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Nice work Mike, I look forward to seeing them running hopefully sooner rather than later.

Robin

I have to agree with John. I have used Carr's No Clean Solder for a long time. The brasswork roof on Barrow Road Shed was assembled using it and an RSU. I have also used it on riveted track using a soldering iron.

Robin

Geraint,

You've mad a really great job of the Hornby Peckett, it will look good on Friden, well done. No surprise but I have a soft spot for Pecketts coming from Bristol.

Looks fabulous Dave, great work

Robin

Earlier this year I came into possession of a Proscale Princess which was originally built by Alan Sibley. The model,46200 Princess Royal, was DC with a Portescap motor and I have converted it to DCC for use on Barrow Road - not strictly prototypical but I like the model. Alan obviously was sparing ...

Nice job Dave, it really looks the part.

Further work on the buildings continues with the 'new' sand dryer building, which from aerial photos in my my possession was built in the late 1940s Colour Rail 80535 - Copy.jpg 45569 'Tasmania' from Digby Street in 1963.jpg I found a stock of old Formcraft bricks which I decided to use to build the...

Very nice Dave keep up the good work

"The set Rail Weathering is a good start (Code CS21). This contains the following:

UA 719 Frame Dirt
UA 720 Track Dirt
UA 721 Sleeper Grime
UA 722 Roof Dirt
UA 723 Weathered Black
UA 724 Brake Dust"

Thanks Alastairr I've just ordered a set to try .

Robin

"I've used Lifecolor acrylics through the airbrush fairly often, their rust/dirt weathering shades are very good."
Alastairr, I am looking to give some of my locos a light weathering. Do you have the colours/reference numbers for the appropriate Lifecolor range?

Regards,
Robin

Royal Signals with the other Bachmann Conversions I have completed; 4 Jubilees and 2 Patriots.
Just need a bit of weathering.

Ralph, If you want any help or advice on the conversion just let me know. I'm getting a dab hand at them now.

Robin

The decoder arrived this morning so this is it's firs test run with dcc.

This is another conversion for David Clarke.

Just one further point I forgot to mention the thread on the Markits crankpin is M1.4 so you cannot reuse the Bachmann screw.
I sourced some as follows. The head needs turning down to 2mm diameter and the thread length to 1.5mm.

Phil the return is a modified Markits crank. IMG_20200519_121310889.jpg IMG_20200519_121354169.jpg Quite expensive at £9.50 especially when I discard the crank. IMG_20200519_121443015.jpg I file off the hexagonal section at the top of the crank pin and mark a line across the centre. IMG_20200519_122...

My latest conversion is 45611 Hong Kong which is for David Clarke. This is my 4th Jubilee conversion, three for myself plus a Patriot [ which has the same chassis]. Conversion follows my now standard method using the Alan Gibson 3mm axle conversion set and Markits crankpins, which allows me to reuse...

Looks really great Dave, keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing it on Barrow Road sometime in the not too distant - I hope - future.

Robin

Tim, I found this on youtube which features Clutton and Sheep Pasture at the St.Albans Show in 2013.
What a combination:-)



Robin

There are a lot of small buildings and structures in any shed yard not least those associated with the ash disposal plant. My latest efforts have focused on two of these - the small concrete building used by staff working the ash pit and a brick built shed which I believe housed the ash plant contro...

May I reiterate what Rod and others have said about Derek, Anita and family. Brilliant service in these difficult times. I received an order last week with an amazing turn around time. Thanks again Derek, enjoy your short break.
Robin

Looking good Mike the 56XX will be due for a run on BR and we can see it's pulling power.
I'm due to have another look at your 4MT next week.
Robin

Steve, My method for converting Bachmann locos uses Alan Gibson wheels and Markits stainless steel crankpins which I have obtained from Roxey Mouldings reference 4MA100 and 4MA103. The latter is quite expensive and as the crank itself is rather overscale I decided to discard it and just use the cran...

I've been a bit busy on DIY this past week decorating the bathroom - my regime has been decorating in the morning modelling in the afternoon. Remembering I promised some photos of the Shed in situ here are a few. Keep safe, Robin IMG_20200403_153630128.jpg IMG_20200403_151346791.jpg IMG_20200403_155...

Jon, I do paint the tiles. I use Badger Air-Opaque air brush colours which I've had for some while. Not sure if they are still available. I use a palette of black and neutral grey with a bit of talc powder and a final wash of matt black acrylic using car windscreen was as a thinner.

Dave,
The tiles are 3M strips I have spare from the roundhouse and come from York Modelmaking.

https://yorkmodelrail.com/product-categ ... -ho-scale/

Robin