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Alright, I'm in; with this Moving into n gauge model railways, one of the more perverse rules I set myself was the all the wagons had to be kit built (seems a good idea at the time). I'm not sure why a firm based at Bideford has put an East Anglian wagon in it's limited range but I want to encourage them. I've already built their GE stores room which was 'frustrating' but with some lovely detailing as laser cut allows for. I might go to the railway shed and photograph it sometime. Meanwhile, I've remembered why I stalled on building this. What colour?! Precision Paints say the ends should be dark GE wagon grey and the sides light wagon grey. Except looking at the ones at MANGAPPS, (other museums are available but this must the most loveable and eccentric East Anglian one) it's not that simple. Light grey all over Dark grey all over. Pondering this, but wary of going against Precision Paints who do a serious amount of research, I'm figuring light grey if it has vents on the ends, and dark if it doesn't. It seems to me this would have sense in a crowded goods yard for knowing which loads to go in which wagon. So, I've taken the lunge and ordered the light grey paint and eagerly await the post everyday now. For @Enzo the Magnificent and @Paul821 completely unfitted as 'befits' such an old wagn so no fiddly underframe to worry about- just got to get it square and true. For @JeroenS, sorry but you're not going to find this on Scalemates!- 22 replies
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Despite being my most productive year ever on BM, I can still offer one or two for KUTA. First up is this leftover from the Anything But Injection GB Classic cart before the horse in that I finished the tender before the locomotive. My mojo evaporated on the heat of the boiler and I got bored removing the crude handrail moulding, hence the tender getting completed. Realistically a bit of focus should see this finished, especially as there's the generous timescale of through until March to make a bit of an effort in
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I accept that I"m legally an adult responsible for my own actions, but the voices or at least a post by @Paul821 made me do it! It's our weekend to provide respite care for my father-in-law so only small models and no solvents can come with us, fortunately yesterday was the Aladins cave of Model Junction in Bury St Edmunds so I go this Very straightforward, I suspect writing them up will take longer than the making of them. 2 n gauge pill boxes in laser cut card to pass a few minutes Standard, exemplary Metcalfe instructions. I'm not sure about laser cutting card, but it seems to work and the scorch marks (for it is they that make me wonder if they ever burst into flames) give the card a ready-weathered look. Which is just as well as no pencils came on this trip for shading. Quicker than you can shout, 'Take cover', the main elements for the hexagonal one are done... They come with a door, which is tricky because the ones I'm familiar with don't seem to have doors but a blast deflecting opening. At least it save me modelling that bit, though I wish I'd brought something to colour the door as perhaps it's where Farmer Roy keeps his traps etc. I can also see that folding onto the hexagonal base is going to give very pronounced edges, which I think should be smoothed off. A bit of drying time and on we go...
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Going Loco down in Eastern England.. not that it scans very well. The Ferrari is rather stalled at the moment, so I think it's time to look at something else, another big engine! Well, in the scheme of railway engines it wasn't that big, but it was a key engine in Eastern England, the 6 wheeled J39 designed by (Sir) Nigel Gresley- I think he knocked out a few others while he was about it! All the technical details here to satisfy the inner nerds and rivet counters... https://www.lner.info/locos/J/j39.php https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&type=S&id=601039 False Economy? There's a ready to run version which has been available for a few years for around 120, which seemed a bit steep for a scrooge like me. And I rather enjoy the challenge of battling with old models. Admittedly the kit itself only cost 20, but then I had to pay another 65 for the chassis as it's only a body kit. By the time you add in the paint, decals and accessories, I'll end up at over 100 and then it seems an extra 20 for all the extra detail may not have been such a bad deal. But hey, where's the fun in that? Let the fun begin? This then is the beginning of the fun.. Black paint and decals for a Norwich based engine to follow in due course
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This has been in the stash for a bit too long, but it needs to be built because there's a gap on my model railway waiting for it... A pair of industrial rather than military silos. One of the reasons it's sat in the stash is the instruction sheets Do you remember the old Airfix instructions which were mainly text and regardless of how complex the kit always had 4 stages? Well, these ones are pretty much text with a grand total of 5 illustrations, but run to 34 stages and as you can perhaps see end with It is stressed that this is an adult's model containing very small parts and is not suitable for children Maybe I shouldn't attempt it; open the box or take the money time! Too late, I've opened the box The very small parts don't look that small after all, I just have no idea what most of them could possibly be. The instructions start with Important- It is to your benefit to read the following information fully before proceeding. Please identify each part and remove any obvious flash mould flashing. This time I think they mean it, now to work out the difference between a Cat-ladder double hoop (never seen my cat jump through a hoop) and a Cat-ladder Pegged-hoop (to be modified)!
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Before I get too carried away with stats and watching everyone else, I should put up some builds of my own. Here then is the first of a possible 4 6 pieces so I fancy my chances of completing it. P&D Marsh started up in the 70s and with a few changes of ownership have been making white metal kits and for n and oo railways every since. The good thing about modelling in a small scale is that you never have a big stash😜 but it turns out that I've got kits from them with 3 different addresses on them, which suggests my stash is bigger than I thought. Not many parts, but as with many of the other builds on here the make or break will be in the painting. For those not into railways, platelayers were the people who maintained the actual railway and had these huts as shelter/ stores along the line. So they were everywhere that the railway went. They were working buildings rather than garden rooms so a good dose of grubby/ weathering is called for I'm undecided about whether to add some IM in the form of rainwater goods, or whether I'll leave it alone. Michael
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Cannot really call this a sprue shot but it does count as a entry because it says Kit on the box and out host @Enzo Matrix has ruled on this one If it was an OOB I could probably start at midnight and have in the gallery at 00:05 However I don't intend starting at that hour and also these will play a large part in the build. I will be building two at the same time.
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I've been interested in N Gauge railway modelling for many years but never really had the time or space to build a layout. It hasn't stopped me building up a good stock of rolling stock. I enjoy weathering and here is a selection of some that I've completed over the last few years. Thanks for looking. Cheers
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Following Rick's lead I'd thought I'd post a slightly different WIP, which is destined for an N gauge layout that I am building. So here's the obligatory shot of box and sprues. It even comes with PE for the canopy valencing and notice boards! Take note Hasegawa! So not a lot to this as a build, seeing as after an hour I had this. And a shot of that lovely PE. Now to let that lot harden off overnight before I break out the airbrush tomorrow for a coat of primer. Just need to see if I've got some dark and light stone paints in the stash. Karl
