RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 18, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 A martini, now there's a good idea. Mind you, could well be the top of a very slippery slope! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWsTrains Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 37 minutes ago, longchap said: Perhaps an infusion of something to cure its amemia? A little known condition, when buildings lack amenities perhaps? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 18, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 Wouldn't that be amenia? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 18, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) I think 1303 must be female. She's certainly temperamental... I removed the bodywork just now. Nothing appeared to be amiss under the skin. All contacts look good, as do the pick-ups. Gave the decoder a very gentle push down onto its socket. Popped the naked (!) 1303 onto the tracks, and off she went, happily pootling about at walking pace if I asked her to, and making suitable chuff-chuff noises as well. Hmm. She did stutter over some of my cr@ppy pointwork, as I didn't have the nous to add frog juicers to all the turnouts. A lesson for CR Mk II - take a lot more time over getting the track laid! I may see if I can get a stay-alive inside 1303's bunker. A bit late to do any more work on her this evening though. Time permitting I'll see if I can get her tweaked tomorrow. Fit some screw links, pop in a crew, and see about the stay-alive. Edited October 18, 2022 by Graham T 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Graham T said: Wouldn't that be amenia? Don't be daft, Amenia is a country... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Graham T said: I think 1303 must be female. She's certainly temperamental... I removed the bodywork just now. Nothing appeared to be amiss under the skin. All contacts look good, as do the pick-ups. Gave the decoder a very gentle push down onto its socket. Popped the naked (!) 1303 onto the tracks, and off she went, happily pootling about at walking pace if I asked her to, and making suitable chuff-chuff noises as well. Hmm. She did stutter over some of my cr@ppy pointwork, as I didn't have the nous to add frog juicers to all the turnouts. A lesson for CR Mk II - take a lot more time over getting the track laid! I may see if I can get a stay-alive inside 1303's bunker. A bit late to do any more work on her this evening though. Time permitting I'll see if I can get her tweaked tomorrow. Fit some screw links, pop in a crew, and see about the stay-alive. It may be as daft as the body pressing down on a connection causing an increased resistance rather than an actual short? Time for little bits of insulation tape perhaps? Or even part of the mech catching slightly? I had this on a Bachmann Pannier where the body had been crammed back on causing some of the wiring to foul a wheel. Edited October 18, 2022 by MrWolf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold longchap Posted October 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Graham T said: A martini, now there's a good idea. Mind you, could well be the top of a very slippery slope! Nah, not the weekend yet !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Must be the weekend somewhere. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 19, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2022 Somewhere, the sun is over the yardarm 🍻 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 19, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2022 I managed to get the cab off 1303 today, without breaking anything (although the lever on the fireman's side needs straightening out). This makes it much easier to fit the crew, and also means that I can get a stay-alive into the bunker. With the cab in place I couldn't get the stay-alive in through the square hole in the footplate. So hopefully I can fix it in there with some black tack and then run the wires under the cab to the decoder. Time for a dry fit next to make sure the driver fits! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted October 19, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2022 27 minutes ago, Graham T said: I managed to get the cab off 1303 today, without breaking anything (although the lever on the fireman's side needs straightening out). This makes it much easier to fit the crew, and also means that I can get a stay-alive into the bunker. With the cab in place I couldn't get the stay-alive in through the square hole in the footplate. So hopefully I can fix it in there with some black tack and then run the wires under the cab to the decoder. Time for a dry fit next to make sure the driver fits! Graham Have you not noticed the huge spelling mistake down the side of the tanks? have you gone to the dark side? Andy 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted October 19, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Are those S300 pods on the rear of the footplate... if you get the code wrong you'll fire off something and definitely need the stay alive... Edited October 19, 2022 by John Besley 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 19, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Andy Keane said: Graham Have you not noticed the huge spelling mistake down the side of the tanks? have you gone to the dark side? Andy Sorry Andy, must confess that I do also have a bit of a liking for black locos... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 19, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2022 50 minutes ago, John Besley said: Are those S300 pods on the rear of the footplate... if you get the code wrong you'll fire off something and definitely need the stay alive... No problem John, they are the "special operation" inflatable dummy version. There isn't a stay-alive on earth with enough voltage to make them go whoosh 🥸 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2022 So 1303 has survived surgery, and now has a crew, screw link couplings, and a Kungfu stay-alive in the bunker. I'm pleased to say that she runs nicely over my point-work now, although the stay-alive doesn't keep her running as long some of my other locos. I think this may be because 1303 has an ESU decoder; John at Youchoos told me that they are very power hungry. Some of my other locos have the same stay-alive on Zimo decoders and they'll happily run on for several seconds after cutting the power. 8 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted October 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Graham T said: So 1303 has survived surgery, and now has a crew, screw link couplings, and a Kungfu stay-alive in the bunker. I'm pleased to say that she runs nicely over my point-work now, although the stay-alive doesn't keep her running as long some of my other locos. I think this may be because 1303 has an ESU decoder; John at Youchoos told me that they are very power hungry. Some of my other locos have the same stay-alive on Zimo decoders and they'll happily run on for several seconds after cutting the power. I must confess it is a rather lovely loco and the crew look great - just needs some dirt spreading around! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Andy Keane said: I must confess it is a rather lovely loco and the crew look great - just needs some dirt spreading around! Funny you should say that Andy ... Because here she is with the first stage of weathering done. Just a little bit of frame dirt airbrushed over the running gear. And then some painstaking clean-up of the tyres, backs of the wheels, and pick-ups with IPA and cotton buds! Edited October 20, 2022 by Graham T 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted October 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Graham T said: Funny you should say that Andy ... Because here she is with the first stage of weathering done. Just a little bit of frame dirt airbrushed over the running gear. And then some painstaking clean-up of the tyres, backs of the wheels, and pick-ups with IPA and cotton buds! I wish there was a more cunning way of doing the frames. Cleaning up the wheel backs, tyres etc is v tedious. But clearly worth it. Edited October 20, 2022 by Andy Keane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Andy Keane said: I wish there was a more cunning way of doing the frames. Cleaning up the wheel backs, tyres etc is v tedious. But clearly worth it. It wasn't actually as bad as I expected. I cleaned off what was visible with a cotton bud and IPA, then put the loco on the tracks. Run it forward very slowly, then it stops when it's reached another dirty part of the tyre or wheel back. Lift off track and clean whatever you can reach with the cotton bud, then repeat the process a few times, and Robert's your mother's brother 🙂 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2022 Since I had the airbrush filled up, and I really dislike cleaning the thing after using it, I thought I might as well get my money's worth and treat a few other bits of rolling stock as well. So I sprayed the underframes of three coaches and some wagons too. I also did the underframes of these horseboxes. They had received some weathering earlier; Mig dark wash on the bodies of both; the right hand one had its roof sprayed with Tamiya haze grey, and then a very restrained wash of dilute black acrylic. I tried something different on the other roof. Started off with quite a heavy dark acrylic wash, and then lots of weathering powder after the wash had dried. Finished off with a squirt of matt varnish. Not sure how it will look in daylight! I'll also add just a smidgeon of rust powder and oily steel around the running gear, I think. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted October 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2022 What airbrush do you use, I need to get another shortly... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2022 It's a cheap and cheerful dual-action one from that well known Chinese manufacturer "Gocheer" 😄 Works well enough for jobs like this though John. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2022 Really nice weathering Graham - and I very much like the roof colours being different - too easy to end up with them all the same which is one of the problems with RTR stuff out of the box IMO. On airbrushes I too have a cheap Chinese setup but have invested in a decent compressor and also an extraction system to keep the air breathable (with a trunk to a hole in the wall). That is where I would invest any spare cash. the only issue I have with the brush itself is the O rings are starting to loose their shape a bit and it makes re-assembly a bit harder. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2022 Are the ends of the horse boxes black or brown? It's hard to see from the photo. I believe they should be black but it would be good to get confirmation from people who know better then me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted October 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, Andy Keane said: Really nice weathering Graham - and I very much like the roof colours being different -....... ......the O rings are starting to loose their shape a bit and it makes re-assembly a bit harder. Yes that weathering is looking good. Can you not get replacement O rings Andy? I use a nice Iwata gravity feed airbrush - its my second - many years ago I had a cheap and cheerful one that I could never get to grips with. But this one, together with a Sparmax(?) compressor is very good. Or at least, I pleased with the results I get! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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