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[manna]

G'Day Gents

What an elegant way to rebuild a coach, and into a GN one at that, thanks

manna

[Atlantic 3279]

I seem to be benefitting from serendipity on this job. Apart from spotting the way to do the ends as I started hacking the thing apart, having had no fixed plan until then, I also "blundered" in just the right way when cutting the roof into three: I marked the clerestory out 2mm narrower that I really meant to do. Having cut it I then realsied that it was exactly the right thing to do in order to give me a decent bonding face for the clerestory sides, and to suit the creation of a lip at the edge of the clerestory roof. I'll show what I mean as I go along.

[Atlantic 3279]

Did almost everybody spend Sunday asleep? My excuse is that I went to two shows over the weekend. Looks like I'll have to post some progress pictures on here later today to liven things up a bit.

[jwealleans]

I was working Saturday, at Gateshead show on Sunday and then did some wagons on Sunday evening as I'd had enough of coaches just for the moment.

I got to see Burntisland, Mostyn, Ogden Fold and Ynysbwl all in the same hall - it really was an excellent show even if none were LNER in the very strictest sense.

Edit - how could I have forgotten Witton? Seen it before (and the stock even more often) but it never fails to please the eye.

[drmditch]

I went to the Gateshead show on Saturday, just 'cos I'd run out of .5mm brass rod. Stayed much longer than planned. Burntisland was magnificent and full of interest. The ships were superb. (Which sometimes on model railways they are not!) The working of the Bouch train ferry was fascinating. Witton was very interesting as well, and I should have spent more time looking at the coaching stock (for my current project).

[45609]

Graeme,

My apologies for being so remiss with my modelling. Having finished and delivered my model of Great Northern on Friday it was high time I got on with some, long overdue, decorating jobs this weekend.

Hopefully you can see in the photo of the cab side the glazed sight screens I told you about.

Cheers....Morgan

[Tom F]

Having finished and delivered my model of Great Northern on Friday it was high time I got on with

Well that is one way of describing my A3 repaints!
Looks stunning Morgan. Love the treatment of the con rods and valve gear. Is that one of your own paint mixes for the body?

[davidwest]

Its a superb bit of modelling

[45609]

Thanks David and Tom.

Tom, sorry but I'm redoing the teak finish on the stair case in the house at the moment. The green is Chris Wesson's cellulose BR loco green. The motion has been brush painted with a mix of Humbrol Metalcote Polished Steel and few drops of Tan #9. When it had dried I gave it a light buff with a cotton bud. The eccentric roller bearing cap was picked out with some Vallejo "Old Gold".

cheers....Morgan

[Tom F]

Thanks David and Tom.

Tom, sorry but I'm redoing the teak finish on the stair case in the house at the moment. The green is Chris Wesson's cellulose BR loco green. The motion has been brush painted with a mix of Humbrol Metalcote Polished Steel and few drops of Tan #9. When it had dried I gave it a light buff with a cotton bud. The eccentric roller bearing cap was picked out with some Vallejo "Old Gold".

cheers....Morgan

Teak is close enough Morgan!
Will try those techniques regarding motion on my next A1. Do you brush on or airbrush? Sometimes the paint hasn't always dried to it, I'm guessing because it's been greasy when brushed.

[Atlantic 3279]

A beautifully executed model of that Thompson atrocity there Morgan. I shall have to have a go with those sightsceen etches myself too, the effect is very nice. They won't be going on Wolf of Badenoch however, as its destined mode of use makes them unlikely to survive for long, in my estimation. Wolf, with its resin tender top, is very nearly ready for release into traffic now:

A brief chat with plasticard wizard Geoff Kent at Hull show yesterday persuaded me to get on and have a go with his cold-forming method for curves in plastic last night. In the process of producing these eventually very pleasing pieces of new roof for the clerestory coach, I quickly discovered one or two of the do's and don'ts of the method, which I'll reveal later if anybody wants to know.

Also yesterday, I cobbled together another trial coupling. I wanted to be able to equip some items in my fleet, cheaply and reversibly, for use with Kadee-fitted stock. Obviously I'm too much of a skinflint to actually BUY some Kadees, 'cos they're too dear. There's also the challenge of fitting them if no mount is provided. However, a few minutes spent bending up a strip of brass fret waste produced something that will push into engagement witha Kadee, will resist attempts to uncouple it by pushing and pulling at various angles, yet WILL uncouple when the drop arm of the real Kadee is moved aside. I reckon that this gadget, cropped off and soldered onto a spring wire mount, will do the desired job well enough:

[Landscapes]

Wow 60113 & 60506 both look stunning, were your own resin cabs on them both?

Regards

David

[mick b]

Couple of very nice Thompsons. I luv em, different from anything else LNER and other companies.

A1/1 painted using cellulose, is this a Plastic Hornby conversion or somthing else?

[Atlantic 3279]

It's a resin cab on Wolf, but I believe it's an etched one on Morgan's Great Northern, which is indeed an adaptation of the plastic bodied Hornby A3.

I suspect Morgan will agree, but I think it's a balancing act when applying cellulose to a plastic model. Get too timid and put it on in very light dry coats and the finish will be awfully dull and "gritty". Sling too much on in a wet coat and runs won't be the only problem as the solvent/thinners in the paint will (as Mick indirectly implies I believe) attack the plastic.

[davidwest]

A1/1 is excellent.

The A2/2 really is spuring me on to get my DJH Wolf finished too!