Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by gilfachphil » Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:11 pm

Andrew wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:57 pm Nice colour! Good finish too...
Thanks Andrew,

I was not at all sure about the shade of green, there was less of a choice than I hoped for in the local Halfords.

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by Peter Butler » Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:54 pm

I like the colour too Phil, it looks suited to the loco and will work well with further detailing.
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Post by SimonWood » Tue Aug 30, 2022 8:51 am

gilfachphil wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:42 pm The Hunslet progresses through the paint shed. Some faults in rubbing down show through the green but from a normal viewing distance ...
Looking great!

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Post by ge_rik » Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:02 am

Corrrr .....! That's nice!

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by Trevor Thompson » Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:23 pm

Phil

Looking forward to seeing it running!

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Post by Old Man Aaron » Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:05 am

Damn that's tidy. :thumbright:
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by gilfachphil » Tue Sep 06, 2022 2:05 pm

Trevor Thompson wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:23 pm Phil

Looking forward to seeing it running!

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Trevor,

I'm hoping for good weather on Friday and that the charger I ordered yesterday arrives in time to give it a good charge.

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Post by gilfachphil » Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:12 pm

Clara has been a bit shy of having her photo taken lately but here are some pictures to show how she is progressing:-
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The firebox, boiler and smokebox have been rubbed down after their initial coat of filler primer which I hope will ensure printing marks have been removed. The black detailing parts are more finely printed and needed less sanding. The switch can be seen in the coal bunker, the red wires passing through into the firebox. Two pieces of plastic were glued into the bunker to support a piece of black plastikard which will be covered in coal.

She has had a first spray of the filler primer.

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by gilfachphil » Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:38 pm

Claras' chassis with the piston rods in place following a test run along some track.
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Post by gilfachphil » Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:26 pm

And then she looked like:-
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Post by gilfachphil » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:25 am

With huge thanks to Dinah and Trevor for a very happy day yesterday:-
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‘I can’t look, it’s a very long way down’
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Post by gilfachphil » Mon Sep 12, 2022 2:31 pm

Yr Hen Felin will be at the Swansea Railway Modellers Group Open Day next Sunday, 18th Sept, in their clubrooms at SA5 8NJ between 10am and 4pm.

Please come and say 'Hello' if you are around.

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by SimonWood » Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:22 pm

Love the shot of the Hunslet on the viaduct!

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Post by gilfachphil » Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:04 pm

Not the best picture perhaps but here’s the layout at the Swansea MRG open day yesterday

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Trefor was driven a bit too fast, derailed and seems to have had his back to back altered!

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by philipy » Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:22 am

The trains and the buildings are looking good, but I think you need to practice a bit harder on your backscene painting! :lol:
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Post by gilfachphil » Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:53 pm

Yes,

I've even got some nice new black cloth somewhere for the tables, to hide the things underneath, but thought warts and all was good. I did slightly regret being against the dark blue cupboard with space rockets, but we were in the Art Room area. I don't think those details affected the enjoyment of those members of the public, young and young at heart, who ran the layout though!

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by gilfachphil » Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:18 am

I have done some more work on the Hunslet and took these photos in bright late afternoon sun yesterday
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I have some instruments printed for the panel above the control desk, which is missing here. I need advice or a source of suitable controls to mount on the desk before fitting it in place.
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by Peter Butler » Fri Sep 30, 2022 2:25 pm

That's a very nice job there Phil, you should feel well pleased with it.
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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by gilfachphil » Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:49 pm

Thanks Peter, I am.

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Re: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd

Post by Old Man Aaron » Sun Oct 02, 2022 3:14 pm

Great result there; brilliant bit of work that trestle is, too.

Cambrian's Simplex detailing pack might be a start for controls?

If it's of any help, here's the vaguely-representative interior I knocked up for my Accy Baguley a few years back. Many of the handles are bent HO/OO track nails. The handbrake wheel is a steering wheel from a 1/24 car kit. I think the larger handles started out as shock absorbers from the car. And the gauges are HO scale oil drums, recessed into the control panels.
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