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I like that A LOT!

Love the chains in particular, and the grimy finish too...

I was thinking we hadn't heard much from Rod lately...

Thanks for letting us know Peter, and do pass on our best wishes if you get the chance.

Andrew

Beautiful work!

I think you might be over-estimating my expertise here chaps, but I'll gladly give it a try - as I say, it might take a few weeks... In the meantime, I got started using Ian Stock's article on the old Garden Railway Realism wiki:[http://gardenrailwayrealism.pbworks.com/w/page/13270143/Lining%20locom...

When I drew up this wagon for Andrew, he gave me the chassis dims, which from memory he measured from another wagon, so are probably not accurate for this particular vehicle. However the footprint of my wagon is 118 x 64mm ie 7ft4 1/2" x 4ft 0" My body measures at 32.55mm but I don't have a figure ...

Hi all, A little more progress on this project (if not the loco itself) in that I've been having some trial goes at lining on some off-cuts sprayed with the same paint - in the rain, as is evident from the white spots! Green 4.jpg Not perfect, but I got better each time, so I think - as longs as I'm...

I think those long straight handbrakes, and the boxy design give these wagons a surprisingly modern look. I ended up building three, because Philip sent me his prototype as well as the two wagons I'd planned - I don't know how many the FR had originally, but there are only two now! It's lovely to se...

Just catching up here - I'm very impressed by the lengths you're going to to get it right. The finished loco will look great...

I have never tried resin prints with heat, I guess it depends on how hot the boiler actually gets as resin to the best of my knowledge, once cured is pretty resistant to heat, from memory around 250 degrees, and then they burn more than melt. Ah, I never was much good at physics! I assumed the prop...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:51 pm

If you offer the pipework for sale Steve, I will certainly be first in line!

It's lovely, isn't it - nice work Steve!

Alas, unlikely to survive contact with Daisy's boiler!

Thanks for the pictures - it's a very attractive line!

Love the locos and stock too, of course...

I was uncertain about the green to begin with but the black brings it to life. Thanks! I realised this morning that it's similar to Southern malachite green - perhaps I should have lined in yellow and added "sunshine" lettering?! I've just spent an hour or so making a template for the ends of the p...

Tidy. Lining the flywheel is a very nice touch. Thank you! The flywheel was actually the easiest bit, because that little lip gave me a smooth continuous line to follow... I prefer the spoked flywheels on the "Vincent" locos, but am quite glad I don't have one or I might have felt obliged to line e...

Hello again, So, as promised, here's a picture of Daisy and tender once sprayed green and edged in black: Green 1.jpg Bright, isn't it?! With some trepidation, I dusted off the long-unused lining pen, cracked open a new tin of Humbrol red, and set to work... In my first session I had some trouble ge...

ge_rik wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:35 pm

Wot, no cat? Certainly an unusual and slightly scary wee beastie. Perfect for Halloween.

That's what I thought, especially with the music!

It's looking splendid, I'm looking forward to seeing it with a train in tow...

The first photo are derelict Mk.3 Quarrymen's coaches https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Quarrymen%27s_carriages The second photo is either Carriage 15 or Carriage 16 https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Carriage_15 https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Carriage_16 The third photo is one of the 'Bowside...

Looking good! I love it when an on again, off again project comes back into on again after a while. Thank you! I've managed to maintain momentum today, masking up loco and tender and taking them outside into the last of the year's warm sunshine (?) to spray the black edging. There were a few blemis...

Nice paint job, will follow the post. And it's a good thing that the pictures no longer run via photobucket. The watermark doesn't allow for proper viewing. If you open the link in a new tab you can get the watermark out, but the view is a lot smaller. Or am I doing something wrong. I gave my Konra...

Well this thread took some finding! My on/off project of cosmetic changes to the Regner has mostly been in "off" mode for several years, but I did build a tender body and chassis, which is now complete apart from detailing. I'm on leave this week, and the sun came out yesterday, so I took the whole ...

Always a pleasure to see a catch up from you, thank you!

Isn't it amazing how, however many locos you buy/build, you always seem to be in the midst of a minor motive power crisis! Well, I am anyway - I'm not good at keeping up with maintenance!