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TimJ · Posted: Sun 05 Jul 2009 20:30 pm Post subject:

Looking good so far.
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Digs · Posted: Thu 09 Jul 2009 19:01 pm Post subject:

Ta!

Anyway, first component of my build is pretty near finished - just waiting for some screw couplings to replace the plastic jobs. The decals were partly the kit originals (cut down, on the guess that BR would have stuck an extra digit on front of the old LMS number when they inherited it) and partly from Fox.

The running gear goes round, but not terribly freely.

A nice little kit to build, all in all. I'll post final pics in the gallery once the couplings are fitted.

Paul

feanor · Posted: Thu 09 Jul 2009 19:06 pm Post subject:

Ayup Paul...

Your Pug looks really NICE. Those brass rails really make it STAND out.

She looks real workaday, with Jaunty red Buffers to round it off.

Well done. A real Ivor !
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Ratch · Posted: Thu 09 Jul 2009 19:12 pm Post subject:

Very nice Paul Clapping

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2009 13:29 pm Post subject:

You've had tiny vandals on your railway!

Nice job!

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Digs · Posted: Sat 11 Jul 2009 21:58 pm Post subject:

Next kit in this build finished - the line side accessories:

Well, almost finished - the Coal Office should have lettering to that effect on the ridge board. The Airfix instructions had two copies printed on it, ready to cut out and stick on. The Dapol version does too, but like the rest of the old Airfix sheet, helpfully reduced about 50 %

I'll get round to printing some home made ones before the final photos are taken.

I'd said I do some rolling stock too: slight change of plan in that I've managed to acquire a tanker off Ebay. This is the state of play so far:

jhl1908 · Posted: Sat 11 Jul 2009 22:51 pm Post subject:

Looking really great, Digs.

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stuzzar · Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2009 07:21 am Post subject:

Nice work Digs, great weathering effects on those buildings

Cheers

Stu

Digs · Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2009 19:32 pm Post subject:

Thanks Stu!

Hu29 from a rattle can, aimed lightly along the base of the Coal Office, then both huts got two washes with diluted brown then green oil paint, then a final once over with a Tamiya make-up kit.

And here's another build finished, bar the couplings:

This was a really nice little kit to put together. I used some metal wheels instead of the kit's, otherwise OOB.

And then the final kit I'll do for this GB (if the gods still allow...) is finishing off a signal box kit that (ahem) might have had a small amount of work done on it before the start date.

Like gluing the walls and floor together. Trivial really.

Anyway - it's Oakham signal box, of which there are many photos on the net. The big problem with the kit is that the windows are vastly simplified, giving it a very different appearance to the real thing. So in partial remedy of this, I've added central dividers out of microstrip and added in the internal panelling that blocks off the lower part of the front window panes:

I don't think my patience will stretch to adding the missing horizontal bars though.

Paul

Ratch · Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2009 19:35 pm Post subject:

Are you going to add a leverframe and interior

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2009 19:36 pm Post subject:

I reckon he should.....Seeing as it's a pre-fab!

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Digs · Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2009 19:37 pm Post subject:

Oh yes. I have a nice set of whitemetal castings ready to go.

Does this count as permission then?

Paul

feanor · Posted: Mon 13 Jul 2009 08:06 am Post subject:

Digs · Posted: Mon 17 Aug 2009 21:24 pm Post subject:

I've been making slow progress on this - exterior painting more or less complete now:

A complete mix of paints - Humbrol cream and Revell white enamels, along with Lifecolor Burnt Sienna acrylic for the walls. The roof was sprayed in Humbrol dark grey acrylic and then whenever I had a pot of a grey or grey green paint open a few slates got picked out.

Now for the glazing.

Paul

feanor · Posted: Tue 18 Aug 2009 06:46 am Post subject:

Ayup Digs..

That Roof's a masterpiece of painting. Nice one...
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Ratch · Posted: Tue 01 Sep 2009 14:30 pm Post subject:

Nice bit of tiling

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