7mm Jan's 7mm Workbench

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
Hehe, you're welcome Jan, with any luck your minimum radii will be kind to your endeavours. The easy way of converting full-size inches to model mm may also prove useful to yourself or another in due course... :)

Steph

Mea Culpa

Hello again @Steph Dale
I’ve realised where I went wrong. I’ve gone all Trump somewhere, and scaled using 1:48 (which gives 3.671 mm for 6.9375 ins, rather than the 4.051 mm of the ‘proper’ 1:43.5). Excitement, eh? Trips you up, every time.

Thanks for your time. I’ll make myself available outside the Head’s office for suitable ‘realignment techniques’.

Thanks again.

Cheers

Jan
 

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
Plate Tectonics
Not much from me, this time. I'm nearing the end of the wagon, and am fitting the last of the whitemetal add ons; in particular, the number plates. This has led to another diversion into the library. I put this here for @Rob Pulham and @Martin Shaw in particular.

It appears to me that the L&NER and BR had a different mindset on where these things should be located. Tatlow 4b has two pictures of the L&NER 13T steel Bolster, and both show the plate to be to the LHS of the support bracket:

Single bolster - BR, LMS, LNER match runner ZSR ZSP ZSO YYP | 072156__m_

Whereas the BR version appears to be consistently mounted on the RHS of the support bracket:

Single bolster - BR, LMS, LNER match runner ZSR ZSP ZSO YYP | B913501___091228__m_

I don't think this is an issue. Well, not per se. It's cause and effect, possibly. As - having fed your inner nerd on the machinations and minutiae of wagon construction - you find out this late the L&NER and BR brackets were handed the other way to the kit (the gusset on the inner edge for the prototype, and the outer for the kit). At least, that's the way it looks to me. Not a biggie (in the nefarious darkness of the underframe, it can be lost in shadow, I hope), but another potential pothole flagged.

Cheers

Jan
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Hi Jan,

As I understand it from a friend who scratch builds a lot of wagons and does much more research on such things than I, the Connoisseur Single bolster doesn't actually represent a specific prototype but is an amalgam of a couple of slightly different examples. I suspect like so many similar items available as kits or RTR, it's due to the drawings used to develop the product not being accurate and the developer not realising until too late.
 

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
Hi Jan,

As I understand it from a friend who scratch builds a lot of wagons and does much more research on such things than I, the Connoisseur Single bolster doesn't actually represent a specific prototype but is an amalgam of a couple of slightly different examples. I suspect like so many similar items available as kits or RTR, it's due to the drawings used to develop the product not being accurate and the developer not realising until too late.

Hi Rob
Indeed. The bolster itself is a case in point. We’re definitely a lot more spoilt for resources and information than the envelope pushers who feed our cravings and habits.
I didn’t mean my observation as a criticism of Jim; he’s produced a well thought out and interesting representation of the prototype. He wasn’t to know that such a thing as eBay would reinvent itself as a modellers minefield But if my blathering do nowt else (and it’s only a hobby, after all ), I hope they serve to add to library of information for both the reality of the actual wagon, and the encounter with the kit.

Cheers

Jan (currently nursing a small Grouse - sans heather - or water :) )
 
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Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
My thanks to Jan and Rob for the info, I must get back to mine soon. The Bushmills is ready for the off in 90 mins, so when it comes, Happy New year to you both and all WTers.
Martin
Thanks, Martin.
Bushmills; a good way to start the year!
Happy New Year to you, too.

Cheers (or maybe Sláinte!)

Jan
 

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
End Game
A good time to finish. And start again.
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All done. Something of a Cinderella - she tried to slip her W iron out (I superglued them in on this build) after I had a go at righting the gussets with the 80W. All that needs to be done now is a thorough cleanup, then painting and numbering. But that’s going to have to wait for another year - the climate in the garage is far from conducive for such things.

Thanks to everyone for their support this year. I hope that the seas of 2019 are calm enough to flat your collective boats.

Happy New Year

Cheers

Jan
 

jonte

Western Thunderer
Cinders certainly has presence, Jan.

I like her.

A shame you have to wash her: I’m loving that patina on the side.

As for painting: what’s another year......

As for calm seas, I’m sincerely hoping my boat hasn’t already sailed although I wouldn’t bank on it.

Thanks also for your kind words of encouragement: in my case, without them, that ‘roof’ would have joined the rest of my endeavours in the bin marked ‘failure’. And here I’m not joking, Jan (that reminds me, it needs emptying).

Finally, may I also wish you a very happy and constructive New Year, Jan; oh, and of course, fair weather, my friend.

Jonte
 

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
Cinders certainly has presence, Jan.

I like her.

A shame you have to wash her: I’m loving that patina on the side.

As for painting: what’s another year......

As for calm seas, I’m sincerely hoping my boat hasn’t already sailed although I wouldn’t bank on it.

Thanks also for your kind words of encouragement: in my case, without them, that ‘roof’ would have joined the rest of my endeavours in the bin marked ‘failure’. And here I’m not joking, Jan (that reminds me, it needs emptying).

Finally, may I also wish you a very happy and constructive New Year, Jan; oh, and of course, fair weather, my friend.

Jonte

Thanks Chum,
The patina - as with the rust on the wheels - is all down to me, and my conductive personality, I think.
Ah... well, If your artistry is still extant, then I have my uses; If my appreciation puts the brake on your architectural self-destruction, then I have done something good in 2018. I think I'll revisit Watkins Wharf now. I'm still trying to find a suitable rendering for the vast acres of liminal Limehouse and its incumbent (and recumbent) lowlife :), and the District Manager wants some work done on the bullhead knitting of the outside slip.

All happiness, chum.

Cheers

Jan
 

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
Halfway House
Samhain seems like a good time for the presumed dead to arise..

It’s been a long while since this part of my modelling was updated. That doesn’t mean I’ve been ignoring it; far from it, in fact. But I’ve progressed in fits and starts - and with distinct fluctuations in mojo - to this point.
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…one down.
(I’ve actually finished the other one, too, but that’s staying en brass at the moment.) Railmatch Early Freight Grey was used for the bulk, with Vallejo Old & New Wood Effects providing the planking (with some additional C&L rust colour weathering powders being added in places.)

It’s not been a straightforward journey - sort of mirroring the last couple of years, I suppose - but it’s good to see the transfers (decals…) going on - even if they’ve been a pain to get right.. fighting to the last, this kit…

Most of it went together as per instructions. Of course, as noted in the earlier posts, I had to make the bolsters and swivelling plates. And the last thing was to make the securing chain and hooks.

It was an hours work to wrap some 0.45 NS around a bit of rail, and slice through with a razor saw.
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The third image shows the two lengths of assembled linkage - about 13 links per inch. Probably enough for one bolster. Certainly enough for my eyes! The top one has been chemically blackened; repeatedly dipping it into Carr’s metal black for brass seems to work…
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The fourth image is the final assembly. I’ve used some 4mm coupling hooks in this, and the links that stop the bolster stays from going missing are that brass wire that comes from some bottles of wine, wrapped around a small drill, and cut with a scalpel blade. Fiddly isn’t the word…. The adjuster is a Dapol screw coupling.

The completed assembly was toned back towards a more brown colour via acrylic (Railmatch 2415 - Oily Steel).

It will be stood to let the Railtec transfers fully dry before being tickled with Testors Dullcote.

Cheers

Jan
 

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jonte

Western Thunderer
Halfway House
Samhain seems like a good time for the presumed dead to arise..

It’s been a long while since this part of my modelling was updated. That doesn’t mean I’ve been ignoring it; far from it, in fact. But I’ve progressed in fits and starts - and with distinct fluctuations in mojo - to this point.
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…one down.
(I’ve actually finished the other one, too, but that’s staying en brass at the moment.) Railmatch Early Freight Grey was used for the bulk, with Vallejo Old & New Wood Effects providing the planking (with some additional C&L rust colour weathering powders being added in places.)

It’s not been a straightforward journey - sort of mirroring the last couple of years, I suppose - but it’s good to see the transfers (decals…) going on - even if they’ve been a pain to get right.. fighting to the last, this kit…

Most of it went together as per instructions. Of course, as noted in the earlier posts, I had to make the bolsters and swivelling plates. And the last thing was to make the securing chain and hooks.

It was an hours work to wrap some 0.45 NS around a bit of rail, and slice through with a razor saw.
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The third image shows the two lengths of assembled linkage - about 13 links per inch. Probably enough for one bolster. Certainly enough for my eyes! The top one has been chemically blackened; repeatedly dipping it into Carr’s metal black for brass seems to work…
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The fourth image is the final assembly. I’ve used some 4mm coupling hooks in this, and the links that stop the bolster stays from going missing are that brass wire that comes from some bottles of wine, wrapped around a small drill, and cut with a scalpel blade. Fiddly isn’t the word…. The adjuster is a Dapol screw coupling.

The completed assembly was toned back towards a more brown colour via acrylic (Railmatch 2415 - Oily Steel).

It will be stood to let the Railtec transfers fully dry before being tickled with Testors Dullcote.

Cheers

Jan

Hi Jan

Glad you’ve ‘resurrected’ this thread, as I’m always in admiration of your modelling prowess in whichever field of the hobby it is that currently seizes your interest. Pleased too that your mojo has returned sufficiently enough to do a spot more in this scale.

Just goes to show that even in the Senior Scale, things can still be a fiddly business. Amazing patience!

I’m also pleased that you’ve posted from a selfish point of view, having recently had this despatch land on my doormat:

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From the ‘devilishly’ authentic looking planking on your pride and joy, it looks like it was worth a punt although of course mine are far less capable hands.

Of course, the rest of the build is equally realistic, but I wouldn’t expect anything less ! Unfortunately for me, talent in that respect cannot be purchased in a box :(

Once again, Jan, welcome back and keep on keeping on :thumbs:

Jonte
 

Lyndhurstman

Western Thunderer
Hi Jan

Glad you’ve ‘resurrected’ this thread, as I’m always in admiration of your modelling prowess in whichever field of the hobby it is that currently seizes your interest. Pleased too that your mojo has returned sufficiently enough to do a spot more in this scale.

Just goes to show that even in the Senior Scale, things can still be a fiddly business. Amazing patience!

I’m also pleased that you’ve posted from a selfish point of view, having recently had this despatch land on my doormat:

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From the ‘devilishly’ authentic looking planking on your pride and joy, it looks like it was worth a punt although of course mine are far less capable hands.

Of course, the rest of the build is equally realistic, but I wouldn’t expect anything less ! Unfortunately for me, talent in that respect cannot be purchased in a box :(

Once again, Jan, welcome back and keep on keeping on :thumbs:

Jonte

Hello @jonte
Thank you. For your kind words, and encouragement. I’m touched.

I’m not sure that things would be so fiddly to somebody else. I’ve made several faux pas’ in the construction, which have resulted in a revisit. And left me with an X-rated frust. But that all stems from my mindset, which hasn’t really been in a good place for some time now. But I give myself these little chirrups of happiness; I know it’s me blowing my own trumpet, but I’m chuffed with the way the bolster assembly has turned out.

The Vallejo paints are an interesting sideshow. I’m still not there with my ability to conjure up well-aged wood, but they do make light of the necessary tonal variations, I think. And of course they do make you stand and stare (albeit at odd garage doors and other decrepit arboreal offcuts), which is a good - and restorative - use of time.

Thanks again, Chum

Cheers

Jan
 

jonte

Western Thunderer
Good to hear, Jan, and more power to your elbow (health allowing, of course :) ).

You’re not alone in your ‘preoccupancey’, my friend. I think I may have written once before about my occasional hesitance at traffic lights assimilating the tones of tiled rooves, much to the annoyance of other motorists. How we suffer for the sake of our train sets ;)

Bestest,

Jonte
 
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