Blink Bonny- Thanks. The beauty of Mr Bedford's etches is he scales everything down from the original artwork= so all the bits you'd get on a 7mm scale sheet are still there. It is just a case of deciding how small a part your fingers can cope with! I must admit I draw the line at stringing up the full brake gear- although I may have a crack at some 'suggestive' wiring.
I awaiting some etched mansell wheel centres from 2mm association to really make the wheels look a bit special! Axleboxes will be fun- I may cheat and use some drummond one's easily available in whitemetal.
Will
2mm/N gauge stuff
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wehf100
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Re: 2mm/N gauge stuff
Well, the Luggage brake s nearly there. Everythng else 've been workng on is is bare brass at the moment and I've given up on trying to photograph them.
I painted this a plain mid brown [games workshop 'bestial brown' actually], which kind of matches the photos I've seen of these carriages in late GCR days= I assume they were painted brown by the GCR once they introduced 'varnished teak' on their new stock. It wouldn't have been practical for mahogany panelled vehicle to have been stripped or varnished. I am still contemplating whether to line it out- I think for a late GCR vehicle I ought to?? Any ideas?
The wheels are N gauge coach wheels on 2mm society axleboxes- the axleboxes and springs are PD Marsh castings- they are closer to 8ft rather than 7ft, but what the hey. It runs ncely, so much so it rolled off the microwave before this photograph!
P.S- I know it looks wonky- it looks ok in real life.
Will
I painted this a plain mid brown [games workshop 'bestial brown' actually], which kind of matches the photos I've seen of these carriages in late GCR days= I assume they were painted brown by the GCR once they introduced 'varnished teak' on their new stock. It wouldn't have been practical for mahogany panelled vehicle to have been stripped or varnished. I am still contemplating whether to line it out- I think for a late GCR vehicle I ought to?? Any ideas?
The wheels are N gauge coach wheels on 2mm society axleboxes- the axleboxes and springs are PD Marsh castings- they are closer to 8ft rather than 7ft, but what the hey. It runs ncely, so much so it rolled off the microwave before this photograph!
P.S- I know it looks wonky- it looks ok in real life.
Will
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wehf100
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Re: 2mm/N gauge stuff
GCR Diagrm 5, 5-plank wagon. As you can see from the pictures, the sides are made up in the usual etched-brass wagon way- In 2mm scale, the gap between components is just about perfect for a Peco wagon weight.
Next stop, strapping and corner plates...
Will
Next stop, strapping and corner plates...
Will
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wehf100
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Re: 2mm/N gauge stuff
Woop! (or some such similar noise..) Looking for something else entirly when I stumbled on these two photos of a MSLR Open when in industrial use. I wasn't expecting that, and hitherto my only photo of these carriages was a rather grainy one.
http://www.53a-pix.co.uk/picture/MSC84-HE1695-1932c.jpg
http://www.53a-pix.co.uk/picture/MSC84-HE1695-1932b.jpg
They look in more or less original condition, and if not they were probably as withdrawn from LNER stock.
Will
http://www.53a-pix.co.uk/picture/MSC84-HE1695-1932c.jpg
http://www.53a-pix.co.uk/picture/MSC84-HE1695-1932b.jpg
They look in more or less original condition, and if not they were probably as withdrawn from LNER stock.
Will