RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2019 Quite liking this new forum software, all new and shiny. I like trying to resurrect old wagons that I pick up on my travels. This is a plastic low roof siphon, but the underframe was built so twisted that it had a wobble to it and the roof was badly damaged. I've pulled the sides apart and now trying to convince the chassis to sit straight, I've added a couple of strips to the bottom to hold it together. Inserting images is much nicer!!! Hopefully, I'll have this in primer by the weekend and also running square! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2019 I really thought this low roof siphon was going to be beyond repair.. But, she is coming together quite nicely now. Anyone that has any 6 wheel wagons knows they can be a pain at the best of times, I will probably have little dodge and put a smaller wheel in the centre, so it never touches the track. My best running one has a flangeless set in the middle, but I've no idea where they came from. I finished building the roof from plastic card last night and then gave it a coat of white primer. I ended up building two extra 'shims' inside the van, this did two things. Gave the sides more rigidity as it was a bit floppy, but more importantly gave the roof something to shape against, when I tried without I couldn't get it to form the way I wanted. Then I started playing with the keen coupling system on one of my B sets. This set has been destined to have some work done for a while and then one of the couplings broke! If I can get them to sit this close, I'll be happy. Then the droplights need a touch-up, the roof needs painting, the underframe wants weathering. Oh and I've 2 packets of flush laser glaze that I'm dreading doing. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 The flushing glazing will transform the model but it'll test your patience!!!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 5, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2019 And that's why it's not been done yet! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 5, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2019 Reading this thread, I could remove the buffers and then mimic some vacuum pipes. Can anyone offer any advice on if they should or shouldn't have buffers in the centre? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 No B-sets had buffers in the centre. See the prototype pics on https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/16042-the-ex-gwr-‘b’-set-continued/ or http://www.gwr.org.uk/b-set-notes.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 5, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2019 Well that's what I want to hear! I'll get the snips out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 10, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2019 Started the lazer glaze this weekend on both B set coaches. That way I can swap between them to let the windows dry a little. Drives you mad. I've some that have gone in perfectly, others look like I've got glue and glaze on them and it's not dried clear. I've gone back over them with a small cotton bud and some window cleaner, appears to clean them up fairly well, but of course there is always the one that pops out and you have to start all over again!!! 2hrs in, probably half the windows done. But when I say Windows I don't mean droplights. So about 5hrs to go! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 11, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2019 I think flush glazing is over rated. 5 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 11, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2019 Another sleepy day at Castle Down. Looking at other people's threads, I should try and post some better photos. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 7 hours ago, sjrixon said: I think flush glazing is over rated. Looks like the passengers have no option but to agree you as they can't say anything else as they don't have a leg to stand one!! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 22, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2019 Despite the bad jokes, the hours of window installing has continued. I've found White spirit to be ideal to remove any of the glue after install, but also great at removing the paint from the drop lights. I'm about there, they need a little more cleaning and then I can touch the paint up. The gap is pretty spot on and they run fine like this. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Not been in for a while Scott, but I see your progressing well. I like the work on the coaches, and NO Hot Glue Gun was used in the Glaze fitting. marvellous. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted February 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2019 Thanks Andy. Certainly no hot glue on the coach, I'd have made even more of a mess of my fingers than I did. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 1, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2019 8721 arrived with the midday passenger and deposits the fish van to the dock ready for the morning. I tried a few shots with my SLR on the tripod, then cropped, sharpened etc. But out of quite a few, this was the only one I really liked. I've great respect for lots of the pictures that are taken and posted on this forum, shows great skills in both photography and model making.. Right, better paint the roofs of the B set, they won't paint themselves. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2019 The B set has gone really well.. The flush glazing was still a swine, there is no way of getting away from that. You need to clean up each one, test fit, adjust again, test fit again, then you can finally glue it. I managed the clean up a lot of the glue and glaze with white spirit and a cotton bud, the really stubborn parts I used a cocktail stick to remove it. I've also sprayed the underframes with some matt black, you can't really see it in the picture, but this really helps remove the plastic look and feel of them. I repainted the roofs, they had been painted black previously, I wanted them to be white and then I can dirty them up after some practice on a few test wagons. And the close coupling is just great! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 They look great and it appears your sanity has now returned. Onto the next set.....! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2019 Next set? Are you mad? I'm going to tackle the clerestory coaches soon.. But I think I need to have a break from coaches first.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2019 One last quick snap, the 48xx escaping the auto coach for once. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 On the B set (just started mine), did you think the shawplan glazing was worth it? Interested to see you went back to white roofs, waiting for paint to make mine grey black like KNP did for Little Muddle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2019 It's certainly worth it. A total pain to do, but both my auto coach and B set look like much more modern models because of the updates. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 15, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2019 I've been working on a few crates to start dressing up the goods yard and the loading dock a little more. These were some resin ones I'd picked up and have come out quite well I think.. The other boxes on the truck and the crane are Scale Model Scenery, which are really nice. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted March 24, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2019 Really good day with the Swindon and Cricklade for one of their Steam Taster sessions. There were 4 of us for the 2hr session, so we went in two groups of 2 on the footplate of the andrew barclay loco. The driver directs you on what to do, as it's 5mph through the points and station and then 25mph on the line. There is also a farm crossing that's blind that they stopped at to check it was clear and the end of the line is just dirt! They are building further, so the track just stops at the moment and I guess will be like that for a while. She's a really bouncy little loco, you get knocked about on the footplate at any speed. Great fun though, to be honest it was just as good being on the footplate as driving, just to be in the cab of a moving steam engine was amazing. It's a small little line, but certainly worth a half day there with the family. I now think I want to get a model one (in green) for the layout! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted January 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2020 Things never go to plan... I've not bought a barclay, I did buy a Hornby Huntley and Palmer Peckett instead. But that's now on the bench to have a chip added, Hornby make a small chip, but you can't buy them! Well, I got distracted. I've been building railways in the garden instead. But having seen the cracking little changes made to Kevin's Collet, time to spruce up my one. It's too shinny and that coal in the back is horrid. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Must get around to finishing mine but the Clyde Puffer has taken over at the moment. Nice compact tender loco’s Look forward to seeing the end result Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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