Ratch Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 It's been a while since I did any work on this. I have these three Esso Tank Wagons, R1, 02656-3 and Dapol C36 packs and I have some Platform Figures 03625-2 that I can paint up...http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24764066/413342798.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Hi Ratch, Just came across this thread. Great stuff! I enjoyed it immensely ....especially since I've just built the Esso Tank Waggon. It's a cracking little kit isn't it? Hmmmmm............. must interest my grandchildren in a railway layout! Perhaps a couple of carefully chosen Christmas presents will do the trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Symmons Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Hi Patrick.Don't be chicken; buy yourself the train set, do you really need an excuse. Maybe do a habour scene with your ships, I know the scales all wrong but it could be fun.Remember we do this for fun. John the PomPS. On second thoughts don't buy the train set as then we'll never see any more of your excelent model ships.JtP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Hi John, It's great fun building models with the grandchildren....... one is 4 and the other 3 and a half!........ I've started them off on the dinosaurs but I hope to move them on to ships soon ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 My grandkids quite enjoy modelling (when they have time), I'll post some pix elsewhere.... Well I don't seem to have much luck with railway kits lately. The Dapol kit has broken partshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24764066/413354350.jpg and a number of missing partshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24764066/413354352.jpg I have cut and bent a replacement sign plate.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24764066/413354353.jpg and I'm reconstructing the missing part of the ladder.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24764066/413354354.jpg All three tanks assembled, there will be a substitute screwdown valve on the grey Dapol one,http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24764066/413354351.jpg I then had to scratch two vacuum brake cylinders that were missing from the Type 3 box.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24764066/413354355.jpgI've used the metal wheels supplied in the Dapol kit on the Type 4 boxing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 A bit of painting going on toohttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413367231.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413367232.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413367233.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413367234.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 I put the finishing touches to the figures over the Bank Holidayhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413377728.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413377731.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413377730.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413377729.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Back to the wagons, on to the buffer beamshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413386453.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 I had to scratch a brake shoehttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413401308.jpgReplace a vacuum pipehttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413401309.jpgScratch a pair of brake hangershttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413401310.jpgAll threehttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413401311.jpg http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413401315.jpgAssembly completehttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413401316.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 Real life has gotten in the way for a couple of weeks, but I'm back with the wagons now.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413419743.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413419746.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 Got the decals on...http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24772074/413429123.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 The R1 Type 3 boxing with scratched partshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24761111/413430735.jpg The 02656-3 Type 4 with metal wheelshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24761111/413430736.jpg The Dapol C36 with many scratched partshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24761111/413430737.jpg http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24761111/413430734.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Hi Ratch - great work. Any chance of a couple of overviews so that we get an idea of what the layout is lookin like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Hi Patrick, I've not done anything on the base for over a year, so no progress there. In fact there has been some damage that I need to repair. I did buy some scatter materials. Maybe I'll get back to it after my main summer holiday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Sorry about the loss of early WIP pictures, but at least the images of the completed models remain. I have added some rolling stock, but not od Airfix origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 A Rudd ballast wagon. This is how I remember them when I worked freighthttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24792633/413749418.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24792633/413749417.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24792633/413749416.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24792633/413749415.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Brilliant; I won't say that every ballast wagon I saw looked like that, but the upper floor of my secondary school had views over sidings that usually had ballast wagons in them at least once a week, and some did look this rusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thanks, I missed your comment before 😳Today I started the old Airfix R403/04653-0 B.R. 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotive. This was acquired from Kitmaster and was in the range from 1971 to 1979 before the railway range of kits was sold to Dapol in 1985. This morning I primed the runners Before putting the driving wheels on I sprayed black The drive rods have yet to be painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Symmons Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Hi RatchI was wondering what had happened to your taxal, glad to see it's back, and with another unusual build of a vintage Airfix kit. This should be interesting, I wa wondering if you'd put a loco in there some where. looking forwards to the continueing story. Remember we do this for fun John the Pom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Thanks for your interest John. Long Taxal was originally conceived as a portable static layout for shows and as a backdrop for photographing models on. I haven't done any shows for ages and the mojo has waned on the base itself. I had to move it out to the shed as it takes up so much room. I'll get back to it sometime...The next set of works Assembly is interspersed with airbrushing and dry-brushing And. where necessary, brushworkNo fancy add-ons, straight OOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 just a smear of filler around the cab the tender is ready for an initial spray a couple of passes with the airbrush and (when dry) I can resume assembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 Construction completed and painting started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Jones1707820337 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Ratch,very nice modelling, especially the highly weathered wagons.I know you said the base had been consigned to the shelf of doom (or similar), but any chance you could repost a few of the lost pictures to remind us of the overall layout, and some of the groundworks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 If the weather is good when I finish the Mogul, I'll put it out in the back garden and take some pictures with rolling stock on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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