The CVLR gets it's new home (WIP railway & stock)

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Post by bessytractor » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:53 am

that looks quality! You have a good eye for dereliction!
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Post by Narrow Minded » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:59 am

Great stuff :D I especially like the heavy weathering on the Jessie! :thumbup:
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Post by Sir haydn » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:56 am

brill.

That conservatory needs a lever frame :lol:

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Post by dougrail » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:56 pm

Love the fake scrapped engine - saw it on FB and was very convincing to see :D

Also, cats are good. It's always good to see shed cats. ;)

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Post by Pendo Pilot » Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:28 am

What can you do when life is all work & family.....Run at night!

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Post by hussra » Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:20 am

Pendo Pilot:73569 wrote:What can you do when life is all work & family.....Run at night!
Good to see you back on here - loved the video. Perhaps time to splash out on head and tail lamps?
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Post by invicta280 » Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:07 pm

Top notch weathering and ageing on everything. Superb modelling

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Post by Pendo Pilot » Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:22 pm

Had a day off... :D ....spent it all waiting for plumbers & then all the rest of the day stuck at home with them :( . On the plus side I got them to bend a piece of pipe for me to get done what I wanted at Fox Road C&W. Not your usual NG railway item but something I wanted for mine.....

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Post by Narrow Minded » Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:28 pm

I don't believe this! - CLEAN CVLR stock?! :shock: :lol:
(or is this just to accelerate the rusting process?? ;) Either way - I bet it flushed the guards stove out for him :lol: )
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Post by Pendo Pilot » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:18 am

Take shotblasting to get CVLR stuff clean. :D The purpose of this though is to get rid of all that splashed up non scale dirt you get with rain & gribbles that like to ride about underneath stock that lives outside. Now that I can drive stuff into the shed it's nice to clean them first. ;)
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Post by TommyDodd » Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:26 pm

You washing them with water, or bleach and battery acid 50/50 for that authentic 70s BR(W) look?
Well, now we know the buffer-stops work! (Heard at 2013 "Longest Day" solstice steamup)

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Post by Pendo Pilot » Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:34 am

TommyDodd:73679 wrote:You washing them with water, or bleach and battery acid 50/50 for that authentic 70s BR(W) look?
God knows what they did wash them in, but the effect was certainly as you describe.
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Post by Pendo Pilot » Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:02 am

As I have actually got some time off from work a little update. I hit 40 last wednesday, combined with the joy of being 40 also came the idiotic news that first had stolen the WCML franchise..Which was just great.. :cry:

But even though railways were the last thing I wanted to know about I still managed to enjoy pressies of a railway nature.

From the excellent Swift Sixteen came a bogie brake coach, two tarp covered wagons & two wiggly tin vans.
The bogie brake is still WIP here...
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Lovely crisp kits.

From my wife & mother came a new loco. Something different for the line..

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A regner Chaloner.

This was a lovely loco but so many faults.. Been rectifying them since my bday. In hindsight I should of sent it back, but it was my bday pressie & I'm stubborn. Actually reminded me of my mamod days....."You have fire,water & are making steam! Why wont you move you b**ch!!"

Gradually been working out the gremlins...

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Day two & moving!



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Day three & sometimes working! Swift sixteen WIP wagons in tow.

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Day 6 & all critical faults rectified!

A video from day two when it only went forwards..
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Post by Pendo Pilot » Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:21 am

Updates.

The Regner, 'Chaloner' after much fettling has become a useful engine.

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Although it resembles the Exxon Valdise after a good run...
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In other news, Chyknell station has been bothering me for a while. Regeneration was called for.

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First No 3 cleared out all the stock from the area.

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Just before the navvies moved in.

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Island platform wasn't working for me, too high, too narrow.

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It came up like Hornby!

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Teamwork here, I removed the stuff & this fella grabbed the worms!

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The new look Chyknell, first undetailed view.

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I feel that catches the atmosphere better.
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Post by Narrow Minded » Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:14 am

Yep, that's going to look much better I reckon :D
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Post by laalratty » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:51 pm

You don't hang around, on Saturday it was "I'm thinking of changing this area" to suddenly the new version of Chyknell station as in the pics 2 days later! The platform does look better, look forward to seeing what else unfolds
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Post by Keith S » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:14 pm

Has there been any action on this railway lately? It's always been my favourite.

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Post by Pendo Pilot » Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:49 pm

Keith S:77651 wrote:Has there been any action on this railway lately? It's always been my favourite.
Not had much time Keith & when I did the weather hasnt played ball. However I had a session of running to shunt stock into secure stabling before going away for a few days this week. The cameras were rolling..... ;)

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Post by Narrow Minded » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:40 pm

The line's matured lovely Shane - and "The Beast" looks grand in black! :D Those bogie flats look excellent too, any details?? :santa:
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Post by hussra » Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:13 pm

Narrow Minded:78349 wrote:The line's matured lovely Shane - and "The Beast" looks grand in black!
Absolutely - great stuff, the line is bedding in so nicely. Is it really a year and a half since that steam-up with Greg, Matt, Steve & co.? (Good to see you on here again, too.)
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