Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
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Invicta280 — That’s really very generous of you. Thank you.
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Every time I come on here you're doing something amazing
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Those look entirely plausible Bertie, and I bet all but the gricers would be convinced as to there authenticity. Lovely modelling work.
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Thanks for the kind comments. Now to fit the electrics; finish and paint it; sort out the garden — and run it. Hope it doesn’t take too long this time.
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Desperately trying to avoid more mistakes. Note the first, tentative steps into weathering
It is all taking rather longer than I’d imagined.
And guess what — another spray can and the matching small bottle of enamel I bought for touching up don’t appear to be quite the same colour! I’ve used paint, DIY decal materials, printer, software and spec as before (this thread, page 2) but this time the printed DIY decal background colour proved to be a poor match and I had to fiddle with colour tests all over again… and then accept some dodgy touching up, which I’ve tried to disguise (not entirely successfully) with five hundred coats of varnish.
It’s driven me insane.
A few days later — now that the veins on my forehead have stopped throbbing, I've convinced myself that it’s giving off quite a pleasing, old Hornby-esque kind of vibe. Especially outside, from a few yards away. It’s the crisp GRS compartment module windows and flat paintwork, I suppose. It’s not too detailed and quite plasticky (which I actually quite like). I couldn’t dare go with anything remotely glossy, of course, as it would emphasise all the little lumpy horrors and sloppy bits.
It’s a lot easier just painting stuff black.
Still loads to do.
It is all taking rather longer than I’d imagined.
And guess what — another spray can and the matching small bottle of enamel I bought for touching up don’t appear to be quite the same colour! I’ve used paint, DIY decal materials, printer, software and spec as before (this thread, page 2) but this time the printed DIY decal background colour proved to be a poor match and I had to fiddle with colour tests all over again… and then accept some dodgy touching up, which I’ve tried to disguise (not entirely successfully) with five hundred coats of varnish.
It’s driven me insane.
A few days later — now that the veins on my forehead have stopped throbbing, I've convinced myself that it’s giving off quite a pleasing, old Hornby-esque kind of vibe. Especially outside, from a few yards away. It’s the crisp GRS compartment module windows and flat paintwork, I suppose. It’s not too detailed and quite plasticky (which I actually quite like). I couldn’t dare go with anything remotely glossy, of course, as it would emphasise all the little lumpy horrors and sloppy bits.
It’s a lot easier just painting stuff black.
Still loads to do.
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Well, they look pretty darn good to me! Not just good, but excellent!
Rik
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Doesn't that look just right out in the garden?! Splendid stuff!
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As amazing as always from your erecting shop. Brilliant, and although I kind of see where you get the 'Hornby-esque' thing from, I think you do yourself down more than somewhat.
Philip
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Thanks again for the nice comments.
You probably all know this — but I’ve recently read that way back when Hornby introduced ‘Dublo’ at a nominal 1:76 (rather than adopting the international HO standard 1:87) it wasn’t because the tight British loading gauge made UK models appear puny in comparison (though it did) but to make it easier to accommodate the workings (which presumably would have been clockwork). The result is a scale gauge of 4’1” (-ish).
I feel completely vindicated — my G-scale, pretend gauge of 3’11” (-ish) isn’t that silly at all!
You probably all know this — but I’ve recently read that way back when Hornby introduced ‘Dublo’ at a nominal 1:76 (rather than adopting the international HO standard 1:87) it wasn’t because the tight British loading gauge made UK models appear puny in comparison (though it did) but to make it easier to accommodate the workings (which presumably would have been clockwork). The result is a scale gauge of 4’1” (-ish).
I feel completely vindicated — my G-scale, pretend gauge of 3’11” (-ish) isn’t that silly at all!
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I must admit that until I read your post and that prompted me to investigate, I had always believed that Hornby Dublo was always electric only from its inception just before WW2, and that as you say, the 00 rather than HO was simply because of the size of available electric motors at that time. However, I've just found this video, which rather proves the point!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBQ9gC82oU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBQ9gC82oU
Philip
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Bertie those coaches look wonderful. I realise you know all the imperfections, but we don't - they really look the part
Phil
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Fascinating! I like the way he knows how many turns of the key it takes for the first loco to go round twice and stop back at the station.philipy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:52 am I must admit that until I read your post and that prompted me to investigate, I had always believed that Hornby Dublo was always electric only from its inception just before WW2, and that as you say, the 00 rather than HO was simply because of the size of available electric motors at that time. However, I've just found this video, which rather proves the point!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBQ9gC82oU
Rik
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Lovely. I’ve not seen those before. The 30s ‘concrete’ cream and orange railway buildings look great too.philipy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:52 am “…I’ve just found this video…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBQ9gC82oU
That was really neat.
I was given the tinplate O gauge, clockwork ‘LNER’ 0-4-0T goods set for Christmas sometime in the mid 50s — I still have it. Fully wound, it would hurtle round at several hundred miles per hour, threatening to come off at any moment — and frequently doing so. I’ve occasionally pondered recreating it, somewhat larger (and slower).
Going back to the coaches (and thanks, Phil), it does seem astonishing today, I think, to also read that the Southern Region designed and built (or converted) their last generation of steam ‘push-pull’ sets after the introduction of the Thumpers.
The line I travelled to school on went from ancient tank engines and push-pull sets, to modern tank engines that had to run round their trains at each end, to Thumpers, to being closed, all in around eight years. A couple of years later I’d bought a 2CV! (I’m not sure but I think that’s relevant).
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You have the knack of capturing the spirit of the real thing and converting it to your own scale/gauge combo. Once again... superb!
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Thank you. It’s been a nice sunny day and to delay having to start on the garden there were some ‘combinations of coaches’ pix to do:
Branch line favourite (coaches 1 & 2)
Push-pull with Bulleid Q1T (3 & 2)
Three coaches and Bulleid 0-4-4-0 (1, 2 & 3)
Three car proto-Thumper (I removed the wrong coach! Should be 4, 1 & 3)
(All still missing seats, etc)
I have materials and components for another coach: Buffet? DEMU driving trailer? another power car? a single coach (longer) railcar? Sleeper?! — dunno. Not quite yet though.
Branch line favourite (coaches 1 & 2)
Push-pull with Bulleid Q1T (3 & 2)
Three coaches and Bulleid 0-4-4-0 (1, 2 & 3)
Three car proto-Thumper (I removed the wrong coach! Should be 4, 1 & 3)
(All still missing seats, etc)
I have materials and components for another coach: Buffet? DEMU driving trailer? another power car? a single coach (longer) railcar? Sleeper?! — dunno. Not quite yet though.
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All looking Grand there!
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Not going anywhere for now
Well, that’ll teach me… Running upside down on the table top does not constitute effective testing of motorblocks — as I’m sure you all take for granted. Once properly installed and all Deltanged up, outside on the track forward (or reverse) progress proved problematic. The power car itself is hardly lightweight (which, in fairness, is how the motorblocks were advertised) — let alone with the trailing coach(es). More grunt required.
A single LGB alternative (unfortunately rather more expensive than I would normally consider) isn’t quite the same size, so new bogies and other modifications are now needed. It won’t sit there making unfortunate fizzy noises without moving, I hope, but I think any notion of three or four car Thumpers is probably out the window.
I had hoped to post a video today…
Well, that’ll teach me… Running upside down on the table top does not constitute effective testing of motorblocks — as I’m sure you all take for granted. Once properly installed and all Deltanged up, outside on the track forward (or reverse) progress proved problematic. The power car itself is hardly lightweight (which, in fairness, is how the motorblocks were advertised) — let alone with the trailing coach(es). More grunt required.
A single LGB alternative (unfortunately rather more expensive than I would normally consider) isn’t quite the same size, so new bogies and other modifications are now needed. It won’t sit there making unfortunate fizzy noises without moving, I hope, but I think any notion of three or four car Thumpers is probably out the window.
I had hoped to post a video today…
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That's a shame. How frustrating! Mind you, I think we've all been there at some point (my first railbus springs to mind!).
Fingers crossed the lgb block does the job. I would have recommended visiting the G-Bits website for motor blocks and other bits and bobs but he seems to have ceased trading
Rik
Fingers crossed the lgb block does the job. I would have recommended visiting the G-Bits website for motor blocks and other bits and bobs but he seems to have ceased trading
Rik
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These things are sent to try us Bertie. I'm sure you'll find a solution to the problem. As you're running on 45mm,there is a chap who makes powered bogies - there is a thread on here somewhere about them. May be just what you are looking for.
Edited to add - the thread concerned is https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 49#p167249 Tim Gleed-Owen is the chaps name.
Edited to add - the thread concerned is https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 49#p167249 Tim Gleed-Owen is the chaps name.
Phil
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Wow. The Appletree stuff looks really useful, I wish I’d taken note of that. But I’ll have to go with LGB on this one — and probably the next too, as I’ve already gone and thrown this year’s discretionary spend at more motorblocks. The stuff I’ve liked to use seems to be becoming generally more difficult to find (and increasingly expensive).
It’s a shame about G-bits, who’ve helped me out a lot in the past. I hope he’s OK.
It’s a shame about G-bits, who’ve helped me out a lot in the past. I hope he’s OK.
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