Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Len,
Yep, and there's a monster list of castings in the back of the current Gibson Catalogue. One hopes it's a sign that the Alan Gibson folks will be making an appearance on the 0-gauge circuit...
Steph
Len,
Yep, and there's a monster list of castings in the back of the current Gibson Catalogue. One hopes it's a sign that the Alan Gibson folks will be making an appearance on the 0-gauge circuit...
Steph
Len Cattley
Western Thunderer
Let's hope so Steph.
Len
Len
dibateg
Western Thunderer
Certainly Richard - here is an.. erm... full frontal as it were. The rear end is a little marred by the false rear frames that are attached to the loco body. They would take some significant surgery to remove, not something I'd tackle lightly on a finished model. The valve gear is transformed though...
bilboe43106
New Member
looking good
how is 80079 coming along
phil
how is 80079 coming along
phil
dibateg
Western Thunderer
Hi Phil, '79 looks like this....
I just need to tone in the valve gear a bit more and reline the cylinders after a track test tomorrow. I had to paint all the motion, the connecting rods were silver and the new motion a little yellow... Two of the sanders were loose, I have resoldered them.
I'm hoping to deliver to Richards on Saturday all being well.
Tony
I just need to tone in the valve gear a bit more and reline the cylinders after a track test tomorrow. I had to paint all the motion, the connecting rods were silver and the new motion a little yellow... Two of the sanders were loose, I have resoldered them.
I'm hoping to deliver to Richards on Saturday all being well.
Tony
dibateg
Western Thunderer
2 Standards done and delivered, one to finish, in the meantime now we have some warm weather it's time to catch up with the paint jobs. 48559 is part way through the weathering treatment, which takes several days. I need to loose that tide mark where the streaking starts. A clean fireman is hiding behind that paper!
And this Thompson coach has been stripped for the 2nd time, it was numbered and weathered, but it wasn't right, the maroon was lumpy and the weathering too dark, and after a 2nd opinion to confirm my dissatisfaction, I carried out that ghastly task. I've think I'm going to give up on rattle cans and spray with cellulose in the future..
And this Thompson coach has been stripped for the 2nd time, it was numbered and weathered, but it wasn't right, the maroon was lumpy and the weathering too dark, and after a 2nd opinion to confirm my dissatisfaction, I carried out that ghastly task. I've think I'm going to give up on rattle cans and spray with cellulose in the future..
warren haywood
Western Thunderer
Giving up on rattle cans!!
You know it makes sense
You know it makes sense
Snowhill WD 2-8-0
dibateg
Western Thunderer
So, on to the Snowhill WD kits. Initial work is on the tender chassis, I'm a little disappointed in the N/S etchings in that the etchings are slightly out of line from front to back in both kits. This creates an annoying cusp, which takes a lot of cleaning up. I didn't like the floating hornblocks either, a more positive location for them in the inner frames would have been better and a chassis jig ( which I don't have ) would have really helped. However the castings are tidy and I'm beginning to make progress.
Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Hi Tony, like Mick I will be following this closely as I have one in the stash. By coincidence I was only talking about it this weekend because Chris has just started a painting of Vera Lynn.
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Tony,
I'm watching this build with great interest, I'd love to build one of the Brighton allocated 2-8-0s in the 7**** series, c.1948. I've got a couple of the JLTRT WD tenders for other projects (which are very good) but the solid resin boilers of the full loco kits don't appeal...
Steph
I'm watching this build with great interest, I'd love to build one of the Brighton allocated 2-8-0s in the 7**** series, c.1948. I've got a couple of the JLTRT WD tenders for other projects (which are very good) but the solid resin boilers of the full loco kits don't appeal...
Steph
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
It's funny how there's been a slew of WDs appear here this weekend. I have a JLTRT one to build as a commission, and I have been thinking about preliminary work on it this very day. Coincidence? Quite probably.