Hi all,

i thought i would add my small account of building my Chattenden and Upnor Railway Baguley Drewry built from the RT Models kit in 4mm scale, 009 gauge.

I decided that i would build one for myself to go on my layout.

Deciding which version was to prove hard.

After looking at photos of new builds and in service of them abroad i decided that i would build it as near to original condition as possible to the Chattenden and Upnor Railway.

There was no diviations from the instructions.

The cab was soldered up and the rest was assembled with superglue.

The coupling rod holes i found needed opening up slightly to 1.5mm as it was a little tight compared to the first chasssis i used.

The Jackshaft drive was added to the Graham Farish Outside framed 08 chassis as well.

The model was cleaned with cream clener then left to dry. the whole model was brush painted. I start with a undercoat of matt black, the body was then painted with Humbrol Brunswick green with some areas including the chassis sides painted matt black over the course of several days. Bufferbeams was railmatch bufferbeam red. Once all this had dried, i varnished the model with Railmatch saturn Varnish.

After several days, I masked and painted the top of the exhuast with Humbrol Metalcote Aluminium as well as the light lenses.

Weathering was done with firstly a wash of Matt Black, then a wash of Humbrol leather to the bufferbeams and chassis with some dry brushing which was carried out to the top of the exhuast.

Glazing was done by carefully flooding the outside with varnish, inside the cab. This is the second time i had to fix glazing as i found the Evergreen glazing doesn't seem to like the varnish or thinners and made it go white when i did the wash so the originals had to be removed.

Lastly, with a sharp scalpel, the paint was scraped off the window frames to reveal them.

After a few hours running in, the model runs really smoothly and am very pleased with it.

Regards Mr T

RT Models