First of three finished , if you like proof built . All the alterations and changes i have made to this loco are to aid painting, lining and of course weathering and bear no reflection on the kit itself, i found it a really enjoyable build.
Body’s going on the first spike build,problems and conversion’s for the other two being ironed out with this one, so far so good.
The owner of this Q that i built is now selling the loco on, interested parties to contact my e-mail address.
Loco Sold At Swindon.
Now iv’e sorted out the knitting on the first one the other two can catch up.
Had an afternoon at Blaenavon on Saturday to attend their model railway show and took a pic of this beauty round the back of the shed, come on matey pull your finger out !!!!!.
The begining of a journey into the West Countries,well at least three times anyway. The kits are from the David Andrews range with Slaters wheels and motor/gearboxes by ABC, here’s the first stages.
Hope this answers your Question Davy !!!
ASDA seem to be selling Bullieds as well !!!!!.
A few pics taken at a freinds this afternoon.
Std 4
Fairburn 2-6-4
Across the shed throat
Dub Dee arrives on shed
What a cop !!!!!!!
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Time to leave, walking away home.
AS promised some photo’s of 011 finished, painted with enamels , transfers by Fox and couplings from CPL.
I think that the large logo livery on the 37's gave them a bit of class.
They were certainly a drivers engine for me.
Type 3
Off down the West Country now !!!!.
One of JLTRT Tractors on the go, bit strange modeling with glue but i couldn’t seem to get the solder to stick.
But what results !!!!!.
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whole new way of modeling.
Inner bogie.
A little on the loud side.
Thats toned it down a bit.
More when its finnished !!!.
N Class Moguls
These two loco’s were built from Sansperil Kits, i found them easy to go together and the castings were of a good Quality, i used my own system of construction rather than the recommended but i would do that with any kit. The Smoke box / Boiler and fire box were cast pewter which lent itself to the weight factor and most of the etches were in N/Silver, wheels Slater’s and motor and gear boxes from ABC.
Ready for the paint shop
Usual speck all comes apart
One for the road.
Doesn't seem to want to run this way up !.
All things Great Western Rail-motor.
Not one of the easiest kits I’ve put together and the words challenging would not be true either, but i got there in the end, this is a Scorpio Steam Rail-motor that i built about 3 years ago – in the later part of this year i will start another one which i will do my best to document on these pages, until then take a look at this one.It ran very well after a fair bit of alteration to the motion and the Dean Boigie even pulling 5 brass coaches around a test track at the Newport “O” Gauge show !
Railmotor
Railmotor.
Back from the paintshop.
Railmotor
Railmotor at A shop !.
I built this a number of years ago from a Gladiator kit , originally the request was for the loco to be weathered on completion, but to my disappointment a change of heart meant that it went out like this, OHH Well cant win em all i suppose
City of Nottingham.
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City of Nottingham 46251
I painted lined and weathered this Schools for a friend,only one pic at the moment but i will take some more when i see him again.
David Andrew's School's class.
I built this little engine a few years ago for Peter Trigwell from a Roxey Mouldings kit, as i remember i managed to squeeze an ABC power unit between the frames with Slater’s Wheels. It ran very well being able to pull loads out of its size range, embarrassing a few larger loco’s that failed with the same load at a number of garden railways. It went off to Conrad Cooper for painting and lining giving it the superb livery it carry’s in these pics.
Roxey B4
B4
After
After
After
After
And finaly
A few pics of the Teddy before it is finished .This is from a very old PMK kit and needs a lot of TLC and patience to get it to this point, i hope that these pics light a fire in a potential that this would make a very simple resin kit of not many pieces with etches and castings to complete , a nice starter kit !!!.
D 9505 Still a fair bit to finnish.
9505 to be (despair)
9505 still a bit raw
9505
9505 Bonnet and door handles done.
Begining to see the Tree's from the Woods!.
Nearly stuffed
Weathering next Whoooooooopeeeeee !.
Some pics of a few skeletons out of the cupboard, we’ve all got them !
A wagon from me now thats got to be something different !
Must have had some spare time ! can't remember when that was?.
As i said Skeleton's OH' dear !
Acorn 9F the firebox had more folds than an NHS blanket !. Acorn 9F
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Scorpio Kit, had to replace the Panniers as materiel was a little to thick to form and had the etched rebates on the reverse side which when formed looks like a threepenny bit to me !
DJH 40, Not thier best loco.
40 010 Biult for a Saltley driver.
Well thats some of my skeletons out of the way, so to coin a phrase lets see yours !. Come on now there are more modeler’s than just me with a camera!.
DJH Deltic, i did enjoy building this one and especially the colour it weighed quite a bit but there’s nothing it wouldn’t pull, as i said before i can still remember the first time at Kings Cross,”Its right up there with ROCK music mates !”NOT ARF”.
9004
9004 in the Rhondda !
I did some work to this loco when it came to me from the owner to put it as he wanted it and to free things up a little, it then went away to be painted and lined and now back to me to put it all back together.
Another one leaves the workshop, so onto the next in the Q! NOW THAT RINGS A BELL !
9505 pIC BY John Drago.
9505 Pic By John Drago
DJB "Q"
The last in the line of dinosoars.
Steam reverser being fitted.
Q
Move along please there's other people waiting.
I can nearly see the front !
Pushing from the back !!!.
Front of the Q
The front from the back !!.
Nearly there.
Unlike the std 4 i have used a good 90% of what was supplied in the box with this kit,the castings if in some ways a little over scale i feel are very well cast with little to no flash or distortion, but it has not been a build for the faint hearted and i would not want to take it on again,but all said and done with the addition of the body details it is beginning to look a little better and more pleasing to the eye.It will be finished in plain black with the Southern sunshine lettering on the tender.
And now off to the paint shop.
Qclass.
Q class.
Q class.
This was brought into me today at the Westbury show to give my opinion as to whether it was any good, what does the group think !.
Wood you be interested !!.
I sent Chris Nevard some pics to put a background to but i never expected what i got back, it even makes my work look good !! Many thanks Chris they are wonderful.
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At last its nice to get to the very end of the Q!!!!.
A bit of a Q outside Leamington Yesterday!!!.
Further up the Q
Right away.
Why build one 47 when you can build two together 47001 in rail blue and 47704 in red so here we go lets do the Sulzer !!!.
001 & 704
Two engines and four desks.
4 Bogies 12 axles 24 wheels oh what fun this is going to be !!!.
And 4 desk's plus bin linners for those in the know !!!!!.
I was asked by a work colleague to weather this Bachman r-t-r 08, didn’t turn out bad after all!!!.
Bachman 08
Bachman 08
Bachman 08
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08 desk
Peter a little dull and gloomy so i will get some more pics today when i go into work.
Peter i have been in favour of this for a while now and used to tie the motor gearbox combo to it with a very technical piece of equipment, a post office red elastic band only grown on the pavements in the wake of a postal delivery !!!, (but lately I’ve been using cable ties a bit more up market i thought ).
Thread centred in chassis
set up
This was the Q
Found these pis on a disc i stored from quite a while ago !!.
F R S.
Sir William Stannier FRS cant remember who built it.
Just for you Malc !!!.
Side tank and cab overlays fitted to skeleton.
Bunker base overlays trimmed and faced up .
Resin casting offered up for alinement.
Bunker completed and dressed.
More of the 56’s !!!.
Chassis rigid construction.
Starting to add the fittings.
Getting a bit closer.
Just a few more details yet.
Really nice kit.
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5636
5636
5636
5636
All complete and ready for the off.
5636
DJH 47001 will be the first into the paint shop whilst 704 continues in the construction stages.
47001
number 1 end
Number 2 end.
Just a few more details and she will be there.
825 on a coal train at Stoke Gifford 1969 6354 at Stoke Gifford in 1968.
6354 again on the tripper.
6310 on the next day same train.
6310 runs round via the loop.
D77 runs up to Stoke light engine from Bath Road.
Just had to put this one in as well !!!!.
All photographs by Mike Goodfield Bristol.
Once again from the camera of Mike Goodfield.
6324 Leaves Filton coal yard for Stoke Gifford.
63xx's pass at Filton.
6313 leaves Frys Chocolate factory at Keynsham.
6324 in 1968 nears filton jnc with a train for West Depot.
All photo’s by Mike Goodfield.
6354 at Stoke Gifford.
6310 Running round at Stoke
Brass Monkey's at Filton.
Richard Chapman and myself spent the day in the company of a good friend and work colleague of mine Gregg Brooks, and enjoyed a day on his EM Gauge railway Shenston Road. A real complement to his modeling skills.
More pics courtesy of Gareth Jones !!
861 and 839
And what becomes of the last pic, a baby is born !!! 6343.
The first of two DJH 47’s .
47001
Fresh from the paint shop !!!.
Number 1 end
Number 2 endIn a more relative livery !!
001
How to do the Sulzer !!!!.
Spooooooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!.
At last the last of the 47’s is finnished, this is 704 for a fellow driver at Newport — now i’m off somewhere down the West Country’s !!!.
47 704
704
704 No1 end
No2 end
47 704
In the day light.
Fred Lewis