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Now years later - has anyone looked at the Model Rail/Rapido model of the J70 with the idea of converting it to P4?

Following on, here are two partial drawings showing variations on the fillers.
There appears to be a third (post grouping?) option, similar to the Jinty.

The first drawing is by T.A.Lindsay of Midland 2227, the second, generic LMS by Ken Woodhead.
I'm not sure if this muddies the water or helps!

So after months of thinking about what I might do with this loco, I pulled out the fret saw and cut the tanks back and installed a cab interior. It was a bit like building a ship in a bottle, but it saved me from a complete re-paint. I mostly fabricated the interior from plasticard and bits, with a ...

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Martin, it's not your keyboard, it is which keys and what order you press them...

Press "Alt" and hold, press "e", let go of the Alt key, and press "e" again. - é

That depends - Citroen, BMW or push bike...

How about Bill Bedford, from Eileens Emporium ?

12'6 LMS 6-wheeled Bogie Frame - 4mm BBK1250-4

Hi Pete, the photo of 1272 is from "An Illustrated History of LMS Locomotives Vol. 4" - Essery & Jenkinson, so very likely the from the same source. Looking at GA it certainly gives the impression that the ashpan envelopes the brake shaft but what a pain that would be to build and main...

Hi Pete, John I get it, sometimes it can be a case of solder it on, solder it off, solder it on... repeat. The nice thing about substructures is that shortening the ash pan was easy - there was no chassis in the way. Glad the photo helped. BTW, it is of LMS 1272, which was motor fitted. Could the di...

Thank you John for the bunker configuration, Now I can finish the cab interior to a reasonable standard. I don't have Midland Engines No. 1, but I do have many photos, and three sets of drawings. What I didn't have was photos or drawings of the back of the cab! I will get to the body work later sinc...

John, you are causing me to take another look at my model, and the list of 'failing-to-live-up-to-the-chassis' grows... The interior part of the tank needs to be cut back. (in the instructions...) Replace the brake handle LHS (bloated white metal thing, gets replaced with cut back tanks) Build and a...

Will wrote: Yes I was significantly under informed too and had never heard of them. Seems they primarily do small industrials and appear to have a significant range. Will, you took a close look at a CSP kit at Scaleforum in September... Remember this little CSB'd CSP kit? :D https://www.scalefour.or...

John, you are correct, the kit is a great "basis, but..." The tanks do have to be shortened in the cab, and the chassis instructions mention this as something to consider as you build the body. In my case I was blissfully unaware of this until I read the chassis instructions, several years...

Since my last post in November, I have not been idle, a small amount has been accomplished, however this project went on the back burner while I cleared some other distractions. The bogie was assembled and works very smoothly, and driving wheels installed. Motor and gearbox all work, and pushing the...

I stand corrected... can't wait to see your 9F with oleo pneumatic suspension! Body roll could an issue though.

MarkS wrote:
Nice, but where are the CSB fulcrums?



There aren't any.

Ahh, air suspension...

Nice, but where are the CSB fulcrums?

I now have the parts and kit to build a second B16/1 so I might 'chronicle' that build in a little more detail, on here, if anyone is interested? Yup. Please continue. No matter the experience, something useful will be passed along. It will probably be different for each of us, but it will useful...

Maybe this will be of use?
Not a "photostat" but I assume it is for "non-commercial" use...

Looking good Neil,

and you know I approve of your use of foam!

Thanks Pete, the photos help explain things. I was wondering how the top/bolster was kept in place (other than friction). As to the hornblocks, that was more impatience on my part than a design flaw, I had a lot going on in my non-modelling life so I jumped to a fast solution, without thinking it th...

I was all excited about this build, figuring that as I had already built and painted the body, it should be fairly quick... However, due to the usual summer excuses to avoid modelling, I did not do much with the kit until recently. Then, needless to say, I soon went "Off Piste"... First of...

Noel, as usual, valuable information!
Perhaps I should have said "suitable dark grey colour"?
I happened to use Humbrol "polished steel" to paint the grills, I figured black would not be visible.

Thank you for your kind comments! Jigs seem to be a popular so here is the jig I used to create the grills for the luggage/parcels/guards compartment. Using a razor saw, I cut parallel grooves in a piece of 1/4 inch square wood. I then pushed the rods into the grooves, then flipped over the assembly...

Postby Mark Tatlow » Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:52 pm They look very fine Mark and, but for one thing, the Mainline coach does not show its origins. With regard to the one thing, find Shawplan on the web (Brian is a society member) and you will find that they do laser cut windows for these coaches. Well, i...

Nice!