Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
I think that regardless of the subject if a model is accurate and well built you can't help but appreciate it.
Col
P4 New Street
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I think that regardless of the subject if a model is accurate and well built you can't help but appreciate it.
Col
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
Reading in MRJ that the joy is the making, what are you going to do when it is finished?I enjoyed the article and the centre spread absolutely captures it for me, Im probably a bit odd, but I like the building.
Start working backwards and adding more city scape!
Cheers
Jim
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
Hi All
Been doing a spot of weathering on my track.
The sidings outside of the signal box - I use a base dusting of humbrol 29 (dark earth) and then a mix of gunmetal and black for the oily bits. The non running rails are chemically blackened with gun blue.
close up of one of the double slips
While I had the gunmetal/black mix in the airbrush I used a simple card mask and sprayed the fishplates as these are usually greasy.
Cheers
Jim
Been doing a spot of weathering on my track.
The sidings outside of the signal box - I use a base dusting of humbrol 29 (dark earth) and then a mix of gunmetal and black for the oily bits. The non running rails are chemically blackened with gun blue.
close up of one of the double slips
While I had the gunmetal/black mix in the airbrush I used a simple card mask and sprayed the fishplates as these are usually greasy.
Cheers
Jim
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
Hi All
The arrival of the Bachy 85 has brought with it the realisation of just how small the Sommerfeldt Stone Faiverly pantograph is. So I have had a look at improving one and below is the result
Working from the base, I have added a new frame around the old one (using carrs brown lable flux to solder them together) with Colin Craig insulators. The lower arm has been cut in half and extended 5mm with a piece of plastic tube. This helps to bulk it up too. A new control arm was made from 0.4mm wire. The upper arms were straightened at the ends and re-bent to make them 5mm longer. A new frame was made and soldered into place and a new control arm. The head has been thinned down, new horns added and a new mount for the control arm in the center where it should be. Below are a couple of before and after pics.
Cheers
Jim
The arrival of the Bachy 85 has brought with it the realisation of just how small the Sommerfeldt Stone Faiverly pantograph is. So I have had a look at improving one and below is the result
Working from the base, I have added a new frame around the old one (using carrs brown lable flux to solder them together) with Colin Craig insulators. The lower arm has been cut in half and extended 5mm with a piece of plastic tube. This helps to bulk it up too. A new control arm was made from 0.4mm wire. The upper arms were straightened at the ends and re-bent to make them 5mm longer. A new frame was made and soldered into place and a new control arm. The head has been thinned down, new horns added and a new mount for the control arm in the center where it should be. Below are a couple of before and after pics.
Cheers
Jim
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Ah...
I still associate the 87s with the Stone-Faively 'crossed-arms' pantograph.... I know you've said they're before your timescale, Jim, but I'd love to see one like that - and if anyone could do it, you could....
marsa69
Western Thunderer
It would have to be scratch built but it's out of period so I am not doing it!
Cheers
Jim
It's ok Jim, it'll give the Colonel something to order MTH to construct for his 87
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
Hi All
Its awkward photographing leccies on the layout when the overhead is years away but this one is not too bad
sometimes pics that would be throw away in real life look quite good on a model - Heres 08610 with her nose just under the roof.
I have updated my site with new pics too - some not posted on here
http://www.p4newstreet.com
Cheers
Jim
Its awkward photographing leccies on the layout when the overhead is years away but this one is not too bad
sometimes pics that would be throw away in real life look quite good on a model - Heres 08610 with her nose just under the roof.
I have updated my site with new pics too - some not posted on here
http://www.p4newstreet.com
Cheers
Jim
lancer1027
Western Thunderer
Just had a look on your web site. Excellent stuff, some fantastic modelling
Rob
, some fantastic modellingRob
Jim S-W
Western Thunderer
Thanks Rob
Going back to cross arm pans the nearest I could get was probably 86316 as below
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tutenkhamunsleeping/6563974263/
This was early '86. By late '86 she had a stone faiverley pan and I suspect by '87 she was a class 86/4 (would have to check). Afaik the only cross arm pan that lasted longer was on one os the class 82's or 83's that were euston carriage pilots
Cheers
Jim
Going back to cross arm pans the nearest I could get was probably 86316 as below
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tutenkhamunsleeping/6563974263/
This was early '86. By late '86 she had a stone faiverley pan and I suspect by '87 she was a class 86/4 (would have to check). Afaik the only cross arm pan that lasted longer was on one os the class 82's or 83's that were euston carriage pilots
Cheers
Jim