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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After the last running day Minnie was sent off to Barry Milner for a mechanical overhaul which included new axles front and back new bushes for the back axle along with new crankpins all round and overhauled rods.
I should probably clean the front wheels at some point!
Gleaming in the Easter sun, brass still clean from being cleaned a few weeks ago
I should probably clean the front wheels at some point!
Gleaming in the Easter sun, brass still clean from being cleaned a few weeks ago
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