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