The RHBR fleet

'Pierre Berry · Post by **'Pierre Berry** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:29 pm

kandnwlr:102269 wrote:More pics of Minnie in steam please :D

Absolutely !

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:58 pm

Thanks for the interest guys, photos of Minnie in steam eh? Pffffffffffffff,

There aren't many that haven't been uploaded before to be honest, the first photo comes from June last year! I don't tend to have my camera fired up when she is. I will try to amend that during her next outing on Saturday.

And only 1 suitable photo from this year, taken in March!

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:18 pm

As promised here are more photos of Minnie in steam, not just brewing up/ cooling down.

Three panned shots, amazing what some practice can do!

Panning No.1 by williamfj2, on Flickr

Panning No.2 by williamfj2, on Flickr

My favourite of the three pans, light, motion and steam! That said I'm not too happy with how the coaches look.

Panning No.3 by williamfj2, on Flickr

One that I've already shown, but I like it.

Minnie by williamfj2, on Flickr

At the end of a day where she didn't put a toe never mind a foot out of line. Must patch the paint on that numberplate though

End of Another Good Day by williamfj2, on Flickr

btiratsoo · Post by **btiratsoo** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:39 pm

I've just read this thread from start to finish. Your rolling stock and locos are splendid and your writing/ descriptions make me chuckle.

The second panning shot above and the last two shots are brilliant. The panning is an absolute cracker and the one with the sunlight on the leaves is beautiful. Well done fella.

Ben

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:44 pm

Wow, thanks Ben, must have been quite a slog reading my ramblings at times!
For the past couple of weeks things have been in a state of disarray for me & the fleet as I've moved to a different flat, but I'm getting a grasp of things now. Some stuff hasn't made the move though, the Brandbright coaches have been passed to a friend who might stand a better chance at completing them. I've found that once I let a project stall it's hard to get it restarted.

River Ankh earlier this month, despite being stored for about 18 months with little attention it only took a quick oil round to get her growling again.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:25 pm

Good to see things moving again

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:04 am

Well here are the latest two vehicles to be outshopped, No.60 required some assembly and No.45 only needed a repaint. I quite like having a large(ish) fleet of open wagons, especially as they're not all the same type.

Dannypenguin · Post by **Dannypenguin** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:08 pm

Neat little wagons you got yourself there

btiratsoo · Post by **btiratsoo** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:42 pm

Those open wagons are great. Can I ask where you got the vac hoses from and also what kit were the wagons? I think it is time I gave kit building a try!

Ben

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:04 pm

Thanks guys, the vacuum pipes are the working Brandbright pipes, they can be a pain to couple but when coupled they look great. Most of my wagons are from IP Engineering with some Brandbright & Swift Sixteen.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:16 pm

The shadowing on the lettering just lifts the whole effect. Very nice.

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:25 pm

Minnie now sounds very different, she's been fitted with a whistle and is the first loco (as far as I know) to have her chuff pipe removed, and Dylan has been fitted with Swift Sixteen drawbar couplings as I found that the loco's hook was capable of working loose very quickly.
Despite not having a railway of my own, or even the possibility in the short term of building my own I've somehow come to the conclusion that I need a P Way train! So far I've got a 2 Swift Sixteen hoppers, and an IP Engineering crane either finished or well on the way. Once they're all finished then I should be starting on an IPE VoR bogie brake coach to act as the dedicated P Way coach.

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:57 pm

I absolutely LOVE those hoppers. The huge log of an underframe might cast some doubt about the realistic possibility of prototype bottom discharge but I can overlook that, in every other respect they are beautifully proportioned.

How easy is it/would it be to fit chopper couplings to them?

Gremlin · Post by **Gremlin** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:03 pm

I agree on the hoppers, Swift Sixteen make some really nice kits. I don't buy many wagon kits but I do have some of those on the bench.

Great photos

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:16 pm

Soar Valley Light:105770 wrote:I absolutely LOVE those hoppers. The huge log of an underframe might cast some doubt about the realistic possibility of prototype bottom discharge but I can overlook that, in every other respect they are beautifully proportioned.

How easy is it/would it be to fit chopper couplings to them?

Thanks guys, hopefully Swift Sixteen's online instructions will show that it is modelled as a bottom discharge wagon. While I don't have any real experience with chopper couplings I don't think it would be too difficult to fit them but it would require modifying/replacing the supplied buffers.
http://www.swiftsixteen.co.uk/Instructi ... ctionID=23[/url]

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:05 pm

Thanks for the info. I certainly think I'll be giving it a try. I just need to decide what traffic they will be for!

All the best,

Andrew

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:37 pm

The death of my laptop early last week (fecking windows 8!) gave me no excuses to do some modelling and I've made good progress on 4 projects, yet another IPE MOD open needs vacuum pipes painting the fitting and the numbering requires shading, the crane wagon I've been building is painted & the crane itself isn't too far off completion & the 2nd Swift Sixteen hopper wagon requires some detail picked out with black. The major project recently is the construction of an IPE VOR bogie brake whose body & bogies have been built & painted as my plan is to finish the body including fitting the glazing & roof before starting on the bottom end.
The last running day of the year is next Sunday and my aim is to have at least 3 of aforementioned vehicles running, a very realistic goal!

I've based the livery on the FR's No.1000 (formerly 100) which was used for a while as a p way coach, although I'm not entirely happy with the livery. Still needs a bit of tidying up but it's pretty much there.

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:47 pm

Can't wait to see the completed PW set. How have you got one with the IP crane kit? I was wondering about buying myself one for Christmas.

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:20 pm

The quality of the castings isn't great, they needed a lot of cleaning and in some cases bending to shape. I've made assembling it harder than necessary as I've avoided soldering however when viewed from a distance it'll be fine. If you've got some experience with white metal kits then it shouldn't present any major difficulties.

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:19 am

Three wagons outshopped in a day means I've no excuse to crack on with the VoR coach now.

Doesn't look pretty, but it'll do

I've made the crane work at the last minute just to make it even more fragile!

If I was redoing the kit I would solder it, I've had to repair the crane a few times as joints gave up. I've also done the rigging differently to how IPE specify in the instructions, drilling a hole in the hook so the string sits on the pulley properly and rather than use two pieces to hold the jib up I've used one tied & glued onto the jib then passed through the balance weight onto the other side of the jib.

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