reddragon
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the only photo i have is of it at an early stage, ive since changed the livery to the later swallow livery
think it has a class 37 chassis, diddnt come out too bad i dont think
Very good for a scratch build!
the only photo i have is of it at an early stage, ive since changed the livery to the later swallow livery
think it has a class 37 chassis, diddnt come out too bad i dont think
That is actually excellent.thanks im not the best...but im not the worst either
That is actually excellent.
Good grief. I’m being stalked by an ex layout!i just came across another thread "oldmoor junction" where you posted pics of your model railway layout, and i think i now own that layout! small world bit different now as i bought it with most parts missing, and i removed the station and signal box and am currently trying to work out how i want it to look, do you have any more pics of it when you had it? what was its name at the time?
Ah yes - I remember seeing @Cowley's images from that layout on my Oldmoor Junction thread ages ago now. Looked to be quite a nice little layout, especially for £13!i just came across another thread "oldmoor junction" where you posted pics of your model railway layout, and i think i now own that layout! small world bit different now as i bought it with most parts missing, and i removed the station and signal box and am currently trying to work out how i want it to look, do you have any more pics of it when you had it? what was its name at the time?
Ah OKi think the people needed it gone at short notice as they where moving hence the price, it was a buy it now!
its a bit rough now and most parts where missing but i recon i can do something with it the track is nicely laid and weathered though
I’m just going out in a minute for N gauge Monday, so I’ll see what else I can think of and get back to you properly tomorrow. But just thinking about it offhand I don’t think we ever gave it a name. It was originally built for my young son and it fitted on the bottom bunk of his bunk bed.i think the people needed it gone at short notice as they where moving hence the price, it was a buy it now!
its a bit rough now and most parts where missing but i recon i can do something with it the track is nicely laid and weathered though
Excellent. That sandite unit looks amazing considering it was made from bits and bobs.bit of progress but not much, diddnt like the 304 in regional railways so painted it into nse, much better! still got 1 car to build though, and made a sort of sr epb single car sandite unit thing out of old bits and bobs i had lying around, and weathered them all so far but not much else done at the moment
I'm liking those! They're the kind of thing you don't normally see in model form. The weathering on both looks really cool too - I think I've said it before when talking to @Cowley but that's what I think of when British Rail comes upbit of progress but not much, diddnt like the 304 in regional railways so painted it into nse, much better! still got 1 car to build though, and made a sort of sr epb single car sandite unit thing out of old bits and bobs i had lying around, and weathered them all so far but not much else done at the moment
Well you've created that atmosphere very well! I love seeing layouts of that era, particularly NSE, but they're not so common.thanks, i try to do/make different models not often seen, i like my models on the slightly more heavily weathered side, sort of towards end of life, and also it looks like theyre running on a rainy day with dirty steamed up windows like how i remember, on veps and things when it rained
I don't think I've seen one either, come to think of it. I'll keep a look out for one now - I'm curious to see if there are any others!come to think of it i dont think ive seen a 304 in nse as a model? must be one somewhere but all the ones ive seen have been br blue or blue and grey, or red
Well you've done a good job, so your kitbashing has paid off! I'd never have thought of using several different coaches/kits to make one unit.the only 304 kits available are dc kits i think, thats the only models ive seen built but ive used dc kit parts on bachmann suburban coaches, saves making and fitting all the hand rails and details ect, i think the 304 fronts are mtk, the drivers cab window/door are dc kits as are the bogies/guards van area sides and the coaches are bachmann
I like the sound of it. You'd definitely have some good trains to run on it!i will have a nse layout at some point but im just concentrating on the trains for the moment
Looks like a very nice model you've made so far. The 4-TC units have always interested me because of their appearance as a normal unit but in actual fact they're just loco-hauled (or unit-hauled in a lot of cases) coaches with cabs at either end. What have you used to make the base coach body?just a quick rough mock up of this unusual train
was a 4tc which then had hopper windows fitted to the front half only, then became part of a 4 cig for a whilst, was making a 4tc anyway so thought id represent this unusual train as i dont think anyone's attempted to build this car before
You're very welcomethanks for the reply the base coach is just a cheap lima coach, but the door and small windows forward are parts of a brass mjt sides and the front mjt also, the bogies are probably hornby/bachmann
the etched hopper windows are from a company called DJC, someone did sell them on ebay but you can buy direct from djc for half the price or that was the case anyway
trying to work out what else to make thats unusual, ive got lots of rare mtk kits tucked away of unusual bits and bobs but i find mtk kits to be a bit "flat" compared to the bachmann ect more detailed coaches
the cep coach was some cheap non branded copy of a bachmann coach i think which was modified with replica railways epb ends with a gangway added, the windows in that are actually bachmann cep ones from one i was converting to hopper windows
That looks really cool - the weathering and 'approaching the end of its life' effect you've given it really adds to that - even down to the missing bits of the NSE logos.finally after 3 months or so ive near on finished the 304 apart from a pantograph/couplings, slightly on the heavily weathered side but it is supposed to represent a sort of near end of life train, ill probably sell it/put it on ebay soon as lovely as it is, the plan was always building it to sell to put the money towards finishing some of my other models
Haha - sounds like something I'd dothanks....must admit the transfer damage happened by accident but actually adds to the affect
I think you've done a good job there: looks really nice. Some people tend to go over-the-top with weathering but you've struck a nice balance.you dont often see heavily weathered models and i wondered if id gone to far but i think its about right for a near end of life vehicle
It's definitely one of those things where practice makes perfect. One of the little details which really adds to it is the weathering around the doors - love it.ive been doing it long enough to get it just about right but every train is a new challenge, they never turn out same no matter how many times you do it but thats a bit like the real thing, every real train weathers differently
you can over do it and make it too dark, which i did a bit on this but i tool some terps and a scotch brite pad and sanded back the weathering a bit witch works really well, same with the underframe/bogies, weathered a bit strongly but got some thinners and the scotch brite pad and sanded it back a bit and again worked really well