Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
A bit of patch painting and job done.
A bit of patch painting and job done.
Could well be an early Cambrian or Slater's kit.
Looking good Adam. Complement of the season and all that.
Can’t wait to see what you do with this. I’ve a stash of 6 Lima tanks somewhere from my youth. Don’t think they ever got as far as Cheddar though!
I noticed the North British Warship. Has it been re wheeled? I’ve one in the cupboard for a future conversion to P4.
It looks like the K's kit to me - Photos from a hulk in my 'I'll get round to it one day' pile attached.
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Yes, I have 6 of these to do, plus a Southwark Bridge P7…Another shelf queen. This rested because I wasn’t in the mood for the associated complexity (@ullypug may empathise as I seem to remember he bought more than one). A hangover from Mr Dean’s railway that for some reason BR allowed to be built, under a GWR order, the P22 is quite an interesting wagon but not an awfully good bit of vehicle design. This is a kit from Rumney Models, and it’s pretty decent, if fearsome in its complexity.
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I’m pleased with my work on the chassis (anyone building one should remember to put the axle boxes on *before* the brake levers and thread the vacuum pipe in before adding any of the door gear - you could use wire rather than expensive tube that way), and I didn’t skimp on the bells and whistles of tiny details. I struggled with the hopper body, and that’s entirely my own fault: it will require a bit of Miliput to make good as it’s a bit too battered. It’s a lot easier than the Southwark Bridge P7 though…
Adam
Yes, I have 6 of these to do, plus a Southwark Bridge P7…
And no I haven’t started any of them!
Consequently it’s a little out of true owing to flex issues of my own creation and the amount of half etch.
As ever, that’s very nice, AdamAnother shelf queen. This rested because I wasn’t in the mood for the associated complexity (@ullypug may empathise as I seem to remember he bought more than one). A hangover from Mr Dean’s railway that for some reason BR allowed to be built, under a GWR order, the P22 is quite an interesting wagon but not an awfully good bit of vehicle design. This is a kit from Rumney Models, and it’s pretty decent, if fearsome in its complexity.
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I’m pleased with my work on the chassis (anyone building one should remember to put the axle boxes on *before* the brake levers and thread the vacuum pipe in before adding any of the door gear - you could use wire rather than expensive tube that way), and I didn’t skimp on the bells and whistles of tiny details. I struggled with the hopper body, and that’s entirely my own fault: it will require a bit of Miliput to make good as it’s a bit too battered. It’s a lot easier than the Southwark Bridge P7 though…
Adam
Yes it will be. I envisage a batch build…Crikey! Decent length train there, in time...
Apart from the above notes, which are the only additions I'd make to Justin's instructions, I wonder whether the hopper might be easier to do if jigged to the chassis (which provides a nice stable datum) rather than the sacrificial cradle? That’s where I had issues, specifically in separating the hopper assembly from that cradle and adding it to the chassis. Consequently it’s a little out of true owing to flex issues of my own creation and the amount of half etch. Were I to do another, I think I’d try building in situ in one hit. That’s the approach the Southwark Bridge one used, as does Dave Bradwell with his hoppers.
Adam