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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by Andrew » Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:26 pm

River Lin wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:20 am That looks about 420 rivets on that tank wagon Andrew. :-)
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Sounds about right to me!

Thanks for the tips on your technique - that Baldwin's a fine-looking loco! I've got an Andel one which I'm hoping to return to action soon...

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by JMORG » Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:04 am

River Lin wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:32 pm Hi all.
I am just finishing a PDF Baldwin tractor (gluing on the fuel tank and splashers today and adding glazing to the front windows) and thought I would add my rivitting method to this discussion.
First I draw a straight line for the rivit heads (Cambrian models), then draw a cross line every 5 mm along this line. After adding a small puddle of superglue into a plastic lid i dip the end of a cocktail stick into the glue and tap a little onto 2 or 3 of the cross lines. While the end of the cocktail stick is still damp with glue it will pick up a rivet and if i then touch it into place on the cross it will let go of the stick and adhere to the cross. If I work quickly I can do another 1 or 2 rivets before having to glue more crosses. I use a dry cocktail stick to move the rivets quickly if necessary.
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There are about 300 rivets on my model and it took a few session to add them all. Yours look straighter than some of mine Andrew.
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Looks fantastic! How does it run

Slightly related; does anyone have an idea of what colours the Simplex and Baldwin tractors were painted?

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by River Lin » Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:53 pm

Hi. JMORG.
While researching colours i found these-
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See main image and the one bottom right. Both FR.
Also -
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This is a still from a film from the early preservation days at Bleanau F. Looking at the film clip it appears to be pale blue.
I ended up painting mine maroon :?
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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by River Lin » Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:59 pm

Hi all.
Not wanting to hijack this thread of Andrew's, if you look at the last post in my ' Slaters 2 ton slate wagon' thread there is a short Utube clip of my Baldwin running this morning.
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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by Andrew » Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:07 pm

Hello!

According to the 7mm Assoc's book of FfR drawings, "tractors, introduced during the Stephens period, were plain green with black running gear. The Baldwin may have sported red painted rods and fly cranks".

I guess that's either the kind of mid, kind of municipal-looking, green seen in the pictures, or maybe whatever shade of green they came in from the WD?

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Post by ge_rik » Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:31 am

For some reason this thread has passed me by for a few months. Really like the two most recent wagons - exquisitely modelled and beautifully finished.

I've been using 1mm and 2mm half round nail art gems/pearls as rivets for a while. I'm sure I picked up the idea from another forumite. At 99p per 1000 (Inc postage) they work out to be very cost effective. You can also get hexagonal gems in various sizes to represent bolt heads.

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by Andrew » Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:09 am

ge_rik wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:31 am I've been using 1mm and 2mm half round nail art gems/pearls as rivets for a while. I'm sure I picked up the idea from another forumite.
According to this very thread, I started using 'em back in June 2015, so unless anyone's use of nail gems predates that, I'm claiming it! One of the benefits of having teenage daughters!
ge_rik wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:31 amAt 99p per 1000 (Inc postage) they work out to be very cost effective. You can also get hexagonal gems in various sizes to represent bolt heads.
How do they do them for that price?! Perhaps I don't want to know...

I had a look for hexagonal ones a while ago (on your advice Rik!) but couldn't find any think enough for my needs - perhaps it's time to trawl that corner of the internet again!

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Post by ge_rik » Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:40 pm

Aha, so it's all your fault..... :?
Actually, thanks. Cambrian are good - especially for 'nut + washer + bolt' heads but the nail art pearls save having to cut the rivet heads off the sprue.

1000 x 1mm half round for 99p or £1.30 for 2mm inc postage (from Swindon) - plus 10% if you buy more than one pack
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1000-Half-Pe ... CBBN_6CcOg

I can't find the hexagonal pearls I bought but found these which might do the job (£1.25 per 1000 inc postage from Andover)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1mm-Chunky-H ... XQvTlRiWbl

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by JMORG » Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:21 am

River Lin wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:53 pm Hi. JMORG.
While researching colours i found these-
IMG_20200304_154544.jpg
See main image and the one bottom right. Both FR.
Also -
IMG_20200304_154635.jpg
This is a still from a film from the early preservation days at Bleanau F. Looking at the film clip it appears to be pale blue.
I ended up painting mine maroon :?
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I'll probably do one in British Army olive green, I've got a few BW pictures so I'll have to see if I can interpret the colours of the rods compared to the rest of the locomotive. I can imagine that the two tractors were pretty much as they were when they left the army surplus depot.

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Post by GTB » Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:57 am

JMORG wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:21 am I'll probably do one in British Army olive green, I've got a few BW pictures so I'll have to see if I can interpret the colours of the rods compared to the rest of the locomotive. I can imagine that the two tractors were pretty much as they were when they left the army surplus depot.
The WD didn't use Baldwin petrol mechanicals. They were only built for the US Army and the French.

The French ones seem to have been grey, not sure what the US ones were. I doubt either would have had red rods as built. The usual colour scheme in service would have been mud.

I've read that the FR Baldwin PM was an ex French loco that was reconditioned by Kent Construction (Planet loco. builders), so it might have been repainted before sale.

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Post by Andrew » Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:27 pm

No word from work (a university library) yet on whether (or to what extent) we'll close due to the current crisis, but I'm assuming events will overtake the decision-makers at some point and I'll find myself with a fair bit of time on my hands. There's some DIY to be done, but while I was in Screwfix this afternoon stocking up on paint supplies in readiness, I also bought myself this - THE WORLD'S BIGGEST bottle of wood glue:

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There's a litre of it! Should be able to amuse myself with that for a while. Constructing rolling stock, I mean, not sniffing it...

Stay safe everyone,

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Post by LNR » Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:57 am

Do you intend to decant into a smaller more usable container Andrew. Just wondering, depending on the glues makeup exposure to air and evaporation, hope you get to use all of it.
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Post by Peter Butler » Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:45 am

When it's empty it would make a good table lamp!
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Post by Andrew » Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:50 pm

LNR wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:57 am Do you intend to decant into a smaller more usable container Andrew. Just wondering, depending on the glues makeup exposure to air and evaporation, hope you get to use all of it.
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Good point, thanks Grant. I didn't actually want one that big, but it was all that was available, it was cheap, and I managed to sneak it out of the household budget... I'll decant it into some glass jars I think...

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by FWLR » Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:06 am

Those small squeeze bottles you get now that self close would be ideal Andrew.

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by Andrew » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:01 am

Morning all!

On the whole, I'm not a terribly fast worker. Work, family and other commitments mean that even a simple wagon build can take months to complete, or even longer.

Not this one! This curious beast took me less than a week start to finish:

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That's not its best side, but even its best side is pretty ugly! It's built entirely from foam board on an old Faller chassis, and has a huge lump of wood inside for weight. As far as I recall, it's also the only thing I've ever sprayed yellow.

So what is it? It certainly doesn't look like anything that ran on the old Welsh Highland, or anywhere else come to that, it lacks detail, is much bigger than most of my other wagons, and with a coupling at only one end it won't be much use in a train...

Well... It's my answer to Network Rail's Structure Gauging Train. I like to have vegetation growing near to the tracks, but find it hard to judge how close is too close, resulting in derailments, damage, and carriages streaked with oil that locos have deposited on overhanging leaves. This wagon is designed to solve that - it's slightly bigger than my biggest loco, so before each run I'll simply attach it to a battery engine and push it slowly up the line, clipping anything that it comes into contact with. I just had a trial run, and it worked really well - those wasp stripes are actually quite useful in spotting leaves etc!

Here it is attached to my new battery loco:

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And again, this time in action - ivy can be quite a hazard for trains, as can Ivy, next door's lovely but very inquisitive cat:

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If this weather holds and find myself at home next week, I imagine I may run the odd train - got to keep my spirits up, eh?

Cheers,

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Post by LNR » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:57 am

Good idea Andrew, hope the wasp stripes keep everything clear ahead cause that driver needs a periscope :lol:
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Post by Andrew » Sun Mar 22, 2020 12:08 pm

LNR wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:57 am Good idea Andrew, hope the wasp stripes keep everything clear ahead cause that driver needs a periscope :lol:
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I did actually considering adding one, or perhaps a window in the end of the van, but the urge to finish this one quickly and crack on with other things was too strong...

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by FWLR » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:44 am

It's brilliant Andrew.

That is a superb idea and it's cheap too. Nothing like saving money, especially now, with what's going on in the world.

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Re: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock

Post by philipy » Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:15 am

Very good Andrew.
All it needs is a set of whirling razor blades on the sides and it can do the pruning as it goes!
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