Rob's 7mm Rolling Stock Workbench

[Robpulham]

Meanwhile in between glue drying on the second full brake I made further progress on a couple of the wagons.

The NBR Diagram 39B now sports a roof it just needs, rain strips, wheels blackened, couplings and the painting finishing.



The NER G2 has had more detailing added to the sides, a start on detailing the solebars (they aren't fixed yet it's just resting on them for the photo and it's roof cut and curved - I still need to work on the canvas roof door covering.
Still a fair way to go but it's nearer than it was.

[Robpulham]

Hooray, another one bites the dust, well apart from weathering that is.

The original plan with this was to finish it in NBR livery because the photo that I scaled for the sides is of a van still in NBR livery in 1930 but I had completely forgotten that I had stuck some of my home brewed LNER plates to the solebars so LNER Livery it is - same running number though.

[Robpulham]

As a bit of a change from wagons and the Kirk brakes that I have been working on recently I picked up and made some progress on the NBR bogie CCT last weekend. This is now well on it's way to being ready for the paint shop.







I made a jig from a stip of styrene to mark/drill the bolt heads on the sole bars but as is usually the case when taking these photos I discovered that I had missed 8 on one side so they need to be added.

[Robpulham]

Another little item that I tinkered with last weekend was a couple of Brake van side lamps. I was glancing through one of the LNER wagon volumes thinking that I hadn't built many brake vans and searching for a suitable candidate for scratch building and realised that almost all subjects that I might wish to model need side lamps.

I have a few Connoisseur and D&S brake van kits in the stash but I seem to have been a bit sort of time for metal modelling of late so you have to do what you can.



They were made from assorted bit's of rod and tube. - The marks are where the limonene that I used to glue them together has left a thin surface layer.

[Robpulham]

As with the Kirk parcels van the ex NBR CCT has made a bit of progress in the paintshop. Again still some way to go both with the painting and detailing but like BR it's getting there.

[Robpulham]

Chris and I have been on holiday and come back with a summer cold which has somewhat restricted the modelling in the last couple of weeks. I did manage to get a bit of painting done though.





Still some way to go but at least the body is ready for transfers now and I still haven't checked the ride height.

[Robpulham]

Further progress on the detailing of the NBR CCT ensued this weekend.

Not the best couple of photo's in the world but they show what's been done.

Steps fitted
Brake handwheels and mounting blocks
Brake cylinder crank
Vacuum/steam heat pipe (I am not 100% sure which it is) and yes it is so wavy in the photo that I used in Historic Carriage Drawings Vol3 NPCS.





Lastly one of the steps before fitting.



Next up is a rummage in my spares box to see what I have in the way of grab and Tee handles.

[Robpulham]

In between detailing the NBR CCT I was also detailing the NER CCT and the NER G2 (I do hope that you are keeping up....)



This is the first use of my silhouette cut clasp brakes. I plan to use Parkside brake yokes etc. but I may look at cutting my own at some point.

[Robpulham]

Another weekend and a couple of hours, on a couple of evenings, has seen the NBR CCT almost finished. In terms of detailing that is - I need one more steam heat pipe for one end. All that's left is more paint and transfers. Then glazing and fit the roof which is just placed on for the photos

[Robpulham]

Well the end is in sight and this one is almost ready for the small adds.

The only thing that's left (unless I discover something else) is to glue to roof on.





And finally a close up of the transfers that I had commissioned from Precision Labels (I took the opportunity to get a second set LNER set at the same time for the one that I plan to build for me.

[Robpulham]

I was really thrilled that I was awarded Runner up and Commended for some of my entries into the Rolling Stock category of the modelling competition at Guildex on Saturday. It was especially satisfying that my efforts were placed from such high quality entries in the Guilds 60th Anniversary year.

It's also a first for me, not being interested in sport or other competitive pursuits, the only thing that I have ever won before this, was a tin of biscuits in a raffle:))

The commended award was for my Condemned ex NBR Jubilee van.

It's also a first for me, not being interested in sport or other competitive pursuits, the only thing that I have ever won before this, was a tin of biscuits in a raffle:))

The commended award was for my Condemned ex NBR Jubilee van.



Besides the Condemned Van, I also submitted an LNER (ex NBR) goods train broken up into five seperate entries (comprising: models built from Connoisseur kit's, models built from Parkside Dundas kits, models built from Dragon Models kit's and scratch built models).

The runner up award was for the scratch built section of the train. Most of which are pictured below (there is one of the beaded jubilee vans missing because I couldn't fit it onto my diorama).



Apparently, it was this particular model from the selection that carried the day, this was built the old fashioned way before I got the Silhouette cutter.

[Atso]

Congratulations Rob, very well deserved and a credit to your scratchbuilding skills.

[Robpulham]

Thanks Steve.

[Robpulham]

Another item that I finished in time for Telford and entered into the modelling competition is the GNSR vacuum cleaner wagon.















You will note from the first photo that I added an extra broom since the lower shots were taken - the brooms are scratch built using plastic rod and the ubiquitous lens tissue for the bristles.

[52D]

I hope the GNoSR vacuum van got some recognition its an outstanding model.