Aston On Clun. A forgotten Great Western outpost.

[Tim Dubya]

4 hours ago, MrWolf said:

A tube of Vallejo plastic putty just dropped through the letterbox...

 

I'm sure you will, but let us know how you get on with it.  I got a tube last week to play.... experiment with after seeing it on various modellers benches in Facebook groups 👍

 

Edited November 26, 2022 by Tim Dubya
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[57xx]

2 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Hmm. That sounds like it might be what I need for filling those gaps on my Slope-sided Mineral and firtling the floor and teenage damage on my RCH 7-plank.

 

Is it similar to Liquid Green Stuff from a prolific sci-fi/fantasy wargaming producer? (As in liquid epoxy filler applied by brush)

 

Are you sure LGS is epoxy based? I wouldn't have thought epoxy is water soluble but LGS most definitely is.

[John Besley]

11 hours ago, aardvark said:

 

Agree entirely.

 

I've decided to sidestep AY, RMWeb and Warner's complete and write to Digitrains. They might be interested to know that their saturation advertising is having the opposite effect to that intended.

 

 

Be interesting to know what their response is...

[John Besley]

18 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Nothing new there, CK. 

 

 

 

Nice picture, where was it?

[Graham T]

I'm pretty sure that's Lambourn.

 

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, 57xx said:

 

Are you sure LGS is epoxy based? I wouldn't have thought epoxy is water soluble but LGS most definitely is.

I actually have no idea. I assumed the regular green stuff was and therefore that the liquid one was the same just, well, liquid? I’m happy to be completely wrong!

 

If I’m honest, I found green stuff a real PITA to work with - it seems disinclined to stick where you want, but all to ready to get everywhere you don’t - and I never got a chance to use my pot of the liquid stuff: somehow a sealed pot managed to dry out!

[57xx]

1 hour ago, Graham T said:

I'm pretty sure that's Lambourn.

 

You are correct, Sir.

[57xx]

  

13 hours ago, aardvark said:

 

Agree entirely.

 

I've decided to sidestep AY, RMWeb and Warner's complete and write to Digitrains. They might be interested to know that their saturation advertising is having the opposite effect to that intended.

 

 

<cough>adblockplus<cough>

 

Sorry I've got a bit of Covid at the moment.

[Graham T]

3 minutes ago, 57xx said:

You are correct, Sir.

 

Do I get a prize?  🙃

 

[57xx]

2 minutes ago, Graham T said:

 

Do I get a prize?  🙃

 

 

no, but mind your head as you next walk through a door frame.... 🤣

[AndyB]

Washing lines:

You could try using a single bristle cut from a decorator's paint brush. I use short lengths of these to get N gauge seagulls to fly. It's a wee bit fiddly but seems to work OK. 

 

 

Follow me for more tips on how to go blind. 🤪

[NHY 581]

3 hours ago, John Besley said:

 

Nice picture, where was it?

 

 

Hi John, 

 

Graham is spot on. Lambourn it is. 

 

Rob

[PaulaDoesTrains]

3 hours ago, Tortuga said:

If I’m honest, I found green stuff a real PITA to work with - it seems disinclined to stick where you want, but all to ready to get everywhere you don’t

 

Sounds like every glue (or paint) I've ever tried using 😀

[MrWolf]

I've used a small amount of the filler to deal with the odd gaps left by hacking about the bodyside of the Toad. I have to report that it's really nice to use and the needle applicator makes for easy work getting the filler into the right place. 

I left it to set for a few hours and it sanded down really easy, unlike a lot of fillers that clog up the abrasive.

I filled the right-hand corner joint from the inside and the saw cuts from outside. A quick (messy) splash of grey highlights a couple of pinholes.

 

I'm liking this stuff.

 

[Graham T]

I think I might put this on my shopping list.

 

[MrWolf]

24 minutes ago, Graham T said:

I think I might put this on my shopping list.

 

 

At least you should be able to buy it in your neck of el bosque...

[Compound2632]

I'm sorry, I'm just too excited, so I'm spamming everywhere. You know my predilections:

 

 

[MrWolf]

I like the look of those! 

 

BLT? We're a passing station and a block post I'll have you know! 😃

[St Enodoc]

5 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Hi John, 

 

Graham is spot on. Lambourn it is. 

 

Rob

Obvious, really.

[John Besley]

10 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I've used a small amount of the filler to deal with the odd gaps left by hacking about the bodyside of the Toad. I have to report that it's really nice to use and the needle applicator makes for easy work getting the filler into the right place. 

I left it to set for a few hours and it sanded down really easy, unlike a lot of fillers that clog up the abrasive.

I filled the right-hand corner joint from the inside and the saw cuts from outside. A quick (messy) splash of grey highlights a couple of pinholes.

 

I'm liking this stuff.

 

 

What filler is that?

[MrWolf]

47 minutes ago, John Besley said:

 

What filler is that?

 

I've been trying out Vallejo Plastic Putty 100% Acrylic Resin. Their product number 70.401

[MrWolf]

Grr. I got distracted and thought: I wonder how hard it would be to........

 

 

Quite easy as it turned out.

[NHY 581]

Ooops. 

[John Besley]

Your going to need a HLK chassis kit now... there is no stopping once you've started you know its a slippery step...

 

You have been warned 😀

[MrWolf]

Quite possibly, but for starters I'm going to try and turn it into 517 class number 530.

If that works, I might just be looking at another chassis.

 

That said, the Airfix chassis hasn't blown up.

 

Yet.