South Wolverton and Hodge Lea Works (In short my stock :) )

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laurence703

South Wolverton and Hodge Lea Works (In short my stock :) )

Post by laurence703 » Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:46 pm

Seeing as I don't have a railway as of yet and probably won't have one for the foreseeable future, I thought I'd keep you all up to date on the S.W.&.H.L Works stock list as it stands :)

Locos:
No.1 "Ofario"
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Currently available for service on short passenger or goods trains. Started life as a Maroon Mss loco, but has had a fair bit of mamodification since then

No.2 "Marmite"
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Currently available for service assuming the batteries aren't flat... Requires some work before it can pull anything other than its own weight... Previous attempts of sticking fishing weights to the bonnet have improved it slightly... but it still can't pull the skin off a rice pudding.

No.3 "Wolverton"
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Currently available for service on anything and everything.
After a dodgy pressure gauge, I can safely say its a very good performer. One small problem that is to be rectified is the two small grubscrews on one fly crank require a touch of loctite to ensure they stop working themselves loose.

Carriages and Wagons

IP Live Steam beginners coaches No's 1 and 2 are currently awaiting painting before they can be completed.There are plans to purchase another one or two of these to make a set for "Wolverton". These are fantastic kits as they pretty much build themselves! These will be painted to match the works' other coaches.
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Coaches 3,4 and 5 need one or two little odds and ends doing but nothing major.
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Wagons 1,2,3 and 4 are all operational with nothing major that wants doing to them for the moment.
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The Marmite wagon is also operational. I would like to glue the jar to the wagon to stop it moving about and change the black card for something more substantial but these will have to wait for the time being as it is rarely used.
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As the stock progresses I will no doubt update this thread as and when I can.

Annie

Post by Annie » Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:58 am

Marmite's driver looks like he could be a bit difficult to deal with ;)

You look like you're going to be well setup with coaching stock, but an obvious lack amongst your goods stock is a brake van.

laurence703

Post by laurence703 » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:35 am

A brakevan is on my list of wagons to get... But when my bank is more healthy lol

laurence703

Post by laurence703 » Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:16 pm

With the two new IP Coaches painted and finished I thought a little photo shoot was in order!

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MDLR

Post by MDLR » Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:21 pm

Annie:75539 wrote:Marmite's driver looks like he could be a bit difficult to deal with ......................
............. if you could catch him..........................

DolwyddelanLightRail

Post by DolwyddelanLightRail » Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:51 pm

Those carriages came out nicely!

laurence703

Post by laurence703 » Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:11 pm

Cheers :) They are unproven on the rails yet but shouldn't have any problems with them... he says...

Well I don't think anyone would have trouble catching Sonic on "Marmite"... World's fastest hedgehog on the worlds slowest battery RC loco...

GeneralMarmoset

Post by GeneralMarmoset » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:24 pm

The coaches look great. I've actually got a couple myself to be getting on with!

With regards to the cream, was it hand painted? I keep contemplating spraying (as I don't own an airbrush), but for such a small area I figure that hand painting would come out quite nicely?

laurence703

Post by laurence703 » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:40 pm

As far as I can tell the cream was done by hand. I didn't build the brandbright ones, they were a lucky bid on ebay.

I hand paint all my stock and I usually get a good finish. I use Humbrol Enamel paints.

laurence703

Post by laurence703 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:04 pm

About a day or two after the photo shoot, I actually ran my stock on the mamod track... everything ran fine although a few of the coaches are a tad long for the corners...

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Do you like my water feature?

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Pedro

Post by Pedro » Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:01 pm

Looks good! Although you might want a different water feature in future......:P

Bugs Bunny looks impressed  :)

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